The world needs a wide range of innovations if it is to rise to the challenge of reducing single-use plastic. Numerous start-ups and companies in Finland are working to devise solutions.
Search engine giants find innovative energy for data centres in Finland
Finland’s stable society, high-tech fluency and Nordic weather attracted Google and Yandex to set up data centres with inventive energy solutions. We visit them about half a decade after Yandex arrived and almost a decade after Google moved in.
In Finland and abroad, Slush and its startup community bravely adapt to a new world
Young companies and Slush, a Helsinki-based global entrepreneurship organisation and community, continue to find innovative ways to work together during the Covid-19 era.
Three Finnish companies at the forefront of reducing and reusing waste
In “re” life: See how Finnish innovations and companies are contributing to responsibly recycling, replacing, reducing, repurposing and reusing plastic and other materials.
State of the artificial: Finland expanding free online AI course to all EU languages
“Our goal is to demystify AI,” proclaims the website of Elements of AI, a free online course from the University of Helsinki and the tech firm Reaktor, now available in an increasing range of languages. Our reporter signs up to learn about artificial intelligence and how it affects our lives.
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