A New Era of Attacks on Encryption Is Starting to Heat Up
Wired
MARCH 14, 2025
The UK, France, Sweden, and EU have made fresh attacks on end-to-end encryption. Some of the attacks are more crude than those in recent years, experts say.
Meet 4 more of Europe’s fastest-growing tech firms: Leetchi, MAG Interactive, Run a Shop, and Hailo
The Next Web
APRIL 25, 2014
These startups include companies from France, United Kingdom, Germany, and Sweden. The companies presenting were chosen from hundreds of startup submissions from seven European nations. The companies were chosen based on actual revenue, traffic and employee data between 2011 and 2013.
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There’s trouble in Startup Nation
TechCrunch
APRIL 1, 2023
Anna To SVB and back The Exchange recently noted how Sweden was punching above its weight in terms of startup dollars raised per capita. But Israel is even more outstanding when it comes to tech — so much so that it earned the nickname “Startup Nation.” We talked to one of them, MDI Health CEO Avishai Ben-Tovim.
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The New Miradi
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MAY 16, 2010
Environmental planners from Sweden and Norway are using Miradi to develop management plans for the Swedish Kosterhavet Marine National Park and the Ytre Hvaler National Park in Norway which share the same marine area.
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Google workers across the globe announce international union alliance to hold Alphabet accountable
The Verge
JANUARY 25, 2021
We know that organizing for justice at a global company like Alphabet does not stop at national boundaries,” said Parul Koul, executive chair of the Alphabet Workers Union and a Google software engineer, in a statement. That is why it is so important to unite with workers in other countries.
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Microsoft Flight Simulator adds beautiful Nordic views in its latest update
The Verge
JUNE 17, 2021
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. You can see Lego House and Frederiksborg Castle in the trailer, along with the Arctic Cathedral and Sarek National Park.
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Benetech: President's Update
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MAY 13, 2011
The head of our group, Patrick Ball, is spending most of this year in the Democratic Republic of Congo, working with the United Nations on a range of human rights issues (of which the DRC has many). Our team is helping activists and organizations worldwide ensure that the truth matters.
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Volvo’s first EV is stuck at cargo ports waiting for a software update
The Verge
MARCH 1, 2021
We are awaiting word from Volvo Sweden on final updates for the cars in the ports.”. Russell Datz, Volvo’s national media relations manager for the US market, did not respond to specific questions about the apparent delay and software issue. A crucial piece of Volvo’s software still needs to be activated. The timing of U.S.
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How to Set Up an Instagram Printer for Your Next Event
Tech Soup
SEPTEMBER 6, 2012
TechSoup Sweden's Andreas Ericsson shared a cool weekend project on TechSoup's Digital Engagement forum that any organization can adopt for their next event. He printed photos posted on Instagram to document a large gathering in Sweden. The Swedish donation program was launched in May 2010.
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NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for February 28
Mashable Tech
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Today's connections fall into the following categories: Yellow: High cards in poker Green: 4 Nations Face-off Blue: Related to Nikola Jokic Purple: Eagles Looking for Wordle today? Here's the answer to today's Wordle. Ready for the answers? This is your last chance to turn back and solve today's puzzle before we reveal the solutions.
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Making sense of Klarna
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Siemiatkowski, a Swedish national and the son of two immigrants from Poland, is also sceptical of the “American dream.” But there is one caveat: he doesn’t think first-generation immigrants in Sweden do nearly as well as their children. When I go to San Francisco today, it’s changed to become, in my opinion, fairly cold.”.
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Nonprofits Who are Making A Difference Through Play
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
MARCH 31, 2014
Through projects like the Games and Learning Publishing Council and the National STEM Video Game Challenge ( [link] ), the Cooney Center explores the power of games to advance learning and engage vulnerable students. Another nonprofit furthering research behind games and learning is the Joan Ganz Cooney Center. Around Gender.
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Greenpeace Nordic Fights to Win the World a Better Future
Saleforce Nonprofit
OCTOBER 18, 2021
In 1999, the Greenpeace national offices in Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway united to form one regional entity: Greenpeace Nordic. Now in its 50 th year, the Greenpeace movement has spread across the globe, becoming the world’s largest independent environmental organisation. .
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League of Legends’ world championships will take place in Iceland
The Verge
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
We will continue to use guidance from various health organizations and local and national authorities to prioritize everyone’s safety.”. The International, Dota 2 ’s big event, was moved to Bucharest, Romania from Stockholm, Sweden, while the Overwatch League canceled its in-person playoffs in favor of an online competition in Hawaii.
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Why I Do Good: Starry Night
Have Fun - Do Good
OCTOBER 9, 2013
I studied sociology, did a summer internship for the National Coalition for the Homeless , studied in Sweden for a semester (so that I could understand how their public policy worked), co-chaired Vassar''s Hunger Action chapter, and wrote a couple pieces about social-changey things for the student newspapers.
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France’s strategy for EU startup policies: Talent and money
TechCrunch
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
Last year, the European Commission and Member States launched the Startup Nations Standard. During the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the EU, Portugal announced that it would go one step further and create the European Startup Nations Alliance (ESNA). It’s a new entity that is in charge of the Startup Nations Standard.
