TikTok confirms it has shut down access to Russian sites RT and Sputnik in Europe following requests from individual governments and the European Union
Facebook and TikTok said Monday that the companies would shut down access to Kremlin-controlled media sites RT and Sputnik in Europe, setting the stage for retaliation from Russia.
Binance, Coinbase, and others deny Ukrainian requests to freeze Russian and Belarusian accounts, citing “economic freedom”, but will comply with sanctions
Binance, the world's largest exchange, said “unilaterally” banning users “would fly in the face of the reason why crypto exists.”
Social networks and the internet have been a valuable force multiplier for Ukraine and the allies of democracy during the early days of Russia's invasion
How much will it matter? Notes on the platforms in wartime — Over the past decade, the biggest tech companies came to feel less …
After dire predictions, Russia has not yet unleashed a crippling cyberattack on Ukraine, leaving the country with functioning internet and infrastructure
Washington Post :
Netflix won't add any Russian channels in the country “given the current situation” despite a regulation requiring it to add 20 federal channels from March 1
Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal :
Microsoft says cyberattacks using new malware hit Ukraine hours before Russia's invasion began; the company added new signatures to Defender within three hours
- Brad Smith, Microsoft's president, wrote in a blog post on Monday about the company's efforts to keep Ukraine informed of cyberattacks.
Symantec details China-linked backdoor Daxin, a Windows kernel driver that can hijack TCP connections to stealthily connect with command-and-control servers
Security researchers have discovered Daxin, a China-linked stealthy backdoor specifically designed for deployment in hardened corporate networks …
YouTube will block Kremlin-backed RT and Sputnik in Europe, following similar bans by Meta and TikTok, citing the Ukraine invasion
Google's YouTube said Tuesday that it would block Kremlin-backed media outlets RT and Sputnik from Europe following similar bans by Facebook and TikTok.
Sources: the Biden administration is asking crypto exchanges globally to help thwart Russian individuals and organizations from using crypto to avoid sanctions
The Biden administration is asking crypto exchanges to help ensure that Russian individuals and organizations aren't using virtual currencies …
Nvidia confirms that hackers have leaked employee data and “some Nvidia proprietary information”; LAPSUS$ group claims it took 1TB data, including source code
Nvidia has confirmed that hackers stole data from the company during last week's breach.
Twitter starts labeling tweets that link to Russian state-backed media outlets and plans to label other countries' state media outlets “in the coming weeks”
Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch :
Meta says it “will be restricting access to RT and Sputnik across the EU at this time” following requests from several governments and the EU
Facebook parent Meta will restrict access to Russian state media on its platforms across the EU in response to Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine …
Ukraine, which this weekend formed an “IT Army” made up of global volunteer hackers, claims to have taken down several Russian government and bank websites
Welcome to the SecFraudOps Newsletter. I'm focusing in on Ukraine this week. Jessica Guynn / USA Today : Americans are at higher risk of Russian cyberattacks after Ukraine invasion: What you should d...
Uber starts rolling out an Explore tab, which lets users book dinner reservations, buy tickets to live events, and more, in 15 markets across the US and Mexico
Uber is rolling out a feature designed to help people discover new things in the areas around them.
The SEC says BitConnect founder Satish Kumbhani, recently charged with running a $2.4B Ponzi scheme, has disappeared from his native India
BitConnect founder Satish Kumbhani, charged criminally in the U.S. last week with a $2.4 billion Ponzi scheme, has vanished from his native India, officials said.
Reddit quarantines r/Russia and r/RussiaPolitics due to “a high volume of information not supported by credible sources” and bans a moderator
A moderator has also been removed. — Reddit has quarantined subreddit r/Russia due to misinformation, as the internationally …
Amazon makes its Luna game streaming service available to anyone in the US and adds new features, including free games for Prime members
Amazon's game streaming service leaves its invite-only beta — Amazon Luna — the company's cloud-based game streaming service …
Meta says it will shut down Instagram's standalone IGTV app in mid-March and will discontinue IGTV's in-stream video ads as the company focuses on Reels
Instagram is ending support for its standalone app for IGTV, the company announced on Monday. Meta, Instagram's parent company …
David Boggs, who co-invented Ethernet along with Bob Metcalfe at Xerox PARC, died on February 19 at 71
Thanks to the invention he helped create in the 1970s, people can send email over an office network or visit a website through a coffee shop hot spot.
Payhawk, which offers spend management software to European businesses, adds $100M to its Series B at a $1B post-money valuation, up from $570M in November 2021
European spend management startup Payhawk has added $100 million to its Series B round that I already covered back in November.
