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Back to news homeMercury restricted a number of accounts linked to African startups and didn’t exactly say why
Yesterday, Mercury, which describes itself as a bank for startups, restricted several accounts linked to African tech startups, TechCrunch has learned. The number of companies involved with this restriction is […]
Ukrainian Invasion Adds to Chaos for Global Supply Chains
And if the conflict is prolonged, it could threaten the summer wheat harvest, which flows into bread, pasta and packaged food for vast numbers of people, especially in Europe, North […]
How Sanctions on Russia Are Affecting the Global Economy
In the span of just a few days, the global economic outlook has darkened while troops battled in Ukraine and unexpectedly potent financial sanctions rocked Russia’s economy and threatened to […]
Ukraine War Tests the Power of Tech Giants
Telegram’s experience illustrates the competing pressures. The app is popular in Russia and Ukraine for sharing images, videos and information about the war. But it has also become a gathering […]
Russians Face Sanctions and Anxieties of a Costly War
MOSCOW — For two decades under President Vladimir V. Putin, Russians reaped the bounties of capitalism and globalization: cheap flights, affordable mortgages, a plethora of imported gadgets and cars.On Monday, […]
Shell Quits Russia, Joining BP as Oil Giants Object to Attack on Ukraine
Thane Gustafson, author of “Wheel of Fortune,” an account of the Russian oil industry after the fall of the Soviet Union, recalled that the oil executives who were instrumental in […]
Western Sanctions Aim to Isolate Putin by Undermining the Ruble
By targeting Russia’s central bank with sanctions, experts said, American and European leaders have taken aim at what could be one of President Vladimir V. Putin’s greatest weaknesses: the country’s […]
Google disables Maps live traffic tools in Ukraine
Alphabet today confirmed with TechCrunch that it has disabled certain Google Maps live traffic tools in Ukraine. The news, reported by Reuters, comes after the company has consulted with local […]
Reface, a viral face-swap app from Ukraine, adds anti-war push notifications
Reface, an a16z-backed synthetic media app that’s developed out of Ukraine, has added push notifications informing its ~200 million-strong global user-base about Russia’s invasion of the country — urging people […]