Sources: Apple is working on a “Mac Studio”, which will be based on the Mac mini and come with an M1 Max or a more powerful chip
As Apple gets closer to its deadline for completing the transition from Intel Macs to Apple Silicon, the company is expected to introduce …
Roskomnadzor says it is blocking Facebook in Russia, citing 26 cases of “discrimination against Russian media and information resources” since October 2020
Russia is being cut off from the rest of the online world … France 24 : Russia blocks Facebook over ‘discrimination’ of state media Brittany Bernstein / National Review : Kremlin Blocks Access to Face...
Roskomnadzor has reportedly blocked Twitter in Russia; a spokesperson says the company doesn't see “anything significantly different” than existing throttling
Russia's communications regulator said it blocked Facebook because of “discrimination against Russian media and information resources.”
Samsung suspends all product shipments to Russia, source says including chips, smartphones, electronics; Samsung has a 30%+ smartphone market share in Russia
Samsung Electronics Co. said product shipments to Russia have been suspended due to current geopolitical developments …
Meta pauses all Facebook ads targeting people in Russia and stops letting marketers in Russia run ads globally, after Roskomnadzor blocked Facebook in Russia
- Facebook made yet another move against Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine. — The company is halting all ads in the country …
Activision Blizzard is being sued by the family of an employee who died by suicide, alleging sexual harassment was a “significant factor” that led to her death
Activision Blizzard, the embattled gaming giant that Microsoft recently agreed to buy for nearly $69 billion …
Have I Been Pwned: hackers stole 71K+ Nvidia staff credentials, including email IDs and Windows password hashes, many of which were “cracked and circulated”
The ransomware group that claims to have taken a terabyte of data from chipmaking giant Nvidia is threatening to release the company's …
Backbone internet provider Cogent cuts ties with Russian clients, including state-owned telecom Rostelecom, so it can't be used for propaganda or cyberattacks
Advocates of an open, globally connected Internet long have worried that a major country or region would break away …
EA and CD Projekt stop selling their games in Russia and Belarus; Sony's Gran Turismo 7 was reportedly missing from PlayStation's Russian site on launch day
Joe Skrebels / IGN :
PayPal suspends its services in Russia, including its money transfer service Xoom; Wise and Remitly have also suspended some services in Russia
Payments company PayPal Holdings Inc (PYPL.O) shut down its services early on Saturday in Russia, citing “the current circumstances,” …
Sources: Apple is working on a new “Studio Display” with a 7K resolution, which may include an A13 chip
A look at volunteer hackers in the Russia-Ukraine war, many scattered globally with unverifiable identities, as both sides recruit them to launch cyberattacks
The hackers have claimed a number of disruptions over the past week, blurring the lines between amateurs and groups linked to governments.
Disney announces a Disney+ ad-supported tier, launching in the US this year and internationally in 2023, as part of its push for 230M-260M subscribers by 2024
Apple shareholders vote to approve proposals on civil rights audits and the use of NDAs in employment agreements, and Tim Cook's ~$99M compensation package
Apple investors pass two proposals after worker controversy Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Philip Elmer‑DeWitt : Meet Apple's least popular board members Veronica Irwin / Protocol : Apple shareholders approved...
The Verge co-founder and Executive Editor Dieter Bohn is leaving the media industry after 20 years to join Google's Platforms & Ecosystems team
Dieter Bohn / The Verge :
Q&A with Ukraine Deputy Minister for Information Transformation Oleksandr Bornyakov on Ukraine's ‘IT Army’, cybersecurity, and betting on crypto donations
An interview with the country's deputy minister for Information Transformation on its digital resistance as it braces for more conflict
Many tech leaders believe work flexibility will be a staple and hiring will be more geographically dispersed even when the pandemic is over
Highly sought-after tech workers don't want to go back to the way things used to be. Their employers are making their work day more flexible and less distracting …
Twitter bans 100+ accounts that pushed #IStandWithPutin for participating in “coordinated inauthentic behavior”, days after the hashtag trended
Twitter has banned more than 100 accounts that pushed the pro-Russian hashtag #IStandWithPutin for participating in … Tweets: @campuscodi , @oneunderscore__ , and @mmasnick Tweets: Catalin Cimpanu / @...
Yandex has lost 75%+ of its value in the past 6 months, despite not being directly sanctioned, as deals with Uber, Grubhub, and DuckDuckGo appear likely to end
Western investors and tech partners are abandoning the group following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine
CrowdTangle: Facebook Gaming is overrun by spam and pirated content; the most popular “gaming creators” often post movie clips disguised as live gaming streams
Karissa Bell / Engadget :
Sources: YouTube is offering grants of $50K to individual podcasters and $200K-$300K to podcast networks to create video versions of their shows or other videos
Ashley Carman / Bloomberg :
In a memo, Tim Cook says Apple's 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
Software AG, a developer of business and application integration software, acquires DataOps software developer StreamSets for €524M
Rick Whiting / CRN :
Wedbush: Apple, Google, Meta, and Netflix combined would lose 1%-2% of their revenue if they exited Russia; Amazon's presence in Russia involves limited AWS use
Emily Birnbaum / Politico :
Telegram says it is blocking Kremlin-backed media outlets in the EU, including all RT channels, starting for users who signed in with an EU-based phone number
RT, in English, Spanish, Germany, French & Russia, have a colletive audience of over 1 million people via their official accounts. FWIW, these break EU sanctions https://www.politico.eu/... Derek Powa...
Microsoft completes its $19.7B acquisition of Nuance, announced in April 2021, after the UK's CMA approved the deal earlier this week
Block faces a probe by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and multiple state AGs over Cash App's handling of customer complaints and disputes, and more
Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg :
Grocery app Buyk, which was founded by two Russians and has sizable operations in New York and Chicago, furloughs ~98% of its employees amid sanctions on Russia
Theo Wayt / New York Post :
Facebook and Instagram to block RT and Sputnik in the UK, complying with a government request; Twitter and TikTok have not yet responded to the UK's request
New York-based Flume Health, which lets organizations build health plans catered to employers' needs, raises a $30M Series A, bringing its total funding to $40M
AssemblyAI, which offers APIs to transcribe, summarize, and moderate audio streams, raises a $28M Series A led by Accel, bringing its total funding to $33.1M
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