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Image Source : INDIA TV Facebook and Instagram phasing out the onboarding of new Shops without checkout Meta (formerly known as Facebook) has announced that it will be phasing out the onboarding of new Shops without checkout on Facebook and Instagram enabled. This means that the shops that direct people to an e-commerce site to complete a purchase, rather than…

Norway sovereign wealth fund's CEO Nicolai Tangen has called upon governments to speed up the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI), the Financial Times reported. The $1.4-trillion wealth fund, the world's largest, is set to reveal guidelines in August on how the companies it invests in should use AI ethically, Tangen told the newspaper in an interview. The Government Pension Fund Global operates under ethical guidelines set by parliament and excludes investments in companies that it says does not respect the…

A wayward rocket has caused a rift between two Scandinavian nations after accidentally falling on the wrong side of the border.Better Mobility & Cameras: NASA & Axiom's New Spacesuits | TechmodoOn Monday, the Sweden Space Corporation (SSC) launched the TEXUS-58 rocket from Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden. The rocket took “a slightly longer and more westerly trajectory than expected,” SSC wrote in a statement. As a result, the Swedish rocket crashed in neighboring Norway.The research rocket, part of a…

Citing a massive consumer demand overseas, Ford is expanding its ultra-popular F-150 Lightning to markets outside the US for the first time, beginning in Norway. Ford says it will kick off its entry to Europe with a limited number of F-150 Lightning Lariat Launch Editions, equipped to handle Norway’s snowy terrain, as you’ll see in the images and video below. Even as a nascent EV model, Ford has an absolute home run on its hands with the F-150 Lightning – an all-electric version of the…

TikTok has been making headlines as of late, but not for reasons pertaining to the content on the app. Instead, several governments across the globe have been looking into the app’s origins and even calling for bans in some cases. Currently, TikTok is in something of a state of limbo in a lot of regions as different governments work on creating litigation and inspecting its roots. Recently, the U.S. held a congressional hearing with TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew over privacy and security concerns — causing many citizens to…

Norway has opened its first tenders to build two big offshore wind farms – and one could become the world’s first large-scale floating project. Norway is a country of contradictions: It’s a large and unapologetic producer and exporter of oil and gas. It’s also the world leader when it comes to electric vehicle adoption. And nearly all of Norway’s electricity is generated from renewables, mostly from hydroelectricity. It’s decided to go large in the offshore wind race to meet rising electricity…

This epic Hindi-language testament to tenacious maternal love has been neatly timed for release over the UK Mother’s Day weekend, although it’s based on a true story which began over a decade earlier. Sagarika Chakraborty had already been living in Norway for four years when, in 2011, her two young children were taken by the state for no apparent reason. Rani Mukerji stars as this latter-day Mother India, renamed Debika Chatterjee for the film. It’s a dowdy role for the usually glamorous Bollywood star, but then any…

The richest ten per cent of Norway’s population have become much richer since 2010. The lowest 50% have hardly had any increase in wealth at all. Credit: Shutterstock, NTB The social differences in Norway have increased since 2014, according to a brand new report. Norway's Ministry of Health and Care Services commissioned the report. …

Greta Thunberg, center, is carried away by police outside the Ministry of Finance on March 1, 2023.Photo: Alf Simensen//NTB Scanpix (AP)Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was arrested Wednesday with dozens of other activists during a protest in front of several Norwegian government ministry buildings, demanding that the government shut down a wind farm.If that line gave you whiplash, you’re not alone. At first glance, it’s strange thatThunberg, who took a solar-powered boat to visit North America in 2019 to avoid…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When it comes to video games, boys are the main source of parents' concern, and maybe rightly so. According to Norwegian data from the research project EU Kids Online, 69% of boys aged 9–17 report that they play daily, while only 15%–19% of the girls do the same, In his doctoral thesis, Khalid Ezat…