@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-10-08 04:50:57
German search engine Ecosia, used by government services, ditches Mistral for open-source models, including Chinese ones, citing Mistral's disappointing quality (Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-ecosia-search-engine-mistral-chin…
@phpmacher@sueden.social2026-09-09 07:40:15
Scheinbar bewege ich mich mit meinem Fahrrad bergaufgehend zu langsam für mein #Garmin, so dass ein Großteil der #Höhenmeter vom Garmin gar nicht erfasst wurden
#autoMode
@davidaugust@mastodon.online2026-09-08 02:52:45
"Germany unveils strategy for becoming Europe’s strongest military by 2039" did they mean Germany über alles? 😳
Is it a sequel or third in a trilogy?
https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/202…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-09-07 14:19:57
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz doubled down Monday on pushing through unpopular reforms to Europe’s largest economy
after a far-right party surged to a landslide victory in a regional election, with a very good chance of forming the first far-right state government since the Nazi era.
Merz said his center-right Christian Democratic Union was “deeply shocked”
by what he called “the most serious election defeat that the CDU has had for years, for decades.”
But he indi…
@KazuShuSora@social.tchncs.de2026-09-09 07:05:58
If you understand German and like gaming essays, I recommend checking out 'Hit oder Shit' on YouTube.
And if you do not understand German, they have an English channel, too!
It's called 'OKBYEgg'.
German:
https://youtube.com/@hitodershit
English:
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-10-09 16:35:53
Tesla renames Full Self-Driving to Tesla Assisted Driving in Europe after pushback from Germany, whose transport minister will now back its EU-wide approval (Sean O'Kane/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/09/tesla-renames-ful…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-09-10 01:31:31
Domestic politics severely constrain Germany’s options following the formal attribution of an explosive-laden Russian drone discovered near a Ukrainian cargo plane at Leipzig/Halle Airport.
Despite Chancellor Friedrich Merz and senior officials like Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt stating that Berlin faces a daily campaign of Russian hybrid warfare,
Germany's retaliatory measures have been notably modest
—primarily consisting of diplomatic maneuvers such as closing…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-09-07 04:15:19
The Alternative for Germany party dominated a crucial state election on Sunday, according to near-final results,
but fell short of the absolute majority needed to become the first far-right party to govern part of the country since the Nazi era.
If those results hold, the AfD, as the party is known by its German initials,
could still assume power in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt in the coming weeks,
depending on the negotiations among rival parties that have vowe…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-09-07 22:29:18
Whether the AfD can govern depends partly on the B.S.W.,
which was born from a split with the far-left party Die Linke but has veered rightward.
Like the AfD, it has an affinity for Russia and advocates very strict migration controls.
https://www.nytimes.c…
