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A look at Sweden’s startup scene as Techstars drops Stockholm program

TechCrunch

Sweden, which has a population of around that of Michigan in the United States, punches above its weight in both cultural and business terms. Any fan of heavier music will rhapsodize to you about towering Swedish heavy metal giants like At The Gates, In Flames, Amon Amarth and Meshuggah.

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

The Verge

Premium Lite is currently being tested in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. “In month (or local equivalent per month) and it includes ad-free videos on YouTube,” a YouTube spokesperson said in a statement.

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Lynk & Co’s compact SUV costs €500 a month but might earn you a profit

The Verge

The Lynk & Co brand was first announced in 2016 in Gothenburg, Sweden as a “born digital” alternative to Volvo, the company that spawned Lynk & Co with help from their Chinese parent Geely. Whether it’s music festivals or artists [or] art galleries.

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The Station: Tier buys Spin, Waymo gets to charge for robotaxi, and Tesla needs a Tim Cook

TechCrunch

As consolidation begins its next wave in the micromobility industry, might we see more deals like this, where companies just buy other companies for geographic expansion, rather than trying to kickstart their own operations in new locales? Baldwin writes: Right now, there is no heir apparent within the Tesla hierarchy. Tesla is Musk.

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Elon Musk’s Twitter (now X): Everything you need to know, from layoffs to verification

TechCrunch

X takes over @music handle, hinting at future music plans The @music account was originally operated for 16 years by software developer Jeremy Vaught, who grew the @music handle to roughly half a million followers. Vaught posted in anger that X had commandeered the account for itself.

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Lynk & Co opens its first ‘Club’ for the 01 connected car

The Verge

These will range from sets by local DJs to exclusive sneaker drops to film screenings, cooking clinics, and jewelry-making workshops, to name just a few examples of what to expect. The Dutch capital was chosen by Sweden-based Lynk & Co specifically because of its anti-car, pro-environment culture. A quick tour of Amsterdam Club.

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How Australia became the test bed for tech regulation

The Verge

So, there’s a company in Sweden, providing an application server, and they were great products but terrible support. So, we went to the local beer shop, got cases of beer, then as people walked in, we put an Atlassian sticker on the beer can and gave it to every person in the audience. Effectively, they sold their goods locally.