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Roskomnadzor says it is blocking Facebook in Russia, citing 26 cases of “discrimination against Russian media and information resources” since October 2020 — There have been protests throughout the country — Russia's communications agency Roskomnadzor announced Friday that it is blocking access to Facebook in Russia.
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| Kali Hays / Insider: |
Meta pauses all Facebook ads targeting people in Russia and stops letting marketers in Russia run ads globally, after Roskomnadzor blocked Facebook in Russia — - Facebook made yet another move against Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine. — The company is halting all ads in the country …
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| Washington Post: |
Backbone internet provider Cogent cuts ties with Russian clients, including state-owned telecom Rostelecom, so it can't be used for propaganda or cyberattacks — Advocates of an open, globally connected Internet long have worried that a major country or region would break away …
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Roskomnadzor has reportedly blocked Twitter in Russia; a spokesperson says the company doesn't see “anything significantly different” than existing throttling — Russia's communications regulator said it blocked Facebook because of “discrimination against Russian media and information resources.”
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| Brad Smith / Microsoft On the Issues: |
Microsoft suspends new sales of its products and services in Russia, and is working with the US, EU, and UK to stop “many aspects” of business in the country — Like the rest of the world, we are horrified, angered and saddened by the images and news coming from the war in Ukraine …
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| Sohee Kim / Bloomberg: |
Samsung suspends all product shipments to Russia, source says including chips, smartphones, electronics; Samsung has a 30%+ smartphone market share in Russia — Samsung Electronics Co. said product shipments to Russia have been suspended due to current geopolitical developments …
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Sources: Apple is working on a “Mac Studio”, which will be based on the Mac mini and come with an M1 Max or a more powerful chip — As Apple gets closer to its deadline for completing the transition from Intel Macs to Apple Silicon, the company is expected to introduce … | Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Sources: Apple is working on a new “Studio Display” with a 7K resolution, which may include an A13 chip — Apple has given no sign that it is working on a new version of the Pro Display XDR, which was introduced in 2019. However, rumors suggest that there are new external displays …
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| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
Have I Been Pwned: hackers stole 71K+ Nvidia staff credentials, including email IDs and Windows password hashes, many of which were “cracked and circulated” — The ransomware group that claims to have taken a terabyte of data from chipmaking giant Nvidia is threatening to release the company's …
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| Washington Post: |
Activision Blizzard is being sued by the family of an employee who died by suicide, alleging sexual harassment was a “significant factor” that led to her death — Activision Blizzard, the embattled gaming giant that Microsoft recently agreed to buy for nearly $69 billion …
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| Dave Lee / Financial Times: |
Yandex has lost 75%+ of its value in the past 6 months, despite not being directly sanctioned, as deals with Uber, Grubhub, and DuckDuckGo appear likely to end — Western investors and tech partners are abandoning the group following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine| NBC News: |
Twitter bans 100+ accounts that pushed #IStandWithPutin for participating in “coordinated inauthentic behavior”, days after the hashtag trended — Twitter has banned more than 100 accounts that pushed the pro-Russian hashtag #IStandWithPutin for participating in …
Tweets: @campuscodi and @mmasnick
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
The Verge co-founder and Executive Editor Dieter Bohn is leaving the media industry after 20 years to join Google's Platforms & Ecosystems team — I'm moving on from media — Ten years after we founded it, The Verge continues to be the best place to discover the import and impact …
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| New York Times: |
A look at volunteer hackers in the Russia-Ukraine war, many scattered globally with unverifiable identities, as both sides recruit them to launch cyberattacks — The hackers have claimed a number of disruptions over the past week, blurring the lines between amateurs and groups linked to governments.
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