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Tech workers describe detentions and interrogations as they flee Russia
Russia’s interrogation of fleeing tech workers became commonplace after the war in Ukraine began. One Russian said his devices were taken away at the border: “Let’s leave the motherland’s secrets in the motherland.”
Hack VC raises $200M fund to back early-stage crypto startups
The investors behind virtual hack.summit(), the world’s largest blockchain programmer event, have launched a $200 million crypto seed fund under the Hack VC umbrella, fund partner Alex Pack told TechCrunch…
What 7 combined decades in tech taught us about perseverance and reinvention
At a time when the tech workforce has a dire need for more skilled individuals — especially women — now is the time to enlist and empower this motivated group.
Unlike in other years, this year’s Microsoft Build developer conference is not packed with huge surprises — but there’s one announcement that will surely make developers’ ears perk up: The…
Florida-based logistics provider ShipMonk raises $290 million on the back of rising eCommerce demand
Jan Bednar started ShipMonk with $70,000 in winnings from a string of student business plan competitions and launched the business that just closed on $290 million in new funding from…
AWS launches Glue Elastic Views to make it easier to move data from one purpose-built data store to another
AWS has launched Glue Elastic Views, a new tool to let developers move data from one store to another. At the AWS re:Invent keynote, CEO Andy Jassy announced Glue Elastic…
Python creator Guido van Rossum joins Microsoft
Guido van Rossum, the creator of the Python programming language, today announced that he has unretired and joined Microsoft’s Developer Division. Van Rossum, who was last employed by Dropbox, retired…
Want to hire and retain high-quality developers? Give them stimulating work
Not only is it the right way to treat your team, but when developers are more stimulated, the standard of their work goes up, along with productivity levels and general…
Recession-proof your software engineering career
To help you prepare for what’s next, I’ve talked with software developers who’ve been through previous recessions to get their advice on what moves to make now to put yourself…
Knowde could make billions building the digital marketplace for the $5 trillion chemicals industry
Ali Amin-Javaheri grew up in the chemicals business. His father had worked for Iran’s state-owned chemical company and when the family fled the country in the nineteen eighties during the…
Atlassian acquires Code Barrel, makers of Automation for Jira
Atlassian today announced that it has acquired Code Barrel, the makers of Automation for Jira, a low-code tool for easily automating many aspects of Jira that’s also one of the…
Coding training and outsourcing service Catalyte launches a toolkit for corporate ‘up-skilling’
Catalyte, the Baltimore-based coding training and placement service, has launched a new software service designed to take its machine learning-based skills-assessment and training program to companies around the country. With…
