Startups & Tech

A company from Kuopio has invented a new type of autonomous street sweeper that's as powerful as a traditional truck, but has zero carbon emissions and very little noise pollution. It runs on electric batteries and tackles Finland's seasonal...

Nokia has signed a deal to become the largest infrastructure partner for British telecoms company BT. As part of the deal Nokia will provide equipment and services at BT radio sites across the UK as the company expands its domestic...

Healthcare officials have given out more than 40 codes to people using the Koronavilkku app, and who tested positive for Covid-19. The app was launched at the beginning of September and has so far been downloaded by the equivalent of...

The new Koronavilkku Covid-19 track and trace mobile app has now been downloaded 1.4 million times since its launch on Monday morning: the equivalent to 25% of the entire Finnish population. "I think that if nearly 1.4 million devices has...

Finland's coronavirus track and trace app is available for download to mobile devices from Monday. The 'Corona Flash' app - called Koronavilkku in Finnish - is completely anonymous and entirely voluntary to use, can help public health officials know how...

A Finnish software company has developed a new to cut down on cyber bullying by turning words that are meant to harm or humiliate into something more pleasant. Espoo-based TietoEVRY collaborated with teenagers at Finnish schools, and the Children &...

Finnish kitchen are starting to cash in on a trillion-dollar restaurant trend that's forecast to change the way we think of food services. Ghost kitchens - also known as cloud kitchens, or virtual kitchens - don't have bricks and mortar...

A new mobile phone application which helps public health officials track and trace cases of coronavirus is being launched on Tuesday for a month of testing. The first people to test the new app on a voluntary basis are several...

Two young entrepreneurs are set to launch a brand new bus service linking Helsinki and Turku with low-cost fares. Twins Henri and Eero Autio are just 21-years old and still studying at university, but they've identified a gap in the transport market...

A contact tracing app which is being rolled out in Finland at the beginning of September  aims to balance privacy concerns with usefulness, after a number of countries ran into tech problems with their own software efforts. Officials are keen...