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SWVL plans to lay off 32% of its team two months after going public

TechCrunch

Tech companies, private and public, have faced a reckoning in the past few months with their valuations taking a beating. This March, the company went public via a SPAC merger with U.S. – All Final Settlements to be taxed as per local requirement. The company’s LinkedIn profile shows it has over 1,330 employees.

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Dija, a new delivery startup from former Deliveroo employees, is closing in on a $20M round led by Blossom

TechCrunch

He also co-founded Everli (formerly Supermercato24), the Instacart-styled grocery delivery company in Italy, and also worked at Just Eat. Menolascina was previously Director of Corporate Strategy and Development at the takeout delivery behemoth and held several positions before that. or perhaps startup Weezy in the U.K.

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Waze begins rolling out railroad crossing alerts globally

The Verge

In some countries it’s working with official data from railroad operators, while in others (like the UK, Italy, Israel, Brazil, Mexico) it’s relying on its community of local map editors to add alerts.

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Update: Philanthropy’s response to Ukraine crisis

Candid

Grants from public charities increased 580%. While almost a third of grants went to organizations in Ukraine, recipient countries reflect giving to local chapters of the Red Cross and other international relief organizations, or to their Geneva-based headquarters. Public charity. Public charity. Public charity.

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Richard Branson backs Lightyear as UK stock trading platform launches into Europe

TechCrunch

Lightyear is one of several burgeoning stock trading companies to emerge on the scene, promising an easy inroad for the general public to invest their money in some of the world’s biggest companies, from Apple and Alibaba, to Spotify and Tesla. Trading stocks. Launching out of stealth initially in the U.K. launch plans back in 2020.

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The best VPNs for staying anonymous and secure on the web

Mashable Tech

Connected to a free public WiFi network? Initially used exclusively by businesses, subscription-based VPN services for the general public starting gaining popularity about a decade ago "after a flood of security breaches," per the cybersecurity and antivirus giant Kapersky. You're basically inviting hackers to join in on the fun.

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What happened when this entrepreneur put her startup on hold to help Ukraine, and told VCs to donate

TechCrunch

She jumped in and got her “hands dirty”, doing dozens of video calls with groups of local drivers inside Ukraine in order to get supplies in. We don’t want any publicity or our name in lights.’ “There was a huge disconnect between western relief efforts and their ability to get aid across the border,” she said.

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