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In a letter, Ukraine's vice prime minister Mykhailo Fedorov urges Tim Cook to halt Apple's product sales in Russia and shut down its App Store in the country — Mykhailo Fedorov, who serves as Ukraine's vice prime minister and oversees digital operations, urged Apple Inc. to halt product sales …
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Twitter temporarily pauses ads and its recommendations feature in Ukraine and Russia to minimize “risks associated with the conflict” and reduce misinformation — Twitter has temporarily paused ads in Ukraine and Russia, one of several steps the company is taking … | Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Patreon suspends donations to Come Back Alive, a nonprofit started in 2014 to equip Ukrainian soldiers, for violating policies on funding military activity — - Come Back Alive started in 2014 as a nonprofit to provide equipment for the Ukrainian army, and its Patreon page received hundreds …
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Facebook: CERT-UA. Tweets: @patreonsupport, @patreon, @lopp, @editingemily, @carnage4life, @dfisman, @jordannovet, @dataracer117, @cnbc, @0xabad1dea, and @carnage4life
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Researchers say they realized Russia had invaded Ukraine hours before the news broke thanks to Google Maps traffic info and a SAR satellite image of troops — It was 3:15 a.m. in Belgorod, Russia — much too early for a traffic jam, thought Jeffrey Lewis, who was watching the traffic pileup on Google Maps.
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| Brian Fung / CNN: |
Source: FCC, DOJ, and DHS have launched a review of media, telecoms, and infrastructure entities, including submarine cable operators, with ties to Russia — (CNN Business)The Federal Communications Commission is on the hunt for companies it oversees that may have ownership ties to Russia …
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The US restricts global tech exports to Russia, limiting access to a broad set of US-made products as well as foreign-produced goods built with US technology — The Biden administration announced sweeping export restrictions against Russia on Thursday, hammering its access to global exports …
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Tweets: @twittersafety and @dnvolz
| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
Russia's telecom and internet regulator announces a “partial restriction” of access to Facebook over Meta blocking some Russian media outlets — The country's telecommunications and internet regulator announced the restriction on Friday, accusing Facebook of censoring Russia.
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Nick Clegg says Meta refused a Russian order to stop the independent fact-checking and labeling of content from four state-owned media organizations on Facebook — The Russian government says Facebook blocked four local media accounts — The Russian government has partially blocked access …
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Tweets: @lukolejnik, @fboversight, @alexstamos, @bostonjoan, @alexstamos, @ashkenaz89, @alexstamos, @slpng_giants, and @rmac18
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Nvidia confirms a cyber “incident” caused internal outages; source: it appears to be a minor ransomware attack that's not connected to the Ukraine crisis — A cyber breach suffered by Nvidia Corp. in recent days appears to have been a ransomware attack that's not connected …
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Tweets: @scottjohnson, @grummz, @michaelnovinson, @brianhonan, @alcoholikaust, @kimzetter, @bobmcmillan, @hackingdave, and @williamturton
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Review of the $400 Steam Deck: customizable controls, powerful, and doubles as a Linux PC, but unfinished and buggy software, poor battery life, and a noisy fan — Early access memories — Both of these things are true: — First, I'm having more fun with the Steam Deck than any gadget I've tested in years.
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Tweets: @starfire2258, @simonviklund, @film_girl, @dcseifert, @starfire2258, @doctorlalve, @nickstatt, @tomwarren, and @starfire2258
| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
In a report, Pangu Lab, a Chinese cybersecurity company, says the NSA is behind the Equation Group and Bvp47, a backdoor malware in use for the past ten years — A Chinese security firm released a detailed report about what it says is malware created by Equation Group, a hacking group widely believed to be the NSA.
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Tweets: @samfbiddle, @mayhem4markets, and @kimzetter
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Zendesk abandons its $4.1B plan to acquire Momentive, which owns SurveyMonkey, after Zendesk stockholders rejected the deal — Zendesk announced today that it was walking away from the proposed $4.1 billion deal to buy Momentive, the owners of SurveyMonkey after stockholders rejected the deal.
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