The Next Web

OCTOBER 26, 2013

In conversations about freelancing and online marketplaces for remote contract workers of the tech industry, the name of oDesk floats up pretty often. In addition to speaking at IDCEE’13 in Kyiv, Cooper had another goal in visiting Ukraine (and Russia, a couple of days before that). million jobs.

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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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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. Big Tech Inc.

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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. As the situation on the ground changes rapidly over the next few hours and days, TechCrunch will continue to bring news and analysis on how the conflict unfolds across the tech and startup community. GET IN TOUCH.

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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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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. Big Tech Inc. The TechCrunch Top 3. In response? Popchew is helping creators cook: Back to the social media/influencer world: Popchew.

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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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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

But one key component of its production — energy; electricity — is facing supply issues of its own in Europe at present, in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia being a major but unreliable supplier of gas to Europe.). Solein looks like a no brainer on the environmental front.

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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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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Ukraine has been defending itself from Russia for 11 months now. And if that’s not convincing enough, I’m going to share a few more reasons why the prospects of the Ukrainian tech sector aren’t as bleak as they may seem from the outside. Hybrid and remote work is a local staple and has been refined over the years.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

A repressed market would likely lead to above-average returns for the tech sector (in particular SaaS and cloud-enabled businesses) due to its ability to quickly scale without the additional infrastructure and supply chain ramp-ups that will be required by traditional brick-and-mortar businesses. Higher geopolitical tensions over Ukraine.

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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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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. In tech-savvy Ukraine, crypto has emerged as a quick and easy way to handle this money. Ukraine) February 26, 2022.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2022

When Russia invaded her home country of Ukraine, U.K.-based based tech entrepreneur Irra Ariella Khi , co-founder of Zamna , set up a fundraising page to directly support people inside Ukraine. Khi’s father (aged 70) and godmother (aged 82) are both in Ukraine, as are her stepsister and her children.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Thomas Clayton has started and run numerous high-tech startups in Silicon Valley. While Asia has long been known for its cheap engineering resources and the off-shoring tech phenomenon that took place over a decade ago, the cost gap has narrowed — and even more significantly, so has the quality gap. My simple answer is: absolutely.

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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

MARCH 15, 2022

In the weeks since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, more than 2.8 Because Berlin is so close to the Polish border, many in Berlin’s startup scene and beyond have began a grassroots effort, backed by tech, to provide supplies, ferry passengers across the border and find jobs and homes for refugees. refugee agency.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 24, 2022

And Heura is taking credit for 80% of local plant-based category growth (although it should be noted that Spain remains one of Europe’s biggest consumers of animal-based meat so growth of alt-proteins is starting from a low base).

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2022

It’s a development that’s interesting considering its proximity to Prosus reevaluating investments in other regions, specifically the currently-pariah state of Russia, including a $770 million write-down in March of its investment in social network VK.

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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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TechCrunch

JULY 10, 2022

It covers Uber’s operations across 40 countries when Uber was still run by co-founder Travis Kalanick, who took an aggressive approach to bringing the ride-hailing service into cities around the world, even when doing so would break local laws and taxi regulations. French taxi drivers staged protests that often turned violent.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

Russia invaded Ukraine last week, which, in addition to being a human rights tragedy, is going to affect industries far and wide as supply chains become even further disrupted than they were before war broke out. First thing’s first. Stay informed and follow the latest.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2023

Micromax Informatics once had a firm grip on the local mobile phone market in India, for a time passing stalwarts like Samsung, icons like Apple and many more to be the biggest handset maker of them all. By 2015, it was selling millions of mobile phones a month and generating around a couple of billions of dollars in revenues in a year.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 26, 2015

So far, Metro4All has apps for 14 cities in Russia and other countries in Europe. It is now a diverse international group with team members in Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany, and the U.S. Tech for good often knows no geopolitical boundaries. There are no apps yet for U.S. Basically, its process is as follows.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2021

We’re also looking to launch in France, Nordics, Spain, Russia and many more countries. So StudySmarter is going to need to work smart and hard to localize and grab students’ attention as it guns for growth far beyond its European base. The Duolingo EC-1. Course Hero, a profitable edtech unicorn, raises rare cash.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 3, 2011

It is one of the rapidly emerging " BRIC " economies, along with Russia, India and China. He reports that broadband Internet availability and affordability is still a major obstacle for many NGOs in Brazil, not only because of the relatively high cost, but also because local Internet infrastructure is not in place.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Charity Digital News , Wired , and several other UK tech publications recently reported on Nominet Trust 100 , or NT100, which is a new comprehensive global list of promising applications of digital technology for social good. " It is intended to be a dynamic public database of tech innovators for good around the world.

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The Verge

APRIL 27, 2022

Chinese drone maker DJI has confirmed to The Verge that it is halting all shipments of its products to both Russia and Ukraine and will no longer provide aftersales support because it’s worried about its products being used for combat purposes during Russia’s invasion.

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The Verge

MARCH 2, 2022

At around 5AM local time, Russian troops began shelling key targets in his country, escalating a military assault that had begun eight years ago into a full-fledged invasion. With a little over 200 employees, Reface is hardly a tech giant, but it’s a well-known startup in Ukraine’s once-booming IT sector. Image: Reface.

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The Next Web

MARCH 3, 2014

Our app caught fire on the Russian AppStore and we hurried to localize the app’s user interface as well. Russia, with its 145M population has been providing 21 percent of our downloads ever since, and it is our second largest market after the US to date. If you do that, it will be a major headache to localize later. The Result?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2022

There’s a Google of Russia : Its name is Yandex, and it’s selling its media division to, get this, a company called VKontakte, which is considered “the local Facebook equivalent.” Big Tech Inc. We like how CEO Martin Ott put it, “We’ve hacked the brain of a tax accountant into codes.”. Not sure it gets better than that.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 4, 2025

The boreal forests of Canada, Alaska, and Russia will be especially vulnerable. According to the World Resources Institute , As occasional reports arise of locally acquired malaria in Europe and the U.S., Fires and Disease By 2100, the number of extreme fires could increase 50% globally. will become more common.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Snapchat’s parent Snap became the latest tech company to announce a huge round of layoffs, confirming ongoing rumors yesterday that it was cutting 20% of its global workforce , affecting at least 1,200 people. which may be partly why Snap is less enamored by Zenly’s enduring popularity in locales elsewhere.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

Rivian celebrated the production milestones that put it on track to hit its 2022 goals, which is great news for me, because it may mean that I’ll at some point clear the waitlist and take delivery of one of the off-road pickup trucks because obviously that’s what I need to drive to my local Whole Foods. Big Tech Inc. And the U.S.

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Mashable Tech

APRIL 10, 2025

Founded by engineers from Perth, Australia, Mobile Crisis Construction is a nonprofit creating machines that turn debris – cement, glass, and local raw materials — into interlocking blocks, just like a Lego set.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 4, 2025

Wood helped replace natural gas from Russia after the invasion of Ukraine, but isnt a good long-term solution. That includes capturing heat from local data centers and wastewater. Some of the energy also now comes from wood pellets, which Helsinki is using temporarily as it transitions completely away from combustion.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 8, 2025

There are now essentially three big players controlling what goes into space and who gets access to increasingly valuable space-based communications and surveillance services: Russia, China, and Elon Musk. Now that theres an urgency and necessity to develop domestic capabilities, local companies will get strong preference.

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