A delegation of Ukrainian health officials and policymakers is visiting Seattle to learn about the city’s life sciences cluster and develop relationships with its researchers and innovators. The delegates are… Read More
Microsoft is extending its technology support commitment with Ukraine, helping the country protect critical digital services and data during its ongoing war with Russia. Microsoft President Brad Smith made the… Read More
Brad Smith, like many in tech and the broader world, thought 2022 might bring a bit of a break. Halfway through, the reality has been anything but. “This has been… Read More
Sergei Dreizin is co-founder and CEO of software engineering company Akvelon, based in Bellevue, Wash. Born and raised in Moscow, he moved to the U.S. in 1992, after the Soviet… Read More
After the 2017 mass shooting in his hometown of Las Vegas where more than 50 people were killed, Blake Resnick wondered how technology could have helped. “If they just had… Read More
A tiny startup in Redmond, Wash., is taking on the big task of trying to get the truth into and out of Russia as the country wages war against neighboring… Read More
Amazon is converting warehouse space in Slovakia, previously used to fulfill customer orders, into a massive humanitarian aid hub to get much-needed supplies to refugees fleeing the war in neighboring… Read More
Scalr‘s connections to Ukraine run deep. The Seattle-based cloud tech startup’s co-founder and chief technology officer, Igor Savchenko, is a native of Ukraine whose parents still live in the country.… Read More
The prospect of sending money to somehow help Ukraine deal with the mounting consequences of the Russian invasion can seem overwhelming. Where to donate? How to donate? Who to trust?… Read More
Alex Algard watched in horror as the Russian army invaded Ukraine. “This is a time when we all need to step up and take action in support of Ukraine and… Read More
Amazon has stopped taking on new cloud customers in Russia and Belarus, escalating its response to the invasion of Ukraine, but stopping short of cutting off cloud services in the… Read More
A flurry of tech companies — including Amazon, Microsoft, and Google — are halting sales of services and products in Russia in response to the country’s invasion of Ukraine and… Read More
Microsoft says it will suspend all new sales of its products and services in Russia and stop “many aspects” of its business in Russia in line with government sanctions. “Like… Read More
Avi Schiffmann can’t help but help. More than two years after starting a website to track the most current data related to the worldwide spread of the coronavirus, the 19-year-old… Read More
Expedia Group is blocking the ability to book travel into or out of Russia in a response to that country’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine. “In response to recent acts and… Read More
Amazon doesn’t have any direct operations in Ukraine, but as the country suffers under the ongoing invasion by Russia, the tech giant is stepping in to provide support to humanitarian… Read More
The CEO of Seattle-based Outreach is urging more tech leaders to take a stand against Russia and said his startup will not do business there, as companies across the U.S.… Read More
Microsoft says it began detecting “destructive cyberattacks directed against Ukraine’s digital infrastructure” several hours before the Russian military began launching missiles or moving tanks into the country last week. The… Read More
The Russian invasion of Ukraine this week was met with sweeping sanctions by the United States and its allies in an effort to force Russian President Vladimir Putin to reconsider… Read More