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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
MetaMask says an Infura “misconfiguration”, which has since been corrected, led to users in Venezuela reporting an inability to access the wallet on Thursday
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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.
Microsoft completes its $19.7B acquisition of Nuance after UK's CMA approved the deal earlier in the week
Microsoft completed its $19.7 billion acquisition of voice technology company Nuance Communications on Friday morning, two days after clearing their final regulatory hurdle.
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) …
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 fre...
In a memo, Tim Cook says Apple corporate staff will have to work from the office at least one day per week from April 11, and three days per week from May 23
Apple Inc. has set an April 11 deadline for corporate employees to return to in-person work, marking a key test of whether …
Elliptic: crypto users have donated $50M+ to Ukraine across 89K+ assets since February 26; the government's wallet addresses show $10M in BTC and $16M in ETH
The US surgeon general formally requests Big Tech to turn over information about the scale of COVID-19 misinformation on their platforms before May 2
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ICANN rejects Ukraine's request to cut Russia off from the global internet, saying the proposal is neither technically feasible nor within its mission
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Mykhailo Fedorov cancels Ukraine's crypto airdrop plan, saying the government will instead announce, but not issue, NFTs to support the Ukrainian Armed Forces
🧠 The 4th cohort of Hype-Free Crypto kicks off later this month. Washington Post : Ukraine asked for donations in crypto. Then things got weird. Amelia Isaacs / AltFi : Ukrainian government to sell N...
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
let employees choose what works best for them: “The decisions about where you work, whether you feel safe traveling for business, and what events you attend, should be yours.” @paraga https://www.cnbc...
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”
that Starlink use would become a very prominent signal for Russian targeting. (NSC declined to comment.) https://twitter.com/... @zeynep : Folks do read up on the tragic case of Marie Colvin and Rémi ...
Sources: Amazon has triggered a mid-March deadline for the FTC to challenge its MGM acquisition, after which Amazon can close the deal
Deadline could make it difficult for the commission to take action before the tech giant completes the transaction — Amazon.com Inc. has given …
Twitch plans to ban “harmful misinformation superspreaders” who share debunked theories on or off the site, including about COVID-19 vaccines and election fraud
under 100 to start — for being “harmful misinformation actors.” https://www.nytimes.com/... See also Mediagazer
Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile have spent $118.4B on 5G airwaves and network upgrades, compared to $61.8B spent on 4G, but have little to no revenue to show for it
When Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile introduced the first 5G mobile services in the U.S. three years ago … Tweets: @baxiabhishek , @adrianweckler , @gregorytaylor1 , @aallan , @dan_rowinski , @karlbode , ...
Chainalysis: Ruble-denominated crypto activity was just $34.1M on March 3, down from $70.7M on February 24 and a record $158M on May 20 2021
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Sources: PE firm Hellman & Friedman takes a 7.5% stake in data analytics service Splunk, worth about $1.4B, following Cisco's $20B takeover offer in February
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An investigation details Operation Safety Net, a sprawling surveillance program in Minnesota to track protesters and journalists after George Floyd's murder
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Lido, which has an estimated 80%+ market share in Ethereum liquid staking, raises $70M from Andreessen Horowitz; 76K wallets stake assets worth $10B+ on Lido
NonFungible: the average NFT selling price has declined to ~$2K, after an all-time high of ~$6.9K on January 2, with a ~40% drop since Russia attacked Ukraine
We'd be wrong to go about this week as normal. It is anything but. South China Morning Post : NFT mania cools amid Ukraine crisis as average price and sales decline from January high Andrew Hayward /...
Reddit bans links to Russian state media outlets across its entire site for all users worldwide and ads that either originate from Russia or target the country
NY-based Flume Health, which lets organizations build health plans catered to employers' needs, raises a $30M Series A, bringing its total funding to $40M
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Analysis: Twitch has lost at least six executives alongside 60+ employees in 2022; sources say the platform is losing touch with its community of game streamers
USDC stablecoin developer Circle delays its DeFi API product, citing the need for further regulatory guidance
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Facebook and Instagram to block RT and Sputnik in the UK following a request by the government; Twitter and TikTok have not yet responded to UK's request
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Founders Fund raises $5B+ in two new funds across early and late-stage investing, increasing the assets under its management to $11B
Katie Roof / Bloomberg : Tweets: @bloombergdeals Tweets: @bloombergdeals : Founders Fund, a backer of high-profile startups including Airbnb and Palantir, said it closed more than $5 billion in two n...
Many Ukrainian tech workers, unable to leave the country, have relocated to the Lviv tech hub, with some joining Ukraine's ad hoc hacking army attacking Russia
Sources: automation software startup Hyperscience, last valued at $1.65B, laid off 100 staff after missing FY financial targets; CEO Peter Brodsky stepped down
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Amid a trial in India, researchers say blocking Sci-Hub would benefit wealthy North American and European universities that can pay to access published papers
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The GitHub repository for Meta's open-source library React is being spammed with anti-US and anti-Ukrainian comments in English and Mandarin
Google Maps and Tripadvisor block users from posting reviews to some listings in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus after activists used them to share Ukraine news
Premise, which uses gig workers to crowdsource intelligence, denies working for Russia and says its clients in Ukraine include the US and a European government
Perfect, maker of YouCam Makeup, an AR camera app that lets users “try on” virtual makeovers from top brands, to go public via a SPAC merger at a $1B valuation
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