Viber to open second research and development center in Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (5L) and Hiroshi Mikitani (6L), the CEO of Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten, pose for a photograph on June 26, 20
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Zelensky’s team launches e-governance mobile app
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during the presentation of the Diia mobile application on Feb. 6, 2020
US firm acquires Ukrainian startup used by Uber, Disney and Nike
Flawless App co-founders Ahmed Suleiman and Lisa Dziuba. The U.S. design delivery platform Abstract has acquired Ukrainian startup Flawless App, the Kyiv-born company announced on Feb. 10
French watchdog set to fine Apple over anti-competitive behavior: sources
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s competition watchdog is set to fine iPhone maker Apple (AAPL.O) next Monday over anti-competitive behavior in its distribution and sales network, two sources close to the matter said on Thursday. One of the sources said the…
U.S. lawmakers seek to curb Huawei’s access to U.S. banks: document
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers plan to unveil a bill on Thursday that could be used to block Huawei Technologies Ltd from accessing U.S. banks for certain transactions, in a bid to thwart the Chinese telecoms giant amid frustration over…
Lawmakers propose temporarily lifting taxes on startups
Programmers work at their desks in one of the buildings of Unit.City, a tech hub that hosts information technology startups, in Kyiv. A new bill recently submitted to parliament would allow anyone identified as a “startupper” to avoid paying income…
Facebook removes dozens of Russian accounts spreading propaganda in Ukraine
The Facebook “like” sign is seen at Facebook’s corporate headquarters campus in Menlo Park, California on Oct. 23, 20
Ukrainians invent world’s first smart food container, crowdfund $90,000
A woman holds the Neoven’s smart food container with sandwiches and fruit. The Ukrainian startup Neoven can heat food, make smoothies and coffee on the go. Apart from the main heating module, the device includes three other configurations, which allow…
Bitcoin plummets as cryptocurrencies suffer in market turmoil
LONDON (Reuters) – Bitcoin plummeted on Thursday amid wild volatility in cryptocurrency markets, with traders citing a sell-off across assets as fears of the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic take hold. The biggest cryptocurrency slumped as much as 25%…
TikTok owner ByteDance announces China leaders, targets 100,000 global headcount
BEIJING (Reuters) – Beijing-based ByteDance, owner of global short video hit TikTok, on Thursday appointed new heads for its China business and set a goal to nearly double its global headcount to 100,000 by the end of the year. The…