Fast Company Tech

MARCH 31, 2025

After making his mark in Silicon Valley, Icelandic designer and tech mogul Haraldur Halli Thorleifsson is now solving a far more analog problem: the inaccessibility of local storefronts. And this isnt just an Icelandic issue. As a wheelchair user, Thorleifsson knows firsthand how exclusion can be built into a city.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Photo by David Lee/Riot Games/Riot Games Inc. The League of Legends World Championship, the concluding tournament that brings together the best teams from across the world, will take place in Reykjavík, Iceland at the Laugardalshöll indoor sporting arena. via Getty Images. No fans will be in attendance.

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The Verge

MAY 12, 2021

Photo: STR/AFP via Getty Images. Today, Valve announced that The International, the annual Dota 2 championship, will return after a one-year hiatus caused by the pandemic. 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.

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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. BBC now reports you can opt out of the show if you don’t want to run the risk of being called.).

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The Verge

AUGUST 24, 2021

Photo by David Lee/Riot Games/Riot Games Inc. This will be the second major League of Legends tournament to take place in Europe this year, following May’s Mid-Season Invitational hosted in Reykjavik, Iceland. via Getty Images. The move happens just weeks before the competition is set to begin.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2021

Around that time, in fact, the New York Times ran a photo essay about Oman’s potential miracle mineral, highlighting the research of Peter Kelemen and Jeurg Matter into its potential. It’s an evolving and highly complex overlapping area of international regulations, taxes, and corporate policy.).

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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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