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| Maxwell Strachan / VICE: |
After Ukraine's request, Binance says banning Russians “would fly in the face of the reason why crypto exists”; NFT market DMarket bans Russians and Belarusians — Binance, the world's largest exchange, said “unilaterally” banning users “would fly in the face of the reason why crypto exists.”
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| Bloomberg: |
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 …
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| Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: |
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| Ivana Saric / Axios: |
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 …
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| Washington Post: |
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.| Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal: |
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 — Russian rule requires services with more than 100,000 subscribers to carry some 20 Russian channels
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| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
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 …
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| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
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| David Klepper / Associated Press: |
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
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.
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
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 …
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| Mathew Di Salvo / Decrypt: |
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 — The new fund will invest in nonprofit and for-profit projects—with a focus on AI and “reducing catastrophic biorisk,” among other areas.
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| Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
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 — A newly revamped store in Washington shows how thoroughly Amazon has woven itself into the grocery shopping experience.
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Daring Fireball. Tweets: @ceciliakang, @evan_greer, @ceciliakang, @nytimestech, @esquiring, @kottke, @a_l, @pt, @pete_wells, @edbott, @puiwingtam, @garrytan, @ceciliakang, @nickconfessore, @richard_florida, @tonyromm, @rkgwork, and @clancynewyork
| Morgan Meaker / Wired: |
Interview with Australia's communications minister Paul Fletcher on the efficacy of the country's year-old news bargaining code with Google and Meta — A year after Australia forced tech giants to pay news outlets for the content they display, other countries want to follow suit.
Tweets: @wired, @bitech, @michellemanafy, and @pressgazette
| Patrick Klepek / VICE: |
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 — An internal culture war is playing out across the video game industry, with developers (and players) pitted against executives and crypto evangelists.
Tweets: @motherboard and @cecianasta
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Indian fintech unicorn BharatPe co-founder Ashneer Grover resigns from the company's board, following a probe into alleged financial irregularities — Ashneer Grover, a founder and the public face of BharatPe, has resigned from the board and left the managing director position he held …
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| Stephanie Condon / ZDNet: |
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 — Growth has slowed in comparison to Zoom's business at the outset of the pandemic, but the company is shifting its focus to the enterprise
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| Toby Sterling / Reuters: |
In a letter, Apple claims its App Store IAP changes for Dutch dating apps comply with the Dutch regulator's rules and would need 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 …
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