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Get inside the minds of first-time travelers in this new documentary

Mashable Tech

Feel connected to the globe Each first-time traveler featured in the documentary has a different life experience, and they embark on different trips. However, the data captured shows how their brains react to new experiences similarly as a timely reminder that we’re not so different.

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League of Legends’ 2022 world championship will be a multi-city affair

The Verge

The 2021 edition of Worlds just wrapped up earlier this month in Reykjavík, Iceland, after originally being planned for Shenzen, China. ( The competition moved countries due to the pandemic.)

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Preply raises a $35 million Series B as demand for language learning grows

TechCrunch

Preply’s largest difference from competitors is in its philosophy of how learning should be done. Preply supports 50 different languages, including Spanish, English, French, as well as niche languages such as Icelandic, Tibetan and Catalan. 13 investors say lifelong learning is taking edtech mainstream. “Our

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Learn a new language for less than $1 with Qlango

Mashable Tech

TL;DR: Learn 56 different languages for a one-time price of $39.99 Learning a new language can be fun Whether you're trying to maintain your Spanish or French, or you've been meaning to master Chinese or Icelandic, Qlango is available right in your pocket anytime you want to work on your skills. with Qlango Language Learning (reg.

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What I learned after running my startup while traveling for a year

TechCrunch

If we’re remote anyway, what’s the difference between being remote from down the street or in another country? We started off with a one-month trip to Iceland, where we worked from an Airbnb with a beautiful view of the mountains. Often, we’re working with customers, colleagues and investors in different countries.

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Valorant is the latest big shooter to get a mobile spinoff

The Verge

There aren’t a lot of details yet — such as when it will launch, on what hardware, or how it will differ from the main game — but Riot says the new version will simply be called Valorant Mobile. The developer claims that the PC version of the game, which launched last year , currently averages 14 million monthly players.

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Fishy business: Rooser raises $23M for its seafood trading platform

TechCrunch

Buyers on the platform can source seafood from 13 different countries, although Iceland, Watt said, is the biggest sourcing country at the moment. The idea is that Rooser the software is now helping to fight those fires. Indeed, that software, called Sea.Store, was effective and others started asking to use it, too.