The US is expected to put pressure on SMIC, Lenovo, and other Chinese companies to join sanctions on Russia; China is Russia's biggest electronics supplier
Washington is expected to lean on major Chinese companies from Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. to Lenovo Group Ltd …
An Israeli judge lifts reporting restrictions on the arrest of former Celsius Network CFO Yaron Shalem in 2021 for suspected fraud, as Celsius raised $400M
Yaron Shalem was one of 10 detained in connection with alleged fraud at other cryptocurrency ventures Tweets: @mayazi , @bondhack , @fd , @fd , @kadhim , @kadhim , @kadhim , @kadhim , and @bondhack Tw...
A look at a newly revamped Whole Foods store in Washington, which uses palm-scanning Amazon One tech and Amazon's computer vision-enabled Just Walk Out tech
Samsung Galaxy S22 and S22+ review: excellent performance, cameras, build quality, and support policy, but battery life is poor and One UI feels cluttered
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Israeli startup MDClone, which creates synthetic medical databases for research, raises $63M led by Warburg Pincus and Viola Growth
MDClone, a synthetic medical data startup, raised $63 million from investors led by Warburg Pincus and Viola Growth to fund global expansion.
Zoom reports Q4 revenue of $1.07B, up 21% YoY, vs $1.05B est., net income of $490.5M, up 88% YoY, and 2,725 customers paying $100K+ annually, up 66% YoY
Stephanie Condon / ZDNet :
South African crypto exchange VALR raises a $50M Series B at a $240M valuation, up 10x from July 2020, led by Pantera Capital
Nelson Wang / CoinDesk :
Subspace Labs, which aims to build a more scalable “fourth-generation” blockchain, raises $32.9M led by Pantera Capital, following a $4.5M seed in 2021
Anita Ramaswamy / TechCrunch :
Mobile marketing company AppLovin announces a $430M deal to acquire Wurl, a content distribution and advertising service for connected TVs
Mobile marketing software company AppLovin is jumping into the connected-TV streaming video space with a deal to acquire Wurl for $430 million. See also Mediagazer
FTX announces Future Fund, planning to invest between $100M and $1B in 2022 in projects that “improve humanity's long-term prospects”, like safer AI development
Mathew Di Salvo / Decrypt :
Baidu reports Q4 revenue rose 9% YoY to ~$5.2B as net income drops to ~$269M, as the company transitions from online marketing to components supplier
Zheping Huang / Bloomberg :
Waymo secures a permit to charge riders in San Francisco for ride-hailing trips in its autonomous vehicles with human safety operators
Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch :
Alphabet and Amazon have turned to cash to recruit and retain talent, as the lure of large stock awards fades amid inflation and stock market volatility
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @wsj , @chrismattmann , @trippmickle , and @jessefelder Tweets: @wsj : After years of enticing employees with large stock awards and surging share prices, some technolog...
African financing service M-KOPA, which helps people without bank accounts buy smartphones, TVs, and other items, raises $75M, bringing total funding to $190M
Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch :
Developers at EA, Zynga, Ubisoft, and others describe internal turmoil and disapproval over executive-level decisions and plans to use crypto and NFTs in games
Patrick Klepek / VICE : Tweets: @motherboard and @cecianasta Tweets: @motherboard : An internal culture war is playing out across the video game industry, with developers (and players) pitted against...
Toshiba CEO Satoshi Tsunakawa resigns and corporate SVP Taro Shimada will succeed him; Toshiba plans to hold a reorganization shareholder meeting on March 24
Nikkei Asia :
Indian fintech unicorn BharatPe co-founder Ashneer Grover resigns from the company's board, following a probe into alleged financial irregularities
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
The SEC's Gurbir Grewal says the agency won't offer amnesty to crypto firms that self-report securities law violation, although they may face smaller penalties
Chris Prentice / Reuters :
Interview with Australia's communications minister Paul Fletcher on the efficacy of the country's year-old news bargaining code with Google and Meta
Morgan Meaker / Wired : Tweets: @wired , @pressgazette , @bitech , and @michellemanafy Tweets: @wired : Countries are looking at Australia's media code as a blueprint for forcing Big Tech to pay for ...
Metadata.io, which helps automate repetitive marketing tasks, raises a $40M Series B led by Next47 and Resolute Ventures
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Singapore-based Volopay, which offers corporate cards and expense management software to startups and enterprises, raises a $29M Series A in equity and debt
Kate Park / TechCrunch :
Apptopia: Ukrainians are turning to Signal, Telegram, offline maps, streaming radio apps, and Twitter, as well as offline messengers like Zello and Bridgefy
LinkedIn acquires Tel Aviv-based marketing analytics and attribution startup Oribi, sources say for between $80M and $90M; Oribi raised under $28M in funding
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
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Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
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