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| Ethan Diamond / Bandcamp Updates: |
Epic Games acquires Bandcamp, which will continue operating as a standalone marketplace and music community; Bandcamp has paid nearly $1B to artists and labels — I'm excited to announce that Bandcamp is joining Epic Games, who you may know as the makers of Fortnite and Unreal Engine, and champions for a fair and open Internet.
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| Kyle Orland / Ars Technica: |
Ukrainian vice PM calls for game companies to cut off Russia during the invasion, directly calling out Sony, Riot Games, EA, Ubisoft, Microsoft, and others — Vice PM says move “will motivate the citizens of Russia” to rise up in protest. — Mykhailo Fedorov, the vice prime minister …
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| Washington Post: |
A profile of Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine's youngest cabinet minister, who is using his Twitter account to pressure tech giants to shut down Russian propaganda — Six months ago, Mykhailo Fedorov, one of Ukraine's deputy prime ministers, made a pilgrimage to Silicon Valley to discuss his country's digital transformation.
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Vox, New York Times, and Fortune
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple announces a digital-only event dubbed “Peek performance” will be held on March 8 at 10am PT; a 5G iPhone SE, revamped iPad Air, and new Macs are expected — Apple today announced that it will be holding its first event of 2022 on Tuesday, March 8 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific …
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| Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: |
Intel, AMD, Arm, TSMC, Samsung, and others introduce the Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express (UCIe) consortium to standardize die-to-die interconnects — A broad range of blue-chip industry promoters, like Intel, AMD, Arm, TSMC, and Samsung, among others, introduced the new Universal … | Stephen Harrison / Slate: |
How Russia's war with Ukraine is playing out on Wikipedia; Russian Wikipedia editors decided to call an invasion what it is, rejecting the Kremlin's narrative — On Thursday, President Vladimir Putin issued the order for Russian forces to invade Ukraine. Since then, Russians …
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VICE and Digital Threat Digest
Tweets: @harrisonstephen, @b_fung, @molly0xfff, @photos_floues, and @molly0xfff
| Kate Conger / New York Times: |
A look at Twitter's internal support for decentralization, led by Parag Agrawal, seeking to give users control, avoid regulation, and open new revenue streams — The company is undertaking a far-reaching effort to change how it works. For some, it is an echo of their early idealism and a vision for what the internet could have been.
Tweets: @kateconger and @kateconger
| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
The US CPSC and Fitbit recall Fitbit Ionic smartwatches after receiving 118 reports of burn injuries; Fitbit sold ~1M units in the US and 693K internationally — Fitbit has issued a voluntary recall for Ionic smartwatches that it manufactured and sold from 2017 through 2020.
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Tweets: @uscpsc, @richontech, @dcrainmakerblog, and @mhbergen
| Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today: |
Meta releases its Widely Viewed Content report for Q4, showing the most viewed Facebook Page was removed for violating policies; Meta would not reveal its name — Safe to say that Meta's efforts to refute the idea that Facebook amplifies divisive political content are not going exactly as it would have hoped.
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Garbage Day. Tweets: @oneunderscore__, @willoremus, @kevinroose, @jolingkent, @oneunderscore__, @alexeheath, @alexhern, @mattnavarra, @rmac18, @jeffhorwitz, @brianboland, @mhbergen, @thecultureofme, @kevinroose, @caseynewton, @jason_kint, @gerritd, @sub8u, @kevinroose, @anildash, @kevinroose, @jayrosen_nyu, @jeffhorwitz, @blackamazon, @charlesarthur, @malwarejake, and @brianfishman
| Vikas SN / Moneycontrol: |
Netflix acquires Finnish mobile game developer Next Games for ~$72M; the studio specializes in games based on entertainment franchises, such as Stranger Things — Next Games had released ‘Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales’, a role-playing game based on the streaming giant's hit 80s horror drama series in October last year.| Paresh Dave / Reuters: |
Google will remove RT News and Sputnik News from the Play Store, after removing Russian state outlets from its news features, following a similar move by Apple — Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google said on Tuesday that it has blocked mobile apps connected to RT and Sputnik from its Play store … | Mark Scott / Politico: |
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
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| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
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Tweets: @irgarner, @ngleicher, @samidh, @sivavaid, @sarafischer, and @blackamazon
| Ciaran Martin / Lawfare: |
An in-depth look at Russia's offensive cyber capabilities, their potential use in Ukraine, the limitations of cyber power, and implications for the West — It turns out that the next war was not fought in cyberspace after all. Or at least the start of it has not been.
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The Register and Forbes
| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
SOTU: Biden asks Congress to pass new rules to enhance child safety on social media, including banning targeted ads to, and data collection of, children — He wants to ban targeted advertising to kids — President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass new rules to enhance child safety …
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The White House, Engadget, Tom's Hardware, CNBC, The White House, PetaPixel, Protocol, DCD, PYMNTS.com, KnowTechie, and The Register
Tweets: @potus, @ceciliakang, @wbm312, @mattzeitlin, @jimsteyer, @janschakowsky, @byjacobward, @franceshaugen, @janschakowsky, @baboukai, @karaswisher, @accountabletech, @profcarroll, @anildash, @joannastern, @cendemtech, @willoremus, @esaagar, @janschakowsky, @franceshaugen, @ezranbc, @franceshaugen, @eric_seufert, @esaagar, @dens, @franceshaugen, @levie, @rebeccamkern, @sayhar, and @reprokhanna
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon plans to close 68 brick-and-mortar retail locations across the US and the UK, including all of its Amazon Books, 4-star, and Pop Up stores — - Amazon plans to close all locations of its Pop Up, Books and 4-star stores, the company confirmed to CNBC.
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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Berlin-based Tier Mobility acquires Spin, Ford's e-scooter unit, in an all-stock deal, for an undisclosed price; Ford acquired Spin in November 2018 for $100M — The automaker had been mulling a sale for almost a year — Ford is selling its electric scooter operation Spin to one of Europe's top shared mobility companies.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Meta to shut down Campus, its college student social network launched in September 2020 that was accessible alongside Facebook verticals like Watch, on March 10 — Facebook attempted a return to its roots as a college-focused social network with the fall 2020 launch of Campus …
Tweets: @varunjuice and @mattnavarra
| Chris Stokel-Walker / Wired: |
Russia's invasion of Ukraine shows that TikTok's design and algorithm are ideal for sharing videos of war, but present a challenge for its moderation system — As Russia's invasion of Ukraine plays out online, the platform's design and algorithm prove ideal for the messiness of war—but a nightmare for the truth.
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CNBC, Vox, CryptoPotato, and ViralMoment
Tweets: @stokel, @stokel, @etbrooking, @northeastern, @cengizyar, @byclairehubble, @birdwayl, @drewb, and @charliebeckett
| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Nine days after the launch of Truth Social, valued at $3.5B+, Trump has not posted, the app has fallen to #57 in US App Store, and most remain on the waitlist — Former President Trump is blowing the launch of his new social media company, via a series of unforced errors.
Tweets: @stevekovach, @jyarow, @edbott, @pkafka, @levynews, and @stevekovach
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