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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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| 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 … | 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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| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
Google is under pressure to remove or cut commercial ties with some prolific pro-Russian YouTube channels; pro-Kremlin broadcasters are popular on the platform — With sanctions on Russia ramping up following its invasion of Ukraine, Google's YouTube is under pressure to remove … | Jonathan Greig / ZDNet: |
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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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| 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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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Coinbase beats with $2.5B Q4 revenue, $840M net income, and 11.4M monthly transacting users, up from 7.4M in Q3; 2021 revenue was $7.4B, up from $1.1B in 2020 — - Coinbase reported fourth-quarter earnings after the bell on Thursday. — The earnings come after major cryptocurrencies saw …
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| 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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| Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal: |
Vox Media, Complex Networks, and BDG are considering ditching Google's AMP for their own mobile-optimized articles; The Washington Post dropped AMP last summer — Owners of the Verge and Bustle test alternatives to AMP framework, an effort they expect will generate more ad revenue
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| Jordan Pearson / VICE: |
A look at NFT Worlds, an NFT collection of 10K unique Minecraft worlds, which has amassed over 30K ETH in trade volume, or nearly $90M, on OpenSea — Multiple projects are now building on top of the 2011 video game, with ‘Minecraft’ world seed NFTs going for tens of thousands of dollars.| 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 … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Sensor Tower: users spent $18.3B globally in the top 100 non-game subscription apps in 2021, up 41% YoY; App Store generated $13.5B, and Google Play $4.8B — It's no wonder why mobile publishers are battling to keep more of their subscription revenue out of the hands of platforms like Apple and Google …
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Mark Zuckerberg showcases a concept for voice-controlled VR space generated by AI, plans for a universal language translator, and more in a Meta livestream — 'Let's go to the beach' — Meta is testing an artificial intelligence system that lets people build parts of virtual worlds by describing them …
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