Hacker News with Generative AI: Germany

Tesla sales crash continues in Europe, with Germany down 70% (electrek.co)
Tesla’s (TSLA) sales crash continues in Europe, with more countries reporting February numbers, including Germany, down 70%.
Tesla, Automotive Industry, Europe, Germany, Sales
83 points by zfg 1 day ago | 61 comments
Small German town starts testing geothermal power utilizing new techniques (apnews.com)
Residents in the German town of Geretsried have long wanted to run their buildings with clean heat and electricity from geothermal energy instead of fossil fuels.
Geothermal Energy, Germany, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Technology
90 points by PaulHoule 2 days ago | 20 comments
Putin ally pushes deal to restart Nord Stream 2 with US backing (ft.com)
Politics, Russia, Germany, Energy, International Relations
16 points by walterbell 3 days ago | 3 comments
Ex-SAP CTO walks away with €7.1M payout after scandal (theregister.com)
SAP paid former CTO Jürgen Müller €7.1 million ($7.5 million) after he left the German software company by mutual agreement in September last year.
Business, Technology, Software, Germany, Lawsuits
116 points by rntn 3 days ago | 84 comments
Germany to build hypersonic space plane (thenextweb.com)
Germany’s armed forces have commissioned Bremen-based startup Polaris to develop a two-stage, fully reusable hypersonic space plane — and given the team just three years to build it.
Germany, Space Exploration, Hypersonic Flight, Aerospace
8 points by niemandhier 6 days ago | 4 comments
Political Bias on X before the 2025 German Federal Election (ucd.ie)
In advance of the elections on on 23 February 2025, a team1 led by Assistant Professor Przemyslaw Grabowicz in the UCD School of Computer Science examined whether German X users would see politically balanced news feeds if they followed comparable leading politicians from each federal parliamentary party of Germany.
Social Media, Politics, Germany, Elections, Research
42 points by DyslexicAtheist 6 days ago | 12 comments
Bernd das Brot, a depressed German loaf of bread (apnews.com)
Forget SpongeBob SquarePants, Sesame Street and the sourdough starter craze: a depressed German loaf of bread named Bernd das Brot is celebrating his 25th anniversary as the reluctant star of a children’s television program that accidentally became equally popular with adults.
Television, Children's Entertainment, Germany, Culture
118 points by geox 7 days ago | 24 comments
Germany's Water Consumption Down 17% Following Nuclear Reactor Shutdowns (vdi-nachrichten.com)
Die deutsche Wirtschaft hat 2022 gegenüber 2019 gut 17 % Wasser gespart. Ursache ist vor allem der finale Ausstieg aus der Kernenergie 2021, bei dem die letzten drei AKW endgültig vom Netz gingen.
Germany, Nuclear Energy, Water Conservation, Climate Change
23 points by 42lux 8 days ago | 46 comments
New German leader signals seismic shift in transatlantic relations (bbc.com)
Germany's chancellor-in-waiting didn't wait for the final results of his country's election on Sunday to herald a new era in Europe.
Germany, Politics, International Relations, Europe
13 points by snailmailstare 10 days ago | 4 comments
We don't need startups, we need Digital-Mittelstand (mertbulan.com)
Label it a cargo cult or something else, but countless nations strive to replicate the magic of Silicon Valley. The typical approach involves politicians designating a city and branding it as the “Silicon Valley of [Country Name].” They establish technology parks, offer financial incentives, and hope for the emergence of trillion-dollar enterprises. Yet, no country has succeeded in creating its own Silicon Valley. Why?
Startups, Entrepreneurship, Technology, Germany, Silicon Valley
137 points by mertbio 11 days ago | 236 comments
From Germany, a bold political push for a billionaire-free future (inequality.org)
From Germany, a bold political push for a billionaire-free future.
Politics, Germany, Inequality, Wealth Distribution
11 points by geox 11 days ago | 10 comments
A World Without Elon Musks. From Germany, a push for a billionaire-free future (inequality.org)
From Germany, a bold political push for a billionaire-free future.
Politics, Inequality, Germany, Billionaires
10 points by Traces 14 days ago | 0 comments
Ask HN: Which country have you incorp. a startup in? (ycombinator.com)
I did it in Germany. It can be quite expansive and difficult. Nowadays, I would actually consider the E-Residency from Estonia. Super interesting initiative:
Startup Incorporation, Estonia, Germany, Business
4 points by vednig 14 days ago | 2 comments
Germany: Far-right political bias ahead of federal elections in X and TikTok (techcrunch.com)
Recommendation algorithms operated by social media giants TikTok and X have shown evidence of substantial far-right political bias in Germany ahead of a federal election that takes place Sunday, according to new research carried out by Global Witness.
