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Russia's leading internet providers have restricted access to Twitter and Facebook — NetBlocks metrics confirm the restriction of Twitter in Russia from the morning of Saturday 26 February 2022. Facebook servers have subsequently been restricted as of Sunday.
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Tweets: @nickclegg, @rmac18, @netblocks, @carnage4life, @alexstamos, @mariastsehai, @donmoyn, @caseynewton, @slpng_giants, and @evan_greer
| Alexander Marrow / Reuters: |
Russia's regulator demands that Alphabet remove all restrictions on Russian-language YouTube channels of media outlets RBC, TV Zvezda, and Sputnik in Ukraine — Russia's state communications regulator on Sunday said it had written to Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google and demanded that access …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Analysts: Russia's invasion of Ukraine could accelerate the fracturing of the internet, amid pressure on US tech giants from both Russia and the West to respond — Conflict could accelerate the fracturing of the internet into the ‘splinternet,’ analysts say| Reuters: |
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The Verge, Axios, Benzinga, The Guardian, Gizmodo, The Wrap, ZDNet, Android Central, Wall Street Journal, Variety, iMore, AppleInsider, The Verge, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @therickwilson, @ngleicher, @pip_net, @markscott82, @realalexrubi, @danteatkins, @mouthy_mom_, @chipfranklin, @kevinrothrock, @k8em0, @ngleicher, @louisshortxiv, @vabvox, @slpng_giants, @nickclegg, @fedorovmykhailo, @alexandrachalup, @evacide, @markscott82, @markscott82, @markscott82, @fedorovmykhailo, @ngleicher, @arzugeybulla, @nandokasteleijn, @sustainable2050, @alishagrauso, @peterzeihan, @motherboard, @donnabrazile, @kenroth, @zilevandamme, @marmel, @axios, @pip_net, @netblocks, @isaleshko, @rondeibert, @sarafischer, @_alialkhatib, @mcfaul, @justinhendrix, @carnage4life, and @maxseddon
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Opinion: as Apple prepares to launch an iPhone SE 5G, the company should keep selling the older iPhone SE model and bring its price down to $199 — Apple is planning to unveil a 5G iPhone SE in March—but the big news could be a price drop for the current model.
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9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, Digital Trends, iMore, Macworld, Benzinga, SlashGear, Forbes, AppleInsider, The Verge, AppleTrack, and Appleosophy
Tweets: @stevesi, @heyarinze, @saranbyte, @rjonesy, and @ishanagarwal24
| Axios: |
Google Maps temporarily stops displaying live traffic and “busy area” data in Ukraine, but basic traffic navigation is still available — Google Maps has temporarily disabled some of its tools for Ukraine following the Russian military's invasion of the country, a spokesperson confirmed Sunday.| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
A profile of iSTARE, an Intel hardware hacking group that analyzes and attacks future generations of chips to find critical flaws before they go into production — Researchers at iSTARE have to think like the bad guys, finding critical flaws before processors go to production.
Tweets: @lilyhnewman, @martijnrasser, @kennwhite, @tommgarrison, and @intel_brian
| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
Samsung updates its Galaxy Book Pro laptops with 1080p webcams, Intel 12th Gen CPUs, and brighter AMOLED displays, starting at $1,050 and shipping on April 1 — There's a clamshell and a convertible — Samsung has announced two updates to its premium Galaxy Book line: the Galaxy Book 2 Pro and Galaxy Book 2 Pro 360.| The Markup: |
Experts say Apple's and Google's policies against location data brokers are insufficient, as brokers shift to tactics like buying directly from app developers — There is an estimated $12 billion market of companies that buy and sell location data collected from your cellphone.
Tweets: @mindingprivacy, @johnwilson, and @juliaangwin
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
An interview with Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger about his IDM 2.0 strategy, partnering with TSMC, the Tower Semiconductor acquisition, and learning from AMD's success — Intel has been one of the companies I have focused on from the very beginning of Stratechery.
Tweets: @chris_mellor and @ntaylor963
| Grace Dean / Insider: |
The Central Bank of Russia says customers of sanctioned Russian banks can't use their cards with Apple Pay and Google Pay abroad or to make online payments — - Customers of sanction-hit Russian banks are unable to use Apple and Google Pay, Russia's central bank said.
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Engadget, New York Times, Financial Times, 9to5Mac, iThinkDifferent, The Verge, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, iLounge, Chartbook, 9to5Mac, Reuters, Engadget, MacRumors, TidBITS, CNBC, AppleInsider, iPhone in Canada Blog, iMore, iMore, and iDownloadBlog.com
Tweets: @fedorovmykhailo, @bobrae48, @carnage4life, @smorlosky, @markgurman, @seldo, @jaffathecake, @jhall, @isik5, @jason, @berniemoreno, and @valueanalyst1
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Tweets: @billackman, @secblinken, @whitehouse, @balajis, @balajis, @davidfrum, @k8em0, @anneapplebaum, @davidfrum, @zacharybasu, @justintrudeau, @statedept, @alexstamos, @shaanvp, @anildash, @ivohdaalder, @mcfaul, @jeneps, @ryan_chua, @carnage4life, @axios, @mdudas, @emilyhorne46, @borisjohnson, @ghostofnakadai, @timobrien, @anilvohra1962, @schuldensuehner, @lisaabramowicz1, @whitehouse, @martin_indyk, and @axios
| Michael McSweeney / The Block: |
Ukraine's official Twitter account and government officials post donation requests in the form of bitcoin, ether, and USDT amid Russia's invasion — Quick Take — Ukraine's official Twitter account posted several requests for cryptocurrency donations on Saturday in the form of bitcoin, ether and USDT.
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Bitcoin News, CryptoPotato, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, BullRun Forever, TradingBTC.com, CoinDesk, Bitcoinist.com, Protocol, and The Verge
Tweets: @sbf_ftx, @ukraine, @fedorovmykhailo, @vitalikbuterin, @tomicahtd, @olex_scherba, @spacerunnersnft, @ashevat, @lawmaster, @brieflycrypto, @fundstrat, @usleepwalker, @onigiriman1998, @katienotopoulos, @novogratz, @olex_scherba, @benbartenstein, @cryptomanran, @launders, @connorsephton, @prestonpysh, @fwd, @gladstein, @wublockchain, and @tomaxwell
| Jason Koebler / VICE: |
In a viral tweet, Elon Musk says SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet is now active in Ukraine with “more terminals en route”, but it's unclear when or how many — Musk says SpaceX is sending Starlink terminals to Ukraine, though it's unclear when or how many. — Jason Koebler| Financial Times: |
Sources: the UK government has shelved plans for a Silicon Valley rival around Oxford and Cambridge in order to prioritize spending in Northern England — UK prime minister's levelling up agenda means plans for the Oxford-Cambridge Arc have been put on the backburner
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Bloomberg. Tweets: @jamestitcomb, @robjlinds, @jhawksworth5, @thomasbowell, @psythor, @pmdfoster, @antic2000, and @sam_l_shead
| Mark Sullivan / Fast Company: |
How tech companies based in Kyiv, including Grammarly, Readdle, and MacPaw, are dealing with Russia's invasion of Ukraine — Russia officially invaded Ukraine Thursday. The U.S. and its allies are imposing sanctions, but, as U.S. President Joe Biden said in a press conference Thursday … Sponsor Posts
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