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| Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post: |
Biden administration is working with Gen Z For Change, a nonprofit advocacy group, to brief top TikTok stars about the war in Ukraine — On Thursday afternoon, 30 top TikTok stars gathered on a Zoom call to receive key information about the war unfolding in Ukraine.
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| David Gilbert / VICE: |
Investigation finds a campaign coordinated in a secret Telegram channel to pay Russian TikTok influencers to post videos pushing pro-Kremlin narratives — An investigation by VICE News uncovered a coordinated campaign to pay Russian TikTok influencers to post videos pushing pro-Kremlin narratives.
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| Nick Clegg / @nickclegg: |
Responding to reports that Russia may designate Meta an extremist org, Meta says it will allow calls for violence against Russian soldiers only in Ukraine — Responding to reports that the Russian government is considering designating Meta as an extremist organization for its policies in support of speech:
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| Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg: |
Russia moves to designate Meta as an “extremist organization”; source says WhatsApp won't be affected as it is a means of communication — Russian prosecutors have asked a court to ban Meta Platforms Inc.'s Facebook and Instagram as “extremist,” Interfax reported, the latest move in a growing crackdown on social networks.
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| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
Roskomnadzor says it is banning Instagram in Russia from March 14 because Meta now allows posts “calling for violence against Russian citizens” — First Facebook, now Instagram — One week after placing a ban on Facebook in Russia, the country's communications agency Roskomnadzor announced it will ban Instagram, too.
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Sources: new MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro, both with M2, coming this year; Apple has M2 Pro, Max, and Ultra in the works, the latter being a 24-core CPU — It has been almost two years since Apple announced the transition from Intel Macs to Apple Silicon, and while there's still …
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Tweets: @mingchikuo, @saranbyte, @maxwinebach, and @maxwinebach
| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Sources: Apple has no plans to release a larger-screen iMac in the near future and is working on a new 24-inch iMac without high-end processors for 2023 — With the introduction of the new Mac Studio and Studio Display, Apple quietly discontinued the 27-inch iMac - which was still sold with an Intel processor.
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| New York Times: |
Sources: Meta is cutting back on staff perks like laundry service; CTO Bosworth and others chafed at the perceived sense of entitlement of complaining staff — The company told workers on Friday that it will reduce or eliminate some of its famous perks as it prepares for a return to the office.| Financial Times: |
EU and the UK open an antitrust probe into Google and Meta's Jedi Blue deal on online ads; EU is also probing whether Google acted without Meta's knowledge — Europe's competition chief Margrethe Vestager tells FT that ‘Jedi Blue’ deal represents ‘giant problem’ in industry
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Tweets: @cmagovuk, @vestager, @jcbcp, @cmagovuk, @aaronwall, @p_carmen_, @jason_kint, and @hamza_m_ali
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Yuga Labs, the creator of Bored Ape Yacht Club, acquires NFT collections CryptoPunks and Meebits from Larva Labs, along with 400+ CryptoPunks and 1.7K+ Meebits — Yuga Labs now controls three of the most valuable NFT collections on the market — Yuga Labs, the creator of Bored Ape Yacht Club …
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| Osato Avan-Nomayo / The Block: |
UK's Financial Conduct Authority gives notice to crypto ATM operators to shut down their machines or face penalties since they are unlicensed — The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has contacted crypto ATM operators to shut down their machines or face penalties since they are unlicensed.
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Financial Conduct Authority, Gizmodo, Telegraph, PYMNTS.com, Neowin, Crypto Adventure, BBC, Bitcoinist.com, Crypto Briefing, Cryptopolitan, CoinQuora, Coinmonks, Engadget, Decrypt, Cointelegraph, Protocol, Finextra, and Finbold
Tweets: @shanethazel and @thefca
| Axios: |
Apple, Google, Meta, PayPal, and others urge Texas governor to abandon an EO that equates gender-affirming healthcare for transgender children with child abuse — More than 60 companies, including some of the largest firms in tech and finance, are calling on Texas governor Greg Abbott …
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Reuters, CNET, Human Rights Campaign, CNET, 9to5Mac, The Texas Tribune, The Verge, Android Central, AppleInsider, Protocol, PCMag, and iMore
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| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
Apple dismisses the findings of UK CMA's Interim Report on mobile ecosystems as based on “unsubstantiated allegations and hypothetical concerns” from its rivals — Apple has aggressively defended its ecosystem in a newly-published response to the UK's competition watchdog.
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UK CMA, Michael Tsai, iPhone in Canada Blog, iPhone Hacks, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @elkmovie, @jfpoole, @slightlylate, @lapcatsoftware, @slightlylate, @matthew_mone, @slightlylate, and @matthew_mone
| Alexandra Alper / Reuters: |
Ingas and Cryoin, two Ukrainian companies that produce an estimated 45% to 54% of the world's semiconductor-grade neon, confirm they have halted operations — Ukraine's two leading suppliers of neon, which produce about half the world's supply of the key ingredient for making chips …
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The Register, Gizmodo, TechSpot, Tom's Hardware, Digital Trends, Protocol, and The Mac Observer
Tweets: @jimpethokoukis and @mikeklassen
| Emily Baker-White / BuzzFeed News: |
Interviews reveal TikTok's Project Texas, an effort to rebuild its internal systems to keep US user data in the US and limit its access to a new US-based team — TikTok is rebuilding its systems to keep US user data in the US and putting a new US-based team in control.
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The Verge. Tweets: @ebakerwhite, @buzzfeednews, @buzzfeednews, @ebakerwhite, @amaramarasingam, @johnpaczkowski, @walldo, @ebakerwhite, and @ebakerwhite
| Michael Wayland / CNBC: |
NHTSA issues final rules eliminating the need for highly automated and self-driving vehicles to include manual controls such steering wheels or pedals — - Federal vehicle safety regulators have cleared the way for the production and deployment of truly driverless vehicles … Sponsor Posts
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