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• How the Ukrainian startup behind astrology app Nebula is thriving despite the war

  05-01-2024 15:11 via thenextweb.com
  
  Running a tech startup is a challenging endeavour under any circumstances. Imagine doing it under invasion with air raid sirens going off on average twice every 24 hours — and managing to grow 250% in the process.  This is the story of OBRIO, a Ukrainian startup behind the successful astrology app Nebula. Speaking to TNW from his apartment in Kyiv just before the turn of the year, founder and CEO Alex Fedorov says that running a company during wartime is not exactly something you lea
  
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• TNW Podcast: Tomas Hrozensky (ESPI) on policy in space

  05-01-2024 12:29 via thenextweb.com
  
   In this bonus episode of the TNW Podcast, we’re featuring an interview with Tomas Hrozensky, Senior Researcher and Lead on European Engagement at the European Space Policy Institute. We discussed how space policy actually works (and whether it works at all), what to expect from the EU space law that’s being developed as we speak, and much more. Listen to the episode with the player above — or, better still, find us on your favourite podcast platform and subscribe! Mus
  
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• Why sexual assaults in the metaverse are so hard to prosecute

  05-01-2024 10:12 via thenextweb.com
  
  Britain’s first police investigation into a “virtual rape” has little chance of leading to a prosecution, according to legal experts. The victim of the alleged assault was a girl aged under 16. According to a report this week in the Mail Online, the child was wearing a VR headset and playing a video game when a group of adult men “sexually attacked” her avatar.  Although there was no physical injury, officers said she suffered real physical and emotional traum
  
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