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

The Verge

The new “ Premium Lite ” plan was spotted by a user on ResetEra , and YouTube subsequently confirmed the test offering in a statement given to The Verge. Premium Lite is currently being tested in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. “In We’re testing a new offering to give users even more choice”.

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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. It is an entirely voluntary opt-in app.

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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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Half of all Facebook moderators may develop mental health issues

The Verge

Total test results (positive and negative) in California: 991,897. Total test results (positive and negative) in New York: 1,204,651. Total test results (positive and negative) in New Jersey: 425,933. Total test results (positive and negative) in Illinois: 442,425. Test data from The COVID Tracking Project.

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In Las Vegas, a former SpaceX engineer is pulling CO2 from the air and turning it into concrete

Fast Company Tech

Founder Glen Meyerowitz, who previously worked on rocket and spacecraft propulsion testing at SpaceX, pivoted to carbon removal in 2022. The other, 4,000-plus miles away in Iceland, is Climeworks, which partners with a company called CarbFix to inject its captured CO2 into Icelands deep rock formations and naturally turn the CO2 into stone.

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6 Oslo VCs discuss 2021 trends, deal flow and regional opportunities

TechCrunch

Local investors tend to invest 50% to 90% of their fund into local startups, “but we do look at deal flow in all Nordic countries,” said one. How much are you focused on investing in your local ecosystem versus other startup hubs (or everywhere) in general? The decline in infections locally and the rollout of the COVID vaccines.

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Proton VPN review: Premium, proven privacy and a free tier with no data limits

Mashable Tech

Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of VPN reviews we're overhauling in accordance with our all-new VPN testing methodology, which you can read in full here. SEE ALSO: The 4 best VPN services for 2025, tested and reviewed I'm right there with them. That was certainly my testing experience, at least.

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