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Researcher "Threatened to Kill" Colleagues Trapped in Antarctic Base

Futurism

As England's The Times reports , an unnamed climate researcher at the South African National Antarctic Expedition (SANAE IV), a scientific base on Norway's Queen Maud Land region of the frozen continent, allegedly threatened the life of one of his colleagues, physically attacking one coworker and sexually assaulted another.

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

The Verge

A new study analyzing COVID-19 contact tracing apps conducted by Amnesty International has found that Bahrain and Kuwait are using their public health apps as mass surveillance tools. Bahrain, Kuwait and Norway have run roughshod over people’s privacy.”. Photo by Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images.

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The Davos Blur

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Every table conversation brings a new perspective and a new idea: whether it’s new knowledge, a great contact or a new extension to the idea under discussion. Prince Haakon of Norway kicked off the session, along with our moderator, Angel Cabrera, the dean of the Thunderbird Business School.

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Oda, the Norwegian grocery delivery startup, raises a fresh $151M, but at a lowered valuation of $353M

TechCrunch

Oda , one of the bigger players in online grocery delivery in Europe with operations in its home market of Norway as well as Finland and Germany, today announced that it had raised 1.5 Rohlik in the Czech Republic, Picnic in the Netherlands and Everli in Italy — says that its Norway operations are profitable. “In

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Ageras nabs $73M at a $244M valuation for its accountancy marketplace and bookkeeping tech stack

TechCrunch

Sweden, Norway, Holland and Germany. Ageras today follows a fairly typical labor marketplace model: SMEs seeking accountancy services submit their requirements in three areas — accounting, bookkeeping or auditing — and in return they receive three leads to contact.

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Making sense of Klarna

TechCrunch

Angel investment from a former Erlang Systems sales manager, Jane Walerud, followed and she put Klarna’s founders in contact with a team of developers who helped build the first version of the platform. Siemiatkowski left undeterred. Between 2006 and 2008, Klarna continued to grow as more people started shopping online.

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Push it jumps to No. 1 on App Store promising a way to send push notifications to friends

TechCrunch

To work, Push it requires full access to your Contacts database on your iPhone. Canada, Bermuda, Ireland, and Norway, the firm says. Those followers can then respond to that notification to spark a one-on-one conversation, similar to Sendit. It also offers tools to invite friends via text messages. It’s No. 1 in the U.S.,