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TechCrunch+ roundup: Psychedelic biotech, Gogoro’s SPAC, H-1Bs for Ukrainians

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Image Credits: Gogoro (opens in a new window). Image Credits: Yarygin (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin/TechCrunch. Dear Sophie, We’re a startup that currently has an employee, who is originally from Ukraine, working for us on an H-1B visa. United with Ukraine.

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Daily Crunch: Byju’s founder chips in toward $800M funding round to reach $22B valuation

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We have your full news digest below, but stay hype about TechCrunch Sessions: Mobility , because it’s looking increasingly lit. The latest tech response to Russia’s Ukrainian invasion: Non-Russian tech companies continued their work to isolate the Russian state after its government invaded neighboring Ukraine. Oh boy was that a week.

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Daily Crunch: Hackers leak nearly 200 gigabytes of internal Samsung source code

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We have a packed newsletter today, so get hype for a news digest. 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. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin/TechCrunch.

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VRAI wants to tackle the energy crisis by bringing VR simulation training to offshore wind sector

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Virtual Reality (VR) has struggled to transition too far beyond gaming circles and specific industry use-cases such as medical training , but with the burgeoning metaverse movement championed by tech heavyweights such as Meta , there has been a renewed hope (and hype) around the promise that virtual worlds bring.

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Dorian’s no-code, interactive storytelling app turns fiction writers into game developers

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Image Credits: Dorian. Users can livestream themselves playing their own story to generate hype, or they can play through another user’s story (again, the original IP owner could decide the royalty split). Image Credits: Dorian. In terms of revenue, top creators are currently making around $15,000 in annualized revenue.

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

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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. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin/TechCrunch. Branch added $75 million to its coffers.

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Bot farms invade social media to hijack popular sentiment

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He was part of a secret trading pool of wealthy investors who used coordinated buying and media hype to artificially pump the price of Radio Corp. The speed at which AI image creation is developing dramatically outpaces the speed at which social networking algorithms are advancing. of America shares to astronomical levels.