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Kickstarter expands to creators in Poland, Greece, and Slovenia

The Verge

The company said today it’s now launching in Poland, Greece, and Slovenia, making Kickstarter available in 25 countries. The company says more than 250,000 people from these countries have backed projects since Kickstarter launched, suggesting local projects could appeal to an already established backer base.

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

TechCrunch

last year , Lightyear has entered a space that includes local incumbents such as the well-funded Freetrade , not to mention long-established players on the other side of the Atlantic such as Robinhood , which canned its U.K. Launching out of stealth initially in the U.K. launch plans back in 2020.

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8 Czech VCs on green shoots, pandemic impacts and 2021 opportunities

TechCrunch

How much are you focused on investing in your local ecosystem versus other startup hubs (or everywhere) in general? Who are key startup people you see creating success locally, whether investors, founders or even other types of startup ecosystems roles like lawyers, designers, growth experts, etc. Social media, logistics, travel.

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HBO Max is coming to parts of Europe on October 26th

The Verge

Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Spain, and Andorra are the first six countries it’ll be available in, before it expands to the following 14 territories next year: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Slovenia.

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Elon Musk’s Twitter (now X): Everything you need to know, from layoffs to verification

TechCrunch

A few other news entities appeared to have followed suit, including the prominent Boston NPR affiliate WBUR , Hawaii Public Radio and LA-based local news source LAist. cat a were labeled “government-funded media” weeks later.

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ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot

TechCrunch

based company to stop processing locals’ data. The local radio, TV and internet awareness campaign has a slightly more generous timeline of May 15 to be actioned.) May 25, 2023 ChatGPT app is now available in 11 more countries OpenAI announced in a tweet that the ChatGPT mobile app is now available on iOS in the U.S.,

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