The Verge

MARCH 3, 2022

Spotify has closed its office in Russia and removed content from Kremlin-backed outlets RT and Sputnik, Variety reports. Reuters reports that RT and Sputnik’s content has been removed in several markets including the United States and European Union, but not in Russia itself. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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The Verge

MARCH 9, 2022

Sony Interactive Entertainment, the arm of Sony that manages its popular PlayStation console, is halting all software and hardware shipments in Russia because of the country’s invasion of Ukraine. We have suspended all software and hardware shipments, the launch of Gran Turismo 7 , and operations of the PlayStation Store in Russia.”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 18, 2022

Zambian card issuing fintech Union54 has raised $12 million in a seed extension round led by Tiger Global. The most popular card schemes globally are Union Pay, Visa, and Mastercard. Tiger Global leads $3M round in Zambia’s Union54 for its card-issuing API. Tiger Global is earning its stripes in Africa.

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The Verge

MARCH 5, 2022

As Doug Madory, an internet analyst at network tracking company Kentik points out , some of the company’s most prominent Russian customers include the state-backed telecom giant Rostelecom, Russian search engine Yandex, and two of Russia’s largest mobile carriers: MegaFon and VEON. WTF Cogent? Don't do Putin's dirty work for him.

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TechSpot

APRIL 27, 2022

Reuters reports that DJI has become the first major Chinese firm to pull its products from Russia. Ride-hailing company Didi Global had announced it was pulling out of Russia and Kazakhstan in February but changed its mind following pressure from social media users in China accusing it of succumbing to.

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TechSpot

JULY 9, 2024

Increasing geopolitical tensions have raised concerns that countries such as Russia, China, and North Korea could target subsea cables during a military crisis. Such a thing is not unprecedented; Yemeni Houthi rebels were suspected of damaging underwater Red Sea cables responsible for 17% of global internet traffic in February.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2023

The global economic and political turmoil of the past year has had a meaningful impact on corporate innovation in the technology industry and beyond. How global unrest will impact innovation in 2023 by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch. David Magerman is managing partner at Differential Ventures.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 26, 2013

For us, the opportunity is not about taking market share from other players, it’s really about expanding the awareness of online work and hiring these virtual global teams as an alternative to traditional way of recruiting or building a company,” he said. The competition was intended for software developers from Russia and Ukraine.

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TechSpot

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

But the global decline in stock markets prompted by the Russia/Ukraine crisis has seen Tesla shares fall for four days in a row, pushing his fortune down to $199. At the start of the week, Musk had been the only person on Bloomberg’s billionaire index whose wealth exceeded $200 billion.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2022

Russia threatens YouTube : While most of our attention has been focused on the response of technology companies to Russia’s attack on Ukraine, we’re seeing motion from the other direction as well. Russia says that YouTube is acting like a terrorist, which is a bit rich. The company has raised $2.6 million now in total.

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TechSpot

OCTOBER 6, 2021

It was back in July when listings for the Nokia T20 appeared on UK websites and it received certification in Russia. As it's a lot cheaper than the likes of the latest iPad and Surface Go, the T20 is definitely aimed at the mid- to lower-range of the tablet market,

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2022

In other words, the region escaped the global quarter-on-quarter slowdown in startup investment. But Europe’s situation is perhaps more curious; after all, it is the closest to Russia and its war on Ukraine. It is also worth noting that Europe accounts for a much larger portion of global funding than Africa.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2022

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a notice after Russia invaded Ukraine warning against the potential for state-sponsored cyber attacks: “Every organization — large and small — must be prepared to respond to disruptive cyber activity,” it advised. Photo: Rosley Majid / EyeEm /Getty Images.

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TechSpot

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

By now it’s no secret that Russia launched a full-scale attack on Ukraine earlier this week, which prompted several countries to consider new sanctions on the former. As local factories closed on Thursday, some in the tech and auto industries worry about the potential impact on the global supply chain.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

If you’re in India, the Philippines, Russia or Vietnam, Amazon Prime and Gorillas are probably not that much use to you. Also participating were VNV Global, RDIF, Flashpoint Venture Capital and others. They have succeeded in going global; becoming competitive in 10 new international markets.”.

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The Verge

MARCH 7, 2021

Four online publications linked to Russian intelligence agencies have been spreading false or misleading information about coronavirus vaccines, The Wall Street Journal reported , citing an official at the US Department of State’s Global Engagement Center. A spokesperson for the Kremlin denied the allegations to the WSJ.

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TechSpot

MARCH 2, 2022

Most chipmakers believe the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict won’t worsen the global shortage of chips that’s been plaguing the tech and auto industries. The supply chain has been showing some signs of recovery as of late, but industry leaders still are, at best, cautiously optimistic about the entire situation.

