Tag: innovation
“Four weeks later I was fired”
Dusseldorf Francoise Brougher’s story is not one of the glass ceiling. The French woman was right at the top, top manager of one of the most famous Internet companies in…
Innovations in Germany: Research funding stopped
research Experts repeatedly recommend targeted research funding. (Photo: imago images / Westend61) Berlin Since Thursday, 8 p.m., the Federal Ministry of Economics has stopped accepting applications from SMEs for innovation…
Tesla headquarters moves to Texas
Elon Musk The Tesla boss is turning his back on Silicon Valley – at least as far as the Tesla headquarters are concerned. (Photo: Reuters) Austin Tesla is officially relocating…
So much German technology is in Tesla
Tesla Model 3 Around a third of the around 3,000 parts and components come from German companies. (Photo: AP) Dusseldorf Last year, Dirk Howe received an inquiry that surprised him…
Susanne Klatten starts a start-up center for medium-sized companies
Munich When delegations from China came to Germany in the past, they were often interested in one question: How do you build family businesses? In the republic of the “hidden…
Startups from India overtake Germany
Asia Techonomics In the weekly column we alternately write about innovation and economic trends in Asia. (Photo: Klawe Rzeczy) Bangkok India’s start-up scene is going in quick succession: As of…
The woman who represents Toyota’s change
Tokyo Sinead Kaiya has been globally active in the software world for a long time, including in Germany. From 2011 she worked directly as chief of staff with the then…
How bureaucracy slows down research – especially in medicine
Berlin The Expert Commission on Research and Innovation EFI complains about enormous bureaucratic hurdles – especially in medical research. This hits a booming research field of all things: the development…
Shop without cash register in the Netherlands
The new branch in Utrecht Customers can check in at the new branch using their mobile phones. The purchases will be settled automatically later. (Photo: obs) Dusseldorf More and more…
Google search learns to read, hear and see at the same time
Google headquarters in Mountain View, California The group invests enormous resources in artificial intelligence. (Photo: AP) San Francisco Google wants to revolutionize its search engine with a new AI technology…
Investing in e-mobility in the USA
Pickup truck One of the automaker’s new factories is set to produce the electric version of the F-150. (Photo: Reuters) new York The US car company Ford is serious about…
Deutscher sets global standard for operating system
Palo Alto Kitty Hawk’s building in Palo Alto is nondescript. The air taxi start-up didn’t even put up a company sign. But Lorenz Meier knows his way around the sensational…
Galatasaray Token Added to Huobi Global Innovation Zone
Galatasaray’s fan token with the GAL code, which was offered in February 2020, is a product of the cryptocurrency exchange Huobi Global. “Innovation Zone” will be listed in the section.…
What pigs and a Soviet teach us
pig A well-known business theorem goes back to the trade in animals. (Photo: Imago Images) What is the correct reaction to the slowed up recovery in Germany? All major economic…
Important innovation for players with slow internet from Steam!
It has already excited users for the game festival that will be held in the next month. Steammay be of interest to players. another project working on it. With this…
These companies are fighting climate change together with Bill Gates
Bill Gates The billionaire’s climate initiative gets support. (Photo: AP) Bill Gates’ “Breakthrough Energy” project receives billions in support from business: seven large companies want to help make climate-friendly technologies…
Demand and reality in artificial intelligence
Robot test at the DFKI A large part of the DFKI’s money goes into prototypes. But the public does not know how many are successful. (Photo: DFKI) Dusseldorf The German…
“Airbnb, Uber and Lieferando are not making people’s lives better”
Berlin The head of the Federal Agency for Jump Innovations Sprind, Rafael Laguna, is a key figure in the German innovation scene. In an interview with Handelsblatt, the former entrepreneur…
Trump: Q.ant develops quantum chips
Stuttgart As the deputy of Trumpf boss Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller, Peter Leibinger is usually somewhat in the shadow of her public. But when the head of development at the laser specialist…
Tomorrow’s biontech: venture capitalists reveal Germany’s biotech hopes
Frankfurt The success of the Covid-19 vaccine developer Biontech has brought new attention to German biotech companies. However, regardless of the success of Biontech, the industry has again moved more…