University Of Oslo

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A Norwegian Air Boeing 737-800 landing at Riga International Airport in Latvia earlier this year. Aircraft manufacturer Boeing is bidding to stall the troubled airline’s $1 billion lawsuit against it while the Scandinavian carrier lines up a rescue attempt in the Irish courts. Photograph: EPA/TOMS KALNINS
Boeing seeks dismissal of Norwegian Air’s €1bn lawsuit over Max aircraft

Boeing is bidding to stall troubled airline Norwegian Air’s $1 billion lawsuit against the US aircraft manufacturer while the Scandinavian carrier lin(...)

France, Belgium and Britain have suffered major attacks by Islamist militants in recent years and argue that access to data can help prevent such events
EU court adviser: data privacy laws should apply in national security cases

The European Court of Justice should uphold its 2016 decision that personal data cannot be seized and held indiscriminately by governments even on nat(...)

‘Storing and processing music online uses a tremendous amount of resources and energy’. File photograph: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Music cheaper than ever, but environmental cost is soaring, say experts

Listening to music has never been cheaper, however its environmental costs have never been higher, according to a new report. Research entitled The C(...)

Supporters of Egyptian president Abdel Fatah al-Sisi celebrate in Cairo’s Tahrir square on Monday following his re-election for a second term. Photograph: Mohamed el-Shahed/AFP/Getty Images
Ruadhán Mac Cormaic: Why dictators like elections

Egyptians were no doubt glued to their televisions, gripped with suspense, as they awaited the results of their presidential election last week. Woul(...)

Not sleeping well? It’s no wonder you can’t remember anything...

For Jules Verne it was the friend who keeps us waiting. For Edgar Allan Poe so many little slices of death. But though the reason we spend a third of (...)

Irish Naval vessel LÉ Niamh with the NUIG sensors attached at the bow to measure ocean surface information. Photograph: Brian Ward
LÉ Niamh to track sea wave activity for research project

The Naval Service patrol ship LÉ Niamh is not only rescuing refugees in the Mediterranean. It is also gathering information for a marine research pr(...)