https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Less young Swedes are getting involved in crime than in the past because they are instead spending time at home with their computers. https://www.thelocal.se/20170328/more-computers-less-crime-for-young-swedes Tue, 28 Mar 2017 13:51:26 +0200 more-computers-less-crime-for-young-swedes Swedish kids are set to learn programming from their first year of primary school, as the country's government introduces an improved digital competence aspect to the curriculum designed to make the tech savvy Swedes even better with computers. https://www.thelocal.se/20170313/swedish-kids-to-learn-computer-coding-and-how-to-spot-fake-news-in-primary-school Mon, 13 Mar 2017 17:45:16 +0100 swedish-kids-to-learn-computer-coding-and-how-to-spot-fake-news-in-primary-school Despite constant improvements to its ability to translate the Swedish language into passable English, Google Translate continues to lose its way – often in laughable ways – when it comes to certain place names. https://www.thelocal.se/20110824/35744 Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:57:00 +0200 35744 Despite fresh figures showing that more than 70 percent of all emails sent in Sweden in June were spam, experts say that this is the lowest level circulated worldwide since 2008. https://www.thelocal.se/20110713/34898 Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:32:00 +0200 34898 Plans to use digital pens from Swedish company Anoto in German elections have been axed after hackers claimed to have breached the pens' security system. https://www.thelocal.se/20071207/9338 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:49:00 +0100 9338 An 18-year-old Swedish computer genius has been charged with hacking into computer systems at seven universities in Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20061115/5521 Wed, 15 Nov 2006 20:49:00 +0100 5521 The sale of laptop computers in Sweden reached a new high in the third quarter of 2005, leading analysts to predict that the year's sales will break the record set in 1998. https://www.thelocal.se/20051101/2400-2 Tue, 01 Nov 2005 13:39:00 +0100 2400-2