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Germany Sets New Record, Generating 74 Percent Of Power Needs From Renewable Energy
Germany's impressive streak of milestones continued on Sunday, with renewable energy generation surging to a record portion of the country's overall electricity demand by midday.
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Germany Sets New Record, Generating 74 Percent Of Power Needs From Renewable Energy
On Sunday, Germany’s impressive streak of renewable energy milestones continued, with renewable energy generation surging to a record portion — nearly 75 percent — of the country’s overall electricity demand by midday. With wind and solar in particular filling such a huge portion of the country’s power demand, electricity prices actually dipped into the negative for much of the afternoon, according to Renewables International.
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Germany Will Ban Tech Companies That Play Ball With NSA
No German federal contracts will go to companies that turn over data to the NSA and other spy agencies in the U.S., and elsewhere. There may, however, be one crucial exemption
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German court rules that you can't keep your homemade porn after you break up
If you're with someone and own a smartphone, you've at least considered aping those arty monochrome shots on Tumblr by making some homemade erotica. What happens to those images, however, when you and your significant other part ways?
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German Old Folks’ Homes Are Serving 3-D Printed Food
From swirly corn chips to sour apple sugared candies, you can 3-D print practically any kind of grub. But aside from the obvious—like computer-generated cake icing—3-D food printers have reached new heights. Just like a coffee machine or a microwave, you can score your own Natural Machine’s Foodini or, if you’re an astronaut, you can get an outer space 3-D pizza printer from NASA, which costs $125,000.
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German villagers build own broadband network
Hacked off with slow download speeds the locals of Löwenstedt clubbed together the cash to build their own super-fast internet service to the delight of the village's tiny population.
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Germany investigating alleged U.S. surveillance of Merkel's phone
Germany's chief federal prosecutor has opened a criminal investigation into whether U.S. intelligence services monitored one of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's cell phones, his office said Wednesday.
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How Germany’s highway system helped Hitler rise to power
Today marks the 70th anniversary of D-Day, among the most pivotal moments of the most pivotal event of the 20th century. The beach landing at Normandy may not have had a direct impact on the nature of US cities, except insofar as no American life was the same that day forth. But in the spirit of looking back on that era we turn our attention to something with very clear relevance to the character of our metro areas: the Autobahn.
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Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf at centre of fresh controversy
It's one of the biggest bestsellers of all time, going through more than 1,000 editions and selling more than 12 million copies between its original publication in 1924 and 1945. Like the works of Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson, it still sells strongly long after its creator’s death and — every publicity person’s dream — remains in the public eye as it continues to generate news coverage and commentary.
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Hailstones 'the size of golf balls'
Six people have been killed in violent storms which battered cities in western Germany overnight. The same weather system was also responsible for storms which hit a music festival in the Netherlands, and in France hailstones the size of golf balls were reported.
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Pixel perfect: the story of eBoy
Wedding, despite what its name may suggest, is not a very pretty part of Berlin. It’s drab, seedy, and has long been among the city’s poorest areas. Today, it’s home to a large immigrant population, mostly Turks, as evidenced by the kebab houses and hookah bars that line its gray streets. But the twin forces of change and gentrification are slowly seeping into Wedding, as they have across much of post-Cold War Berlin.
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Germany accuses 89-year-old Pennsylvania man being Nazi death camp guard
Germany is seeking extradition of an 89-year-old Pennsylvania man in connection with the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Jewish men, women and children at the Auschwitz and Buchenwald Nazi concentration camps, a U.S. judge said on Wednesday.
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Germany Now Produces Half Of Its Energy Using Solar
Germany has set a new record, with solar power providing 50.6% of its electricity in the middle of the day on Monday June 9th. Solar production peaked that day at 23.1GW. Three days earlier it was 24.2GW between 1 and 2pm, but on the 9th demand was down for a public holiday, allowing the breaking of the psychological 50% barrier.
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German government cancels Verizon contract in wake of U.S. spying row
The German government has cancelled a contract with U.S. telecoms firm Verizon Communications Inc VZ.N as part of an overhaul of its internal communications, prompted by revelations last year of U.S. government spying.
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Berlin Adventure - TRAVEL.SEE.LIVE
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Nazi 'perfect Aryan' poster child was Jewish
When Hessy Taft was six months old, she was a poster child for the Nazis. Her photograph was chosen as the image of the ideal Aryan baby, and distributed in party propaganda. But what the Nazis didn’t know was that their perfect baby was really Jewish.
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Germany arrests man suspected of spying for US
An employee of Germany's intelligence service has been arrested on suspicion of spying for the US, reports say. The man is said to have been trying to gather details about a German parliamentary committee that is investigating claims of US espionage. German authorities have asked the US ambassador for "swift clarification".
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A Robot Valet Will Park Your Car at This German Airport
In Germany, high tech has come to airport parking. Last week, Düsseldorf airport introduced robot valets to take the hassle out of parking for travelers. Travelers can leave their cars at the arrival level of the ParkingPLUS structure. As they leave, they confirm on a touch-screen that no one is in the car. The robot valet, nicknamed "Ray," takes it from there.
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How to fix a broken market in antibiotics
The drugs don't work - and neither does the market, when it comes to antibiotics. When sophisticated bugs that medicines used to kill within days start to fight back and win, all of healthcare, and the people it keeps alive, is in trouble.
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Ties Strained, Germans Press U.S. to Answer Spy Allegation
With mystery enveloping a German intelligence service employee accused of spying — reportedly for the United States — German officials and commentators on Sunday angrily demanded a response from Washington, warning that an already troubled relationship was at risk of deteriorating to a new low.
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