https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The government is to forward a bill on Friday proposing tech giants such as Facebook and Google pay Danish media for using content on their platforms. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210326/denmark-proposes-new-law-to-make-facebook-pay-for-news-and-music Fri, 26 Mar 2021 13:17:40 +0100 denmark-proposes-new-law-to-make-facebook-pay-for-news-and-music Author Hans Christian Andersen is one of Denmark’s most famous figures from the 19th century, but can you name another Hans Christian, who left his mark on the world of science? https://www.thelocal.dk/20190913/google-pays-tribute-to-denmarks-other-famous-hans-christian Fri, 13 Sep 2019 13:35:35 +0200 google-pays-tribute-to-denmarks-other-famous-hans-christian Election-related searches hit an all-time high on Danish Google in the run up to this week’s general election. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190607/danes-googled-general-election-like-never-before Fri, 07 Jun 2019 13:58:44 +0200 danes-googled-general-election-like-never-before US tech giant Google is to invest 4.5 billion kroner (just under $700 million) on a data centre at Taulov near Fredericia. https://www.thelocal.dk/20181120/google-to-invest-700-million-in-danish-data-centre Tue, 20 Nov 2018 14:51:31 +0100 google-to-invest-700-million-in-danish-data-centre Danes now have yet another option for paying in stores and online. https://www.thelocal.dk/20181030/google-pay-comes-to-denmark Tue, 30 Oct 2018 14:34:41 +0100 google-pay-comes-to-denmark Denmark’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has appointed a diplomat to a role it is calling ‘tech ambassador’ – the first role of its kind in the world. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170526/denmark-names-first-ever-digital-ambassador-for-silicon-valley-role Fri, 26 May 2017 20:02:09 +0200 denmark-names-first-ever-digital-ambassador-for-silicon-valley-role Saying that tech giants like Google and Apple now have more influence than many countries, Denmark will become the first nation in the world to appoint a so-called digital ambassador. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170127/in-world-first-denmark-to-name-a-digital-ambassador Fri, 27 Jan 2017 11:20:36 +0100 in-world-first-denmark-to-name-a-digital-ambassador It was a year that for many was dominated by seismic events like Brexit, the surprise election of Donald Trump, the ongoing Syrian war and a seemingly never-ending list of celebrity deaths. https://www.thelocal.dk/20161214/heres-what-danes-googled-the-most-in-2016 Wed, 14 Dec 2016 10:54:28 +0100 heres-what-danes-googled-the-most-in-2016 In celebration of Europe Day, here’s a look at what Google says about Europeans. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160509/what-google-says-about-the-danes-and-other-europeans Mon, 09 May 2016 17:37:45 +0200 what-google-says-about-the-danes-and-other-europeans In a gobsmacking sign of national geekery, the term Danes most searched for on Google in 2015, was ‘agar.io’ — a massively multiplayer game where you play a single-cell life form in a giant petridish. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151216/danes-2015-google-searches-show-nation-of-geeks Wed, 16 Dec 2015 11:35:23 +0100 danes-2015-google-searches-show-nation-of-geeks If you’re searching for something on Google today, you’re doing it under a tribute to Danish scientist Inge Lehmann. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150513/google-pays-tribute-to-danish-seismologist Wed, 13 May 2015 12:41:40 +0200 google-pays-tribute-to-danish-seismologist Police in southern Jutland have been helped out by an unlikely source: a Google Street View photo that shows two men carrying out an unsolved theft from 2012. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150121/google-street-view-catches-danish-thieves-in-action Wed, 21 Jan 2015 12:18:00 +0100 google-street-view-catches-danish-thieves-in-action Online behemoth Google has released its most-searched terms for 2014. So, what were the Danes most interested in this year? https://www.thelocal.dk/20141217/what-did-the-danes-google-most-in-2014 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 11:18:12 +0100 what-did-the-danes-google-most-in-2014 Nearly 1,500 Danes have taken advantage of the May ruling by the EU Court of Justice that gave Europeans the right to request search engines like Google to remove results about them. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141013/1500-danes-want-to-be-forgotten-by-google Mon, 13 Oct 2014 10:04:00 +0200 1500-danes-want-to-be-forgotten-by-google An associate professor at the University of Copenhagen is trying to improve the way translation technology handles smaller languages like Danish. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140716/researcher-tries-to-correct-google-translates-bias-against-danish Wed, 16 Jul 2014 13:52:00 +0200 researcher-tries-to-correct-google-translates-bias-against-danish