Hacker News with Generative AI: Germany

Administrative court: Cookie banner must contain "Reject all" button (heise.de)
Lower Saxony's data protection officer Denis Lehmkemper can report a legal victory in his long-standing battle against manipulatively designed cookie banners.
Privacy, Law, Germany, Technology, Cookies
16 points by nabla9 21 hours ago | 4 comments
Dieter Rams Turns 93 (instagram.com)
Design, Industrial Design, Product Design, Germany
3 points by bch 3 days ago | 1 comments
Germany drops opposition to nuclear power in rapprochement with France (ft.com)
Germany, Nuclear Power, Energy Policy, France, International Relations
49 points by chickenbig 4 days ago | 114 comments
Lufthansa plane flew for 10 minutes without pilots (businessinsider.com)
A Lufthansa flight went 10 minutes without a pilot after the first officer fell ill while alone in the cockpit, according to investigators.
Aviation, Accidents, Germany
16 points by apples_oranges 6 days ago | 9 comments
Apple's Diet of Worms (joanwestenberg.com)
On a crisp April morning in 1521, the twenty-one-year-old Emperor Charles V entered the Bishop’s Palace in Worms.
History, Germany, Religion
4 points by tambourine_man 7 days ago | 0 comments
David Hilbert's radio address (2014) (old.maa.org)
In Königsberg on 8 September 1930, David Hilbert addressed the yearly meeting of the Society of German Natural Scientists and Physicians (Gesellschaft der Deutschen Naturforscher und Ärzte).
Mathematics, History, Germany
36 points by anigbrowl 9 days ago | 6 comments
Apple's Diet of Worms (joanwestenberg.com)
On a crisp April morning in 1521, the twenty-one-year-old Emperor Charles V entered the Bishop’s Palace in Worms.
History, Germany, Apple
6 points by tansanrao 9 days ago | 0 comments
Germany is building spy satellites to help Ukraine watch Russia without the US (euromaidanpress.com)
Germany is building spy satellites to help Ukraine watch Russia without the US
Germany, Ukraine, Russia, Satellites, Espionage
23 points by srameshc 11 days ago | 1 comments
A MAZE. / Berlin – 14th international games and playful media festival (amaze-berlin.de)
A MAZE. / Berlin is an international festival for independent and arthouse games to explore the world and culture of playful media.
Games, Festivals, Germany, Art, Media
3 points by jansan 12 days ago | 1 comments
Germania: The Origins and Migrations of the Germanic Peoples (nemets.substack.com)
The people of Germany appear to me indigenous, and free from intermixture with foreigners, either as settlers or casual visitants. For the emigrants of former ages performed their expeditions not by land, but by water; and that immense, and, if I may so call it, hostile ocean, is rarely navigated by ships from our world.
History, Germany, Anthropology
8 points by alserio 13 days ago | 2 comments
Digital Dinosaurs Supervising Medtech: Getting Audited by the Berlin Authorities (eidel.io)
At my company, we’ve had the questionable privilege to attend multiple audits of medical software manufacturers by the Berlin authorities. I’d like to share a few anecdotes. I’ll stick to the facts, and you can form your own opinion:
Software, Regulations, Healthcare, Germany
12 points by olieidel 13 days ago | 1 comments
Iranian Cyber Actors Impersonate Model Agency in Suspected Espionage Operation (paloaltonetworks.com)
Unit 42 recently identified suspected covert Iranian infrastructure impersonating a German model agency.
Cybersecurity, Espionage, Iran, Germany, Modeling
11 points by campuscodi 15 days ago | 2 comments
Europe launches a drive to attract scientists and researchers (apnews.com)
Friedrich Merz's bid to become Germany's chancellor fails in parliament in a stunning defeat
Europe, Science, Research, Politics, Germany
14 points by benkan 17 days ago | 4 comments
AfD classified as extreme-right by German intelligence (bbc.com)
Germany's Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party has been designated as right-wing extremist by the country's federal office for the protection of the constitution.
Politics, Germany, Extremism
70 points by xdfg13345 21 days ago | 92 comments
Switzerland suspends Deutsche Bahn trains due to chronic delays (thelocal.de)
Switzerland's national railway operator has stopped two connections from Germany at the border, accusing Deutsche Bahn delays of negatively affecting its own timetables.
Switzerland, Trains, Germany, Transportation, Delays
46 points by gslin 22 days ago | 15 comments
The first giant 15 MW turbine is up at Germany's largest offshore wind farm (electrek.co)
Germany’s largest offshore wind farm under construction, EnBW’s He Dreiht, just hit a big milestone: The first enormous turbine is now up in the North Sea.
