The Verge

JUNE 16, 2020

Photo by Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images. 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.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Image: Samsung. Samsung first announced last month it would be adding the features to its latest Galaxy Watch devices through software updates, considering both smartwatches have the requisite sensors used for measuring heart rate and blood pressure and performing an EKG.

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The Verge

MAY 12, 2021

Photo: STR/AFP via Getty Images. Riot is currently holding League of Legends and Valorant tournaments in Iceland , while the Overwatch League is planning to hold multiple live matches in China. One of the biggest esports tournaments in the world is coming back for 2021.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

Image Credit: Climeworks. The company already has a collaboration with an Icelandic company called Carbfix, where the Climeworks technology is used to capture carbon dioxide and store it in mineralized basalt. That will be the price range needed to build up the infrastructure and finance it.”

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2021

” Image Credits: 44.01. ” Other mineralization efforts have broken ground on the concept, so to speak, such as a basalt-injection scheme up in Iceland, so it isn’t without precedent. . “We’re speeding it up by injecting a higher CO2 content than you would get in the atmosphere,” said Hasan.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

It’s a new section of Disney Plus for international audiences that will offer more mature R-rated films, TV shows from FX, and other shows and movies that Disney owns the rights to but don’t fit into Disney Plus’ family-friendly image. Star is effectively Disney’s solution to the fact that Hulu doesn’t exist in international markets.

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The Verge

AUGUST 13, 2020

That’s more than the estimated GDP of Iceland and Yemen combined, according to the International Monetary Fund ). Mind you, Uber is still working to right the image of a tech bro culture years after the departure of former CEO and co-founder Travis Kalanick. Apple’s $100 million represents just 0.18 percent of the $55.3

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The Verge

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images. This year, Worlds takes place in Reykjavík, Iceland , at the Laugardalshöll indoor sporting arena. While Worlds is one of the biggest esports competitions on the planet, League of Legends isn’t exactly the easiest game to start watching.

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Engadget

MARCH 27, 2025

Most of Europe will only see around a 20 percent obscuration (with the exception of Greenland and Iceland), for example, while the extreme northeastern part of the United States will see up to 89 percent of the sun covered. (In other words, how much of the sun is covered by the moon depends on where you are and when youre looking.)

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 27, 2025

Many people living in the Himalayas, Andes, Alps, Rocky Mountains, Iceland, and Alaska have experienced glacial lake outburst floods of one type or another. Image: Google Earth , data from Airbus Data SIO, NOAA, U.S. The top image shows the mountain in 2016. Laguna Palcacocha has grown to more than 14 times its size in 1941.

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Engadget

MARCH 28, 2025

Most of Europe will only see around a 20 percent obscuration (with the exception of Greenland and Iceland), for example, while the extreme northeastern part of the United States will see up to 89 percent of the sun covered. (In other words, how much of the sun is covered by the moon depends on where you are and when youre looking.)

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