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ChatGPT-6 Astra cracks 108-year-old unsolved WWI German code for the first time — radio message sharing enemy movement intelligence had evaded decoding, 1918 Crimean fleet warning verified against HMS Canterbury logs (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-19 | by Mark Tyson | tags: chatgpt-6 astra, adfgvx cipher, world war i

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GPT-6 Astra Solves a WWI German Radio Cipher (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-19 | get The Code Book Simon Singh cryptography → | tags: gpt-6 astra, adfgvx cipher, wwi cryptography

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Apple will let EU apps use less-alarming tracking-consent screens (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-17 | by Sarah Perez | tags: app tracking transparency, apple, eu antitrust

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Why a fast-growing German AI startup is moving its parent company from the US (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-16 | by Doloresz Katanich | tags: langdock, enterprise ai platform, societas europaea

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German Rheinmetall open-sources its Battlesuite connected weapon system protcol (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-15 | tags: rheinmetall, battlesuite, onboardapi

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US data centers could consume more natural gas than Germany and Japan combined by 2035 (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-15 | by Tim De Chant | tags: data centers, natural gas, bloombergnef

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The Planet Mercury Appears to Have Shrunken Drastically, “Like a Balloon Left Out in the Cold” (futurism.com)

2026-09-14 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: mercury, gaku n, space research

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‘Gen V’ Star Asa Germann Joins New ‘X-Men’ Movie as Angel (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-10 | get X-Men omnibus comic book → | tags: gen v, asa germann, x-men

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The far right's win in Germany is sending a chill through Europe's establishment (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-08 | by Melissa Bell | tags: afd, alice weidel, friedrich merz

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German scammer dupes two different buyers into spending thousands on hollow RTX 5090 GPUs — stripped-out cards netted fraudster $5,000 despite being worthless (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-08 | by Zhiye Liu | get MSI GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card → | tags: rtx 5090, nvidia, palit

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AMD GPUs are climbing the sales charts as Radeon beats Nvidia on Amazon and in Germany (techspot.com)

2026-09-08 | by Rob Thubron | get Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics card → | tags: amd radeon, nvidia, rx 9070 xt

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German company becomes first in Europe to launch fully commercial orbital rocket (arstechnica.com)

2026-09-06 | get LEGO NASA Space Shuttle Discovery 10283 → | tags: isar aerospace, spectrum rocket, andøya spaceport

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Private German Rocket Makes History, Reaches Orbit From European Soil (slashdot.org)

2026-09-06 | by Posted | get LEGO NASA Apollo Saturn V rocket set → | tags: isar aerospace, spectrum rocket, andoya spaceport

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Private German rocket makes history, reaches orbit from European soil (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-05 | by Mike Wall | get Celestron NexStar 130SLT telescope → | tags: isar aerospace, spectrum rocket, andøya space center

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OpenAI Agents Hijacked a German Wiki to Discuss Ways to Escape Their Sandbox (slashdot.org)

2026-09-05 | by Posted | get The Alignment Problem Brian Christian book → | tags: openai, huging face, ai agents

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OpenAI admits to German wiki ‘incident’ (theverge.com)

2026-09-05 | by Robert Hart | tags: openai, german wiki, hugging face

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Christmas Village shoppers no longer will be allowed to enter booths (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-04 | by Michaela Althouse | get Ocoopa rechargeable hand warmer → | tags: german american marketing, christmas village, americans with disabilities act

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Rogue OpenAI agents took over a German coding forum in a previously undisclosed hijacking (engadget.com)

2026-09-04 | by Igor Bonifacic | get The Alignment Problem Brian Christian book → | tags: openai, gpt-5.6, dsewiki

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OpenAI agents hijacked German website before Hugging Face hack, report claims (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-09-04 | by Zoe Kleinman | get YubiKey 5 NFC security key → | tags: openai, hugging face, dsewiki

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OpenAI agents hijacked German website in previously undisclosed AI breakout (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-04 | tags: openai, german website, ai breakout

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Researchers uncovered AI agents that hijacked a German wiki to discuss how to escape their sandbox (techspot.com)

2026-09-04 | by Rob Thubron | get The Alignment Problem Brian Christian book → | tags: openai, dsewiki, ai agents

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OpenAI agents turned an obscure German wiki into a message board where they could talk to each other (techspot.com)

2026-09-04 | by Rob Thubron | get The Alignment Problem Brian Christian book → | tags: openai, dsewiki, ai agents

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Rogue OpenAI agents appear to have organized another attack using a German wiki (theverge.com)

2026-09-04 | by Robert Hart | get The Alignment Problem Brian Christian book → | tags: openai, astra, dsewiki

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Digital Sovereignty Is Written in PHP (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-02 | get PHP 8 Objects Patterns and Practice book → | tags: php, germany, europa web publishing platform

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German Konrad Zuse Museum shutting down due to lack of funding (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-31 | by Michael Bartsch | get Konrad Zuse Der Computer Mein Lebenswerk → | tags: konrad zuse, zuse-computer-museum, robotron

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Study Links Listening to Live Metal With an Improved Tolerance for Pain, Cold Relentless Pain (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-28 | get Loop Experience 2 ear plugs concerts → | tags: metalheads, live metal, pain tolerance

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Two German airport workers die of malaria after 'mosquito arrives on plane' (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-27 | by André Rhoden-Paul | tags: german airport, malaria, mosquito

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Malaria Outbreak Kills 2 Airport Workers in Germany After Mosquito Sneaks Aboard Plane (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-27 | get Thermacell E55 rechargeable mosquito repeller → | tags: malaria, germany, mosquitoes

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Waymo to launch driverless rides in Germany in 2027, entering third market outside U.S. (cnbc.com)

2026-08-25 | by Samantha Subin | get Anker 622 MagGo magnetic battery power bank → | tags: waymo, germany, robotaxi

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Waymo Is Expanding to Germany (slashdot.org)

2026-08-25 | get Garmin Dash Cam 57 → | tags: waymo, germany, autonomous vehicles