Georgia unveils the first EV-charging ‘solar roadway’ in the US Proving ground Early results from pilots elsewhere have cast doubt on the efficacy of solar roadways. Following a three-year government-backed trial of Wattway’s panels along a kilometer-long test road in Normandy, France, reports last yearsaidthe technology wasn’t economically viable or energy efficient. The Wattway panels have now been engineered to be more durable and efficient, which the company says has resulted in a 21 percent performance increase....

Where is Machu Picchu? What is the largest African beetle? Smartphone users have the world at their fingertips and are able to answer trivia questions in seconds. While accessing information quickly may be impressive to your friends, it clearly doesn’t make you a factoid guru. GeoWalkis an interactive encyclopedia that contains over 500 facts, images and descriptions that challenge your knowledge of planet Earth. Users are able to browse facts in a variety of ways including the option to discover facts by location within an interactive globe....

Doom is widely recognized as popularizing the first-person shooter genre. But when it was launched in 1993, Germany swiftly added it to an index of controlled titles, as it was deemed to be harmful to young people. The game uses pioneering, immersive 3D graphics, and gamers assume the role of a space marine who fights his way through a military base on Phobos, a moon of Mars. Doomed has been banned for sale in Germany since 1994, but that is all about to change....

German websites using Google Analytics to track their visitors may be in line for fines following a breakdown in talks between the country’s data protection officials and the search giant. The German officials believe that Internet users’ privacy is being violated because the service collects detailed information about their browsing and sends it back to Google’s US servers for processing. The Localreports that, despite talks to attempt to resolve the issue, Google hasn’t done enough to allay German officials’ concerns....

According to Eco, the Association of German Internet Industry, the probability being German citizens being discovered and prosecuted for downloading illegal content is increasing, with the association handing over user data from 300,000 Internet accounts each month in a bid to combat piracy. With increased tracking and expansion of legal download services in Germany, Eco says that the number of online pirates has decreased by 20% since 2008, with legitimate music downloads growing by more than 30% to 77....