9 Best Articles in 2021
The Guardian
Why we should learn German
The Guardian
7 min read · From 2017 · To help make the European debate decent and civilised, it is now more important than ever to value the skills of the linguist
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German for Programmers
wickedchicken.github.io
10 min read · From 2019 · After 2 years of learning German I’ve noticed that, for the most part, you can go a long way by mapping foreign concepts to ones that you already know. In particular, I’ve had success mapping aspects of German grammar to programming concepts I use every day. After all, programmers deal with weird grammars all the time, why not take advantage of that skill?
Gendered nouns: forward error correction Probably the first difficulty people run into when leaning German is memorizing the gender of each n
medium.com
The German Artificial Intelligence Landscape
medium.com
5 min read · From 2017 · As a Venture Capital firm for Artificial Intelligence we follow the growing AI market closely. For the German AI Landscape Map, we created…
BuzzFeed
21 Perfect German Words We Need In English
BuzzFeed
5 min read · From 2016 · Because everything sounds better in German.
Guardian Tech
'Anonymous' browsing data can be easily exposed, German researchers reveal
Guardian Tech
5 min read · From 2017 · Pair secured database containing 3bn URLs from 3 million German users, spread over 9m different sites
Aeon+Psyche
Amalia Holst, and how the German Enlightenment failed women
Aeon+Psyche
~13 min read · Sep 13th · Brilliant and fierce, the philosopher and educator Amalia Holst demonstrated how the German Enlightenment failed women
medium.com
State of the German Startup and Venture Capital Landscape in 2016
medium.com
1 min read · From 2016 · A Frontline & Point Nine collaboration: The German startup and VC ecosystem
Nautilus Magazine
Plants Feel Pain and Might Even See
Nautilus Magazine
10 min read · Jul 22nd · In 2018, a German newspaper asked me if I would be interested in having a conversation with the philosopher Emanuele Coccia, who had…
UX Collective
Applying the Panofsky method to your own design
UX Collective
10 min read · Jan 27th · If you are unfamiliar with the Panofsky method it comes from Erwin Panofsky, a German art historian who in 1932 looked into the study of…
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Aeon+Psyche
Amalia Holst, and how the German Enlightenment failed women
Aeon+Psyche
~13 min read · Sep 13th · Brilliant and fierce, the philosopher and educator Amalia Holst demonstrated how the German Enlightenment failed women
The Associated Press
Climate activist Nakate visits huge German coal mine
The Associated Press
1 min read · Oct 9th · LUETZERATH, Germany (AP) — Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate on Saturday visited a vast German open-pit coal mine and a village that is to be bulldozed for its expansion, saying the destruction…
The Independent
Government asks German residents to drive lorries even if they never have before
The Independent
2 min read · Oct 1st · Exclusive: German driving licences issued before 1999 include entitlement to drive a small to medium-sized truck of up to 7.5 tonnes
Datawrapper
How the Social Democrats came to lead the German polls, up-close
Datawrapper
2 min read · Sep 9th · What happened in the last thirty days in German election polls? We zoom in and have a look.
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Science Magazine
German researchers resign from Elsevier journals in push for nationwide open access
Science Magazine
5 min read · From 2017 · German libraries and universities want all German-authored papers to be freely available worldwide
Guardian US
Trump offers 'large sums' for exclusive access to coronavirus vaccine
Guardian US
3 min read · 2020-03-15 · German government tries to fight off aggressive takeover bid by US, say reports
Fast Company
This simple but powerful analog method will rocket your productivity
Fast Company
6 min read · 2020-08-02 · A German author of more than 70 books and 400 academic articles got so much done because of his pioneering system called Zettelkasten.
The New York Times
A German Exception? Why the Country’s Coronavirus Death Rate Is Low
The New York Times
~11 min read · 2020-04-04 · The pandemic has hit Germany hard, with more than 91,000 people infected. But the percentage of fatal cases has been remarkably low compared to those in many neighboring countries.
eadan.net
The German Tank Problem
eadan.net
5 min read · From 2019 · The German tank problem recounts a fascinating story of how the Allies estimated German tank production numbers during World War II. Early in the war, the Allies started to record the serial numbers…
The Atlantic
The Invasion of the German Board Games
The Atlantic
20+ min read · From 2018 · Their peaceful premises and intricate rule systems are changing the way Americans play—and helping shape an industry in the process.
The New Yorker
How a German Newspaper Became the Go-To Place for Leaks Like the Paradise Papers
The New Yorker
7 min read · From 2017 · Ten reporters at Süddeutsche Zeitung have worked in secret on the enormous, years-long effort to investigate international financial dealings.
thelocal.de
German government wants ‘backdoor’ access to every digital device: report
thelocal.de
2 min read · From 2017 · Germany’s Interior Minister wants to force tech and car companies to provide the German security services with hidden digital access to cars, computers, phones and more, according to a media report…
Bloomberg
This German Fintech May Soon Be More Valuable Than Deutsche Bank
Bloomberg
3 min read · From 2018 · They may be worlds apart in the financial services industry but German payments company Wirecard AG is fast approaching the market valuation of banking behemoth Deutsche Bank AG, capping a week in which investors snapped up shares in Europe’s biggest ever fintech public offering.
