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Taiwan export ban limits Russia and Belarus to chips with frequencies under 25 MHz

TechSpot

DigiTimes reports that Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) published a list this week of strategic high-tech commodities banned from exportation to Russia and Belarus. The latter country is included as MOEA believes it could help Russia import such goods.

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A top Wikipedia editor has been arrested in Belarus

The Verge

The Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption of Belarus (GUBOPiK) has detained prominent Wikipedia editor Mark Bernstein, according to the Belarusian publication Zerkalo. Image: Wikipedia. The arrest comes after Bernstein’s personal information was shared on GOBUPiK’s public Telegram channel.

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7 US startup visa options for international founders

The Next Web

Mikita Mikado is a software engineer and entrepreneur from Belarus, now based in San Francisco. There is no other place like Silicon Valley, the tech Mecca of access to great talent, capital and countless prospective clients. He is the co-­founder and CEO of Quote Roller and PandaDoc.

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Here are all the startups pitching today at Venture Day Minsk

TechCrunch

Venture Day Minsk (organised by tech startup hub Imaguru ) is run annually, but because of the pandemic and the political situation in Belarus, it has gone virtual. Even Imaguru itself has had to switch to online-only operations after Lukashenko’s thugs shut down its physical space. A run down of who is pitching is below.

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After ‘protestware’ attacks, a Russian bank has advised clients to stop updating software

The Verge

Though framed in general terms, the announcement was likely made in reference to an incident that took place earlier in March, where the developer of a widely used JavaScript library added an update that overwrote files on machines located in Russia or Belarus.

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Microsoft pulls the plug on ‘new’ sales of products and services in Russia

The Verge

It didn’t go into further detail about what that looks like or specify what meaningful financial impact the move will have on its businesses, as CD Projekt Red did yesterday while announcing a ban on services to Russia and Belarus. we are coordinating closely and working in lockstep with the governments of the US, EU, and the UK”.

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

TechCrunch

Moar News, fresh from the TechCrunch firehose of tasty morsels of news and commentary: I’m too sexy for Milan, New York, and Hangzhou : Zhiyi Tech raises $100 million to help fashion brands predict bestsellers. Big Tech Inc. This follows its move of stopping shipments to customers in Russia and Belarus. And the U.S.