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Information technology in the Nordics

• June 03, 2019 03 Jun'19

  Nordics block European Commission tech tax levy to protect digital investment

  The Nordic EU countries have formed a powerful voice against the European Commission’s plans on digital service tax.

• May 31, 2019 31 May'19

  Facebook loses bid to halt European court decision on EU-US data sharing

  Irish Supreme Court dismisses attempt by Facebook to prevent the European Court of Justice considering the validity of US-EU data transfers, after Austrian lawyer Max Schrems argued that they put the privacy of EU citizens at risk

• May 30, 2019 30 May'19

  Microsoft embarks on renewable-powered datacentre push in Sweden

  Microsoft is doubling down on its efforts to have more of its datacentres powered by renewable energy, with commitment to make its facilities in Sweden the most sustainable yet

• May 30, 2019 30 May'19

  Danish government launches national AI strategy

  Strategy aims to capitalise on investment in artificial intelligence technologies to enhance Denmark’s societal advancement and give business and industry a competitive edge

• May 29, 2019 29 May'19

  Finland globalises AI training programme

  The success of an online course in understanding artificial intelligence launched in Finland has led to a global roll-out

• May 28, 2019 28 May'19

  Swedes need to keep a week’s cash under the bed

  The Swedish population is being advised to keep enough cash at home to last a week in case of problems such as online banking crashes

• May 22, 2019 22 May'19

  Gothenburg – a hotbed for early startups

  Sweden’s second-largest city is by no means the biggest startup hub in the Nordic region, but its global reach is a distinct advantage

• May 20, 2019 20 May'19

  Danske Bank launches initiative to help SME customers with cyber security

  Danske Bank launches initiative to support the cyber security efforts of its SME customers

• May 16, 2019 16 May'19

  Norwegian industry and state must combine to counter cyber threats

  Norway has been targeted by two large ransomware attacks in recent months – and public and private organisations must react in a coordinated way

• May 15, 2019 15 May'19

  Facebook engaged in ‘calculated’ campaign to eliminate competition, claims businessman

  A US businessman is seeking damages from Facebook after accusing the social media company of unfairly blocking “humorous” Facebook pages which generated hundreds of thousands of dollars in advertising revenue

• May 14, 2019 14 May'19

  Electronic ID in the Nordics – a model for other countries?

  Use of electronic identity schemes in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark is far ahead of other countries – but why?

• May 09, 2019 09 May'19

  Facebook co-founder: ‘It is time to break up Facebook’

  Co-founder of Facebook, Chris Hughes, has published an op-ed in The New York Times calling for Facebook to be broken up, as it faces investigations from the US Federal Trade Commission

• May 08, 2019 08 May'19

  Finnish gaming company PAF migrates to the cloud

  Move to Amazon Web Services cloud brings scalability to gaming company that gives part of its profits to good causes

• May 07, 2019 07 May'19

  Swedish government tells citizens to hoard cash in case of cyber attack

  Civil Contingencies Agency says cash is needed in case of emergencies such as technology failures and cyber attacks

• May 03, 2019 03 May'19

  Police down two dark web markets

  Europol-supported coordinated law enforcement approach across Europe and the US was key to operations’ success

• May 01, 2019 01 May'19

  Danish financial services regulator launches sandbox initiative

  FT Lab offers fintech startups a platform to test out their products in a secure environment

• April 29, 2019 29 Apr'19

  Danske Bank and IBM bring AI to banking IT

  Artificial intelligence partnership is designed to reduce the risk of major IT outages and keep the bank’s customers happy

• April 26, 2019 26 Apr'19

  Facebook faces fresh privacy actions from regulators

  Facebook faces legal action from Canada after it dismissed regulators’ findings that it failed to protect customer privacy. The firm has set aside $5bn to settle a privacy action in the US and faces a new investigation in Ireland

• April 26, 2019 26 Apr'19

  GDPR cases drive bigger budgets for Nordic regulators

  High-profile General Data Protection Regulation cases in Finland and Sweden have increased the workload for regulators, which are to receive an increase in funding

• April 23, 2019 23 Apr'19

  Stockholm prospers as tech hub as perceptions of entrepreneurs changes

  Stockholm has thrived as a tech startup hub after out-of-date attitudes to entrepreneurs changed

• April 17, 2019 17 Apr'19

  Construction halted at Apple datacentre in Denmark over alleged contractor dispute, report suggests

  A local media report suggests construction of Apple's first non-US datacentre has halted in Denmark over a dispute over missed deadlines by the contractor tasked with delivering the build

• April 16, 2019 16 Apr'19

  Sweden to take up Finnish AI challenge

  Following Finland’s example, Swedish companies are starting to use a training programme to bring staff up to speed with artificial intelligence

• April 15, 2019 15 Apr'19

  Facebook takes extraordinary legal steps to contain document leak

  Facebook targets journalists and news organisations for computer searches

• April 10, 2019 10 Apr'19

  Malmo: Sweden’s small but sturdy tech ecosystem

  While Stockholm is a recognised hub for tech startups, Malmo, in Sweden's south, is attracting increasing numbers of digital entrepreneurs

• April 09, 2019 09 Apr'19

  Sweden chosen by Amazon Web Services as renewable energy project location

  Amazon Web Services has chosen a wind farm in Sweden as part of a project to source renewable energy for its global infrastructure