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Anomaly announces $17M in funding to tackle a $300B healthcare problem
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 26, 2021
and 11 other high-income countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Australia, Japan, Sweden, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Denmark. ” The other nations spent an average of 3% on that category. . For instance, take one March 2018 JAMA study on healthcare spending in the U.S.
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COST stock falls on earnings and tariff threats, but Costco’s still opening 12 new U.S. stores this year
Fast Company Tech
MARCH 7, 2025
Another good sign: Costco announced it expects to open 12 new stores across the nation in 2025, including seven locations in March and April. 29), Korea (19), Australia (15), Taiwan (14), China (7), Spain (5), France (2), and one each in Iceland, New Zealand, and Sweden.
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Sono Motors has gone public, aims to get Sion solar electric vehicle to market by 2023
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
90% of those orders come from Germany or “German-speaking countries” and the remaining 10% comes from countries like the Netherlands, Spain, France, Italy and Sweden, where the vehicles will be manufactured. Sono has partnered with National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) to produce the vehicles in its former Saab factory.
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Announcing the 4th Edition of the Nonprofit Trends Report
Saleforce Nonprofit
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
Respondents were from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, the Netherlands and Nordic nations (Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland). Of the surveyed nonprofit employees, roles included responsibility for programs, fundraising, grants management, technology, HR/office, or marketing. First up is finances.
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Making sense of Klarna
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Siemiatkowski, a Swedish national and the son of two immigrants from Poland, is also sceptical of the “American dream.” But there is one caveat: he doesn’t think first-generation immigrants in Sweden do nearly as well as their children. When I go to San Francisco today, it’s changed to become, in my opinion, fairly cold.”.
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Kry closes $312M Series D after use of its telehealth tools grows 100% yoy
TechCrunch
APRIL 27, 2021
Sure the pandemic has driven specific demand, related to COVID-19 — including around testing for the disease (a service Kry offers in some of its markets) — but he says national lockdowns and coronavirus concerns have also dampened some of the usual demand for healthcare.
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Taking stock of the Dutch tech cluster: What The Netherlands needs to win the European startup scene
The Next Web
JANUARY 24, 2014
We boast the world’s second highest fixed broadband Internet subscription rate only an inch behind Sweden. To put it into management speak, our digital infrastructure is world-class. The Netherlands ranks top place in a large number of ICT indicators. On both these indicators, the Netherlands ranks second worldwide.
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From Multicultural to Intercultural: Evolution or Spectrum of Engagement?
Museum 2.0
OCTOBER 15, 2014
He described the National Museum of the American Indian--where he was founding director--as a multicultural institution, celebrating the diversity of Native peoples throughout the Americas. I think of the Museum of World Cultures (Gothenberg, Sweden) as an institution that masterfully explores both types.
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Working Towards a Common Global Goal: How Your Nonprofit Can Align with the SDGs
Media Cause
DECEMBER 6, 2022
What are the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals? The Cold War was creating widening rifts between the east and west, and a byproduct of that was contention within the United Nations. In this blog post, we’ll review the SDG’s in more depth, and help give ideas on how your nonprofit can support them. .
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Insurtech goes niche
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 25, 2022
Connie Loizos reported that “ Klarna , the 17-year-old Stockholm, Sweden–based buy now, pay later outfit” told employees on Monday in a video message from COO Camilla Giesecke that it is reducing staff again to “reflect” its new and “more focused nature.” Weekly News. Seen on TechCrunch. Seen on TechCrunch+.
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Jobandtalent raises $500M Series E to keep scaling its ‘workforce as a service’ marketplace
TechCrunch
DECEMBER 1, 2021
Currently it offers a temporary labor service in nine markets globally: Spain, the UK, Germany, France, Sweden, Portugal, Mexico, Colombia and the US — matching workers looking for temp roles with employers in need of casual labor in (with a focus on sectors like manufacturing and logistics).
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Elon Musk’s Twitter (now X): Everything you need to know, from layoffs to verification
TechCrunch
AUGUST 11, 2023
Twitter faces a $250 million lawsuit filed by major music publishers The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), representing 17 publishers, listed 1,700 songs for which it sent multiple copyright violation notices to Twitter. An engineer at Twitter, Prachi Poddar, also announced the change by posting a long tweet.
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Kaseya ransomware attackers demand $70 million, claim they infected over a million devices
The Verge
JULY 5, 2021
Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology Anne Neuberger followed up on earlier comments by President Biden, saying “The FBI and CISA will reach out to identified victims to provide assistance based upon an assessment of national risk.”.
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5G coronavirus conspiracy theorists are endangering the workers who keep networks running
The Verge
JUNE 3, 2020
Like most other engineers in the capital, Qureshi works for Openreach, a subsidiary of BT Group, the country’s largest internet supplier and a former nationalized monopoly. The UK certainly hasn’t been alone in suffering arson attacks, with similar incidents reported in the Netherlands, Ireland, Belgium, Italy, Cyprus, and Sweden.
