WOW Air, known for its too-good-to-be-true budget flights between Iceland, Europe, and North America, is finished.
The company abruptly shut down and grounded all its flights on Thursday. It had been providing cheap transatlantic flights since …
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After FAA doubles down on 737 decision, Canada grounds the planes amid reports of complaints from U.S. pilots
After the Federal Aviation Administration issued a statement late yesterday doubling down on its decision to keep the Boeing 737 Max planes at the heart of two accident investigations flying, Canada has become the latest nation to ground the plane. “There are — and I hasten to say not conclusive — but there are similarities,” […]
View More After FAA doubles down on 737 decision, Canada grounds the planes amid reports of complaints from U.S. pilotsGoogle has quietly added DuckDuckGo as a search engine option for Chrome users in ~60 markets
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 […]
View More Google has quietly added DuckDuckGo as a search engine option for Chrome users in ~60 marketsA grandma floated out to sea on a large throne of ice and had to be rescued
It’s not every day a grandmother is crowned Queen of Icebergs, but when it does happen it’s quite the sight.
On a recent trip to Iceland, Judith Streng became that grandma after her son attempted to take a photograph of her sitting on an ice structur…
These photos captured through a lens made of 10,000-year-old ice are eerily beautiful — Genius Moments
Mathieu Stern is an experimental photographer who traveled to Iceland in search of ice pure enough to use as a camera lens.
After two days of trial and error, Stern was able to mold the ice lens and take a few eerily beautiful pictures and videos. Re…
Iceland gets away with killing dozens of huge, endangered whales. Here’s why.
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Icelandic whalers have spent much of July ripping back the skin of 65-foot long endangered fin whales in preparation to butcher their meat.
Earlier this month, the commercial whaling company, Hvalur hf, may have also captured and skinned an endangered blue whale — the largest creature ever known to live on Earth — according to photographs from the ocean conservation and vigilante group Sea Shepherd.
Most every nation has prohibited killing whales, creatures whose populations were decimated by ruthless whaling practices in the 1800sInternational treaties also prohibit the antiquated practice, yet a few nations — Iceland, Japan, and Norway — have found legal rationals for hunting whales. Read more…
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This blunt sign offering directions to a ‘penis museum’ is simple perfection
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In case you hadn’t heard, there’s a very famous penis museum in Iceland.
The Phallological Museum, as it’s officially known, is situated in northwest Reykjavík. Apparently it’s not the easiest place to find, though.
If you find yourself looking at this bluntly worded sign, for instance, you’re definitely in the wrong place.
First world problem in Icelandpic.twitter.com/LYLON77nuU
— Ásta Helgadóttir (@asta_fish) March 12, 2018
That photo was taken by former member of the Icelandic parliament, Ásta Helgadóttir. It’s since been shared on Twitter almost 14,000 times. Read more…
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View More This blunt sign offering directions to a ‘penis museum’ is simple perfectionThe Wave is a ring that controls sound as if by magic
Out in the desolate wastes of deepest Iceland, magic blooms. The Icelandic sagas tell of fairy houses to magical rings that control the world, and now one of those, the Wave, has landed on the internet. The Wave is a ring that controls sound. It is essentially a wearable MIDI controller that lets you play and modify sounds as it’s made, allowing you to play music in thin air. It’s… Read More
These clinics are encouraging kids with artificial limbs to be confident in their athletic abilities
These running clinics are helping people with prosthetics learn to trust their new devices and to test their limits. The events were established by Össur, an Icelandic company that specializes in prosthetics. Read more…More about Sports, …
View More These clinics are encouraging kids with artificial limbs to be confident in their athletic abilitiesBitcoin enthusiasts take innovative approach, steal 600 computers
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Mining for cryptocurrency can be an expensive proposition — albeit less so if you just go ahead and steal 600 powerful computers to do it for you.
That is exactly what 11 people are accused of doing in Iceland, after a large number of specialized computers were boosted in December and January from data centers in the island nation. So reports NBC News, which notes that while authorities have identified and arrested the individuals they believe to be responsible for the heist, the computers themselves are still unaccounted for.
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