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5 reasons why Germany is the best country for startups

The Next Web

Germany has been a startup ecosystem on the rise for quite some time now. EY reported that Germany’s top 100 startups received a total of $11.1 It’s produced a number of global success stories including SoundCloud, Zalando, Flixbus, and HelloFresh. In 2019, the country was ranked number one in Europe for startups by NimbleFins.

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German court takes a stand against manipulative cookie banners

TechSpot

Lower Saxony Data Protection Officer Denis Lehmkemper has won a legal battle in his push for fairer digital privacy practices in Germany. The Hanover Administrative Court ruled that websites must display a clearly visible "reject all" button on cookie banners if they offer an "accept all" option. The recently unsealed. Read Entire Article

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Germany Builds Its AI Autobahn With NVIDIA

NVIDIA AI Blog

Germany is building on a long history of engineering innovation with new AI investments poised to transform the country’s economy — including the automotive, banking, manufacturing and robotics industries. The Mittelstand accounts for 99% of all enterprises in Germany and over half of the country’s economic output.

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Germany considers outlawing the sale of loot box games to minors

TechSpot

Germany is the latest European nation to consider regulating loot boxes in video games. Spiegel reports the Bundestag (lower Parliament) passed a reformed version of Germany's 19-year-old Youth Protection Act. Germany's Bundesrat (Federal Council) still has to pass the legislative reform for it to take effect.

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Ransomware kingpin “Stern” apparently IDed by German law enforcement

Ars Technica

Last week, though, Germanys federal police agency, the Bundeskriminalamt or BKA, and local prosecutors alleged that Sterns real-world name is Vitaly Nikolaevich Kovalev , a 36-year-old, 5-foot-11-inch Russian man who cops believe is in his home country and thus shielded from potential extradition. Read full article Comments

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Amazon workers in Germany set to strike again to disrupt Black Friday orders

The Verge

A trade union has called on workers at an Amazon warehouse in Germany to hold their second strike in a week in an effort to disrupt Black Friday order processing, Reuters reported. Germany is Amazon’s second-biggest market after the US. Update November 29th, 12:54PM ET : Added comment from Amazon.

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Cops in Germany Claim They've ID'd the Mysterious Trickbot Ransomware Kingpin

Wired

The elusive boss of the Trickbot and Conti cybercriminal groups has been known only as Stern. Now, German law enforcement has published his alleged identityand its a familiar face.

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