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Startups scramble in wake of Ukraine invasion

TechCrunch

As so many have said — far more eloquently than me — the invasion of Ukraine is a story that impacts all of us, whether we’re on the ground there or not. My brilliant colleagues put together a story on how the tech industry is responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ; I urge you to read it.

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Go read this report about how researchers used Google Maps to track the invasion of Ukraine

The Verge

This report from The Washington Post details how a team of researchers used a combination of Google Maps and radar imagery to track the movement of Russian troops, tipping them off to an invasion of Ukraine before the general public got word of the situation.

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How the tech industry is responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

TechCrunch

On February 24, Russia launched an invasion of neighboring Ukraine after months of a military build-up on its borders. News outlets in Ukraine are also reporting outages caused by cyberattacks, which the Ukrainian government says it has “unambiguously linked” to Moscow. Its payments processor, Paddle , is based in the U.K.,

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Ukraine and US targeted by cybersecurity attacks in run-up to Russian invasion

The Verge

New reports have emerged of hacking campaigns linked directly and indirectly to Russia’s war in Ukraine, with the stories shedding more light on an opaque element of the invasion: cyberwarfare. Many experts predicted that Russia would launch significant cyber attacks in Ukraine, shutting down the country’s electrical grid for example.

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From co-founder to ousted CEO of 500px: Trials, errors, and lessons learned

The Next Web

Shortly after the news hit the media, Gutsol left Canada where he’s lived since 2000 after moving from Ukraine, and he spent a few months in the Dominican Republic. For some… This story continues at The Next Web.

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Autopsy.io is the anti-Product Hunt: A graveyard of startup failures

The Next Web

Rather, it’s a newly-launched site that collects stories of startup failure, with the aim of sharing the lessons learned with the whole community. to the geopolitical (“Consequence of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.”) Thankfully, Autopsy.io isn’t “Uber for hearses”. The Autopsy.io

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Daily Crunch: Russia fines Google $374M for ‘illegal content’ over its Ukraine invasion

TechCrunch

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. Much of it was on YouTube and was related to the country’s invasion and subsequent war with Ukraine. Another day, another Twitter and Elon Musk story. PDT, subscribe here. If you can believe it, it is only Tuesday.

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