Fax and furious: Why Germany struggles to go digital
Germany, the land of tech pioneers, still relies on fax and paper for basic public services. Why is digital government stuck in the slow lane while Denmark and India race ahead?...
Germany, the land of tech pioneers, still relies on fax and paper for basic public services. Why is digital government stuck in the slow lane while Denmark and India race ahead?...
π Key Facts β Bitcoin reached new heights in 2025 β Interest from Wall Street and Washington grew β Tensions ar...
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From PRISM to AI, mass surveillance has only grown more powerful. Bruce Schneier warns the post-Snowden world may be entering an even darker phase....
π Key Facts β Strava released its annual Year in Sport wrap-up earlier this month. β The feature is now available only to users with $8...
Indonesia has temporarily suspended access to Grok. NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images Indonesia and Malaysia have suspended access to Grok after it was used to create sexualized AI images. Indonesia'...
X users are asking Elon Musk's Grok AI to create sexualized deepfakes of women and minors. VINCENT FEURAY/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images X users have used Elon Musk's Grok image generator to create s...
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Indie developers dropped some of the year's best games, including some offbeat insta-classics. Here's what you might have missed....
π Key Facts β The Indie Game Awards (IGAs) retracted both awards given to Sandfall Interactive. β Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was accus...
Amazon is pushing forward with its own brand of chips called Trainium. Noah Berger/Getty Images for Amazon Web Services Amazon says that some employees stranded in India due to visa delays can work re...
Germany still leans on fax machines and paperwork for basic public services. How can a nation of tech pioneers be so slow to adopt digital government?...
π Key Facts β Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won Game of the Year from the Indie Game Awards last week. β The awards were retracted due to...
π Key Facts β Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lost Game of the Year and Debut Game awards β Disqualification due to generative AI use for p...
π Key Facts β Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2025. β Indie Game Awards retracted Game of the Year ...
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America has recently taken steps to dissuade foreign governments from censoring US-based platforms, including the proposed GRANITE Act and sanctions against five EU officials....
As crypto, governments and Big Tech converge on digital identity, selective disclosure and zero-knowledge proofs are emerging as a privacy-first alternative to surveillance systems....