Håkon Berntsen

Easee names new CEO after a dramatic turnaround

Øyvind Stavland Osjord is promoted from finance chief to CEO of Easee. The handover completes the company's journey from a Swedish sales ban and mass layoffs back to profit.

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Svalbard Global Seed Vault passes 1.4 million samples

On 17 June the Svalbard Global Seed Vault opened its doors for the second time this year. When the work was done, the Arctic vault had passed 1.4 million seed samples – and for the first time, Burkina Faso and Niger sent seeds to the mountain.

Technology

The Robot Year of 2026: The Machine in Your Living Room Can Be Controlled by a Stranger

In 2026 humanoid robots left the demo videos behind and started working for money — on factory floors, in warehouses and, for the first time, in ordinary homes. The Norwegian robot NEO is furthest along toward the living room, but behind its friendly facade sit humans who can look straight into your home.

Astronomy

The Space Year 2026: humans around the Moon and the hunt for dark energy

The world's largest camera has begun filming the entire sky, four humans flew around the Moon for the first time since 1972, and fresh data are making dark energy wobble. These are the big discoveries and missions of the 2026 space year.

Technology

Should Norwegian Hydropower Run the World's Chatbots?

Artificial intelligence has become so power-hungry that megawatts, not microchips, now set the ceiling on how fast the technology can grow. The world has discovered northern Norway's cheap hydropower — and the fight over who gets to use it has begun.

Technology

The most powerful AI models vanished behind closed doors in 2026

In June 2026, both OpenAI and Anthropic released their most powerful AI models behind government-approved access gates. The frontier is now split in two — and for Norwegian users, the top tier could in principle be shut off by a decision in Washington.

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Microsoft open-sources advanced speech AI

Microsoft has launched VibeVoice, a "frontier-level" open-source project for speech synthesis and speech recognition. By making the technology freely available via GitHub, Mi...

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From science to reality: Sony's AI robots match humans

Sony AI has announced Project Ace – the first known autonomous system that is competitive with elite performers at complex tasks.

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Deepfake technology now in real time: What does it mean for security?

A new open source tool makes it possible to swap faces in real time using just a single image. The technology is impressive, but security experts are sounding the alarm.

$Brain-like computer solves supercomputer tasks – using a fraction of the energy$