The Verge

MARCH 5, 2022

Activision Blizzard is suspending new sales “of and in” its games in Russia, the game company’s president Daniel Alegre announced in a publicly-shared letter to employees (via Eurogamer ). If you or a colleague needs support, please don’t hesitate to reach out to your manager or local HR leaders.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 18, 2012

The Next Web is happy to announce 12 upcoming local award events in Europe’s hottest tech hubs, all for the sake of highlighting and celebrating the best startups, the most talented entrepreneurs and the hottest investors. We didn’t want to leave it at that, though. You can find a list of locations below.

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The Verge

MARCH 3, 2022

Spotify has closed its office in Russia and removed content from Kremlin-backed outlets RT and Sputnik, Variety reports. Reuters reports that RT and Sputnik’s content has been removed in several markets including the United States and European Union, but not in Russia itself. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 19, 2014

By allowing organisations to brand their website addresses in localized scripts, Public Interest Registry is providing the opportunity for organisations to better communicate their mission and programs to audiences who speak and write in these widely used scripts as well as solidify their online brand as a reputable not-for-profit organisation.

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TechSpot

MARCH 4, 2022

We were looking into localizing New World for Russia, and we stopped that,” he said. Vice President of Amazon Games, Christoph Hartmann, confirmed the move to TechRadar Gaming. “We

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The Verge

APRIL 1, 2021

iPhones purchased in Russia now show a list of Russian-made apps at startup, thanks to a new law which comes into effect today, MacRumors reports. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. It’s a notable concession from the company, which typically maintains tight control over the setup process of its devices.

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TechSpot

JUNE 30, 2022

According to a new report, a Moscow court has fined several Western companies for refusing to store personal data collected from Russian citizens on servers located in the country.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 24, 2021

billion rouble fine is around eight percent of Google’s revenue in Russia, Reuters reports , and comes amid a broader push within the country to exert more control over big tech companies and the content people publish on their platforms. This isn’t Google’s first fine in Russia over its content moderation.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 13, 2025

as the two countries work out details for a ceasefire agreement in Ukraines war with Russia. Getting Russia to agree to a ceasefire would be the next step. A multibillion-year history of fault movement and volcanic activity created a diversity of minerals concentrated in local sites and across some larger regions.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

But demand for customized service and control over data still prompt many companies, especially smaller ones, to pick local cloud infrastructure providers instead, Warren co-founder and chief executive officer Tarmo Tael told TechCrunch. AWS remains in firm control of the cloud infrastructure market. and Indonesian cloud provider IdCloudHost.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 26, 2013

In addition to speaking at IDCEE’13 in Kyiv, Cooper had another goal in visiting Ukraine (and Russia, a couple of days before that). The competition was intended for software developers from Russia and Ukraine. Russia and Ukraine have been sort of anchors for oDesk on the technical side,” Cooper explained.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

Well that’s one way to do propaganda : The search engine giant Google was hit with $375 million by Russia for failing to take down certain content, Ivan writes. The fine came a month after Roskomnadzor, Russia’s telecommunication watchdog, warned the company it could face penalties for violating local laws.

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TechSpot

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

By now it’s no secret that Russia launched a full-scale attack on Ukraine earlier this week, which prompted several countries to consider new sanctions on the former. As local factories closed on Thursday, some in the tech and auto industries worry about the potential impact on the global supply chain.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

In a tweet posted at around 7PM local time (12PM ET), the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence said that its website was probably being hit with a DDoS attack and that work to restore service was underway. Four hours later, the site still could not be accessed. Four hours later, the site still could not be accessed.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 18, 2022

Nigeria is one such market where per Statista , local labels such as Verve, the largest domestic card scheme developed by unicorn fintech Interswitch, control more than half of the market. There are very few markets where domestic card schemes edge out the pair in Africa. Tiger Global is earning its stripes in Africa.

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The Verge

JULY 12, 2021

The Daily Beast reports that the hacking ring — also known as Trickbot and based in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Suriname — is a persistent presence online. That’s where the router replacement comes in — apparently as a partnership with local internet service providers.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

The Diablo -like MMO launched yesterday in the West, after Amazon Games collaborated with Smilegate RPG to localize and translate Lost Ark and make it available in English. Lost Ark was originally released in 2019 in South Korea, and has millions of active players in South Korea, Russia, and Japan.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2022

Tech crackdown on Russia continues : The technology world is tightening the screws on Russia in the wake of the country’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia blocked Facebook. The TechCrunch Top 3. In response? Popchew is helping creators cook: Back to the social media/influencer world: Popchew. Regardless, the company just raised $3.6

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

To be clear, Ecosia is also continuing to fund tree-planting with search ads profits (an activity it’s best known for) — but the Berlin-based search engine told us it’s now making an “ongoing commitment” to green energy investment as a result of the energy crunch triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. .

