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League of Legends’ world championships will take place in Iceland

The Verge

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. Photo by David Lee/Riot Games/Riot Games Inc. via Getty Images. The event kicks off on October 5th and will conclude on November 6th.

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YouTube ‘Premium Lite’ subscription offers ad-free viewing for less

The Verge

In Nordics and Benelux (except for Iceland), we’re testing a new offering to give users even more choice: Premium Lite costs €6.99/month month (or local equivalent per month) and it includes ad-free videos on YouTube,” a YouTube spokesperson said in a statement. In comparison, YouTube’s existing Premium plan costs around €11.99

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Microsoft Flight Simulator adds beautiful Nordic views in its latest update

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World Update V is focused on the Nordic region (specifically Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden), bringing stunning vistas to an already visually impressive title. The Xbox launch is timed for July 27th, arriving after several updates to optimize the game and even reduce its staggering initial installation size.

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

TechCrunch

We started off with a one-month trip to Iceland, where we worked from an Airbnb with a beautiful view of the mountains. I remember speaking to one of our investors from Iceland, and he remarked on the view in my background — he didn’t realize I wasn’t in Paris and didn’t mind at all.

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Flytrex raises $40M to build its drone-based delivery service across suburbs in the U.S.

TechCrunch

(As an equivalent, this would not be unlike how some on-demand transport platforms contract with individuals, but also local fleets that use the platform to pick up business.). Flytrex’s first-ever service was launched in Reykjavik , Iceland in 2017, but the first U.S.

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Big Tech pledged a billion to racial justice, but it was pocket change

The Verge

That’s more than the estimated GDP of Iceland and Yemen combined, according to the International Monetary Fund ). million in stock and free advertising as well as a $250,000 fund to rebuild local businesses. Theoretically, the company could have made its entire hundred million dollars back the same day it announced the initiative.

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