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| Brad Smith / Microsoft On the Issues: |
Microsoft suspends new sales of its products and services in Russia, and is working with the US, EU, and UK to stop “many aspects” of business in the country — Like the rest of the world, we are horrified, angered and saddened by the images and news coming from the war in Ukraine …
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| Joe Skrebels / IGN: |
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 — The games industry is pulling away from Russia in support of Ukraine. … Update 03/04/22: Xbox and EA have formally pulled sales … | Paresh Dave / Reuters: |
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.
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| The Economic Times: |
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 free short-term housing …
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TechCrunch, Protocol, The Hill, CNBC, The Guardian, Coinspeaker, Engadget, Reuters, and Insider
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| The Verge: |
Roskomnadzor says it is blocking Facebook in Russia, citing 26 cases of “discrimination against Russian media and information resources” since October 2020 — There have been protests throughout the country — Russia's communications agency Roskomnadzor announced Friday that it is blocking access to Facebook in Russia.
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| Mark Gurman / 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 — Apple Inc. has set an April 11 deadline for corporate employees to return to in-person work, marking a key test of whether …
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Microsoft completes its $19.7B acquisition of Nuance, announced in April 2021, after the UK's CMA approved the deal earlier this 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.
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| Thomas Claburn / The Register: |
Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla create Interop 2022, a browser benchmark to resolve compatibility issues identified by web developers in 15 specifications — Browser makers set aside differences — Browser makers Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla, along with software consultancies Bocoup …
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Sources: Apple is working on “Mac Studio”, which will be based on Mac mini and will come either with M1 Max or a more powerful chip, and a 7K “Studio Display” — As Apple gets closer to its deadline for completing the transition from Intel Macs to Apple Silicon …
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
After reports that Samsung phones throttle ~10K apps, the company plans to release an update soon “so users can control the performance while running game apps” — Device owners will be able to toggle performance after a future update — Samsung has addressed reports …
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Tweets: @dohyun854, @garyeonhan, @garyeonhan, @garyeonhan, @liliputingnews, @ianbetteridge, and @jyuter
| CNBC: |
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.
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Tweets: @caseynewton, @stevekovach, @jboorstin, @sherman4949, @azalben, and @jnaneshanand
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
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) …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
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 … | Bloomberg: |
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: @adrianweckler, @baxiabhishek, @karlbode, @gregorytaylor1, @dan_rowinski, @aallan, and @lucas_shaw
| Jordan Pearson / VICE: |
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.
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Decrypt, Coinmonks, Coinspeaker, crypto.news, CoinGape, Cointelegraph, and Crypto Briefing
Tweets: @bornosor, @district0x, @malwarejake, @decryptmedia, @bradmillscan, @somospostpc, and @josephfcox
| MK Manoylov / The Block: |
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