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Sources: Ukraine is asking for volunteers from its hacker community to protect critical infrastructure and conduct cyber spying missions against Russian troops — The government of Ukraine is asking for volunteers from the country's hacker underground to help protect critical infrastructure …
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Patreon suspends donation page of a nonprofit started in 2014 to provide equipment for the Ukrainian army, for violating policies on funding military activity — - Come Back Alive started in 2014 as a nonprofit to provide equipment for the Ukrainian army, and its Patreon page received hundreds …
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US restricts exports to Russia of a broad set of US-made products as well as foreign-produced goods built with US technology — The Biden administration announced sweeping export restrictions against Russia on Thursday, hammering its access to global exports of goods from commercial electronics …
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| Taylor Lorenz / Input: |
Some Instagram meme pages are turning into “war pages” that repost unverified footage without context, often claiming to be run by journalists in Ukraine — Just hours after the first explosions rocked Ukraine Wednesday night, massive Instagram meme pages began promoting … | Jonathan Greig / ZDNet: |
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| Politico: |
Russia-backed falsehoods and digital tricks related to its invasion of Ukraine are putting tech giants on the defensive over the spread of online disinformation — The world's biggest social media companies are scrambling to combat a global barrage of Kremlin-backed falsehoods …
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
UK's Online Safety Bill would mandate online platforms to give users tools to verify their IDs, block anonymous users, and filter “legal but harmful” content — - The proposals mean online platforms would need to give users a way to verify their identity, and allow them to block any unverified accounts.
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| Michael McSweeney / The Block: |
The US DOJ says BitMex co-founders Arthur Hayes and Benjamin Delo pled guilty to violating the US Bank Secrecy Act and each agree to pay a $10M criminal fine — The Department of Justice said Thursday that Arthur Hayes and Benjamin Delo, co-founders of the crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX …
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| Sandali Handagama / CoinDesk: |
EU Parliament postpones a vote on crypto regulations following backlash over a leaked provision banning proof-of-work cryptos like bitcoin over energy concerns — A leaked draft has drawn criticism for including a provision that sought to ban the use of cryptocurrencies that rely on proof-of-work.| Aman Chaudhary / Counterpoint Research: |
Global smartphone market revenue crossed $448B in 2021, up 7% YoY, with top five brands contributing 85%+ of total revenue; iPhone revenue grew 35% YoY to $196B — - Apple led the global smartphone market revenues in 2021 with annual revenue of $196 billion.
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| Sylvia Varnham O'Regan / The Information: |
Sources: Meta broke up a 300+ team working on OSes for its VR headsets and upcoming AR glasses, including a group working on a new OS code-named XROS — Meta Platforms has broken up a group of more than 300 employees working on operating systems for its virtual and augmented reality devices …
Tweets: @sylviavarnham
| Michael McSweeney / The Block: |
Block reports Q4 revenue of $4.08B, up 29% YoY, and $1.96B in Cash App bitcoin revenue, up 12% YoY; bitcoin revenue hit $10B in 2021, up 119%; stock is up 15%+ — Quick Take — Payments company Block, formerly known as Square, said Thursday that it made $1.96 billion in bitcoin revenue during …
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Tweets: @ourielohayon, @timccopeland, @asvanevik, and @sbf_ftx
| Brandy Betz / CoinDesk: |
InfStones, which offers a “platform-as-a-service” that supports blockchains like Ethereum and Solana, raises a $33M Series B, bringing its total funding to $45M — InfStones is among a crop of firms aiming to become the AWS of Web 3. — Blockchain infrastructure provider InfStones …
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