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The Verge

MARCH 21, 2022

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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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

While the announcement follows India’s decision to ban Sea’s popular title “Free Fire” in the country last month, TechCrunch reports that the company is insisting the reason is “global market uncertainties.” The Shopee site was not even a year old.

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The Verge

MARCH 1, 2022

Domain registrar and hosting provider Namecheap is terminating service provision for customers based in Russia in the face of what it describes as “war crimes” committed in Ukraine. domains, a move that would disconnect much of Russia from the global internet. Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge.

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NCE Social Media

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Outside of Russia and most of Asia, Facebook (the blue countries) is now the main player. Only three years ago you can see that there are many different social networks dominating in different countries. As social networks have matured and the weaker networks have faded away, you can see what is left. What are your thoughts on using Facebook?

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

American University in Bulgaria created a fund to support students affected by the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Global Impact. Global Impact created a Ukraine Response Fund to support humanitarian efforts in Ukraine. American University in Bulgaria. Doctors Without Borders. International Medical Corps.

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The Verge

APRIL 11, 2022

The US Department of the Treasury is exempting telecommunications services from ongoing sanctions against Russia. Access Now and other nonprofits have pushed the US government to avoid disrupting internet access as part of larger sanctions against Russia over its February invasion of Ukraine. Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The Ukraine-based startup will now enter new markets and strengthen its positions in Poland, Russia, Spain and Latin America. billion English language learners globally and the number of children among them reached 500 million in 2020. There are approximately 1.5

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

There was no immediate information as to who was behind the cyberattack, with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida telling reporters that his government would investigate whether Russia was involved. “It It is difficult to say whether this has anything to do with Russia before making thorough checks,” he said, according to Reuters. “It

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

According to a recent letter sent to its investors, Tiger Global Management , the New York-based investing powerhouse, is raising a new $3.75 Lee Fixel is leaving Tiger Global. A year ago, Tiger Global, which employs 100 people altogether, was reportedly managing $36.2 billion in capital commitments. billion in assets.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

“We have received requests from a number of Governments and the EU to take further steps in relation to Russian state controlled media,” Nick Clegg, the company’s newly-named president of global affairs , said Monday on Twitter. Russia has also blocked access to Twitter.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 4, 2010

As a capacity-building organization for the global nonprofit and social benefit sector, we at TechSoup are very conscious of the need to understand and work within different cultural contexts for philanthropy. The legacy of this situation "poisoned the whole notion of volunteering in Russia for many years.".

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The Verge

MARCH 11, 2022

million followers of @YourAnonNews on Twitter, this video was cited as the moment that Anonymous “declared war on Russia.” A lot of internet bystanders were getting ready to make trouble for Russia — and they were going to use the mantle of Anonymous to do it. Uploaded to YouTube and shared to the 7.8 beczka_tv) February 26, 2022.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

Twitter tries to restore service in Russia : While some tech companies are working to cut ties with Russia after the country’s government invaded Ukraine, others are trying to keep their services up in the country. So, amid reports that Twitter is increasingly hard to access in Russia, the company said that it’s working on it.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 3, 2020

A global phishing campaign has been targeting organizations associated with the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines since September 2020, IBM security researchers say. Advanced insight into the purchase and movement of a vaccine that can impact life and the global economy is likely a high-value and high-priority nation-state target.”.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

It has now passed concurrent records for both Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Dota 2, which regularly dominate the top of Steam’s most-played games. Lost Ark was originally released in 2019 in South Korea, and has millions of active players in South Korea, Russia, and Japan.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2022

Tiger Global made its name by writing big checks for later-stage businesses, but now it is increasingly also not only looking for earlier stage investments , but doing a lot more now in Europe. “We are going to accept applications from everywhere in Europe, including Russia,” she said.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2022

Tech crackdown on Russia continues : The technology world is tightening the screws on Russia in the wake of the country’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia blocked Facebook. In an in-depth how-to, Shaun O’Meara, global field CTO at Mirantis, walks readers through the four basic elements for using OSS in production: Auditing.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

We’ve seen widespread losses in global equity markets this year. It’s been more than six months since Russia invaded Ukraine, and the economic impact of commodity price increases are beginning to percolate throughout Europe.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Varjo and partner Dogfight Boss also announced in August that their headset-based F-16 simulator had been deployed to help Ukraine train fighter pilots in its war with Russia. million global views. In the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

VPN usage has surged in the last several years, with growing concerns over data privacy and security — and sometimes completely different motivations like people wanting to access content otherwise blocked in their regions — driving an estimated 30% of all internet consumers globally to use a VPN at some point this year.

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