Personal data protection is a thorny subject in privacy-loving Germany, but the country is nevertheless considering using a smartphone app to help manage the spread of the new coronavirus.
Together with some German banks, Apple is pushing for a change in Germany’s cash-loving culture by making contactless payment via mobile phones more accessible to users.
Germany's economy ministry on Thursday said it planned to tighten rules on non-EU takeovers of hi-tech firms, against a
backdrop of growing alarm about Chinese firms buying up German know-how.
On the eve of International Men’s Day (November 19th), we take a look at government statistics showing the proportion of men and women represented in various careers in Germany.
A German data protection official has convinced Google to stop human workers from listening to audio recorded by its digital assistant across the EU, after a leak showed staff could hear private conversations.
The German state of Hesse has banned Microsoft's Office 365 software, in an example of how overly restrictive privacy laws can end up hurting students more than helping them.
German startup firm Lilium announced Thursday the maiden flight of its all-electric pilotless jet-powered 'air taxi' which it hopes to operate in various cities around the world 'by 2025'.
Facebook users should be asked for consent before data collected by the group's subsidiaries Whatsapp and Instagram and on third-party websites is combined with their social network account, Germany's competition authority said Thursday.
Germany is still considered to be a cash country. However, the tide could be changing. Apple has now followed in Google’s footsteps and launched its smartphone payment service.
France and Germany jointly agreed a scaled-back version of an EU digital tax Tuesday, that they hoped would break
significant opposition to the plan amongst bloc partners.
Test flights of a driverless hover-taxi will take place in Singapore next year, a German aviation firm said, the
latest innovation to offer an escape from Asia's monster traffic jams.
Popular online fashion retailer Zalando plans to replace 200 to 250 positions previously carried out by people with algorithms and artificial intelligence.
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.
Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen addressed the need for startup founders in the German armed forces on Thursday - the eve of the Munich Security Conference (MSC).
The Bundesnetzagentur is treating smart toys as if they are nefarious spying instruments when they are actually useful devices that help parents stay in touch with their little ones, argues Nick Wallace.
On Tuesday a German newspaper breathlessly described the advancement of a new technology into the shops of Hamburg - the self-service checkout terminal.
The world's biggest carmaker Volkswagen said on Friday it would stuff even more technology into the next generation of its top-selling Golf model, bringing so-called "connected driving" deeper into the mainstream.
Germany's justice minister fell victim to the rules he himself championed against online social media when one of his tweets was deleted following several complaints, Bild daily reported on Monday. Critics accuse the new law of stifling freedom of speech.
