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Two European companies are mapping a future service for direct air capture to sequestration of CO2

TechCrunch

The business is one of the lynchpins in the Norwegian government’s efforts to capture and store carbon emissions safely underground under a plan called The Longship Project. There is growing awareness of the need to build capacity to remove CO 2 from the atmosphere to achieve net zero by 2050.

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Gulf states using COVID-19 contact tracing apps as mass surveillance tools, report says

The Verge

The study analyzed a collection of contact tracing apps, which are designed to inform and monitor physical contact between people in the event someone contracts COVID-19, from 11 countries: Algeria, Bahrain, France, Iceland, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Norway, Qatar, Tunisia, and United Arab Emirates.

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Proton VPN review: Premium, proven privacy and a free tier with no data limits

Mashable Tech

The eight-year-old Swiss provider maintains open-source apps, abides by strong privacy practices that have held up in court, provides censorship bypassing tools, and supports internet freedom causes. I used one that routed me through Iceland and the U.S., It's also the rare VPN service with a free tier boasting zero data limits.

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Glaciers are melting fast—putting millions at risk for flash floods

Fast Company Tech

Many people living in the Himalayas, Andes, Alps, Rocky Mountains, Iceland, and Alaska have experienced glacial lake outburst floods of one type or another. Governments have responded to this widespread and growing threat by developing early warning systems and programs to identify potentially dangerous glacial lakes.

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6 Oslo VCs discuss 2021 trends, deal flow and regional opportunities

TechCrunch

On the horizon, there is hope for an increased focus on mental health and wellness from organizations, the press and the government; many also celebrated the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine, bitcoin’s rise and a new occupant in the White House. No language barriers; Significant support from government, institutions and local business.

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Zootonic diseases to wildlife trade: Here’s how ecological disruptions threaten national security

Fast Company Tech

But they, too, can cause social and political instability, economic strife and strained international relations. From the 1950s to the 1970s, intermittent conflict broke out between British and Icelandic fishermen over the Icelandic cod fisheries , which had been depleted by overfishing. military base in Iceland.

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Half of all Facebook moderators may develop mental health issues

The Verge

By then a lawsuit by a former moderator named Selena Scola, which accused Facebook of creating an unsafe workplace that had caused her mental health problems, was working its way through the courts. Governing. ? Nearly 40 percent of Icelanders are using a contact tracing app, the highest number of any country. And finally.

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