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.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images. Teams from around the globe have qualified for the event after having successful seasons in their local leagues. Think of it sort of like the Champions League in soccer; all year long, teams compete locally for the chance to face off against the best from other regions.

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The Verge

JUNE 16, 2020

Photo by Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images. But the approaches have differed — most prominently, around issues of user privacy and whether the data should be anonymized and stored locally or linked to real identities and sent to a central server.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 19, 2025

The Clairity direct air capture reactor in Nevada [Photo: Clairity] First, Clairity uses a different material to capture CO2 from the air. Sorbent cartridge being inserted into adsorption station [Photo: Clairity] While many companies in the space plan to inject CO2 into underground wells, that system isnt ready yet in the U.S.

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The Verge

MAY 13, 2020

Photo by Michele Doying / The Verge. Nearly 40 percent of Icelanders are using a contact tracing app, the highest number of any country. Ordering food from local businesses is a nice way to support the restaurant industry in your area. In November 2018 I received a message that changed my life. Jay Peters / The Verge ).

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