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The FBI secretly launched an encrypted messaging system for criminals

The Verge

According to public statements, the FBI and other agencies seeded secure Anom phones with suspected crime syndicates, gradually building a network of around 12,000 total (and 9,000 active) devices. But the network ultimately covered 90 countries, with Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Australia, and Serbia seeing the most users.

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HYCU locks down additional funding to grow its cloud data protection business

TechCrunch

HYCU was spun out of Comtrade Software, an IT solutions company based in Belgrade, Serbia, with offices in Dublin, Amsterdam, and Ljubljana. In addition, the emergence of multi-cloud and hybrid cloud where companies are migrating more workloads and apps from on-prem to public cloud is accelerating at an unprecedented rate.

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Blockchain infra startup Tenderly raises $40M after seeing 500% YoY revenue growth

TechCrunch

Belgrade, Serbia-based Tenderly was founded in 2018 by friends Andrej Bencic (CEO), Bogdan Habic (CTO), Miljan Tekic (COO) and Nebojsa Urosevic (Blockchain Architect) after years of working on the frontlines of software development and being frustrated with what they said were nonexistent tools. . Sign up here to get it in your inbox.

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Fighting for Civic Transparency with Technology in the Western Balkans

Tech Soup

The goal was to find the best web or mobile ideas for social projects in Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia. The submitted projects were shared in a project gallery on the Community Boost_r website where the public could vote on their favorite project. From Serbia. Šta se može uraditi? Niš 2.0

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Happy Birthday! The Charitable Deduction Turns 100

ASU Lodestar Center

On June 28, 1914, political assassins killed Austria’s archduke and his wife, leading to the Austro-Hungarian invasion of Serbia and the beginnings of war across Europe. The charitable deduction is a vital nexus between the general public, the nonprofit organizations they support, and government policy. Urban Institute publications.

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The Station: Rivian trims its workforce and a supply chain-tainted earnings season begins

TechCrunch

While it was a rickety little thing that is clearly not at all ready for public use, the vehicle has got real gumption, and Haje, like me, really wants to love it. and one in Serbia. A former employee told us Helbiz also missed payroll in Serbia in December 2020, with employees not seeing a check until February 2021.

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Challenger bank N26 raises $900 million at $9 billion valuation

TechCrunch

N26 plans to open an office in Belgrade, Serbia. The long-term goal is an initial public offering. It’s definitely an option that this will be the last round before a public listing,” Stalf said. Building a grown-up company. Startups tend to move fast and break things, as Facebook’s old motto used to say.