From rescue work to construction, next generation of drones creating new opportunities
Once expensive toys, the latest breed of unmanned drones are being developed to help businesses grow or even save people’s
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Nunavut government in Arctic Canada reformatting 2,000 computers after ransomware attack
The government of Canada’s Nunavut territory is checking every individual computer in the city of Iqaluit for the ransomware virus.
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Canada’s Nunavut government hit by ransomware attack
The government of Nunavut’s communications system was the victim of a ransomware attack early Saturday morning, and as of Sunday
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Blog – Geoengineering climate fixes popular at Arctic Circle assembly
At Arctic Circle 2019, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, it seemed, had not gotten the memo: Oil is out,
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Artificial intelligence could better predict climate change impacts, some experts believe
Artificial intelligence (AI) is used to track patterns that could help tackle climate change challenges. All signs point toward a
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Online security experts warn against online voting in territorial elections in Northern Canada
Security experts have a message for election officials in the Northwest Territories: don’t use online voting. Officials recently announced online
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Canada’s Northwest Territories to use online voting in general election
In a move to increase voter turnout, the Northwest Territories will soon become the first jurisdiction in Canada to use
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New Canadian satellites to improve data collection across the North
Three Canadian Space Agency satellites being launched into orbit Wednesday from Vandenberg, California, will connect with Inuvik (Northwest Territories), more
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Could telecommuting keep Finland’s small towns viable?
Heli Siirilä had long dreamed of living in the countryside. Now she does. A project chief living in the west-coast
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Norway asks Sweden to take part in carbon capture project
The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency has produced a ‘Climate Action Roadmap’, setting forward the path it believes the government should
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Why a man from Northern Canada created a Twitter bot that monitors temperature trends
Will Gagnon says it was a vulnerable moment that led him to eventually create a Twitter bot to raise more
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Norwegian aluminium giant Norsk Hydro hit by ransomware attack
Norwegian aluminium giant Norsk Hydro announced Tuesday that it was crippled by “an extensive cyber-attack” on its servers, forcing it
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Russia, Norway talk Arctic GPS jamming in Oslo
Norway and Russia agree to look at the establishment of a new military communications channel. “We recognise Russia’s right to
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Russian military to get fast, secure internet through trans-Arctic cable
A several thousand-kilometer-long fiber optic cable is to be laid along the Russian Arctic coast as part of the Armed
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Canada is testing drones for Arctic surveillance
The federal government in partnership with a Nunavut-based private drone-operating company and the University of Alaska Fairbanks is in the
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