Analysis: scientists who appeared to use LLMs posted 33% more papers on arXiv than those who didn't, as concerns grow over AI slop in scientific publishing
Peer review has met its match. — On a frigid Norwegian afternoon earlier this month, Dan Quintana, a psychology professor …
Swiss tech advisory SoftwareOne to buy Norwegian rival Crayon in a cash and stock deal valuing Crayon at ~$1.4B; the combined firm will have ~$1.8B in revenue
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Norwegian payment service Vipps launches the world's first Apple Pay alternative on iOS, following Apple's move to open NFC access to developers from iOS 18.1
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Media monitoring startup Meltwater sold an 11% stake for ~$65M to Norwegian private equity firm Verdane at a $592M valuation, down from $1B+ in December 2020
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Norwegian robotics company AutoStore agrees to pay £200M to UK online supermarket giant Ocado to settle a global dispute over warehouse patent infringements
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Norwegian robotics company AutoStore agrees to pay £200M to UK supermarket giant Ocado to settle a global dispute over warehouse patent infringements
As part of the agreement, the companies will withdraw their actions against each other, Autostore and Ocado said in separate statements on Saturday.
Ammo maker Nammo says its growth is hit by a TikTok data center using all spare electricity, as energy demand from data centers and others grows in the Nordics
Norwegian group Nammo blames ‘storage of cat videos’ for threatening its growth as data centre corners spare electricity
German, French, and Norwegian data authorities warn against Qatar's World Cup app Hayya and infection-tracking app Ehteraz, citing privacy and security concerns
Two World Cup apps pose serious privacy and security risks, European privacy regulators say. Tweets: @shashj and @shashj Tweets: Shashank Joshi / @shashj : Qatar World Cup app “collects data on whethe...
General Atlantic to buy out SoftBank's entire 15% stake in game-based online learning service Kahoot for about $152M; SoftBank spent $215M+ for the stake
SoftBank's retreat from its past investing exuberance continues apace. This morning, Kahoot, the Norwegian startup that provides …
A CJEU ruling in a Lithuanian case involving the use of sensitive personal data could have implications for online services that use background tracking for ads
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Grand Chamber) 1 August 2022 (*) (Reference for a preliminary ruling … Tweets: Dr. Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna / @gabrielazanfir : Very significant judgment today from the #CJEU Gra...