Share this postChinchilla SqueaksThe Weekly Squeak - Ukrainian Startup scene with Stepan VeselovskyiCopy linkFacebookEmailNotesMoreThe Weekly Squeak - Ukrainian Startup scene with Stepan VeselovskyiChris ChinchillaJan 14, 2021Share this postChinchilla SqueaksThe Weekly Squeak - Ukrainian Startup scene with Stepan VeselovskyiCopy linkFacebookEmailNotesMoreShareListen to and watch this newsletter…I speak with Stepan Veselovskyi, the CEO at Lviv IT Cluster about what's been happening in the Ukraine tech and startup scene since my last visit.I also cove...I speak with Stepan Veselovskyi, the CEO at Lviv IT Cluster about what's been happening in the Ukraine tech and startup scene since my last visit. I also cover JetBrains, Google, WhatsApp, and… The AmigaMore from othersAfter several years of escalating tension between workers and management at Google, Google workers have publicly launched a unionization effort—a critical step in an industry where labor has become increasingly organized.In the world of retrocomputing it’s the earliest models that garner the most interest, usually either due to their rarity, or sometimes just because of their flaws.Czech software development firm JetBrains published a statement today denying reports from the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal claiming that JetBrains is under investigation for possibly being involved in the SolarWinds hack that impacted thousands of companies across the globe.Russian hackers may have piggybacked on a tool developed by JetBrains, which is based in the Czech Republic, to gain access to federal government and private sector systems in the United States. By Nicole Perlroth, David E. Sanger and Julian E. BarnesWhatsApp, the world’s leading messenger with 2 billion users sending 100 billion messages each day, popularized secure messaging. But if you’re one of the hundreds of millions using WhatsApp on an iPhone, you’re in for an unwelcome surprise when you see Apple’s stunning new iMessage update.Apple’s new app privacy labels went live in the App Store last month, giving users the chance to see what data is collected by each. We then explained how to view them. All apps are required to show what data is used to track you, and what data is linked to your identity.More from me…Simplify app development by combining APIs, databases, and microservices into a single data graph that you can query with GraphQL.I enter a world of endless possibilities, where you can do absolutely anything you can imagine…. What will I find?
