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Microsoft did door-to-door router replacements to stop Trickbot malware

The Verge

Microsoft says it’s gone door-to-door replacing routers compromised with the Trickbot malware in Brazil and Latin America, hoping to squash an international hacking group. The Daily Beast reports that the hacking ring — also known as Trickbot and based in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Suriname — is a persistent presence online.

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Daily Crunch: Citing ‘uncertain mortgage market,’ Better.com rolls out employee buyout plan

TechCrunch

In the latest episode, sources revealed to her some internal meeting details that the digital mortgage lender is losing “around $50 million a month.” This follows its move of stopping shipments to customers in Russia and Belarus. Unsurprisingly, the company is now offering a severance package to employees it didn’t already lay off.

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Zenly is still hugely popular, so why’s Snap shutting it down?

TechCrunch

Elsewhere, Zenly is a frequently a top-five social app in Russia and Belarus, a top-ten social app in France, Indonesia, and Thailand, and it hovers around the upper echelons in the app charts in many other markets globally. which may be partly why Snap is less enamored by Zenly’s enduring popularity in locales elsewhere.

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Metro4All — Making All Metro Systems Accessible

Tech Soup

It is now a diverse international group with team members in Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany, and the U.S. A Metro4All volunteer or staffer works with a local group of people in a city to collect data about the infrastructure and layouts of their metro stations. Tech for good often knows no geopolitical boundaries.

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Locals share why Vilnius, Lithuania is becoming an international startup hub

TechCrunch

But what are the locals excited about on the ground? In addition, the oppressive regime in nearby Belarus has provided an influx of significant tech companies, such as Wargaming, as well as the associated talent. However, one said: “The ecosystem still lacks local funding for the late Series A and beyond rounds.”.

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The best VPNs for staying anonymous and secure on the web

Mashable Tech

The process of routing your traffic through a VPN masks your internet protocol (IP) address — the specific number that's assigned to your device when it's connected to a local network — which can otherwise reveal a surprising amount of personal information. That includes your approximate whereabouts and the name of your ISP.)

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Empowering Women Bloggers

Have Fun - Do Good

He is an Armenian-French singer-composer, who was born in Paris and he is often called “the international ambassador of French chanson”. It took Charles Aznavour 20 long years to climb his way to the international mega-star, that he is now. I would write to him that I really admire his willpower and I am totally amazed.

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