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The Verge

JULY 1, 2021

A new Russian law will require large social media companies to open offices in Russia if they don’t want to face advertising bans or other penalties , according to a report by Reuters. Foreign companies having local offices gives governments more leverage.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Google has temporarily disabled live traffic features offered by Google Maps in Ukraine to protect users’ safety as the country is invaded by neighboring Russia. Google said the decision to disable these features was made to protect local users’ safety after consultation with Ukrainian authorities, report Reuters and Vice.

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The Verge

JULY 16, 2020

Earlier this year, the US and UK issued a warning about “advanced persistent threat groups” from countries like China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia targeting health-care organizations, pharmaceutical companies, academia, medical research groups, and local governments.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

It’s been more than six months since Russia invaded Ukraine, and the economic impact of commodity price increases are beginning to percolate throughout Europe. are morally and financially invested in preventing Russia from successfully annexing parts of Ukraine.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

On February 24, Russia launched an invasion of neighboring Ukraine after months of a military build-up on its borders. In addition to startups, there are larger tech companies that have both R&D operations out of the country as well as teams providing more localized services, ranging from content to ad sales.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2022

When Russia invaded her home country of Ukraine, U.K.-based 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. Khi’s father (aged 70) and godmother (aged 82) are both in Ukraine, as are her stepsister and her children.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

While traveling in Russia or a European Union country on a mission to expand your business, you discover that you’re required to have data locally stored. Picture this scenario as a young enterprise: You are a customer of Azure, AWS, or the Google Cloud Platform, assuming they are the frontrunners.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Ukraine has been defending itself from Russia for 11 months now. Hybrid and remote work is a local staple and has been refined over the years. The loss of local markets and centralized office space managed to make only a slight dent in the sector’s health. Why is this an important sign?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Jiffy’s founders describe themselves as “Q-Commerce veterans” Co-founder Vladimir Kholiaznikov was ex-CEO of Russia’s e-grocery player X5 Food Tech, while fellow co-founder, Artur Shamalov, has also founded a previous food-related startup in Russia.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Today marks exactly one year since Russia’s illegal, unprovoked, and brutal of Ukraine. This week, a majority of the members of the United Nations reiterated its demand that Russia “immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw all of its military forces from the territory of Ukraine and called for a cessation of hostilities”.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2014

Nonprofits, faith-based organizations, libraries, and networks such as the NetSquared Local should be leading this movement as they are already committed to social good. AirBnB will allow hosts to donate to local causes; will add smoke detectors, will work on joint campaigns with the city and improve disaster preparedness.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Local specifics of regulatory regimes are not core to Sardine’s business, because its platform is focused on fraud detection, not law enforcement. The startup has clients all over the globe and has helped companies in countries including Japan and Russia expand into the United States, Ranjan said.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

More than $15 million has been donated so far More than $15 million in cryptocurrency has been donated to Ukrainian groups since Russia attacked the country on February 24th, according to research firm Elliptic. You don’t trust the local currency and on top of that, you don’t trust banks.” Illustration by James Bareham / The Verge.

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TechNode

JUNE 26, 2024

Affected regions include mainland China, Hong Kong, Russia, and Iran. Why it matters: OpenAI’s latest announcement on API restrictions has been widely interpreted as targeting China, where local enterprises and developers have been using OpenAIs API to build products or services. Local AI startups, Zhipu AI, 01.AI,

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2022

Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine has been going on for almost two months, and during this time, all sectors of the economy, including IT, have had to stand by the military. to work with local, national, governmental and international professional medical organizations to provide information and training to the military.

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Mashable Tech

APRIL 29, 2022

The process of routing your traffic through a VPN masks your internet protocol (IP) address — the specific number that's assigned to your device when it's connected to a local network — which can otherwise reveal a surprising amount of personal information. That includes your approximate whereabouts and the name of your ISP.)

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DipJar

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

On the day of our conversation, the theater was opening its 38th season with Describe the Night by Rajiv Joseph, a timely production given the current situation in Russia. A local credit union, for example, sponsors It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play during the holidays. It’s not just individual donors, but businesses too.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Many local entrepreneurs complain about the local talent here in Singapore , but honestly what did they expect? Ultimately, we were able to land three top developers — one from Thailand, one from Russia, and the overall hackathon winner from Korea. Cast a wide net.

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