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The FBI secretly launched an encrypted messaging system for criminals

The Verge

But the network ultimately covered 90 countries, with Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Australia, and Serbia seeing the most users. Its growth surged in early 2021, when law enforcement shut down Sky Global , another encrypted messaging company. Most early Anom users were located in Australia.

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ImaliPay gets $3M to offer financial services to underserved gig workers across Africa

TechCrunch

The round also received follow-on investors from VCs such as Ten 13, Uncovered Fund, MyAsia VC, Jedar Capital, Logos Ventures, Plug N Play Ventures, Untapped Global, Latam Ventures, Cliff Angels, Chandaria Capital and Changecom. Angel investors like Keisuke Honda of KSK Angels and others from Serbia, Kenya and Norway participated.

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Fighting for Civic Transparency with Technology in the Western Balkans

Tech Soup

The goal was to find the best web or mobile ideas for social projects in Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia. From Serbia. The goal of OBJEKTIVno bolje is to stop hateful graffiti in Serbia. This past spring, FTS was on the ground in the Western Balkans, helping organize the Community Boost_r Challenge. Niš 2.0

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Hackathons for Good: Techies, Thinkers, and Activists Unite

Tech Soup

Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) is a global-wide community of hackers and social leaders with the common goal of building open technology for a better world. Serbia) in partnership with TechSoup Global and Zasto ne (Bosnia and Herzegovina). meets LinkedIn for students. The project is run by Fundacja TechSoup and Dokukino.

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Face-to-Face Communications with Zoom Help NGOs Around the Planet

Tech Soup

As a nonprofit and part of the TechSoup Global Network of 70 civil society organizations, TechSoup has come to rely on Zoom. TechSoup's staff also uses it to facilitate philanthropic support to tens of thousands of nonprofits, from the Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma to the Tax Busters in Serbia.

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China’s micro-dramas: packed with cliffhangers, attracting audiences, but struggling to turn a profit

TechNode

” Going global Outside of China, audiences are increasingly drawn to captivating, plot-twisting micro-dramas. He noted that the firm has opted not to use Los Angeles as a filming base but instead has set up overseas bases in Eastern European countries such as Serbia.

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Face-to-Face Communications with Zoom Help NGOs Around the Planet

Tech Soup

As a nonprofit and part of the TechSoup Global Network of 70 civil society organizations, TechSoup has come to rely on Zoom. TechSoup's staff also uses it to facilitate philanthropic support to tens of thousands of nonprofits, from the Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma to the Tax Busters in Serbia.