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In the four years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of their country, Ukrainian startups have done more than survive: they are still building and growing. Source

Fintech giant Marquis is suing its firewall provider SonicWall, claiming that an earlier breach with SonicWall allowed hackers to deploy ransomware on Marquis' network. Source

Wyclef Jean used Google's AI music tools on his new song "Back in Abu Dhabi." Source

Now the only reason to get the full Premium subscription is ad-free music and music videos. Source

Stripe has conducted another tender offer, where employees sell shares. Investors include Thrive Capital, Coatue, a16z, and Stripe itself. Source

There is a lot of talk around AI agents taking over business processes and claiming that "SaaS is dead." While these predictions have moved SaaS stocks at times, they haven't really come true. Source

The company is implementing two suspension types: streaming suspensions and chatting suspensions. Source

Spotify and Liquid Death launched what might be the wildest product of the year: a speaker shaped like a urn. Source

The company said that a new agent being introduced in Opal will allow users to create mini-apps that can let them plan and execute tasks using text prompts. Source

The U.S. Treasury announced it was imposing sanctions against a Russian broker of zero-day exploits, its founder and two affiliates, citing a threat to U.S. national security. Another affiliated zero-day broker in the United Arab Emirates was also sanctioned. Source