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Vilnius, Lithuania built a ‘portal’ to another city to help keep people connected

The Verge

The city of Vilnius, Lithuania has interesting solution: A real-time “portal” to another city. Vilnius, Lithuania says hi to Lublin, Poland. Circular portals in Vilnius, Lithuania and Lublin, Poland allow people to view each other in real time, meant to inspire a new idea of unity. Go Vilnius. Go Vilnius. Go Vilnius.

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Locals share why Vilnius, Lithuania is becoming an international startup hub

TechCrunch

There are plenty of reasons why Vilnius, Lithuania’s capital city, has an increasingly visible startup sector. Lithuania is now fourth in the global fintech ranking after the U,S,, the U,K, and Singapore. Lithuania’s life sciences sector is gaining prominence. But what are the locals excited about on the ground?

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Revolut confirms cyberattack exposed personal data of tens of thousands of users

TechCrunch

Revolut, which has a banking license in Lithuania, wouldn’t say exactly how many customers were affected. As a precaution, Revolut has also formed a dedicated team tasked with monitoring customer accounts to make sure that both money and data are safe. “We “Customers who have not received an email have not been impacted.”.

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After lockdowns boost gaming marketplace Eneba, it raises $8M from Practica and InReach

TechCrunch

The investment highlights once again the strength of the Baltics region as a tech ecosystem, after Lithuania produced its first Unicorn in the shape of Vinted , and Estonia added Pipedrive to its unicorns list. To better reflect our user numbers, we had to quickly expand our team to 130.”.

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Freelancing is the new normal: oDesk and the future of the workforce marketplace

The Next Web

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. That’s where the Private Workplace comes in. Focus on the East.

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As our populations age, this startup is turning live-in care into a gig-economy platform

TechCrunch

The startup plans to now scale up in its European markets of Germany, Poland, Romania and Lithuania. We have been following marta for the past months and are impressed by the technology and traction the team has delivered. The market it’s addressing is an €18 billion market in the DACH region alone.

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YouTube blocks Russian news channels RT and Sputnik

The Verge

In an open letter, the leaders of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, said that Google, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter had become accessories to Russian aggression by allowing the country space on their sites and apps. Our teams continue to monitor the situation around the clock to take swift action.

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