Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Since Musks political engagements, including his role in the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in the United States and his support of the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the EU, Tesla sales have slumped in several markets.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2022

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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The Verge

JUNE 18, 2020

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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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

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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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

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.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2022

It sells in to heavy-weight customers where security is very much front of mind — including governments, militaries and regulated businesses with high compliance requirements around information (such as the finance and healthcare sectors). But he confirms it’s seen double-digit growth in customer numbers since last year.).

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Futurism

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Fueled by generous government subsidies and the pandemic economy , tech companies went on a hiring spree, promising unlimited time off and upward growth opportunities at open offices where kombucha and cold brew flowed from taps. Back in 2021, the tech industry was booming. Flash forward to now, and those taps have run dry.

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The Verge

AUGUST 17, 2020

Google has published an open letter about a newly proposed government regulation that would compel it to pay media outlets for news content. We need to let you know about new Government regulation,” reads the letter linked from the pop-up from Google Australia’s Managing Director Mel Silva. Screenshot: Google.

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Candid

JULY 17, 2024

For 20 years, the global communications firm Edelman has studied the influence of trust across government, media, business, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Respondents in six wealthier nations—the Netherlands, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany, and Japan—fewer than half of respondents trusted NGOs.

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TechNode

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

in May 2021, operators in Germany have reported their first critical component use to the Federal Ministry of the Interior eleven times, according to the government reply. Since the enforcement of the IT Security Act 2.0

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Candid

MARCH 11, 2022

Governments have also directed hundreds of millions of dollars in assistance for Ukraine. The United States, United Kingdom, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, and Japan account for 91% of total grant funding for Ukraine to date. We have been tracking philanthropy’s response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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The Verge

JANUARY 25, 2021

In total, the alliance includes unions from the United States, Switzerland, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, and Belgium. If they’re acting in this way nearly entirely unchecked by governments then there is no hold on what they can do.

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The Verge

JULY 6, 2020

The news emerged just days after the Indian government banned TikTok along with 58 other China-based apps. Last month, TechCrunch reported that the feature had expanded to France and Germany. Reels has had a relatively slow rollout worldwide after first launching as a test in Brazil last year on both iOS and Android.

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TechCrunch

MAY 18, 2022

” Governments and legislation do have a role to play in helping modernize the construction industry as well. But Heinrich Gröller , partner at Speedinvest , feels governments will need to get more involved to ensure that the construction industry heads in the right direction, especially in terms of environmental impact.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

The automaker said it will spend $1 billion to convert its factory in Cologne, Germany, into its first EV production line on the continent. The move would help Ford comply with European government mandates that push electrified vehicles and strict emissions standards.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2021

It intends to leave the team in place in Germany with plans to build a machine learning translation R&D center with additional hires over time as the company puts more resources into this area. The deal appears to be an acquihire as the company adds those 12 researchers to the Zoom engineering group.

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The Verge

JUNE 30, 2020

The government recently introduced an €8 billion plan to bail out the auto sector. The issue seems to stem mostly from the dire conditions of France’s auto industry. Sales are plummeting in the country due to the coronavirus pandemic and widespread economic decline. E-bike companies, in particular, are reporting record sales.

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The Verge

JULY 12, 2021

The two companies will be paying up to $35 a dose of the BioNTech vaccine and donating them to the government; each company has pledged to spend $175 million. Taiwan claims that the Chinese government blocked an attempt to secure a supply of vaccines from BioNTech, and later refused an offer of vaccine donations from the mainland.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Hurricane Katrina had just happened, and many experts viewed it primarily as a failure of the government to take care of its weakest citizens in the face of a natural disaster, not as climate change’s early shot. Governments are finally putting tough building codes in place. When I started getting involved in clean tech 1.0

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Mercedes-Benz , which returns to the list for the second consecutive year, became the first car manufacturer to close the loop with an in-house battery recycling plant in Kuppenheim, Germany. In October 2024, the automaker opened a state-of-the-artbattery recycling factoryin Kuppenheim, Germany.

