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5 reasons why Germany is the best country for startups

The Next Web

Germany has been a startup ecosystem on the rise for quite some time now. EY reported that Germany’s top 100 startups received a total of $11.1 It’s produced a number of global success stories including SoundCloud, Zalando, Flixbus, and HelloFresh. In 2019, the country was ranked number one in Europe for startups by NimbleFins.

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Germany considers outlawing the sale of loot box games to minors

TechSpot

Germany is the latest European nation to consider regulating loot boxes in video games. Spiegel reports the Bundestag (lower Parliament) passed a reformed version of Germany's 19-year-old Youth Protection Act. Germany's Bundesrat (Federal Council) still has to pass the legislative reform for it to take effect.

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Amazon workers in Germany set to strike again to disrupt Black Friday orders

The Verge

A trade union has called on workers at an Amazon warehouse in Germany to hold their second strike in a week in an effort to disrupt Black Friday order processing, Reuters reported. Germany is Amazon’s second-biggest market after the US. Update November 29th, 12:54PM ET : Added comment from Amazon.

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TSMC wants to build a €10 billion chip manufacturing plant in Germany

TechSpot

Working together with NXP Semiconductor, Bosch, and Infineon, TSMC is planning a new chip fab to be built in the Free State of Saxony, one of the sixteen regions of the Federal Republic of Germany. The initial budget for the new venture would be "at least" €7 billion, while the. Read Entire Article

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GoldenEye 007 is unbanned in Germany after 24 years

TechSpot

Prior to its release, Germany classified GoldenEye as "media harmful to young persons" and included it on a list of games that were banned from being sold or marketed in the country for 25 years. But it’s only been 24 years, and the game’s now unbanned.

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Volkswagen production halted in Germany after IT incident

TechSpot

The German carmaker has confirmed the outage, stating that the issue is still being analyzed while assembly lines located in Germany have been essentially shut down. After Toyota's recent blunder with its undersized database backup servers, another serious IT "fault" is now affecting Volkswagen's European network. Read Entire Article

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VW bails on its plan for a $2.1B EV plant in Germany

TechCrunch

billion plan to launch a dedicated electric-vehicle factory in Wolfsburg, Germany is kaput. Volkswagen’s $2.1 The automaker instead reportedly plans to modify its existing plants in Zwickau and Wolfsburg to handle production of a new flagship EV — the postponed Project Trinity — and an all-electric Golf hatchback.

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