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How global unrest will impact innovation in 2023

TechCrunch

The worldwide battle with COVID, the Ukraine-Russia conflict and the economic fallout of the COVID lockdowns and supply chain disruptions have together created a painful combination of a global recession, global inflation and unpredictable instability in the worldwide economy.

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ClearBank, a UK banking rails provider, raises $230M from Apax to expand into Europe and the US

TechCrunch

PitchBook notes that as of the end of December, ClearBank’s valuation was just under £274 million, which likely puts the current valuation at $590 million at its most conservative estimate. Just look at the discussions on SWIFT and cutting off Russia, and how slow that has been moving.” “Europe and and the U.S.

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The best VPNs for staying anonymous and secure on the web

Mashable Tech

But even the WFH crew can get some good use out of a VPN: Aside from the obvious privacy factor when it comes to confidential company information, a VPN can establish a remote connection with your office's server so you've got access to internal networks and resources from home. Hold up — are VPNs legal? Split tunneling.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: SaaS success stats, leveraging ad tech chaos, 2022 layoff trends

TechCrunch

And it was presaged by falling public markets that, we presume, allowed some private companies to conserve cash in anticipation of, say, a more conservative funding market.” Russia’s invasion of Ukraine changed that, however. ” Today’s startup layoffs have nothing on the 2020 correction.

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What to expect from Samsung’s Galaxy Note 20 event

The Verge

Image: Samsung Russia. Image: Samsung Russia. Internally, we’re expecting to see a Snapdragon 865 or even an 865 Plus processor powering the Note 20 Ultra. It’s a technology that could give Samsung much more control over the phone’s refresh rate, with the option of reducing it when necessary to conserve battery life.

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Metro4All — Making All Metro Systems Accessible

Tech Soup

So far, Metro4All has apps for 14 cities in Russia and other countries in Europe. It is now a diverse international group with team members in Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany, and the U.S. We are interested and engaged in the international community mapping movement. There are no apps yet for U.S. How Metro4All Does It.

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This is what your life will be like when the world hits a dangerous climate tipping point

Fast Company Tech

and thats a conservative estimate. The boreal forests of Canada, Alaska, and Russia will be especially vulnerable. (Paradoxically, all these new air conditioners are likely to contribute even more greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere.) Still, heat-related deaths will continue to rise to 20,000 annually in the U.S.,

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