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Estonian startup Elmo is currently demonstrating a unique and surprising technology: a remote-controlled car. With this technology, Elmo aims to reinvent the car rental service. In the future there will no longer be any need to go pick up the car you h…

Around the world, the freshwater cycle is under threat of disruption. And according to new international research, green water resources in particular need to be closely monitored. But what exactly is “green water”? Most of us are familiar with the ter…

Israel’s traffic congestion ranks near the worst among developed economies but an algorithm can help, says one of the country’s IT firms engaged in the auto and mobility sector. ITC, or Intelligent Traffic Control, was one of the artificial intelligenc…

Home to polar bears, the midnight sun and the northern lights, a Norwegian archipelago perched high in the Arctic is trying to find a way to profit from its pristine wilderness without ruining it. The Svalbard archipelago, located 1,300 kilometres (800…

On a blue and yellow background, the graffiti artist retouches a spray-painted image of the half-man, half-shark statue of King Behanzin, one of the stolen treasures returned to Benin by France late last year. The image is just one by 26 local and inte…

Is your out-of-office reply not enough for you to let go of the reins? Icelandic horses can now reply to your emails instead, in a free service just launched by a tourism marketing agency. In a whimsical promotional video, the Icelandic agency reveals …

Social networks are becoming more and more collaborative, and many are unveiling new features that promote interaction between users. Now, Snapchat is joining the club with a new feature called Shared Stories. The latest craze on social networks seems …

Many of us now have a growing number of devices that communicate with each other over Bluetooth, if only to listen to music. This wireless communication standard is particularly vulnerable, as ill-intentioned individuals can sometimes hack into devices…

The US sustainable food start-up Eat Just has struck a deal to build massive bioreactors with the goal of producing tens of millions of pounds of lab-grown meat a year. Founded in 2011, Eat Just specializes in egg alternatives and meat grown from anima…

There’s no need to contact city hall to get your official papers in India, where citizens will be able to use WhatsApp to download digital copies of certain official documents. The messaging application has become so widespread in the country that the …