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Iceland built 1,756 wheelchair ramps in the past 4 years. Why can’t other countries do that?

Fast Company Tech

Now, the team plans to expand the initiative to Paris and Lviv, Ukraine. Photo: Ramp Up Reykjavk] An age-old accessibility problem Creating accessibility in any urban environment is often met with logistical and bureaucratic challenges. Yet, even with the ADA, there are still massive access inequities in our urban environments.

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3 years into war with Russia, this Ukrainian startup is powering a drone revolution

Fast Company Tech

Ukraines war with Russiasparked by Russias invasion in the spring of 2022is now entering its fourth year. In 2024 alone, Ukraine produced more than 2 million small drones for its war effort, with plans to manufacture 4.5 They need to wake upnot just to help Ukraine, but to help themselves. million this year.

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The 10 most innovative augmented and virtual reality companies of 2025

Fast Company Tech

And Haiku has developed virtual twins of real-world digital networks to help train students and experts on cybersecurity operations and respond to diverse attacks through a game-like environment. In December 2023, Varjo launched its latest hardware series, the XR-4. In the U.S.,

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5 reasons why Ukraine’s fintech sector is growing despite war

TechCrunch

This March, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a bill to establish a regulatory framework for cryptocurrency in the country. Global finance and tech firms are supporting Ukraine. Both organizations are collaborating to strengthen the fintech landscape in Ukraine. Fintech is growing fast despite setbacks.

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Protestware on the rise: Why developers are sabotaging their own code

TechCrunch

What may have seemed like an isolated protest years ago was revived in 2022 by developers sabotaging their own libraries — sometimes to speak out against big corporations, but more recently to protest Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The recent rise of protestware. Image Credits: TechCrunch / screenshot.

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When it comes to sanctions, PE firms must proceed with great caution

TechCrunch

The economic sanctions that have been imposed following the war in Ukraine pose an intricate set of challenges for private equity (PE). In the current environment, there is little to no margin for error. Moreover, the typical tools that a financial institution relies upon in an AML context are not sufficient to determine exposure.

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Ghost kitchens ride into college campuses on the backs of delivery bots

TechCrunch

The relatively controlled environments of university campuses have long served as ideal testing grounds for autonomous technology, and they’re proving particularly effective for sidewalk delivery robots. And campuses typically have neatly paved sidewalks, which are perfect for the small wheels of delivery robots.