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Google has quietly added DuckDuckGo as a search engine option for Chrome users in ~60 markets

sudshr47 March 13, 2019

In an update to the chromium engine, which underpins Google’s popular Chrome browser, the search giant has quietly updated the lists of default search engines it offers per market — expanding the choice of search product users can pick from in markets around the world. Most notably it’s expanded search engine lists to include pro-privacy […]

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Humio raises $9M Series A for its real-time log analysis service

sudshr47 January 24, 2019

Humio, a startup that provides a real-time log analysis service for on-premises and cloud infrastructures, today announced that it has raised a $9 million Series A round led by Accel. It previously raised its seed round from WestHill and Trifork. The company, which has offices in San Francisco, the U.K. and Denmark, tells me that […]

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This waste-to-energy plant doubles as a ski slope

sudshr47 January 11, 2019

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Copenhagen’s waste-to-energy power plant lets you ski on its roof, while it converts 400,000 tons of trash into electricity and heating. Designed by Bjarke Ingels Group, Copenhill hosts one of the world’s largest artificial ski slopes. It will soon be welcoming guests to hit its slopes with or without snow, 365 days a year.  Read more…

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5 Danish holiday traditions to make Christmas last a whole month

sudshr47 December 24, 2018

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When my mother recently came over from Denmark to visit me in London, she had with her 24 numbered, individually wrapped presents. 

They’re just small things and trinkets, I can tell from squeezing the parcels. And I know, because she’s given me a set of 24 presents like these every year for many years. She took over the task  from the nisse, a goblin-like creature from Danish folklore. Until I reached my teenage years and lost my ability to suspend disbelief, it was the nisse who laid out a present for me each morning in December (so nice of my mother to relieve the poor creature of his duty.) These little gifts are called kalendergaver, or calendar presents. Read more…

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Uber drivers in Denmark could face fines for every ride they offered

sudshr47 September 13, 2018

The Danish Supreme Court has upheld large fines issued to several Uber drivers for operating without a taxi license, at a time when the ride-hailing giant was still running its non-licensed p2p driver UberPop service in the market. The decision could mean more than a thousand additional Uber drivers who sold rides in Denmark could […]

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If you wanna live in this dream apartment building, you must own a dog

sudshr47 September 7, 2018

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I’m packing my bags and my imaginary dog, and I’m moving to Denmark immediately.

Niels Martin Viuff, a Danish entrepreneur, is building an apartment complex that requires tenants to own a pupper. The dream for any dog lover. 

According to a report from The Local, the building will be called “Hundehuset,” which translates to “the Dog House.” It will be constructed in the Frederikssund Municipality on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark.

“There is demand from some dog owners who are tired of there being so many places where dogs are not allowed,” Viuff told The Local.  Read more…

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Architects are building floating neighborhoods on city canals to create affordable housing for students

sudshr47 July 6, 2018

In Copenhagen, Urban Rigger is building affordable student housing out of shipping containers that float in the city’s canals. Read more…More about Mashable Video, Architecture, Denmark, Student, and Housing

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Denmark hired a tech ambassador. After what happened with Facebook, maybe every country should.

sudshr47 April 10, 2018

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Casper Klynge is not a conventional diplomat. And serving as Denmark’s, and indeed the world’s, first tech ambassador required him to rewrite the international relations playbook. 

The role of tech ambassador was created by the Danish government as a response to two main trends. One is that technology is now a driving force shaping the world – think the Trump-Russia scandal, Cambridge Analytica, etc. The other is that a small number of tech companies are the main catalysts for that change – enter Facebook.  Read more…

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Over 1,000 charged for sharing revenge porn on Facebook

sudshr47 January 16, 2018

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Over 1000 people have been charged for sharing sexually explicit content without consent on Facebook in the biggest case of its kind in Denmark.

According to Danish police, two videos and a sexually explicit image involving two 15-year-olds were originally posted to Facebook Messenger, the platform’s private chat service. The video was then shared hundreds of times across the platform, and now, a total of 1,004 young people have been charged — and about 800 are male, reports Bloomberg. While the content was posted by someone within Denmark, it’s unclear if everyone accused of sharing it are from the country. Read more…

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