Berlin is Germany's startup capital and a hub for software, fintech and digital policy. Between the founder scene and federal politics, the city has developed a tech profile of its own.
International tech companies run engineering offices here, large-scale manufacturing sits just outside the city, and many of Germany's digital policy decisions are made in the capital. Berlin stories often touch Software & Development and Politics & Society.
Google unveiled the Pixel Tag, a $29 item tracker for Android, and expanded Quick Share with NameDrop-like features, intensifying competition with Apple.
Paid reservations for Germany's hydrogen core network have doubled to just under 6 GW since May, signaling strong market uptake as the infrastructure moves from planning to commercial reservation.
Airbus has been awarded a €345 million contract by Thales Alenia Space to supply two advanced C-band radar instruments for the Copernicus Sentinel-1 Next Generation constellation.
Researchers at Berlin's HZB have built an all-perovskite triple-junction solar cell that reaches 27.3% efficiency and holds up for a record 770 hours, aided by a new graphene-oxide hole-conducting layer.