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Microsoft suspends all new sales of its products and services in Russia, says it is working with the US, EU, and UK to stop “many aspects” of business in Russia — Like the rest of the world, we are horrified, angered and saddened by the images and news coming from the war …
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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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| Thomas Claburn / The Register: |
Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla create a benchmark called Interop 2022 to resolve browser compatibility issues identified by developers in 15 key areas — Browser makers set aside differences — Browser makers Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla, along with software consultancies Bocoup …
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| 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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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
After reports that Samsung was throttling thousands of popular apps, the company will release an update soon to let users control the performance of games — Device owners will be able to toggle performance after a future update — Samsung has addressed reports that it is throttling …
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Outside of Russia, Apple Maps and Weather apps now display Crimea as part of Ukraine, after displaying the region as not part of any country starting in 2019 — In 2019, Apple made a controversial change in its Maps and Weather apps to show the Crimean Peninsula as a region of Russia for those living there.
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| 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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| Jackie Wattles / CNN: |
Experts warn that Russia can use satellite signals to geolocate and target Starlink users in Ukraine; Elon Musk says the “probability of being targeted is high” — New York (CNN Business)SpaceX CEO Elon Musk sent a truckload of Starlink antennas — which can be used to connect …
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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 … | Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Microsoft completes its $19.7B acquisition of Nuance after UK's CMA approved the deal earlier in the 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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| 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: @baxiabhishek, @adrianweckler, @gregorytaylor1, @aallan, @dan_rowinski, @karlbode, 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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