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This climate activist says he was silenced on Twitter
The Verge
OCTOBER 5, 2020
Fridays for Future, the global movement that started with teen activist Greta Thunberg’s climate strikes in Sweden, posted a tweet on September 28th to call attention to numerous accounts suspended around the world this year. The suspension has drawn concern from around the world. This is unacceptable. says Morris.
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Waymo simulated real-world crashes to prove its self-driving cars can prevent deaths
The Verge
MARCH 8, 2021
Daniel McGehee, director of the National Advanced Driving Simulator Laboratories at the University of Iowa, said Waymo is pushing safety analyses and transparency “to a new level.”. The company did share its findings with a select group of academic experts to get their reactions.
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5 takeaways on trust in NGOs to manage new innovations and technologies
Candid
JULY 17, 2024
Respondents in six wealthier nations—the Netherlands, South Korea, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany, and Japan—fewer than half of respondents trusted NGOs. The media was trusted in nine nations and distrusted in 15, while government was trusted in eight nations and distrusted in 17.
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How Australia became the test bed for tech regulation
The Verge
MARCH 16, 2021
So, there’s a company in Sweden, providing an application server, and they were great products but terrible support. You just described it as a global company, but in the local coverage, there is a national pride around your company. And so we wanted to do a startup, but we weren’t really sure what it would be. Is that how you feel?
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America’s global happiness ranking just dropped to record lows, with Gen Z feeling especially bleak
Fast Company Tech
MARCH 20, 2025
Many Americans aren’t that happy, according to the World Happiness Report 2025 , which ranks happiness across nations. It’s World Happiness Day, otherwise known as International Day of Happiness , but if you’re not feeling the love, you’re not alone. 24earning its lowest ranking yet.
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TSLA stock price today: Tesla sales crater in key Europe markets but investors shrug
Fast Company Tech
APRIL 1, 2025
This is the sales data available for several European nations for March 2025 versus the same month a year earlier: France: down 36.83% to 3,157 car sales Sweden: down 63.9% Sweden: down 55.3% Sweden: down 55.3% to 911 car sales Norway: down 1% to 2,211 car sales Denmark: down 65.6% Norway: down 12.5% Denmark: down 56.4%
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Tesla showrooms are being hit by a wave of anti-DOGE protests
Fast Company Tech
FEBRUARY 15, 2025
It struck me that there are Tesla dealerships and charging stations across the nation, and this is a point of leverage that many people can access, rather than having to go to your state capital, says Donovan, a professor at Boston University who says she is acting in her capacity as a citizen. Some Tesla owners, both in Europe and the U.S.,
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Proton VPN review: Premium, proven privacy and a free tier with no data limits
Mashable Tech
MARCH 8, 2025
It's called out Apple for allegedly blocking Proton VPN security updates after the United Nations recommended that people in Myanmar use Proton Mail to report crimes during the country's 2021 coup. VPN service aside, the company's record certainly reflects those goals. It's raised money for privacy activists in Hong Kong.
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Fast Company Tech
APRIL 8, 2025
Olja Ivanic looked forward to welcoming some cousins from Sweden to her Denver home in June. The federal government’s National Travel and Tourism Office released preliminary figures Tuesday showing visits to the U.S. The National Travel and Tourism Office gave a rosier forecast last month for international travel to the U.S.
Is DOGE hurting Tesla stock? TSLA shares are down since Elon Musk’s efficiency efforts began under Trump
Fast Company Tech
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
In recent months, Musk has inserted himself into the politics of many European nations, most notably Germany, where he has used his own personal brand to boost the far-right Alternative fr Deutschland (AfD) party, proclaiming on his X social media platform in December that Only the AfD can save Germany.
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The U.S. military’s climate change concerns date back to the Cold War
Fast Company Tech
MARCH 19, 2025
The rampaging insect menaces Americas Arctic military outposts , part of a critical line of national defense , before heading south and meeting its end in New York City. militarys concerns then and now about the Arctics stability and its role in national security. Over time, the U.S.
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Pixel Watch 3 gets FDA approval to alert you if you’re dying
Ars Technica
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
Google was able to get clearance to ship the Pixel Watch 3 with Loss of Pulse Detection in a few European countries, eventually expanding to 14 nations: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
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6 Oslo VCs discuss 2021 trends, deal flow and regional opportunities
TechCrunch
MARCH 9, 2021
or even in Sweden. We expect that about 50% of our investments will be Norwegian, whereas the other 50% will be spread across Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. There is a lot of potential in more and better collaboration between the different hubs, locally, nationally and internationally.
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Daily Crunch: Finnish tech conference yanks $1M pitch contest prize from Russian co-founders
TechCrunch
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
The deal was scrapped after former president Donald Trump cited national security concerns. UPDATE: The first version of the Daily Crunch incorrectly stated that the Slush conference was in Sweden. This time, the U.K.’s If you don’t recall the last time, it was when Broadcom tried to acquire rival Qualcomm in 2018.
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