• April 02, 2019 02 Apr'19

  Huawei reports record numbers despite tumultuous year

  Huawei has become one of the world’s largest technology companies by revenue, suggesting the accusations over its ties to the Chinese government are failing to have much impact

• March 28, 2019 28 Mar'19

  Norway datacentre strategy producing dividend

  Norway's strategy to become a favourable location for Nordic datacentres is gathering steam

• March 28, 2019 28 Mar'19

  Swedish companies increasingly using private networks to communicate with ecosystem

  Swedish IT leaders are increasingly turning to private networks to communicate with other businesses in their ecosystem

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  Oslo car-free plan builds on micro-mobility trend

  Norway’s capital steers away from reliance on cars as political agenda is aided by technological innovation to realise social goals

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  Norsk Hydro cyber attack cost estimates up to $41m

  Initial estimates have put the financial impact of last week’s ransomware attack on the Norwegian aluminium producer of up to nearly $41m, raising questions about cyber insurance coverage

• March 21, 2019 21 Mar'19

  Norway’s IT sector and government to tackle skills shortage

  Norway's IT sector is getting much-needed government support to help improve access to talent

• March 15, 2019 15 Mar'19

  Venture capitalists driving Nordic tech enterprise growth

  The vibrant tech sector in the Nordic region is attracting increasing attention from venture capitalists

• March 14, 2019 14 Mar'19

  Met Police collaborated with US prosecutors in WikiLeaks investigation

  The Metropolitan Police has confirmed it exchanged information on WikiLeaks staff in the UK with the US Department of Justice, which is conducting criminal investigations into the organisation

• March 04, 2019 04 Mar'19

  UK among most expensive countries for mobile data

  The UK ranks 136th in the world for the average cost of 1GB of mobile data, according to new statistics

• March 04, 2019 04 Mar'19

  Danske Bank builds on machine learning to predict IT failures

  Danish bank is using artificial intelligence to help it prevent IT outages that could damage its reputation with customers

• March 02, 2019 02 Mar'19

  Facebook asked George Osborne to influence EU data protection law

  Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg invited one of the chancellor’s children to Facebook’s office as part of a intensive lobbying programme to influence European data protection legislation

• March 01, 2019 01 Mar'19

  IBM deal to drive Nordea’s IT-led transformation

  Nordea is expanding its relationship with IBM through a deal that will give it access to the skills and resources required to keep pace with the digital revolution in banking

• February 25, 2019 25 Feb'19

  Nordic tech is increasing diversity but more needs to be done

  The shortage of women in the boardroom is a problem in the Nordics, like other regions, but work in its tech sector means the future could be more promising

• February 22, 2019 22 Feb'19

  Facebook planned to spy on Android phone users, internal emails reveal

  Facebook planned to use its Android app to track the location of its customers and to allow advertisers to send political advertising and invites to dating sites to ‘single’ people, confidential documents show

• February 20, 2019 20 Feb'19

  Huawei faces battle to win Nordic trust

  Nordic countries are investigating the spying allegations made against Chinese networking supplier Huiawei

• February 20, 2019 20 Feb'19

  Estonia redoubles efforts to attract global IT talent

  IT professionals from all over the world are being lured to Estonia through a government recruitment campaign

• February 07, 2019 07 Feb'19

  Nordic region primed to pioneer 5G

  The Nordic region could pioneer the commercial use of 5G, with Finland and Sweden hotbeds for the technology

• February 07, 2019 07 Feb'19

  Government legislates to bring back roaming charges in no-deal Brexit

  All four UK operators have said they have no plans to reintroduce roaming charges, but EE, O2 and Vodafone have not committed themselves not to do so

• January 29, 2019 29 Jan'19

  Nordic green energy IT strategy gains momentum

  The Nordic countries are building strong IT sectors around their green-powered datacentre infrastructures

• January 23, 2019 23 Jan'19

  Facebook’s objections to court concerns over privacy more about ‘optics’ than facts

  Facebook’s challenge to a High Court ruling that raises serious concerns about data transfers between Europe and the US is more about appearance than facts, lawyers for the Irish Data Protection Commission told Dublin's Supreme Court

• January 23, 2019 23 Jan'19

  Finnish banks to share core banking platform and supplier

  Three banks in Finland have hired an IT services supplier to build a shareable core banking platform

• January 22, 2019 22 Jan'19

  Young Dutch cyber criminals get re-education rather than jail time

  Young hackers in the Netherlands are being rehabilitated through punishments that educate rather than incarcerate

• January 22, 2019 22 Jan'19

  Facebook: US government does not engage in mass and indiscriminate surveillance

  Social media giant challenges a ruling by Dublin’s High Court over a judgment that it says made ‘extraordinary and incorrect’ findings about the US legal system

• January 11, 2019 11 Jan'19

  Norway's government gives green light to fintech sandbox

  The government in Norway is launching a regulatory sandbox, which it hopes will help the country's fintech sector catch up on those in other Nordic countries

• January 11, 2019 11 Jan'19

  Microsoft takes community approach to artificial intelligence in Sweden

  Microsoft is making increasing use of artificial intelligence in Sweden as it shares experiences with the development community