The modern, simple syntax of text speak is a ‘Handy’ method of communication to cut down time on the complexities of language and to impress your native German friends.
Germany's highest court on Friday
said security services had too much unfettered access to people's online data
and ordered legislation to be revised to set higher hurdles.
At his out-of-the-way house in the forested German hills, Jörg Sprave spends his time building mutant crossbows and powerful slingshots – and hounding one of the world's biggest technology companies.
A man convicted of murder 37 years ago has the right to be forgotten and have his name removed from online search results, Germany's highest court ruled on Wednesday.
Since last year, Germans have been able to measure their mobile network connection through a broadband-measuring app created by Germany’s Federal Network Agency. Now, the first results of the mass experiment are in.
German authorities said Friday they took down the country's largest internet marketplace for narcotics and arrested 11
suspects from Germany, the Netherlands and Poland.
German police have shut down one of the world's largest illegal online markets in the so-called darkweb and arrested the three men allegedly running it, prosecutors said Friday.
In the past three years the data volume being downloaded on the Berlin U-Bahn has risen twelve-fold. The man taking the digital revolution underground describes his work.
The internet turned cruel for Germany
fans on Thursday as online mockery swept the globe following the defending
champions' shock World Cup elimination.
The government seemed ready to spend money on improving Germany's slow internet. But only a fraction of the €3.5 billion set aside for improvements to broadband connections has been spent.
By appointing a new State Minister for Digitalization, Germany claims it is about to become a global leader on digitalization. But one of the government's former senior cyber advisors explained to The Local that Germany has a very long road to walk.
More than 40,000 households in the southwest of the German capital lost internet and TV services after cable lines were damaged on Sunday. Police are investigating whether the outage is connected to a bank robbery attempt.
A German court has found Facebook is breaching data protection rules with privacy settings that over-share by default and by requiring users to give real names, a consumer rights organisation said Monday.
In an unusual attempt to find a child abuse victim and arrest her abuser, police released pictures of the girl online. They did not expect success to come so quickly, but the child and her abuser were identified on the very same day.
France and Germany plan to issue a new proposal to tax internet giants so that they pay a "fair contribution" in every country where they earn money, French finance minister Bruno Le Maire said on Sunday.
The western city of Bochum is aiming to become a pioneer for Germany in high-speed internet, promising nearly all residents lightning speed rates by the end of 2018.
One of the most recognizable gloomy faces of the internet is making her debut in the hip German capital, but there will be no smiling selfies for this crabby kitty.
When a post showed up online advertising a young girl for sale, police investigated her parents. But then it turned out a much younger mastermind was behind the offer.
As much as Germans mourned the loss of their adopted son David Bowie this year, apparently a TV horse whispering star had a bigger place in their hearts.
