Sweden passes a law criminalizing the purchase of live online sexual performances, including cam shows and sex chats; buying pre-recorded content remains legal
As with all “Nordic model” legislation, it actually takes away independence and agency and requires sex workers to work through third-parties. Mike Stabile / @mikestabile : Sweden has gone ahead and p...
How Finland's district heating systems are harvesting heat from data centers; Microsoft's project in Kirkkonummi will be the largest in the world when completed
By pairing power-hungry computer processing facilities with district heating systems, Nordic countries are trying to limit their environmental downsides.
Qualcomm, NXP, Bosch, and Infineon form a German company to promote the open-source RISC-V chip architecture, initially targeting auto, and then mobile and IoT
one of Arm's biggest customers—starts a RISC-V joint venture Jon Gold / Network World : Chip makers team up to take on Arm with RISC-V Brad Linder / Liliputing : Qualcomm, NXP, Bosch, Infineon and Nor...
How Finland, ranked first of 41 European countries in a media literacy survey, teaches students to spot misinformation on social media, starting in preschool
The Nordic country is testing new ways to teach students about propaganda. Here's what other countries can learn from its success. Tweets: @cendemtech , @slwalter123 , @enjig , @manoj_naandi , @ivana...
Stockholm-based price comparison service PriceRunner sues Google in Swedish court for allegedly manipulating search results to favor its own services
Alphabet Inc.'s Google is being sued by Nordic price comparison provider PriceRunner AB for about 22 billion kronor ($2.4 billion) at Stockholm's patent and market court.
Danish digital challenger bank Lunar raises €210M Series D led by Heartland and says it has 325,000 customers across the Nordic region
Aisling Finn / AltFi :
Nordic digital challenger bank Lunar raises €40M Series C from existing investors, bringing its total raised to €104M
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How Iceland, which offers plentiful energy and cooling, is reckoning with a tech boom driven by data centers that cause power usage to surge
Lawmakers rethink whether a proliferation of data centers lured by the island's Nordic climate and geothermal steam is risking the environment and tourism business Tweets: @macrodidact , @jreed193 , @...