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#47: Germany’s data centre problem

Amazon wants to open this colossus in Frankfurt am Main in 2027.

Dear reader,

Germany doesn’t want to get left behind in the global AI race, so it’s no surprise that new data centres are rapidly being built across the country. But the hug...

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#47: How Berlin killed drug checking in the 90s

Hi,

this week, writer Emma Ramsay takes over Upate Germany with a fascinating story about drug testing in Berlin. I’ll be back next week.

Enjoy!

Maurice


Love Parade Berlin 1996, photo: Gerd Danigel, CC BY-SA 4.0

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#46: Germany invented the self-driving car. Now it's watching from the sidelines.

Professor Ernst Dickmanns from Munich field-tested the world’s first self-driving car in 1986

Two years ago, I was in the queue to board a plane at Berlin airport and I started chatting with a friendly American man. He started explaining t...

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#45: Germany’s new far-right media

Right-wing streamer Eingollan

Hi there,

before we get into it, allow me to toot my own horn: On Wednesday, October 14th I’ll be hosting another 20% Berlin News Quiz. It’s always a lot of fun. So do drop by if you’re around. Tix here.

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#44: Germany's education disaster

Still from the 2017 movie Fack ju Göhte 3, a comedy set in a terrible German school.

In none of the three German state elections — Saxony-Anhalt, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Berlin — was education a campaign issue.

As the father of three kid...

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