Q&A with Ukraine Deputy Minister for Information Transformation Oleksandr Bornyakov on Ukraine's 'IT Army', cybersecurity, and betting on crypto donations (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

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Q&A with Ukraine Deputy Minister for Information Transformation Oleksandr Bornyakov on Ukraine's ‘IT Army’, cybersecurity, and betting on crypto donations  —  An interview with the country's deputy minister for Information Transformation on its digital resistance as it braces for more conflict

Microsoft closes on $16-billion acquisition of Nuance, the company that once powered Apple Siri

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Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla create a benchmark called Interop 2022 to resolve browser compatibility issues identified by developers in 15 key areas (Thomas Claburn/The Register)

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Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla create a benchmark called Interop 2022 to resolve browser compatibility issues identified by developers in 15 key areas  —  Browser makers set aside differences  —  Browser makers Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla, along with software consultancies Bocoup …

Google pauses all ad sales in Russia amid Ukraine crisis

After blocking Russian media outlets, Google on Friday said it paused all ad sales in the country in response to the ongoing Ukraine invasion. https://ift.tt/zEnTdgt

Google Meet Companion mode: How to use it, what works, what doesn’t and more

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Germany-based Volocopter, which is developing an autonomous air taxi service, raises $170M as part of a Series E led by WP Investment at a $1.87B valuation (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

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Germany-based Volocopter, which is developing an autonomous air taxi service, raises $170M as part of a Series E led by WP Investment at a $1.87B valuation  —  Volocopter, the startup out of southern Germany (Bruchsal) that has been developing electric VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) …