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Iceland built 1,756 wheelchair ramps in the past 4 years. Why can’t other countries do that?

Fast Company Tech

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

TechCrunch

Flytrex’s first-ever service was launched in Reykjavik , Iceland in 2017, but the first U.S. Drones are playing a key role in revolutionizing last mile delivery for communities around the world, and we are thrilled to support the Flytrex team as they take the future of food and household delivery to new heights.”.

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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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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 ). Roberts also argued that companies need to be thinking about their role in creating the racial inequalities that exist today. Apple’s $100 million represents just 0.18 percent of the $55.3

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The best comedies streaming on Netflix right now

Mashable Tech

Reprising their supporting roles are Beverly Hills Cop co-stars John Ashton, Judge Reinhold, Paul Reiser, and Bronson Pinchot. They play the Icelandic musical duo Fire Saga, who find themselves in the Eurovision spotlight. Credit: Netflix Eddie Murphy returns as wise-cracking Detroit police officer Axel Foley.

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

TechCrunch

Who are key startup people you see creating success locally, whether investors, founders or even other types of startup ecosystems roles like lawyers, designers, growth experts, etc. We expect that about 50% of our investments will be Norwegian, whereas the other 50% will be spread across Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland.

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Zootonic diseases to wildlife trade: Here’s how ecological disruptions threaten national security

Fast Company Tech

From the 1950s to the 1970s, intermittent conflict broke out between British and Icelandic fishermen over the Icelandic cod fisheries , which had been depleted by overfishing. The Icelandic government sought to ban British trawlers from a broader area around the countrys coast, but the British continued to fish.

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