TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2023

The global supply chain was one of the major industrial casualties of the pandemic, so it perhaps goes without saying that companies tackling issues related to the global supply chain would remain an alluring proposition for otherwise hesitant venture capitalists. million) Series A round eight months ago.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The site boasted some 500,000 users and facilitated around 320,000 transactions, reports the EU’s law enforcement agency, Europol, with clientele buying and selling everything from malware and stolen credit card information, to weapons and drugs. DarkMarket was taken offline earlier this year as part of an international operation.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

Turo’s launch in New York follows the state legislature’s passing of SB 6715 in December 2021, a law that provides a regulatory framework for peer-to-peer car sharing operations in the state. NY was the only state in the country where such a service was unavailable, so the signing of the bill means Turo is now in all 50 states.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

France and Germany. Local startups that have gained global attention over this period — for velocity of growth and level of ambition, at the least — include the likes of Badi , Cabify , Glovo , Jobandtalent , Red Points , Sherpa.ai , TravelPerk , Typeform and Wallapop , to name a few. .” Digital divides.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 13, 2012

Around the web in today’s day and age, clones of popular global sites and businesses are everywhere, and the trend doesn’t seem to show any signs of fading away. Try to embrace the opportunities that a global economy makes available to you and never stop doing what you’re good at, whether it’s innovating or excuting.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Belgium, France and Germany makes Amsterdam a natural gateway to those markets. Indeed, Amsterdam’s logistical and social connectedness is ranked number one in DHL’s Global Connectedness Index. And Brexit is helping: The Dutch are highly proficient in English and Dutch law is similar to English law, which means U.K.-based

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

Tiger Global (making its first pre-seed investment in a Pakistani startup, we report) and Zayn are hitching their wagons to this one, so we are eager to follow along. and Germany mull legalizing recreational use of the flower by adults. Startups and VC. Lots of movement in mobility (if there wasn’t, would it be called immobility?)

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

” He also noted that in cases where data has to, by law, reside in a single country, AnyDesk can be used as a way for people in remote locations to work with it, without having to resort to using VPNs (which have their own latency and other reliability issues). “Manufacturing pipelines cannot move to cloud.

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TechCrunch

JULY 10, 2022

The Uber Files, which were originally shared with The Guardian and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists , show a company that has knowingly broken laws, gone to extreme lengths to avoid justice, secretly lobbied governments, received aid from top politicians and exploited violence against drivers to drum up business.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

The first thing any American notices when coming to Amsterdam is that unlike Germany and France, everyone speaks English. At home we have entrepreneurs who think global day one. We have 30 procedures to go through when starting a legal business entity – ranking us #5 globally of light bureaucracy when incorporating.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Verbit was founded in 2017 by Livne, who previously had a career in law. and Australia, plans to expand further into Europe, including Germany, France, Spain and others, Livne said. Verbit is a step closer to its planned IPO in the near future after closing the Series E, Livne said when asked regarding its listing plan.

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TechCrunch

MAY 30, 2022

This downsizing from the Dubai-based startup adds to the long list of global cross-stage layoffs in what has been a rough month for tech employees. SWVL is present in 13 markets globally: the UAE, Egypt, Kenya, Germany, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Turkey, Japan, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Pakistan.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2022

In July, GoPuff announced it was cutting 10% of its global workforce (circa 1,500 staff) and closing dozens of warehouses, saying it needed to rein in spending after expanding too rapidly during the pandemic. Earlier, in the Spring, it also confirmed any potential IPO filing was on ice owing to the market downturn.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2023

Funds offering ‘friends and family’ checks could bring the change underrepresented founders need Three more from the TC+ team: “Things are looking grim” : Alex writes that if it weren’t for the Stripe and OpenAI deals, global VC results would have been even worse in Q1 2023. Carly has more.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

She holds a master’s degree in Political Sciences, Public Law and Contemporary History from University of Konstanz, Germany. For the past five years he worked customizing and integrating a single set of software systems that Benetech could use globally. His specialty: user testing.

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MARCH 5, 2013

According to Park Young-Woo of the United Nations Environment Program, the Asia-Pacific region now produces more than half of global e-waste. The WEEE Directive is the set of laws that governs the proper collection and disposal of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) in the 27 countries of the European Union.

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TechCrunch

MAY 6, 2022

Meta faces years of tougher antitrust oversight in Germany. However the government still hasn’t confirmed exactly when it expects to legislate to empower the Digital Markets Unit (DMU) — saying only that it will introduce legislation to put it on a statutory footing “in due course.”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

As reported by Jagmeet on November 2, “Chargebee, backed by marquee investors including Tiger Global and Sequoia Capital India, has laid off about 10% of its staff in a ‘reorganization’ effort due to ongoing global macroeconomic challenges and growing operational debt. Chargebee has laid off about 10% of its staff.

