Digitization

German business is squaring up to a fourth industrial revolution. The Federal Government is driving digital change.
Reduce the digital divide
How digital is Germany? The D21 initiative asked more than 16,000 people about their habits and attitudes.
Studying the digital world
These degree courses in Germany teach students how to handle data and the internet
Good algorithm, bad algorithm
Algorithms are increasingly dictating our lives, but are they a blessing or a curse? Germany’s leading computer scientist explains.
German-made technology
Germany’s entrepreneurs are really making things happen and are attracting considerable international attention. Three examples that you might not have suspected were from Germany.
Let’s talk about the internet!
The UN’s Internet Governance Forum in Berlin will be examining the state of the digital world.
Welcome to digital farming
Cornelia Weltzien, a leading expert on digital farming, explains how digitalization is changing agriculture.
Agriculture 4.0
Today’s farmers need IT expertise. It makes things easier and better. Stefan Wagner is showing the way.
Here more freedom, there more pressure
In Germany, the work world is changing. How does that affect people? Here is what a psychologist has to say about home office and digitization.
Three mistakes about the digitization of work
As part of the science year "WORKS WORLDS OF THE FUTURE", experts have cleared up some common misconceptions. Three examples.
What is cyber foreign policy?
The Internet knows no limits. These are the keys points of German foreign policy in the digital age.
Why Darmstadt is Digital City
These innovations are making the city in Hesse a pioneer in digital urban planning.
Smart Jobs
A doctor without a surgery, a secretary without an office – workplace digitalization is creating new professions. Here are three examples.
Collecting data for a better world
Paula Schwarz wants to revolutionize the world economic system. Here she explains how.
Making the EU fit for the digital age
Could digitalisation divide Europe? Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, examines this question at the Global Media Forum.
Everything here focuses on our digital future
The CEBIT IT fair presents the digital technology of tomorrow. These four intelligent innovations in the fields of work, transport and sport will surprise you.
Surfing safely in the digital world
How free are users in the Internet, and what changes will the new EU data protection rules bring? State Secretary Dorothee Bär talks about transparency and control.
The giga challenge
60,000 kilometres of fibre optic cable for superfast broadband: how Germany is driving forward digitisation and the expansion of its network.
Digital upturn
Smartphones contribute to an economic boom: digitalisation is creating growth and new jobs. The latest figures.
Digitally educated
Tablet and internet instead of blackboard and chalk: three good examples of how young people are learning to handle digital media confidently.
How will work change in the future?
Digitalisation affects everyone: Year of Science 2018 offers an opportunity to help shape the new working world.
Re:publica goes Europe
The digital conference is becoming more European: There are now offshoots in Dublin and Thessaloniki. Where will it go next?
“No need to panic”
How big is the influence of social bots on elections? Interview with Simon Hegelich, Professor of Political Data Science.
Freedom in the digital world
Cyber policy, data protection and civil society: digitisation raises new questions about rights and self-determination.
re:publica in Berlin
Under the motto “Love out Loud” the re:publica digital convention is promoting basic rights on the web and speaking out against fake news and hateful comments and posts. Here are some impressions from the first day.
New German business start-ups
The business start-up scene in Germany is livelier than ever. A short series on successful founders. Part 1: Start-ups in the IT sector.
New German business start-ups (2): company foundations in the creative industry
The business start-up scene in Germany is livelier than ever. A short series of articles on successful founders. Part 2: Start-ups in the creative industry.
New German business start-ups (3): FinTech companies
The business start-up scene in Germany is livelier than ever. A short series on successful founders. Part 3: FinTech companies.
Corrective to fake news
The research network Correctiv is starting a journalist’s school for everyone on the Internet – and is combatting fake news in the social media.