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PlayStation is suspending all hardware and software shipments in Russia

The Verge

Sony Interactive Entertainment, the arm of Sony that manages its popular PlayStation console, is halting all software and hardware shipments in Russia because of the country’s invasion of Ukraine. Starting today, we will be working with our partners to suspend all Destiny 2 sales and commerce in Russia and Belarus.

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VOCHI raises additional $2.4 million for its computer vision-powered video editing app

TechCrunch

VOCHI , a Belarus-based startup behind a clever computer vision-based video editing app used by online creators, has raised an additional $2.4 Investors in the most recent round include TA Ventures, Angelsdeck, A.Partners, Startup Wise Guys, Kolos VC and angels from companies like Belarus-based Verv and Estonian unicorn Bolt.

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Pinterest invests in creator tools with acquisition of video creation and editing app Vochi

TechCrunch

To capitalize on this activity, Pinterest this spring launched Ideas Pins — a video-first feature that lets creators tell their stories using editing tools like voiceovers, music, transitions, and other interactive effects. With Vochi, Pinterest says it will have the ability to bring even more quality video to its users.

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Ubisoft and Take-Two are also blocking game sales in Russia

The Verge

Ubisoft and Take-Two Interactive are suspending game sales in Russia in light of its invasion of Ukraine, joining a growing list of companies that have decided to cut ties with the country (via Engadget ). Take-Two has also decided to temporarily block new game sales and installations in both Russia and Belarus.

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How to help your startup turn a profit in 4 simple steps

The Next Web

Mikita Mikado is a software engineer and entrepreneur from Belarus, now based in San Francisco. I’m a geek and software engineer from the former ­Soviet state of Belarus. He is the co-­founder and CEO of Quote Roller and PandaDoc. His passions are business process automation, surfing, and his new baby girl Maya. ?.

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Daily Crunch: Ransomware group threatens to release Nvidia’s ‘most closely guarded secrets’

TechCrunch

Apple Maps is back to noting that Crimea is not part of Russia in most of the world; Microsoft is halting sales in the country ; Airbnb is suspending operations in Russia and the co-belligerent Belarus. Preparing your team to interact with the code source. In response? Russia blocked Facebook. Staying up to date.

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Metro4All — Making All Metro Systems Accessible

Tech Soup

Metro4All was founded by Maxim Dubinin in Moscow a few years ago as a social good project of his interactive mapping company, NextGIS. It is now a diverse international group with team members in Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany, and the U.S. What Is Metro4All? Tech for good often knows no geopolitical boundaries.