Hello? The Nokia Design Archive Will Call Up Memories of a Long-Lost Cellphone Era

Hello? The Nokia Design Archive Will Call Up Memories of a Long-Lost Cellphone Era

Remember when you could throw your phone after sending a risky text without worrying it would break? Long before sleek glass rectangles rendered Nokia’s bold and durable silhouettes obsolete, designers working for the pioneering electronics firm played with all the potential shapes that our brave, unnerving present could someday take. To honor Nokia’s foundational contributions…

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School board eases ban on cellphones, laptops

Finland hit by fibre-optic cable outage

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -GlobalConnect is working to repair a broken fibre-optic cable on land in Finland, the digital infrastructure and data communication provider said on Tuesday. Two separate cuts to the cable caused a major outage in Finland, GlobalConnect said on its web site, adding that no sea cables were affected. This disruption follows recent breaches…

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China offers visa-free entry to 9 more countries in renewed tourism and diplomatic push

China offers visa-free entry to 9 more countries in renewed tourism and diplomatic push

People from nine more countries, including South Korea, Norway, Finland and Slovakia, will have visa-free entry to China from Friday, as Beijing tries to attract more tourists and improve international ties. From November 8, nationals from these countries, which also include Denmark, Iceland, Andorra, Monaco and Liechtenstein, will be allowed to enter China for business,…

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China’s Xi seeks closer ties with Finland on green energy, peace plan for Ukraine

China’s Xi seeks closer ties with Finland on green energy, peace plan for Ukraine

China aims for closer cooperation with Finland on new energy sectors as well as finding a peaceful solution to the Ukraine crisis, President Xi Jinping told his Finnish counterpart Alexander Stubb in Beijing on Tuesday. According to China’s state-owned broadcaster CCTV, Xi vowed closer links with Finland on “green transformation”, information technology, the digital economy…

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