TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2023

Governments, public sector organizations and many private companies moved heaven and earth to ensure public safety and adequate supply of core services. The global ecosystem has been on an upward trajectory, albeit less consistently, but the declines in new investment in 2022 were steep: globally funding declined to $9.1

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

It’s been really tough concentrating during the latter part of this week due to global events so forgive me if my tone is less upbeat than normal. In 2020, Deloitte reported that “in the world of startups, the global fintech founder community was still dominated by men, with women making up just 7% of the total pool.”

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TechCrunch

JULY 24, 2022

One might think that disgruntled laid-off employees would be happy that Better.com is being scrutinized more closely by the government. Casavo, an Opendoor-style proptech from Italy, raises $410M to expand its instant buyer platform across Europe. One in particular told me via Twitter DMs: “It’s not looking good for the SPAC.

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The Verge

JUNE 3, 2020

Since the UK entered lockdown in March, engineers like Qureshi had unwillingly found themselves on the front line of a strange global crusade. Any point he brought up would be shot down by the woman’s self-fulfilling rationalization that Qureshi was part of a global conspiracy. His job felt undeniably essential.

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The Verge

JANUARY 25, 2021

Google workers across the world are coming together to form a global union alliance. The newly formed coalition, called Alpha Global, is comprised of 13 different unions representing workers in 10 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, and Switzerland.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 31, 2019

However, the psychological factors that govern whether a donor will opt into a monthly giving program are still not well understood. They also stick around longer with most programs enjoying donor retention rates north of 85%. If executed correctly, a successful monthly donor program can be a game changer for your nonprofit.

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Candid

APRIL 14, 2022

Since March 11, when Candid last looked at the global philanthropic response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, human suffering and economic devastation has only increased. In the meantime, individuals, governments, and private philanthropy fund relief on the ground, trying to keep up with displacement and need on a massive scale.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The response from Boards and their advisers to our solution has been excellent: they recognise our digital solution for retail inclusion brings together both good governance and best execution.” and globally.”. Unlike the investors on its platform, this Series B is coming from a list of big-name strategic players and VCs.

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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

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. According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor the Dutch outperform the EU big five in terms of early stage entrepreneurial activity.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 23, 2021

April Rinne is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader ranked one of the “50 Leading Female Futurists” in the world by Forbes. v, AnyRoad, and Unsettled, as well as governments ranging from Singapore to South Africa, Canada to Colombia, Italy to India. Are select people, teams, or departments fluxier than others?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

According to Bird, this growth plan is already underway, with the shared micromobility company recently bringing its scooters to Bergen, Norway; Tarragona, Spain; and Palermo, Italy. The next-generation operating system that will provide those upgrades, codenamed “Briggs,” will be uploaded to its global fleet of LINK e-scooters.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

million-member political action committee who works on issues from universal health care to climate change, and energy independence to restoring democracy through getting rid of the torture clause that the Bush administration has written into the government charter, and trying to get public funding for elections. We are a 3.5

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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

AUGUST 24, 2023

They also warn scraped data can be used for unauthorised political or intelligence gathering purposes — including by foreign governments or intelligence agencies. And be used to pump out unwanted direct marketing or spam.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

In the absence of an overhaul of the global tax system, a number of European nations have introduced new taxes aimed specifically at these companies. Originally, European nations had intended to spearhead a new global tax on Big Tech, but negotiations fell apart several months ago after the US refused to play ball.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

The global energy transition has been on an extraordinary tear in recent years, one that even President Donald Trump, with his dismantling of U.S. climate policy, will struggle to reverse. But even if the Trump administration cancels a potential monster loan from the Department of Energy, the company has built a war chest.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 25, 2021

At the Civic Summit, as it was called, leaders announced where they would invest resources to provide enhanced protections around upcoming global elections — and also where they would not. Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, and Italy were placed in tier one. Facebook set up “war rooms” to monitor the network continuously.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 26, 2014

The events draw nonprofit and commercial refurbishers, environmentalists, policy makers, and green technology innovators, as well as international refurbishers who offer a global view of electronics refurbishing and recycling. One example of great refurbishing work is Banco Informatico Tecnologico e Biomedico (TechSoup Italia) in Italy.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

As you may know, the government has been tightening regulations associated with deep synthesis technologies (DST) and generative AI services, including ChatGPT. April 1, 2023 Italy orders ChatGPT to be blocked OpenAI has started geoblocking access to its generative AI chatbot, ChatGPT, in Italy.

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The Verge

JANUARY 22, 2022

We have a goal of investing as much as $100B over the next decade, but without federal government support, that goal will be difficult to reach in that time frame,” Intel spokesperson William Moss confirmed to The Verge. Reportedly, Intel will start its European expansion in France, Germany, and Italy. “We But guess what?

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Tableau

APRIL 8, 2021

Johns Hopkins’ static views didn’t provide the narrative that a nervous global public wanted. John-Burn Murdoch’s brainwave was to take charts directly to a global audience through Twitter and share updated daily views for six consecutive weeks. Local government dashboards . When he needed to iterate , he did. .

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Tableau

APRIL 8, 2021

Johns Hopkins’ static views didn’t provide the narrative that a nervous global public wanted. John-Burn Murdoch’s brainwave was to take charts directly to a global audience through Twitter and share updated daily views for six consecutive weeks. Local government dashboards . When he needed to iterate , he did. .

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Governing. ? The Chinese government could also nix it. government ban also remains. Chinese authorities want ByteDance to retain control over TikTok’s global operations. The biometric check will give Singaporeans access to government and business services. Some of the data was used to target Facebook ads.

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The Verge

JUNE 10, 2020

Today felt like an unusual lull in the intersection of our many unfolding national and global crises, and so I thought I’d take the opportunity to write about something different — a subject that, despite all my best efforts, I keep getting crushingly wrong. Governing. ? Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 28, 2025

government is on a global egg hunt, seeking exports from countries in Europe and elsewhere to ease a severe shortage that has caused egg prices at grocery stores to hit record highs. Germany, Italy, Poland, and Sweden are among the nations the U.S. government contacted include Austria, Norway, Spain, and Denmark.

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