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Meta alerts 50,000 users to targeting by ‘surveillance-for-hire’ companies

The Verge

Four of the seven — Cobwebs Technologies, Cognyte, Black Cube, and Bluehawk CI — are based in Israel, with the other three in China, India, and North Macedonia. A more detailed threat report released by Meta named six out of the seven companies, and listed one of the entities as unknown.

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Pixyle AI wants to make visual search more intuitive for online retailers

TechCrunch

The startup, which has offices in Amsterdam and North Macedonia, now works with over 20 clients, including Depop, Otrium and Minto. Pixyle AI was launched in 2019 to improve product discovery on e-commerce sites and today announced a €1 million seed round (about $1.05 million USD) from South Central Ventures.

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MobileActive Strategy Guide Now Available for Download

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

election monitoring Macedonia and Kenya; among women voters in Saudi Arabia, and. Mobile phones offer an. extremely effective way for organizations to get messages out to the public, monitor elections, and encourage voter participation.??? Internationally, mobile phones have been used for systematic.

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What’s the best student laptop? We asked students

The Verge

Matej Plavevski, a junior at Yahya Kemal College in North Macedonia, recommends looking for an Ethernet port in case slower connections disrupt meetings. Depending on the broadband situation in your area, you may also want a laptop with multiple connectivity options.

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Despite remote work and the economic downturn, some companies look to London for expansion

TechCrunch

Proton , the Swiss company behind encrypted email service ProtonMail , already has hubs across its native Switzerland, Lithuania, North Macedonia, and Taiwan. So why are some companies thumbing their noses at all of this, and opening shiny new offices instead? Financial independence. capital.

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Disney Plus keeps pressure on Netflix with launch in 42 more countries this summer

The Verge

Here is the list of new countries getting Disney Plus, per The Hollywood Reporter : Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Bahrain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, Montenegro, Morocco, North Macedonia, Oman, (..)

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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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