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Here's your Daily Crunch. Google is starting to introduce a rapid air raid alert system for

Android phones in Ukraine. The company announced on Thursday the new features the Tech Giant's latest update on its

response to Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

The President of Global Affairs at Google, Kent Walker, said the rollout is supplemental to Ukraine's existing

Air Rate Alert Systems and is based on alerts already being delivered by the Ukrainian government.

Google is also suspending billing on its mobile app store, Play, and pausing payment-based services for YouTube users in Russia,

blaming payment system disruption related to Western sanctions on Russian banks.

The latest measures expand previously announced the restrictions on Google Services

inside Russia.

In other news, a number of prominent Silicon Valley crypto VCs have backed a new upstart

NFT fund led by Andrew Jiang and Todd Goldberg.

The $30 million fund called Curated is devoted to buying and holding NFT artwork. The fund is backed by a who's who of

crypto investors with LPs including a sizable chunk of A16 Z's investing team, Mark

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