Recent media coverage has raised questions about the status of a Danish government pilot project involving Collabora Office – we would like to provide some background ~tech microsoft Link 17 votes
Denmark has quietly ended its Collabora pilot, halting a major effort to replace Microsoft software and achieve greater technological independence ~tech microsoft linux Article 384 words 41 votes
Plans for a new passenger and freight ferry linking Scotland with Iceland are being explored – route would connect Aberdeen with Seyðisfjörður ~transport Article 301 words 14 votes
America’s next big healthcare reform might already be underway ~health healthcare Article 2125 words 6 votes
Norwegian government has detailed plans to finance a second orbital launch pad at Andøya Spaceport ~space rocketry Article 389 words 8 votes
Denmark government hack leaked 8.7 million citizen's ID's: the password was "123456" ~tech security.cyber Article 280 words 55 votes
Norwegian government has given a permit to a mining company to release waste into Førde fjord despite a seventeen-year battle by campaigners and a supreme court ruling against it ~enviro pollution.water Article 1411 words 11 votes
Danish government confirms its Central Person Register was hacked – data breach affects eight million citizens and includes names, addresses, and social security numbers ~tech security.cyber Article 231 words 24 votes
Oatly, the world's largest producer of oat milk, is sending a new message to its consumers – most people want their governments to take action on climate change ~enviro climate change Article 41 votes
OpenAI halts training of latest models as reports mount of AI agents going rogue ~comp security.cyber Article 495 words 37 votes
Paramount settles with California, other states over Warner Bros merger ~movies Article 381 words 23 votes
Iceland to submit bill that could ban whaling in its waters – government has faced mounting pressure to ban the practice ~enviro Article 447 words 12 votes
Norway's $2.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund has proposed significantly cutting its exposure to US Treasuries as part of a wider shake-up of its bond investments to improve returns ~finance business Article 652 words 30 votes
California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law — software distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses are exempt ~tech linux Link 72 votes
Meta agrees to heavy restrictions on teen users in major US lawsuit settlement ~tech social media Article 153 words 36 votes
Greenland establishing a truth and reconciliation commission on Denmark's forced contraception of indigenous Inuits – experts failed to agree on whether the scheme constituted "genocide" ~health healthcare Article 573 words 12 votes
10,000 people rallied in Stockholm to demand stronger action on climate change, weeks before Sweden's general election ~enviro Article 405 words 28 votes
Japan tried to build an operating system for the entire world, then the US government intervened ~tech Article 3389 words 50 votes
Head of Norway's sovereign wealth fund warns that soaring AI-driven stock valuations could trigger a sharp correction ~finance business Article 1009 words 27 votes
AI data center developers begin suing local jurisdictions behind bans and moratoriums — claims range from officials exceeding authority to violations of due process and equal protection laws ~tech Link 20 votes
Canadian wildfire that forced 20,000 to flee may signal ‘new normal’ ~enviro Article 286 words 18 votes
New apartments designed by and for slum dwellers in India are "a dream fulfilled" for residents ~design architecture Article 1835 words 22 votes
Sweden has declared the mining of critical minerals and rare earths a national security interest – government said the step was needed to counter dependence on China ~enviro Article 690 words 23 votes
Protect your privacy with California's DROP tool (Delete Request and Opt-out Platform, for California residents) ~tech privacy Article 1193 words 43 votes
New Jersey makes it illegal to interfere with reproductive or gender-affirming healthcare ~lgbt transgender Article 713 words, published Jul 1 2026 43 votes
LGBTQ+ Legislative Tracking project has compiled anti-LGBTQ+ US legislation stretching back more than twenty years ~lgbt transgender Link 23 votes
Crypto desks ‘knowingly’ help launder money, Canadian government report says ~finance cryptocurrency Link 10 votes
Ten US states pass balcony/plug-in solar legislation this year (three more expected soon) ~enviro energy.renewable Article 440 words, published Jul 10 2026 21 votes
What did banning Airbnbs in New York City accomplish? ~finance economics business Article 1017 words 24 votes
Paramount sued by states in bid to block $111 billion Warner Bros. merger ~movies Article 732 words 18 votes
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson finally explains his decision to bid $3.2B for parking meters before walking away ~transport Article 787 words 23 votes
US Supreme Court lets states block trans athletes from women’s and girls’ sports ~lgbt transgender Article 344 words 43 votes
Streaming services’ obnoxiously loud ads become illegal on July 1 in California ~tv Article 205 words 24 votes
In the US abortion wars, new frontline is pills via telehealth ~health medicine Article 1313 words 12 votes
How a Swedish king went on strike in 1768 – this moment in political history poses an interesting question: does a monarchy need a monarch? ~humanities.history Article 1097 words 8 votes
‘Ghost jobs’ could soon be illegal in New York ~life work Article 710 words, published Jun 12 2026 34 votes
Sweden has halved its borrowing since facing financial meltdown in the 1990s, without raising taxes – and what Britain can learn from this experience ~finance economics Article 1502 words 17 votes
Drawbacks to Iceland having its own currency likely exceed the benefits, the country's Finance Ministry said, citing the conclusions of a government-commissioned report ~finance Article 21 votes
'Stop Killing Games' movement gains momentum: California Assembly passes game protection bill ~games Article 529 words 43 votes
Colorado approves balcony solar, requires utilities to accept meter collars ~enviro energy.renewable Article 480 words, published May 8 2026 31 votes
Public backlash after Utah county approves 62 sq miles of development sites for data center ~tech Article 1142 words 39 votes
‘It’s shameful’: New York City’s elite lash out at Zohran Mamdani’s second-home tax ~finance Link 69 votes
In a village in Norway, humans representing flora and fauna of all kinds meet to reimagine ‘nature-centric governance’ ~enviro conservation Article 1215 words, published Apr 10 2026 7 votes
Gothenburg promised to optimise school admissions with a piece of code. The resulting chaos showed how unaccountable systems are ruining lives. ~tech Article 1198 words, published Apr 30 2026 37 votes