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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: |
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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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Meta prohibits Russian state media organizations from running ads or monetizing on its platform anywhere in the world — Meta Platforms Inc (FB.O) is barring Russian state media from running ads or monetizing on its platform anywhere in the world, the parent company of social media giant Facebook said on Friday.
Tweets: @ngleicher
| Rachel Lerman / Washington Post: |
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: The FCC, DOJ, and DHS have launched a review of media, telecom, and infrastructure companies, 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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Nvidia confirms an “incident” caused internal outages; source: the event appears to be a minor ransomware attack unrelated to Russia's invasion of Ukraine — 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: @grummz, @michaelnovinson, @brianhonan, @alcoholikaust, @kimzetter, @bobmcmillan, @scottjohnson, @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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| 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 terminates its $4.1B plan to acquire Momentive, which owns SurveyMonkey, after Zendesk stockholders voted to reject 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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