GoKawiil - Tech News

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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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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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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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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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Apple will comply with ‘fairer’ App Tracking Transparency rules in the EU [U] (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-17 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: app tracking transparency, apple, german antitrust

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Apple will comply with ‘fairer’ App Tracking Transparency rules in the EU (9to5mac.com)

2026-08-17 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: app tracking transparency, apple, german antitrust

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German advocacy group lodges criminal complaint over Meta AI glasses (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: meta ai glasses, german advocacy group, criminal complaint

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Panic of 1873 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-11 | tags: deutsche bank, vienna stock exchange, german unification

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After 24 years, Return to Castle Wolfenstein is finally distributed uncut in Germany — game was censored due to strict laws regarding Nazi symbolism (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-09 | by Zak Killian | tags: castle, game, german

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The German Mittelstand (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | by Kieran Velasquez | tags: thonet, gebrüder thonet, bielefeld

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German Robotics Startup Agile Robots Set to Double Revenue This Year (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-03 | tags: agile robots, german robotics, artificial intelligence

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Hamburg Is Replacing a Bridge In One Huge Piece (slashdot.org)

2026-08-01 | by Posted | tags: hamburg, bridge replacement, slashdot

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How to Survive an Infestation of Toxic Caterpillars (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | by Ben Crair | tags: oak processionary caterpillar, eichenprozessionsspinner, berlin

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This German Man Is on a Quest to Cut the Perfect Slice of Bread (wired.com)

2026-07-14 | by Miles Klee | tags: bread, german, morning

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Our Amish Language (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-14 | by Eythana Miller | tags: amish, community, dutch

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Volkswagen Group tells its board how to fix it, unions disagree (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-10 | tags: capacity, does, factories

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VW Group and unions disagree on plan to streamline the automaker (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-10 | tags: capacity, does, factories

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This German drone just hit 699 km/h, and its maker wants the world record to prove it (techspot.com)

2026-07-07 | get DJI Mavic Air 2 → | tags: achievement, achievement german, announced

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Quantum targets electric drone air speed record with 434 mph flight (techspot.com)

2026-07-07 | get Drone Speed Measurement Kit → | tags: achievement, achievement german, announced

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Why skilled workers come to Germany and then leave again (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-07 | by Oliver Pieper | get German Skilled Worker Guide → | tags: frank, frank said, german

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Scientists fight back against far-right plans to restrict academic freedom in Germany (feeds.nature.com)

2026-06-29 | by Kwon | get Academic Freedom Advocacy Book → | tags: afd, german universities, academic freedom

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How does a pull-back car work? Illustrated teardown (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-28 | get Remote Control Car Kit → | tags: darda, wind-up mechanism, clockwork

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Zalando Shares Slump After German Regulator Opens Probe Into Accounts (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-06-26 | get Financial News Investment Book → | tags: zalando, german regulator, financial statements

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These phones take photos that really don’t look like they came from a phone (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-03 | get Google Pixel Smartphone Camera → | tags: xiaomi, leica, smartphones

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Journalist Spots Fugitive Terrorist Using Facial Recognition Software (slashdot.org)

2026-05-30 | by Posted | get Facial Recognition Software Kit → | tags: facial recognition, red army faction, german police

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Unix in East Germany (GDR) (1990) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-29 | tags: unix, german democratic republic, guenther fischer

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What Gets Kept (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-24 | by Joyce Johnson | get Smartphone Screen Cleaning Kit → | tags: dorchester, german u-boat, jack

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The offline desk gadget that actually got me to sit up straight (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-16 | by Ivan Mehta | get Ergonomic Sit-Stand Desk Converter → | tags: deep care, isa, tof 3d sensor