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Estonian World is a global independent online magazine, founded in London in 2012 and headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia. The magazine has editorial representations in London, Boston, Los Angeles and Tallinn, and contributors all over the world, on every continent. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram.

Estonia sends Toomas Hussar’s debut film Mushrooming to Oscars 2013 (Video)

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Toomas Hussar’s film Mushrooming will compete for an Academy Award in Best Foreign Film category at Oscars in 2013. The debut feature premiered at Karlovy Vary film festival, before also showing in Toronto International Film Festival. The story follows a politician who tries to take a break from work by mushroom picking, only to get lost […]

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Francis Maude: The cyber-attack against Estonia was a big wake-up call for the world

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The British minister in charge of cyber-security, Mr Francis Maude, thinks that the cyber-attack against Estonia in 2007 was a big wake-up call for the world, adding that a balance should be struck between cyber-security and personal freedoms. This article was first published by the Estonian foreign policy magazine Diplomaatia. Interview by Erkki Bahovski. Estonia fell under

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Every Estonian schoolchild will soon be able to write their own code and produce software

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Estonian Tiger Leap Foundation has launched a program called “ProgeTiiger”, through which Estonian students in grades 1 to 12 will be introduced computer programming and creating web and mobile applications. ProgeTiiger program will start with students in the first grade, which starts around the age of 7 for Estonians. The education will continue through a

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Tallinn University of Technology establishes Prototron Fund with the aim of supporting innovative ideas

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Start-up fund Prototron was established on August 14 with the aim of supporting innovative ideas in making the first finished product or prototype. The fund was established by the Tallinn University of Technology, Swedbank and Tallinn Science Park Tehnopol. Swedbank supports the fund with 120,000 euros during the first three years. President Toomas Hendrik Ilves,

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Rise of The Machines – Skype’s co-founder Jaan Tallinn on why we need to give a serious consideration

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One of the founding engineers of Skype and Kazaa recently visited Australia to sound a warning to the human race: fasten your seatbelts, as machines are becoming so intelligent that they could pose an existential threat. Jaan Tallinn (40) argues that human-driven technological progress has largely replaced evolution as the dominant force shaping our future. Machines are becoming

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