San Diego to suspend face recognition program, limits Immigration and Customs Enforcement access to criminal justice data ~tech Article 475 words 9 votes
Group of Canadian premiers will work together to research and build small modular nuclear reactors ~enviro Article 730 words 11 votes
Twenty-five dead and 130 wounded in Baghdad after a night of attacks by unknown gunmen targeting anti-government demonstrators ~news iraq.baghdad Article 486 words 10 votes
Peckish pedestrians in Copenhagen will soon be able to pluck healthy snacks directly from greenery around the city ~food Article 299 words 13 votes
What explains strong foreign demand for Japanese government bonds? ~finance Article 1201 words 6 votes
The great American tax haven: Why the super-rich love South Dakota ~finance Article 4661 words 7 votes
Why the government should tax unhealthy foods and subsidise nutritious ones ~health Article 832 words, published Feb 14 2017 11 votes
The Trump administration is preparing to significantly limit the scientific and medical research that the government can use to determine public health regulations ~health Article 1359 words 10 votes
Denmark and Iceland clash over priceless medieval manuscripts – Reykjavik wants collection bequeathed by Icelandic scholar returned ~humanities.history Article 575 words 4 votes
Bay Area students and teachers rally for school funding and Prop 13 reform ~life education Article 888 words 6 votes
Why Americans hate taxes, and why some people want them to ~finance Article 1249 words, published Aug 5 2019 12 votes
New Hampshire lawmaker blocks device repair bill, tells constituents to just buy new $1k phones ~tech Article 630 words 7 votes
More than 50,000 people are set to get a basic income in a Brazilian city ~finance Article 1760 words 15 votes
The cybersecurity firm Tiversa dominated an emerging online market—before it was accused of fraud, extortion, and manipulating the federal government ~tech security.cyber Article 14 048 words 6 votes
California city returns island taken from native tribe in 1860 massacre ~news usa.ca Article 565 words 10 votes
US Air Force finally retires 8-inch floppies from missile launch control system ~tech Article 341 words 14 votes
Oslo Municipality's Water and Sewage Administration has offered a useful tip to reduce water waste – it's OK to pee in the shower ~enviro water.waste Article 395 words, published Oct 14 2019 9 votes
To solve the problem of a dwindling population, one small Finnish municipality took a big step – pay its citizens to have babies ~life family Article 124 words 9 votes
FATF – Iceland could land on a gray list of countries which have failed to take sufficient measures to combat money laundering and the financing of acts of terrorism ~finance Link 5 votes
What's Copenhagen's magic formula to reduce CO2 levels? ~enviro Article 335 words, published Oct 10 2019 5 votes
Banning cars on San Francisco’s Market Street, once a radical idea, approved unanimously ~transport Article 1079 words 10 votes
Why US cities are banning new fast food drive-throughs ~food restaurants Article 693 words, published Oct 10 2019 8 votes
California is banning the tiny bottles of shampoo in hotels ~enviro pollution plastics.single use Article 323 words, published Oct 11 2019 11 votes
Stockton's basic income trial: Early results show how money is spent ~finance economics Article 1509 words 6 votes
NSA whistleblower dropped from Australian cyber conference at the last minute ~tech security.cyber Article 500 words 6 votes
How the women-only Facebook group Minbar-Shat helped overthrow the Sudanese government ~tech facebook social media Article 2247 words, published Oct 4 2019 7 votes
Government-backed initiative is designed to open up the country's unique musical culture by offering a 25% rebate to international artists using Icelandic recording studios ~music Article 461 words 5 votes
The greening of Paris makes its mayor more than a few enemies ~design urban planning Article 1506 words 9 votes
Denmark's new government to boost spending after years of austerity, following a campaign pledge to reverse years of cuts by previous administrations ~finance Article 474 words 6 votes
Alex Stamos on legal issues for US tech companies sharing with foreign governments ~tech social media facebook Link 5 votes
Chechen authorities are carrying out literal witch hunts ~news russia.chechnya Article 521 words, published Jul 12 2019 10 votes
When Oslo's first floating sauna was banned by port authorities, its owners took it on the run, sparking a public craze ~life Article 1509 words 7 votes
Uber to limit drivers' app access to comply with NYC regulation ~transport Article 431 words, published Sep 17 2019 4 votes
Colorado town offers 1 gbps for $60 after years of battling Comcast ~tech internet Article 489 words 11 votes
Teddy bear fence along Copper Coast Highway poses safety risk to children, South Australia mayors warn ~transport Article 894 words 5 votes
93% of British Columbians want to scrap changing clocks for daylight time, survey says ~life Article 718 words 11 votes
German fiscal frugality is the stuff of legends – but they have nothing on the abstemious Swedes ~finance economics Article 8 votes
12yo Alice Springs boy to speak at United Nations in push to change Australia's age of criminality ~news australia politics Article 692 words 7 votes
Finland's new government will propose a tax increase later this year on fossil fuel used for transport ~enviro Article 6 votes
Danish government announced that it plans to boost military contributions to a number of missions around the world ~news denmark politics Article 1347 words 6 votes
Hong Kong government withdraws extradition bill, a key demand of protesters ~news china hong kong politics Article 336 words 19 votes
Icelandic government is interested in reclaiming Old Icelandic manuscripts from Denmark ~humanities.history Article 429 words 3 votes
A young mayor makes the case for a guaranteed income ~finance economics Article 2542 words, published Aug 16 2019 11 votes