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Google stops selling online advertising in Russia including on Search, YouTube, and outside publishing partners, following similar moves by Twitter and Snap — Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google said on Thursday that it had stopped selling online advertising in Russia, a ban that covers search, YouTube and outside publishing partners.
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Tweets: @nytimes, @vorobyov, and @mavkaslavka
| Brad Smith / Microsoft On the Issues: |
Microsoft suspends all new sales of its products and services in Russia, says it is working with the US, EU, and UK to stop “many aspects” of business in Russia — Like the rest of the world, we are horrified, angered and saddened by the images and news coming from the war …
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| The Economic Times: |
CEO Brian Chesky says Airbnb is suspending all operations in Russia and Belarus — Home rental company Airbnb Inc is suspending all operations in Russia and Belarus, chief executive officer Brian Chesky said in a tweet on Thursday. … Earlier this week, Airbnb said it is offering free short-term housing …
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
After reports that Samsung was throttling thousands of popular apps, the company will release an update soon to let users control the performance of games — Device owners will be able to toggle performance after a future update — Samsung has addressed reports that it is throttling …
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Tweets: @garyeonhan, @dohyun854, @liliputingnews, @garyeonhan, @ianbetteridge, @jyuter, and @garyeonhan
| Jordan Pearson / VICE: |
OpenSea confirms it is banning users to comply with US sanctions, after some users with Iran-based IP addresses say their accounts and NFTs were deleted — Social media is flooded with reports of users in Venezuela not being able to use MetaMask and Infura, and Iranian users being locked out of OpenSea.
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| MK Manoylov / The Block: |
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| Thomas Claburn / The Register: |
Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla create a benchmark called Interop 2022 to resolve browser compatibility issues identified by developers in 15 key areas — Browser makers set aside differences — Browser makers Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla, along with software consultancies Bocoup …
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| Jackie Wattles / CNN: |
Experts warn that Russia can use satellite signals to geolocate and target Starlink users in Ukraine; Elon Musk says the “probability of being targeted is high” — New York (CNN Business)SpaceX CEO Elon Musk sent a truckload of Starlink antennas — which can be used to connect …
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| CNBC: |
Disney announces new ad-supported tier for Disney+, which will launch later this year in the US and expand internationally in 2023 — - Disney announced a new ad-supported tier for its Disney+ streaming service on Friday. — Disney did not provide a launch date or price for the new tier, but said it would come later this year.
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Outside of Russia, Apple Maps and Weather apps now display Crimea as part of Ukraine, after displaying the region as not part of any country starting in 2019 — In 2019, Apple made a controversial change in its Maps and Weather apps to show the Crimean Peninsula as a region of Russia for those living there.
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| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Twitter will reopen its offices on March 15; CEO Parag Agrawal touts the advantages of returning for the “culture” while honoring Dorsey's WFH “forever” promise — - Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal told employees the company will reopen offices March 15.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Germany-based Volocopter, which is developing an autonomous air taxi service, raises $170M as part of a Series E led by WP Investment at a $1.87B valuation — Volocopter, the startup out of southern Germany (Bruchsal) that has been developing electric VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) …
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| Brian Fung / CNN: |
ICANN rejects Ukraine's request to cut Russia off from the global internet, saying the proposal is neither technically feasible nor within its mission — (CNN)The international non-profit that coordinates management of the internet told Ukraine it will not intervene in the country's war with Russia …
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Tweets: @kkomaitis, @courtneyr, @eff, @defnotbeka, @aevavoom, @harrisonstephen, @chrisidore, @tonyajoriley, and @digiphile
| Andrew Rummer / The Block: |
Mykhailo Fedorov cancels Ukraine's crypto airdrop plan, saying the government will instead announce, but not issue, NFTs to support the Ukrainian Armed Forces — Ukraine's government abruptly canceled its planned crypto airdrop and said it would instead sell NFTs to raise funds following last week's Russian invasion.
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| Scott Chipolina / Decrypt: |
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