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• Microsoft's AI hallucinates unique whisky flavors

  When whisky is made in Scotland it's called scotch. When it's made in Kentucky it's called whiskey – the Irish also add ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Hackers tweet Bitcoin nonsense and racism via Sweden's top political party

  The Twitter account of Sweden's governing party was hacked with cryptocurrency-related nonsense and wildly offensive hate ...

  • David Canellis

• Here are the 5 hottest startups in Sweden

  Dubbed a ‘unicorn factory’ Sweden has become a powerhouse incubator for some of the most innovative startups. It’s ...

  • Andrea Hak

• 2.7 million patient calls to Swedish healthcare hotline left unprotected online

  2.7 millions audio recordings of calls made to 1177 Vårdguiden were left online without any authentication or encryption. ...

  • Már Másson Maack

• Teacher of the year for life: Professor hired mercenaries to rescue student from ISIS

  Some teachers deserve apples, this one deserves a whole orchard after sending a team of mercenaries to rescue a student who ...

  • Tristan Greene

• November in Africa: Spotify expands and drones protect wildlife

  Too often in these monthly wraps we look at the negative side of tech in Africa, usually what governments are doing to milk ...

  • Tom Jackson

• 7 EU countries accuse Google of violating GDPR by tracking users

  Consumer groups in the Netherlands, Poland, Czechia, Greece, Slovenia, Sweden, and Norway have asked regulators to look into ...

  • Már Másson Maack

• International Bitcoin miners vanish after stacking up $1.5M debt in Sweden

  Sweden is playing host to a cryptocurrency mining mystery. Two mining operations have shut up shop and disappeared, leaving ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• Tattoodo wants to be the Booking.com of getting inked

  Tattoodo has launched a platform that will allow people from across the world to find and book their next tattoo online.

  • Callum Booth