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| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
Activision Blizzard and Epic Games suspend sales of their games in Russia; Activision Blizzard will also pause offering in-game microtransactions in the country — Activision Blizzard and Epic Games have joined a growing list of publishers suspending sales of their games in Russia due to the country's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
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| Brent Lang / Variety: |
Netflix says it is suspending its service in Russia, which operates through a joint venture with the country's National Media Group and has 1M+ subscribers — Netflix has suspended its service in Russia to protest the country's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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| Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer: |
The Lapsus$ group leaks ~190GB of alleged confidential Samsung files, including a suspected dump of source code and related device security and encryption data — The Lapsus$ data extortion group leaked today a huge collection of confidential data they claim to be from Samsung Electronics …
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| Bloomberg: |
TikTok suspends livestreaming and new content uploads in Russia in response to the country's new law that would impose prison terms for spreading “fake news” — TikTok says it's suspending livestreaming in Russia amid the country's new “fake news” law that's aimed at silencing dissent …
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Kuo: a more powerful Mac mini and a more affordable 27-inch external display without mini-LED will launch in 2022, a Mac Pro and an iMac Pro are coming in 2023 — Ming-Chi Kuo has continued his newfound career as a Twitter leaker by today sharing his predictions for Apple's desktop roadmap.
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Tweets: @mingchikuo, @9techeleven, @vadimyuryev, @saranbyte, and @apple_tomorrow
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
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Tweets: @markgurman, @mingchikuo, @majinbuofficial, @mehedih_, @johnvoorhees, @vadimyuryev, @caro_milanesi, and @viticci
| Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
Crypto exchange FTX will start offering services in Europe and the Middle East, with an HQ in Switzerland and a base in Cyprus — Cryptocurrency exchange operator FTX Trading Ltd. is poised to start offering services in Europe and the Middle East, following its rapid rise to become …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
DDoS attacks are using TCP Middlebox Reflection, an amplification technique utilizing a fleet of 100K+ misconfigured servers to deliver large-scale attacks — 100,000 misconfigured servers are creating a new way to knock sites offline. — Last August, academic researchers discovered … | Yoree Koh / Wall Street Journal: |
Former YouTube Kids employees describe how the service embraced human curation over virality to address criticism it wasn't doing enough to protect children — Former employees say platform embraced human curation over virality to address criticism it wasn't doing enough to protect younger consumers
Tweets: @yoreekoh, @martinhoffmann, and @kevinroose
| New York Times: |
Scams and fraud are widespread on P2P payments app Zelle but the US banks backing the app say returning money to defrauded customers is not their responsibility — Zelle, the payments platform used by millions of customers, is a popular target of scammers.
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| Reuters: |
Sydney-based Immutable, which develops Ethereum-based tools to monetize NFTs in games, raises $200M led by Temasek at a $2.5B valuation — Australian NFT startup Immutable has raised fresh funding from investors led by Singapore's Temasek in a round that values it at $2.5 billion …
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| Osato Avan-Nomayo / The Block: |
Binance says it has resumed bank transfers for European users, except those in Switzerland and The Netherlands, after suspending the service in July 2020 — Binance said it has now fully resumed bank transfers for account holders in Europe, eight months after suspending the service following pressure from regulators.| Rita Liao / TechCrunch: |
China- and US-based robotaxi startup Pony.ai raises a Series D at an $8.5B valuation, up from $5.3B in 2020, but doesn't say the amount raised or its source — China- and U.S.-based Pony.ai said Monday its valuation has surged to $8.5 billion after the first close of its Series D funding round …
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