Renewable Energy, Germany, Wind Energy, Offshore Wind
23 points by gnabgib 24 days ago | 6 comments
STASI's Zersetzung and Modern Psychological Warfare (mariobekes.com.au)
During my recent journey to Berlin—a city where every street corner whispers secrets of a divided past—I uncovered the chilling reality of "Zersetzung."
Cold War, History, Germany, Psychology, Warfare
20 points by walterbell 26 days ago | 18 comments
70k Books Found in Hidden German Home Library (2023) (bookstr.com)
An 80-year-old German man lived every book lovers fantasy! Over his lifetime, this recluse collected and stored over 70k books in a hidden library! And did we mention, he didn’t tell anyone about it?
Libraries, Books, Germany, Unusual Finds
10 points by gaws 26 days ago | 2 comments
The record-breaking tunnel being built from Denmark to Germany (bbc.com)
A record-breaking tunnel is being built under the Baltic Sea between Denmark and Germany, which will slash travel times and improve Scandinavia's links with the rest of Europe.
Infrastructure, Engineering, Europe, Germany, Denmark
21 points by bookofjoe 27 days ago | 2 comments
Quantum Messages Cross Germany Using Conventional Fiber (ieee.org)
Researchers have developed a quantum cryptography system that can transmit secure messages over more than 250 kilometers—here, from the German cities of Frankfurt to Kehl, with a relay node in Kirchfeld.
Quantum Computing, Cryptography, Germany, Research
5 points by Brajeshwar 27 days ago | 0 comments
RWE Ditches U.S. Offshore Wind, and That Should Scare Everyone (oilprice.com)
Germany's RWE just pulled the plug on its U.S. offshore wind business.
Energy, Renewable Energy, Offshore Wind, Business, Germany
9 points by xbmcuser 27 days ago | 0 comments
Breitspurbahn (wikipedia.org)
The Breitspurbahn (German pronunciation: [ˈbʁaɪtʃpuːɐ̯baːn], transl. broad-gauge railway) was a railway system planned and partly surveyed by Nazi Germany.
History, Germany, Railroads, Nazi Germany
10 points by zeristor 28 days ago | 5 comments
Hitler's Terrible Tariffs (theatlantic.com)
From almost the moment Adolf Hitler took office as chancellor of Germany, tariffs were at the top of his government’s economic agenda.
History, Economics, Germany, Politics
14 points by JumpCrisscross 29 days ago | 1 comments
A Math Lesson From Hitler’s Germany (2017) (undark.org)
In 1934, David Hilbert, by then a grand old man of German mathematics, was dining with Bernhard Rust, the Nazi minister of education. Rust asked, “How is mathematics at Göttingen, now that it is free from the Jewish influence?” Hilbert replied, “There is no mathematics in Göttingen anymore.”
History, Mathematics, Germany
152 points by perihelions 35 days ago | 43 comments
Germany Deserves a New Deal on Nuclear Energy from Merz (bloomberg.com)
Voters opted for change at the ballot box. Now would be a good time for politicians to listen.
Germany, Nuclear Energy, Politics, Elections
5 points by mpweiher 35 days ago | 12 comments
Organ Trafficking: How Germans Buy New Kidneys in Kenya (spiegel.de)
The shock. That is perhaps the best place to start. The realization that time had run out. For her kidney and for life as she had known it. The letter arrived on May 23, 2022, and it marked the end of the almost 30 years she had lived with her first donor kidney. The envelope contained the results of a blood test. Her creatinine value was 3.6, far above the norm of around 1.
Organ Trafficking, Kenya, Germany, Health
50 points by Anon84 38 days ago | 2 comments
Germany suspects Russian cyber attack on research group (dw.com)
German intelligence services have said they are investigating a suspected Russian cyberattack against a Berlin-based research network.
Cybersecurity, Russia, Germany, Intelligence
9 points by _tk_ 40 days ago | 0 comments
Universal basic income: German experiment bring surprising results (ctvnews.ca)
A German experiment gave people a basic monthly income. The effect on their work ethic was surprising
Economics, Germany, Social Experiments, Research
54 points by janandonly 40 days ago | 100 comments
Basic Income Pilot Project: Study results (pilotprojekt-grundeinkommen.de)
The pilot project followed 122 people for three years who received an unconditional sum of €1,200 every month. The control group included a further 1,580 people who did not receive any money.
Social Experiments, Economics, Germany, Basic Income
232 points by 3Vbgx5ro 44 days ago | 298 comments
Germany may look to withdraw its gold from US (mining.com)
Germany may look to repatriate the vast amount of gold it currently stores in New York amid concerns over US President Donald Trump’s unpredictable tariff policies, the Telegraph reported on Friday.
Germany, Gold, International Finance, Economics, Politics
14 points by geox 46 days ago | 0 comments