Hacker News with Generative AI: Norway

How the 'Shetland Bus' Helped Norway Resist Nazi Germany (bbc.com)
It sounds like it could be the plot of a spy novel, but the 'Shetland Bus' was a real undercover operation carried out to help the resistance in Nazi-occupied Norway during World War Two.
History, Norway, Resistance, Espionage
7 points by 1659447091 4 days ago | 1 comments
The Scam Network (nrk.no)
De tjener store summer på å sende svindelmeldinger til folk over hele verden. Tusener lar seg lure - også mange i Norge. Hvem er de som ber oss oppdatere kortdetaljene våre for å motta pakker og betale regninger?
Scams, Online Security, Norway, International Crime
6 points by namanyayg 5 days ago | 1 comments
The Scam Network (nrk.no)
Scams, Crime, Norway
19 points by punnerud 5 days ago | 1 comments
Norway's $1.7T Wealth Fund Reports $40B Tech-Driven Loss (bloomberg.com)
Norway’s $1.7 trillion sovereign wealth fund reported its biggest loss in six quarters in what was a roller-coaster period for markets globally, with the decline largely caused by a drop in the value of technology companies.
Finance, Investments, Technology, Norway
34 points by impish9208 15 days ago | 57 comments
Norway launches scheme to lure top researchers away from US universities (theguardian.com)
Norway has launched a new scheme to lure top international researchers amid growing pressure on academic freedom in the US under the Trump administration.
International Relations, Academia, Research, Norway, United States
17 points by mitchbob 15 days ago | 5 comments
Why Norway is edging towards a fresh EU membership bid (ft.com)
Why Norway is edging towards a fresh EU membership bid
Europe, Politics, Norway, International Relations, EU
23 points by _tk_ 39 days ago | 90 comments
Norwegian man asks OpenAI to delete false claim in ChatGPT that he is a murderer (arstechnica.com)
A Norwegian man said he was horrified to discover that ChatGPT outputs had falsely accused him of murdering his own children.
Privacy, AI Ethics, Norway
15 points by abawany 50 days ago | 6 comments
VW is testing its robotaxis in snowy, icy Norway (arstechnica.com)
A taxi service that only operates in good weather isn't a good taxi service.
Autonomous Vehicles, Robotics, Norway, Winter Testing
5 points by AndrewDucker 64 days ago | 0 comments
Norwegian fuel supplier refuses U.S. warships over Ukraine (ukdefencejournal.org.uk)
Norwegian fuel company Haltbakk Bunkers has announced it will cease supplying fuel to U.S. military forces in Norway and American ships docking in Norwegian ports, citing dissatisfaction with recent U.S. policy towards Ukraine.
International Relations, Ukraine, Military, Norway, Fuel
90 points by hjjkjhkj 69 days ago | 71 comments
Lake-harvested cocktail ice is an old business making a comeback in Norway (vinepair.com)
Frosty, cooling drinks like juleps and cobblers were trending in early 1800s America, their popularity driven by the recent year-round availability of ice.
History, Norway
40 points by ohjeez 83 days ago | 42 comments
Norway's wealth fund now worth $319,900 per citizen (sherwood.news)
The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund is currently topping $1.7 trillion.
Finance, Norway, Economics
44 points by rwmj 97 days ago | 73 comments
Norway seizes Russian-crewed ship on suspicion of damage to undersea cable (cnn.com)
Norway, Russia, International Relations, Cyber Security, Infrastructure
28 points by belter 98 days ago | 2 comments
Norway set to become first country to transition to electric vehicles (cnbc.com)
Norway, Electric Vehicles, Transportation, Government Policy, Environmental Policy
9 points by belter 101 days ago | 11 comments
The Vikings also used crampons to avoid slipping on ice (sciencenorway.no)
Norwegians have been contending with slippery winters for over 1,000 years.
History, Norway, Winter, Archaeology, Ice
54 points by dxs 105 days ago | 16 comments
Norway on track to be first to go all-electric (bbc.com)
Norway is the world leader when it comes to the take up of electric cars, which last year accounted for nine out of 10 new vehicles sold in the country. Can other nations learn from it?
Norway, Electric Vehicles, Sustainability, Transportation, Government Policy
53 points by zfg 115 days ago | 87 comments
I Left Norway to Build My Startup (thefp.com)
ZURICH, Switzerland — In the summer of 2018, I co-founded a company called Dune that allows people to easily analyze data from the blockchain—creating transparency in the crypto industry.
Startup, Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Norway
23 points by noch 144 days ago | 9 comments
Norway campaigns to cut energy links to Europe as power prices soar (ft.com)
Norway, Energy, Europe, Economics
4 points by JumpCrisscross 148 days ago | 1 comments
Taxing unrealized gains has caused an entrepreneurial exodus in Norway (paragraph.xyz)
Recently, my story as a Norwegian entrepreneur facing an unrealized gains wealth tax bill many times higher than my net income went viral, amassing over 100 million views on X. A few years ago I publicly called out that this tax is both impossible-to-pay and nonsensical, but no politician would listen. So I made the difficult decision to leave my home country.