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TechNode

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

16 that it has begun production at its first European plant in Gottingen, Germany, and expects to begin supplying local markets next month. Rival CATL initiated efforts to build its first European plant in Thuringia, Germany in 2018 and kicked off production last December. Gotion also plans to build a $6.3

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2022

dollar the digital currency globally. More of that buzz, you know, it’s just a matter of when one of these bills becomes law. Do you talk to people who make laws, whether it’s in Congress or in the White House or anywhere about this? We’re close, but we’re not there yet. What are their views?

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The option that cheats European speed limits will be removed on November 17th with an update to the VanMoof app that will be applied globally. We are making a change on November 17 to avoid any discussion on adherence to these laws.”. GIF: VanMoof. A preview of the new app settings sent to current VanMoof owners.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2022

And this is what its fresh $20 million cash injection will be used for, as it looks to broaden its horizons beyond its native Germany. One point worth noting is that Charles has specifically built its platform with Europe’s data privacy laws (i.e. GDPR) firmly in mind. ” cofounder and co-CEO Andreas Tussing added.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2023

Here’s a breakdown of Thousand Faces’ top 10 startups the Female Founder Accelerator: Company name: Kleiderly What it does: Recycle textile waste Founder: Alina Bassi Country: Germany The pitch: Kleiderly recycles unwanted textile waste and turns that into its patented plastic alternative in hopes of replacing the need for plastics.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The social media platform examined tweets from elected officials in seven countries – the UK, US, Canada, France, Germany, Spain and Japan. There’s this law of unintended consequences to large systems,” said Williams, who previously worked at Google and Facebook. “It It could be so many different things.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

On the regulation point, Spain’s first startup law — which was adopted in draft and presented to parliament in December — has been well received by the local tech community. . While the DMA could bolster the chances of European tech giants being able to compete against global (i.e. mostly U.S.) ” Super scalers?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

” The market for language learning globally is around $50 billion so it’s a big opportunity despite the crowds of competition. . “We only run classes that are profitable,” said Shangkuan (who is from the U.S., New Jersey specifically) in an interview. 13 investors say lifelong learning is taking edtech mainstream.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 8, 2021

Germany, France, Sweden, Mexico and Colombia); while 750+ employers are signed up to “recurrently manage a large part of their workforce”, as it puts it, including XPO, Ocado, Saint Gobain, Santander, Bayer, eBay, Huawei, Ceva Logistics and Carrefour. Jobandtalent gets $42M Series B after pivoting to mobilize hiring for SMEs.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2023

Yaccarino will be leaving her role as chairman of Global Advertising & Partnerships at NBCU. X opens up its ad revenue sharing program globally The company announced its “Ads Revenue Sharing” program is now available for eligible creators globally. X also changed its App Store tagline from “Let’s talk.”

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2021

It will aim to make the European Union the most attractive place to create a startup, in comparison with obvious global leaders like the U.S. While there is enthusiasm emanating from the corridors of Brussels, my sources tell me that some countries, such as Germany, may be looking to water down the SNS in some aspects. Given the U.K.,

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

The ChatGPT app for iOS is now available to users in 11 more countries — Albania, Croatia, France, Germany, Ireland, Jamaica, Korea, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, and the UK. The announcement spurred a 10x increase in new downloads for Bing globally, indicating a sizable consumer demand for new AI experiences. More to come soon!

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

Outside Germany, Inne also has some early users in Austria, Switzerland and the U.K. But she also says the startup would be prepared to create further protections for user data in response to any changes to the law that threaten women’s rights. And I think we closed last year with close to 2,000 customers,” Rapti adds.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 14, 2025

As a crucial climate lawsuit heads to trial in Germany next week, experts say the case brought by Peruvian farmer Saul Luciano Lliuya against German energy giant RWE could set a significant precedent in the fight to hold major polluters accountable for climate change.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 10, 2025

Increasing international tensions, global warming and the changing world economy have put Greenland at the heart of the debate over global trade and security, and Trump wants to make sure that the U.S. Why Greenland? controls this mineral-rich country that guards the Arctic and North Atlantic approaches to North America.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Elon Musk speaks live via a video transmission during the election campaign launch rally of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party on January 25, 2025, in Halle, Germany. Leavitt offered no further details on what Musk working on, though she claimed he is abiding by all applicable federal laws.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 8, 2025

Under Swiss law, such requests can't proceed without a court order.). At the time of writing, Proton VPN had the largest and most globally diverse server network out of all the VPNs I've tested. However, Proton VPN couldn't comply with the request because it didn't have any logs.

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The Verge

JULY 7, 2020

Google , Facebook, and Twitter won’t process user data requests from the Hong Kong government amid concerns that a new security law could criminalize protests. It’s unclear what actions will be considered to violate the new law, but police arrested a man last week for brandishing a Hong Kong independence flag. Joseph Cox / Vice ).

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The Verge

MAY 20, 2020

Webby People’s Voice Award for Green : NASA’s Global Climate Change Website by NASA/JPL. Webby Award for Law : Knight First Amendment Institute Website by Tierra Innovation. Webby Award for Law : Knight First Amendment Institute Website by Tierra Innovation. Public Service & Activism : Global Citizen Mobile App.

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