Meta and Twitter removed two anti-Ukrainian “covert influence operations” over the weekend, one tied to Russia and the other to Belarus
Facebook and Twitter removed two anti-Ukrainian “covert influence operations” over the weekend, one tied to Russia and another with connections to Belarus, the companies said.
How Russia is trying to use social media platforms to stir up anti-Ukraine sentiment by spreading propaganda, disinformation, and discord online
The Russian TikTok video has it all: a cat, puppies and a pulsing background beat. It's cute, watchable and hardly seems the stuff of state propaganda.
Russia's leading internet providers have restricted access to Twitter and Facebook
Twitter, YouTube and and Facebook respond and Russia sites attacked Michael L Hicks / Android Central : Ukraine has helped the tech industry, but Big Tech hasn't helped Ukraine Tweets: @rmac18 : From ...
Elliptic report: Ukraine's government has received nearly $20M in ether and bitcoin; Binance will donate $10M in crypto
FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried, Chain.com CEO Deepak Thapliyal made significant donations to the humanitarian effort. — The Ukraine government's call for donations to resist …
Ukraine's official Twitter account and government officials post donation requests in the form of bitcoin, ether, and USDT amid Russia's invasion
Welcome to the 1,341 newly Not Boring people who have joined us since our last Monday piece! JD Alois / Crowdfund Insider : More Than $20 Million in Crypto Donated to Ukraine, One Wallet Donated $3 Mi...
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A pro-Ukraine member of the Conti ransomware gang posts 339 days' worth of the group's chat logs, after its leaders declared support for Russia
A member of the Conti ransomware group, believed to be Ukrainian of origin, has leaked the gang's internal chats after the group's leaders posted …
TSMC, Intel, GlobalFoundries, and other chipmakers have begun halting sales to Russia in response to US sanctions
The global computer chip industry, including the giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, has begun halting sales to Russia in the wake of U.S. sanctions aimed at punishing Moscow's invasion ...
Airbnb says it will provide free, short-term housing for up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees, after housing over 21,000 Afghan refugees last year
Airbnb Inc. is offering free short-term housing for up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees who are fleeing the Russian invasion of their country …
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.
TikTok confirms it is rolling out support for 10 minute videos, up from three minutes
The new capability is rolling out to everyone worldwide. — What you need to know — TikTok has confirmed the global rollout of 10-minute video uploads. — The new capability is available on both the...
Qualcomm announces X70, its first 10-gigabit 5G modem, and says the modem uses a dedicated AI processor to improve signal strength and power efficiency
Over the past few years, Qualcomm has announced 5G modems that have consistently pushed download speeds to new heights …
Lenovo debuts updated Windows 11 and Chromebook IdeaPads with 12th-Gen Intel CPUs and the Tab M10 Plus running Android 12, available in June starting at $190
Duet 3, Flex 3i, and Flex 5i Robert Carnevale / Windows Central : ThinkVision M14d is a 16:10 mobile monitor that can go anywhere Joshua Goldman / CNET : Lenovo's Updated IdeaPad Duet Chromebook Might...
Russia's regulator demands that Alphabet remove all restrictions on Russian-language YouTube channels of media outlets RBC, TV Zvezda, and Sputnik in Ukraine
In a letter, Apple says its App Store IAP changes for Dutch dating apps comply with the Dutch regulator's rules and require only a “minor technical change”
Apple (AAPL.O) argued in a letter to the Dutch consumer watchdog obtained by Reuters on Monday that it has complied …
Lenovo unveils updated ThinkPads: X13 with Snapdragon chips, X1 Extreme with a 165Hz display, and updated P-series and T-series with new Intel processors
A new X13, a new X1 Extreme, and more — Lenovo has dumped a whole bunch of new ThinkPads into the world, and there's some exciting stuff in there.
Honor unveils Magic 4 Pro with Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, 6.81-inch LTPO OLED display, and 100W wireless charging, starting at €1,099, available in the coming months
Charging to 50 percent in 15 minutes, wirelessly — Honor's latest flagship smartphone, the Magic 4 Pro …
OnePlus says its flagship 10 Pro will launch in the US, Europe, and India in March and appears to backtrack from creating a unified OS with Oppo
While most OnePlus phones had been made available globally before “reaching” China, that wasn't the case with the OnePlus 10 Pro …
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
and Big Tech's barely doing a damn thing Washington Post : Social networks face pressure to ban Russian state media Stratechery : Russia and the Four Internets, Shifts and Social Media, Gelsinger Inte...
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
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LinkedIn acquires Tel Aviv-based marketing analytics and attribution startup Oribi, sources say for between $80M and $90M
LinkedIn — the social network for people looking to connect with others in their professional fields and find work with upwards of 810 million users …
The US, the EU, the UK, and Canada agree to cut off a “certain number of Russian banks” from the SWIFT international payments system
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
Australian BNPL company Zip acquires US-based rival Sezzle for $491M; Zip reported a $214.3M loss in H2 2021
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Weee!, an online grocer specializing in Asian and Hispanic food, raises a $425M Series E led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 at a $4.1B valuation
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A look at AcadArena and other “game guilds” in Southeast Asia, which loan out NFTs of in-game creatures as “scholarships” to players of games like Axie Infinity
by @timmerman91 and @telliotter Michael Zelenko / @mvzelenks : Must read from @timmerman91 and @telliotter on gaming guilds looking beyond Axie “Axie's easiest growth — and that of the guilds heavily ...
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
as Intel's Steve Brown puts it, “you want to do the best you can, but there are times when maybe it wasn't enough or the assumptions changed” https://www.wired.com/... Martijn Rasser / @martijnrasser ...
VC-backed semiconductor startups raised more than $6.4B in 2021, up from $3B in 2020 and the most in at least five years
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