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Germany's federal police agency secretly purchased and used controversial spyware 'Pegasus'

TechSpot

German news outlet Deutsche Welle (DW) notes that the federal government held a closed-door session with the parliamentary Interior Committee of the Bundestag. In the meeting, it confirmed that the BKA bought Pegasus software from NSO Group in 2019. The agency made the purchase in "the utmost secrecy" against the.

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Google makes bid to resolve competition concerns in Germany over its automotive services bundling

TechCrunch

Following competition objections raised on Google in Germany this summer over bundling of services including Google Maps via its Android-based in-car infotainment system software, known as Google Automotive Services (GAS), the tech giant has made an offer of some service unbundling and the removal of contractual restrictions it applies to vehicle makers (..)

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German subsidies for new chip manufacturing plants could be in jeopardy

TechSpot

The German government aimed to finance the green transition with €60 billion reallocated from unused funds from the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the country's highest court deemed this reallocation measure unconstitutional, as it violated a constitutional provision capping the government's borrowing capacity.

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German startups could use more venture capital, but Germany’s government has a plan

TechCrunch

Reading recently about Germany’s € 30 billion plan for its startups, I was intrigued. Welcome to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. Did the country start to envy La French Tech?

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Japan rolls out Microsoft-developed COVID-19 contact tracing app

The Verge

Japan’s government today released its coronavirus contact tracing app for iOS and Android. It was developed by Microsoft engineers, according to Nikkei , who were hired in May after Google and Apple’s conditions reportedly led the government to abandon the work done by a Tokyo-based team in favor of a bigger corporation.

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The 10 most innovative computing companies of 2025

Fast Company Tech

in Ehningen, Germany. SambaNova Systems For chips that could deliver exponential AI application gains SambaNova Systems platform, designed for enterprise and government use, combines AI chips with Samba-1, an open-source large language model similar to OpenAIs GPT-4. TSMC had record 2024 annual revenue of $87.8 billion, a 33.9%

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Data governance startup Immuta lands $100M to pursue acquisitions

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government on data management and analytics issues at CSC. “I quickly realized the power of data and the ways that governing large amounts of critical information can better streamline operations of all kinds,” he added. Carroll led data fusion and analytics programs and advised the U.S. ” Image Credits: Immuta.