Social Media, Politics, Germany, Elections, Research
15 points by doener 15 days ago | 9 comments
1561 Celestial Phenomenon over Nuremberg (wikipedia.org)
An April 1561 broadsheet by Hans Glaser described a mass sighting of celestial phenomena or unidentified flying objects (UFO) above Nuremberg (then a Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire). Ufologists have speculated that these phenomena may have been extraterrestrial spacecraft. Skeptics assert that the phenomenon was likely to have been another atmospheric phenomenon, such as a sun dog,[1] although the print doesn't fit the usual classic description of the phenomena.[2][3]
History, UFOs, Astronomy, Germany
107 points by handfuloflight 16 days ago | 22 comments
Policing the internet in Germany, where hate speech, insults are a crime [video] (youtube.com)
Internet Censorship, Hate Speech, Germany, Law, Video
13 points by BSDobelix 17 days ago | 15 comments
WireGuard iOS Not Available in Germany (reddit.com)
I am not able to download the iOS app and get a warning that the app is not available in my region/region. Is this normal? Also I can’t find the app via the AppStore search and needed to rely on a google link to the iOS store.
WireGuard, iOS, Germany, App Store, Geolocation
19 points by quectophoton 17 days ago | 7 comments
Germany's Industrial Slowdown (2023) (apricitas.io)
Germany’s economy has eked out extremely low growth over the last 5 years—recent revisions to GDP data mean its output is once again barely above pre-pandemic levels, but that still means the country has seen less than 0.5% cumulative GDP growth since late-2018.
Germany, Economy, Recession, GDP
3 points by JumpCrisscross 19 days ago | 0 comments
New Specimen of Archaeopteryx Unearthed in Germany (sci.news)
Paleontologists have described a new specimen of the genus Archaeopteryx from the Mörnsheim Formation in the Franconian Alb of Bavaria, Germany.
Paleontology, Fossils, Germany, Science
4 points by bookofjoe 19 days ago | 0 comments
The History of S.u.S.E (abortretry.fail)
In 1992, four college students, Roland Dyroff, Thomas Fehr, Hubert Mantel, and Burchard Steinbild in Fürth, Germany were dreaming of independence.
History, Operating Systems, Germany
243 points by ibobev 21 days ago | 128 comments
Watchdog ponders why Apple doesn't apply its strict app tracking rules to itself (theregister.com)
Apple is feeling the heat over its acclaimed iPhone privacy policy after a German regulator's review of iOS tracking consent alleged that the tech giant exempted itself from the rules it enforces on third-party developers.
Apple, Privacy, Regulations, Technology, Germany
161 points by Logans_Run 21 days ago | 68 comments
Germany says its warships were sabotaged (businessinsider.com)
Germany's top naval officer said "more than one" of its warships were recently sabotaged.
Germany, Military, Sabotage, International Relations
122 points by Sontho 21 days ago | 144 comments
Russia employing sophisticated DeepFakes to influence German Elections (nytimes.com)
In the first major European vote since President Trump’s re-election, influence campaigns are targeting Germany from two sides.
Russia, Deepfakes, Elections, Germany, Political Influence
31 points by DiscourseFan 21 days ago | 10 comments
Tesla sales dropped 60% in Germany (electrek.co)
Tesla’s sales have dropped nearly 60% in January in Germany compared to the same period last year. The same thing is happening throughout Europe.
Tesla, Germany, Sales, Electric Vehicles, Europe
133 points by ZeljkoS 23 days ago | 220 comments
The World Without a Mask (1934) (scifist.net)
German action star Harry Piel accidentally invents x-ray TV in this 1934 comedy.
Science Fiction, Film, History, Germany
12 points by walterbell 25 days ago | 5 comments
German court orders X to hand over election data in legal blow to Musk's platfrm (politico.eu)
A German court handed Elon Musk’s X a legal defeat, ruling that the platform must immediately provide researchers with access to data on politically related content ahead of the country’s Feb. 23 election.
Germany, Law, Social Media, Politics, Elections
10 points by nixass 27 days ago | 0 comments
German court orders X to give data access to researchers ahead of elections (techcrunch.com)
Under European Union law, X is one of a handful of major social media platforms that has a duty to facilitate public interest researchers’ access to support the study of systemic risks — such as to elections and other democratic processes. But the Elon Musk-owned company formerly known as Twitter has been blocking civil society access to platform data, according to two civil society organizations, which on Friday secured a summary judgement against X in a Berlin regional court.
Social Media, Elections, Germany, Transparency
11 points by marban 27 days ago | 1 comments
Balcony solar is taking off (theguardian.com)
“If 1.5 million Germans have bought solar balcony kits there must be something in it,” he says.
Renewable Energy, Solar Power, Germany
219 points by mcp_ 28 days ago | 228 comments
They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 (1955) (press.uchicago.edu)
"What no one seemed to notice," said a colleague of mine, a philologist, "was the ever widening gap, after 1933, between the government and the people. Just think how very wide this gap was to begin with, here in Germany. And it became always wider. You know, it doesn’t make people close to their government to be told that this is a people’s government, a true democracy, or to be enrolled in civilian defense, or even to vote.
History, Germany, Politics, Sociology
557 points by thunderbong 30 days ago | 473 comments
Germany: Number of unemployed highest in 10 years (dw.com)
The number of unemployed people in Germany has risen to its highest in a decade. The rise comes as the weakness of Europe's largest economy took its toll on the labor market.
Germany, Unemployment, Economy
55 points by rntn 34 days ago | 44 comments