Amazon Prime now includes ‘free’ live TV in Germany

Amazon Prime customers in Germany now have access to live TV at no additional cost, Broadband TV News reports. Amazon has launched a linear TV package with 38 channels from public broadcasters, including 28 HD channels. Customers in Germany simply ha...

Google expands Play Pass to nine countries beyond the US

Almost a year after Google introduced Play Pass on Android, it’s expanding the game and app subscription service outside of the US. It’ll be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Spain and the United Kingdom th...

Google’s true wireless Pixel Buds are now available outside of the US

A few months after Google released its second-generation Pixel Buds in the US, they’re now on sale in some other countries. Folks in Canada, the UK, Australia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Singapore and Spain are among those who can get their han...

Amazon workers in Germany plan two-day strike over COVID-19 infections

Amazon’s efforts to deal with COVID-19 at its warehouses haven’t been enough to sway at least some workers. The labor union Verdi has announced that staff at six sites in Germany will strike for a minimum of two days over a claimed lack of transparen...

Google will pay publishers for ‘high-quality’ news and absorb paywall costs

Google has announced that it will start paying publishers to license “high-quality” content in an upcoming initiative it’s describing as a “news experience.” It said the service is part of an initiative to better support publishers and no doubt an ef...

Thomy Rot-Weiß Is Ketchup and Mayonnaise Packaged Like Toothpaste

Ketchup, mustard, mayo, teriyaki, bbq sauce, sriracha… Let’s face it, I’m a big condiment fan. While I don’t always mix my condiments, some combinations work better than others. Ketchup and mayo generally work well together – especially on a cheeseburger – and actually are pretty good on french fries too. Well, it turns out that you can get a combination of ketchup and mayo in a single package – and I’m not talking about Russian salad dressing.

The experts at German condiment company Thomy make a ketchup-mayonnaise combo called “Rot-Weiß” – which translates to  “Red-White.” But these two condiments aren’t pre-mixed into a single condiment. Instead, they come out of a tube like one of those striped toothpastes. YouTuber Taras Kul tested out some Rot-Weiß, and shared his review on video:

I mean, sure, the two substances eventually will mix together on your plate, and certainly in your stomach, but still, it looks sort of like a liquid candy cane as it oozes out of the tube. If you’re just dying to try some, you can pick up a tub on Amazon for about $10. I dare you to brush your teeth with this stuff.

Germany’s updated hate speech law requires sites to report users to police

Germany's already strict online hate speech law is about to become even more severe. On Thursday, the country's federal government passed a new provision (via TechCrunch) that will require companies like Twitter and Facebook to forward suspected ille...

Amazon’s Echo Auto comes to the UK, Canada and parts of Europe

Amazon launched Echo Auto in the US back in 2018, designed to bring Alexa voice commands to vehicles where they wouldn’t normally be an option. Now, finally, it’s arrived in the UK and Canada, as well as Germany, Italy and Spain (it was previously al...

Germany’s voluntary contract tracing app is available to download

As expected, Germany has become the latest European country to launch a COVID-19 contact tracing app. German residents can download the country’s Corona-Warn-App starting today on iOS and Android -- though the government is not making it mandatory to...