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TechNode

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Additionally, seven entities from Finland, Germany, India, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom were also added to the export control list. On Friday, the US Commerce Department announced the addition of 42 Chinese companies to an export control list due to their support for Russia’s military and defense industries.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 2, 2009

Hamburg, Germany. Funders, programmers, developers, educators, nonprofit staff and government agencies are all involved. If so, connect with the local organizers to find out about the next events, how to help, and spread the word! Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Asheville, South Carolina. Charleston, South Carolina. Lomé, Togo. Nairobi, Kenya.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 27, 2015

The World Blind Union’s ( WBU ) Right to Read campaign for ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty just concluded two days of meetings in Berlin, Germany. While the meeting was going on, we heard that Spain’s government had forwarded the treaty to their parliament for ratification.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

“We also use data from analyzing systemic and market changes such as government incentives for companies to become ‘greener.’ though it has also partnered with education providers in Germany and Finland to provide its platform on a SaaS basis, with the institutions themselves organizing the funding.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2023

Organizations in Germany account for about 3.6% government services contracting giant Maximus became the largest victim of the MOVEit breach after confirming that hackers accessed the protected health information — including Social Security numbers — of as many as 11 million individuals. -based organizations account for 83.9%

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Tableau

JULY 13, 2022

Building on the data protection principles outlined by SOC and ISO, ENX leveraged many of the similar controls and data security safeguards and applied them to the automotive manufacturing industry in Europe, namely Germany, in the form of TISAX. How Does It Affect SaaS Providers Like Tableau?

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Tableau

JULY 13, 2022

Building on the data protection principles outlined by SOC and ISO, ENX leveraged many of the similar controls and data security safeguards and applied them to the automotive manufacturing industry in Europe, namely Germany, in the form of TISAX. How Does It Affect SaaS Providers Like Tableau?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 18, 2023

PepsiCo is a major coup as a launch partner, though Einride has struck other big-name commercial deals elsewhere including Electrolux in Germany and GE Appliances in the U.S., the latter serving as a pilot partner for Einride’s fully autonomous pods (more on that below). Image Credits: Einride Einride had already expanded into the U.S.

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The Verge

APRIL 21, 2021

It’s being developed under FAW’s Hongqi brand, or “red flag,” which the automaker first started using when it pretty much exclusively made cars for high-ranking Chinese government officials, including Mao Zedong. FAW has said it wants to make Hongqi into China’s first global car brand. FAW itself even backed one of these startups, Byton.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Prime minister Pedro Sanchez took a turn on Web Summit’s stage in December to announce the introduction of the forthcoming Startup Act — and to trumpet a new role, a high commissioner, tasked with bringing off a nationwide entrepreneurial economic transformation by working with all the relevant government ministries.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Germany and the UK came out first and second, respectively). I also think that the whole edtech space is an important area of investment, but there are already quite a lot of players and it oftentimes requires cooperation with governments and schools, which makes it much more difficult to operate in. More than 50%?

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The Verge

DECEMBER 3, 2020

In a blog post , analysts Claire Zaboeva and Melissa Frydrych of IBM X-Force IRIS announced that the phishing campaign spans six regions: Germany, Italy, South Korea, Czech Republic, greater Europe, and Taiwan. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an alert encouraging the organizations to review IBM’s report.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The Ukrainian government itself is also soliciting donations directly to help with its war effort. A page on the country’s government website lists account details where funds can be sent to to help “the logistics and medical support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.”

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Some of these incidents could involve state-sponsored groups that are similar to government-backed “troll farms” but use participants’ real Facebook accounts. Others could be independent — coordinated by political movements or groups of fans.

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The Verge

MAY 15, 2020

Netflix is working to restore streaming quality in various European countries following government requests for the company to reduce bandwidth usage out of fear that it was putting too much stress on broadband connections. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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TechNode

MARCH 7, 2024

Semiconductor giant TSMC has revealed that subsidies obtained from the Japanese and Chinese governments reached NT$47.545 billion ($1.51 With its ongoing expansion of overseas facilities, TSMC anticipates further subsidies from Japan this year, along with potential new subsidies from the US and Germany. billion) in 2023, marking a 5.74-fold

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2022

The last planned chip factories I can remember are the $19 billion plant Intel is building in Germany and the $20 billion plant the company is building here in the U.S. That’s all good and well, but let’s be honest: $52 billion isn’t exactly a sachet of coppers and nickels, but chip manufacturing is expensive.

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