Startups & Tech

A number of initiatives are underway in Finland to provide computer for students who don’t have their own, and help them keep up with distance learning classes. Most classes are canceled until the middle of May, with education officials making…

A supercomputer at Kajaani University of Applied Sciences KAMK is linking up with Stanford University in California to help model the surface structure of the coronavirus and its protein folding process. The work is part of the Folding@home project which…

Espoo’s Remedy Entertainment, which has produced blockbuster gaming titles like Max Payne, Control, Quantum Break and Alan Wake, has signed a new deal with Epic Games to publish two of Remedy’s upcoming projects. Although no financial information is available for…

Passengers on Viking Line ships will be able to use a new digital key system to get into their cabins from later this week. The new technology, the first for an operator in the Baltic Sea region, will be introduced…

Finnish telecoms company Nokia says it’s pulling out of Mobile World Congress due to fears over the spread of the coronavirus. The event is due to take place in Barcelona later this month, and attracts more than 100,000 attendees. "While the…

The organisation behind one of Europe’s biggest annual tech and startup events Slush is refreshing its management lineup – something it’s done every year or two since it began. Miika Huttunen takes over as the new CEO while Oona Poropudas is the President…

A new study published by the Ministry of Economy Affairs and Employment finds that just having a job on its own is not a good indication of successful integration by foreigners in Finland. In fact, the study shows there isn’t…

Finnish cloud infrastructure company UpCloud has announced an €18 million funding boost that will help its international growth. The Helsinki-based company, founded in 2011, plans to recruit more than 100 new employees and launch ten new data centres in their…

Nokia has announced it will be cutting approximately 180 jobs in Finland this year, as part of a strategy to save €500 million by the end of 2020. The company will start negotiations next week and look at all locations…

A new study finds there’s a 5% pay gap between men and women who work in the tech industry in Finland. The information was compiled by TEK, the largest organisation for academic engineers and architects in Finland, which promotes the…