Entrepreneurship, Taxation, Norway, Economics
94 points by koevet 162 days ago | 144 comments
Norway Shrugged (paragraph.xyz)
Recently, my story as a Norwegian entrepreneur facing an unrealized gains wealth tax bill many times higher than my net income went viral, amassing over 100 million views on X. A few years ago I publicly called out that this tax is both impossible-to-pay and nonsensical, but no politician would listen. So I made the difficult decision to leave my home country.
Norway, Taxes, Entrepreneurship, Politics
8 points by chaosprint 162 days ago | 4 comments
Half of young Norwegians say online piracy is an acceptable way to save money (torrentfreak.com)
A new survey from Norway reveals that 50% of young people under 30 believe that pirating content is an acceptable way to save money.
Online Piracy, Norway, Survey, Millennials, Media Consumption
84 points by isaacfrond 171 days ago | 106 comments
Norwegian fishermen hunting for halibut caught a US nuclear sub (vice.com)
Some Norwegian fishermen off the coast of Tromsø were out and about on their vessel named Øygutt looking for halibut. Something significantly larger than fish, however, found its way into their trawl net. The fishermen caught the USS Virginia, a 115-meter-long nuclear-powered attack submarine outfitted with cruise missiles.
Military, Norway, Submarines
140 points by marban 175 days ago | 96 comments
Norway apologises to Sami, Forest Finns and Kvens for forced assimilation policy (theguardian.com)
The Norwegian parliament has apologised unreservedly to minority groups and Indigenous people for more than a century of historical injustices committed against them as part of its “Norwegianisation” policy.
Norway, Indigenous Peoples, Apology, Assimilation Policy, History
7 points by impish9208 177 days ago | 0 comments
Sweden and Norway rethink cashless society plans over Russia security fears (theguardian.com)
Sweden and Norway are backpedalling on plans for cashless societies over fears that fully digital payment systems would leave them vulnerable to Russian security threats, and concern for those unable to use them.
Sweden, Norway, Security, Cashless Society, Russia
9 points by bookofjoe 186 days ago | 0 comments
Norway's Wealth Tax Is Backfiring. Are Americans Paying Attention? (thedailyeconomy.org)
“More than 30 Norwegian billionaires and multimillionaires left Norway in 2022, according to research by the newspaper Dagens Naeringsliv,” reports wealth correspondent Rupert Neate. “This was more than the total number of super-rich people who left the country during the previous 13 years, [the paper] added.”
Wealth Tax, Norway, Taxation, Economics, United States
22 points by chaosprint 189 days ago | 68 comments
Hessdalen Lights (wikipedia.org)
The Hessdalen lights are unidentified lights which have been observed in a 12-kilometre-long (7.5 mi) stretch of the Hessdalen valley in rural central Norway periodically since at least the 1930s.[1]
Norway, Science, History
23 points by 1970-01-01 191 days ago | 6 comments
Sweden and Norway rethink cashless society plans over Russia security fears (theguardian.com)
Sweden and Norway are backpedalling on plans for cashless societies over fears that fully digital payment systems would leave them vulnerable to Russian security threats, and concern for those unable to use them.
Security, Sweden, Norway, Digital Payments, Russia
15 points by cyberlimerence 191 days ago | 2 comments
Norway to increase minimum age limit on social media to 15 to protect children (theguardian.com)
Norway is to enforce a strict minimum age limit on social media of 15 as the government ramped up its campaign against tech companies it says are “pitted against small children’s brains”.
Social Media, Children, Norway, Legislation, Technology
79 points by miles 197 days ago | 60 comments
Polar Night in the Northernmost Town (smithsonianmag.com)
At 78 degrees north latitude, which is about 12 degrees farther north than the lower boundary of the Arctic Circle, Svalbard is no stranger to polar night.
Arctic, Geography, Norway
76 points by Brajeshwar 203 days ago | 20 comments
Norway: Electric cars outnumber petrol for first time in 'historic milestone' (theguardian.com)
Electric cars now outnumber petrol cars in Norway for the first time, an industry organisation has said, a world first that puts the country on track towards taking fossil fuel vehicles off the road.
Norway, Electric Vehicles, Climate Change, Sustainability, Transportation
10 points by chha 232 days ago | 2 comments
Norway: Electric cars outnumber petrol for first time in 'historic milestone' (theguardian.com)
Electric cars now outnumber petrol cars in Norway for the first time, an industry organisation has said, a world first that puts the country on track towards taking fossil fuel vehicles off the road.
Electric Vehicles, Norway, Environment, Transportation, Sustainability
17 points by giuliomagnifico 233 days ago | 4 comments