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Alaskan Inuit dialect added to Facebook’s Translate app

Kaila Jefferd-Moore, CBC News
Posted: Friday, July 6, 2018 at 13:57
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Facebook added Inupiaq, an Alaskan Inuit dialect, as a language option thanks to a grassroots project started by an Alaskan

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At Republican lunch, U.S. senators mesmerized by live stream of Alaska bears

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at 15:58
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Thousands of people around the world are again thrilling at the sight of brown bears fishing at Brooks Falls (Southwest

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

New fibre optic line to ensure reliable internet access in Northern Canada

CBC News
Posted: Friday, June 22, 2018 at 14:02 — Last Updated: Friday, June 22, 2018 at 14:12
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A nearly 800-kilometre fibre optic network will be built to connect Inuvik, N.W.T. and Dawson City, Yukon, which the federal

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Healthcare facilities in rural Alaska struggle to pay internet bills

Lori Townsend, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, June 14, 2018 at 11:50
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A program that provides millions of dollars in federal subsidies to help pay rural Alaska healthcare facilities’ high internet bills

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General News Politics Politics (USA) USA 

Alaskan Senator cites rural Alaska in vote supporting “net neutrality”

Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, May 17, 2018 at 09:39
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Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski joined two other Republicans who broke GOP ranks to vote with Democrats on Wednesday in an

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Blog Denmark/Greenland General News Politics Politics (Denmark/Greenland) 

Blog – Faroe Islands host Arctic Circle Forum, trumpet “infrastructure miracle”

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, May 14, 2018 at 15:52 — Last Updated: Friday, May 18, 2018 at 11:21
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Situated halfway between Iceland and Scotland, the Faroe Islands are so remote from most people’s minds that even the customs

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Scientists estimated that around 700 seals were hit by bird flu, but they now believe as many as 3,000 animals could have been killed by the bug. (iStock)
Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General News 

Live seal cam returns to mesmerise Finnish viewers

Yle News
Posted: Friday, May 11, 2018 at 13:44 — Last Updated: Friday, May 11, 2018 at 15:58
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If the Twitterverse is to be believed, the sight of a seal lolling on a waterside rock can be quite

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Business Business (Sweden) General News Sweden 

Northern Sweden to host more Facebook servers

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, May 4, 2018 at 13:36 — Last Updated: Friday, May 4, 2018 at 13:39
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Facebook buys land for its third server hall in the town of Luleå, in Northern Sweden. Facebook already has two

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General News Russia Society Society (Russia) 

Russia to link military installations with trans-Arctic cable

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 13:13 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 13:19
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Starting in Severomorsk on the Kola Peninsula, in Northwestern Russia, the fiber-optic line will provide state-of-the art tele- and data

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General News Society Society (USA) USA 

Ex-CEO charged with fraud in Alaska broadband project

Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Friday, April 13, 2018 at 11:42
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The former chief executive of an Alaska company working on a massive fiber optic project in the Arctic is charged

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Finland General Society Society (Finland) 

Finland storm knocks out mobile networks

Yle News
Posted: Monday, November 23, 2015 at 17:16 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:38
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This weekend’s power cuts in Finland, caused by heavy wet snow on power lines, have also caused severe disruption to

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The Alaska phase of a major fibre optic project remains on track for completion by the end of next year. (iStock)
General Society Society (USA) Special Features USA 

Arctic-spanning fiber-optic project moves ahead in Alaska

Alex DeMarban, Alaska Dispatch News
Posted: Monday, May 11, 2015 at 13:36 — Last Updated: Monday, May 11, 2015 at 20:49
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Alaskans are playing a bigger role in an international project that seeks to link Europe and Asia with a fiber-optic cable

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(iStock)
Society Society (USA) USA 

Verizon to bring more competition to Alaska’s communication industry

Jill Burke | Alaska Dispatch
Posted: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at 10:34
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Verizon wireless, which touts itself as the nation’s largest 4G LTE network with more than 103 million customers, is gearing

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Sweden's industry minister and Centre Party leader Annie Lööf. (Nils Eklund/Sveriges Radio)
Business Sweden 

Sweden’s rural development programme gets cash injection

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, March 27, 2014 at 14:51
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The Swedish government wants to spend several billion krona on preventing rural businesses from closing, Industry Minister Annie Lööf announced

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The Facebook server hall in Luleå. (David Carr/Swedish Radio)
Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Strict security at Facebook’s server in Sweden’s Far North

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, November 14, 2013 at 10:16
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This Spring, Facebook opened its first ever server outside the United States – in the northern Swedish town of Luleå.

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In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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