Apple's iPhone 14 Emergency SOS feature goes live in France, Germany, Ireland and the UKIt works if you need aid but have no cellular signal. By S. Dent, 12.13.2022
VW and BP will install thousands of fast EV chargers at gas stations in EuropeThe two companies hope to ease the transition to electric cars.By J. Fingas, 05.02.2022
Germany seizes the world's largest, longest-serving dark web marketHydra represented 80 percent of dark web crypto transactions.By J. Fingas, 04.05.2022
Tesla delivers the first vehicles from its German GigafactoryIt plans to eventually produce 500,000 vehicles per year from the plant.By S. Dent, 03.22.2022
Intel plans to build a $19 billion chip plant in GermanyIt'll invest up to $88 billion in Europe over the next decade.By K. Holt, 03.15.2022
Germany's incoming government wants to end coal use by 2030That's eight years earlier than previously planned. By I. Bonifacic, 11.26.2021
Tesla's Berlin Gigafactory could produce EVs as soon as NovemberIt may take a year for the plant to get up to speed.By J. Fingas, 10.10.2021
Germany wants phone makers to offer 7 years of security updatesEven the EU isn't currently asking for as much.By J. Fingas, 09.04.2021
German animal shelter is posting profiles of adoptable pets on TinderThe shelter hopes lonely singles will 'swipe right' on a new pet.By A. Tarantola, 08.11.2021
Porsche to develop battery cells for EV motorsportsIt says its smaller, silicon-anode based cells could be fully charged in less than 15 minutes.By S. Shah, 06.21.2021
Facebook ordered to stop collecting data on German WhatsApp usersAn emergency ban will be in place for three months.By K. Holt, 05.11.2021
Apple to invest over $1 billion in new Munich silicon facilityThe 30,000-square-meter site in Germany will house its growing cellular unit.By S. Shah, 03.10.2021
Germany may restrict games with loot boxes to adultsA potential law would consider the boxes as gambling.By J. Fingas, 03.09.2021
'Left 4 Dead 2' is finally available, uncensored, in GermanyEleven years after its release.By M. Moon, 01.29.2021
Germany opens antitrust probe into Facebook and Oculus account linkingOfficials say tying the platforms together may 'constitute a prohibited abuse of dominance.'By K. Holt, 12.10.2020
Amazon workers plan Black Friday strikes and protests in 15 countriesDemands include improved pay and safety conditions, and transparency over privacy and user data. By K. Holt, 11.26.2020
Vivo phones are coming to EuropeThe manufacturer's European phone launch line-up is headed by the X51 5G.By M. Moon, 10.21.2020
Amazon Germany sees Prime Day strikes over pay and working conditionsAmazon also recently scrapped a coronavirus bonus despite a surge in the pandemic.By S. Dent, 10.13.2020
Ransomware may have led to the death of a German hospital patientIt could be one of the few deaths directly linked to a hack.By J. Fingas, 09.19.2020
The EU is testing cross-border COVID-19 contact tracingSix countries are trialing the system, which should go live next month.By K. Holt, 09.14.2020