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Google workers across the globe announce international union alliance to hold Alphabet accountable

The Verge

In 2020, UNI Global Union helped to organize the Make Amazon Pay campaign , an international Black Friday strike that garnered support from more than 400 lawmakers. In total, the alliance includes unions from the United States, Switzerland, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, and Belgium.

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Surging homegrown talent and VC spark Italy’s tech renaissance

TechCrunch

As Italy reinstates many COVID-19 restrictions, the country’s tech ecosystem is watching and waiting to see what the wider effects of the emergency will be. Italy’s ecosystem for tech venture capital and startups has been in development for years and has made decent strides in the last decade.

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Founder Institute doubles down on Europe, now runs 10 startup accelerator programs continent-wide

The Next Web

The newly launched chapters are Zagreb (Croatia), Helsinki (Finland), Istanbul (Turkey), Rome (Italy) and Kyiv (Ukraine). The idea-stage program basically gathers aspiring startup founders, experienced local entrepreneurs and international mentors for a part-time, four-month curriculum to launch ‘enduring’ companies.

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Bookshare without Borders: #2/3

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Together with our partners in the nonprofit, technology, government, academic and publishing sectors, we participate in new cultural and technological movements, deriving new knowledge that we apply for social gain. Digitization and globalization are giving rise to growing publishing markets that promise new business opportunities.

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The Hongqi S9 is the start of a new chapter in China’s automotive story

The Verge

They didn’t announce a price tag and also didn’t share many specs for the S9 (besides that the internal combustion engine will be a V8). While Italy makes sense as a place to develop such a car, being the home of Ferrari and Lamborghini, it was also the first G7 nation to endorse the Belt and Road Initiative.

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Daily Crunch: Atlantic Money wants to make international money transfers even cheaper than competitors

TechCrunch

Amazon suspends Prime Video in Russia : Adding to our ever-growing list of companies that are pausing or ending business in Russia after the nation’s government launched an invasion of neighboring Ukraine, Amazon is suspending Prime Video in the country. Dear Sophie: How long does it take to get International Entrepreneur Parole?

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Hackers are targeting the COVID-19 vaccine supply chain, IBM finds

The Verge

In a blog post , analysts Claire Zaboeva and Melissa Frydrych of IBM X-Force IRIS announced that the phishing campaign spans six regions: Germany, Italy, South Korea, Czech Republic, greater Europe, and Taiwan. The attacks focused on groups associated with Gavi, an international organization that promotes vaccine access and distribution.