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March 5, 2022, 3:05 PM

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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 …
BuzzFeed News:
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.”
Washington Post:
Paresh Dave / Reuters:
PayPal suspends its services in Russia, including its money transfer service Xoom; Wise and Remitly also suspended some services in Russia earlier this week  —  Payments company PayPal Holdings Inc (PYPL.O) shut down its services early on Saturday in Russia, citing “the current circumstances …
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 …
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 …
New York Times:
A look at volunteer hackers in the Russia-Ukraine war with unverifiable identities and locations, blurring the line between amateurs and groups linked to states  —  The hackers have claimed a number of disruptions over the past week, blurring the lines between amateurs and groups linked to governments.
Jacob Silverman / New Republic:
For some right-wing libertarian-minded coiners, the right to freely trade crypto takes precedence over opposing a Russian invasion of a sovereign nation  —  Last month, a non-fungible token, or NFT, collector who goes by the pseudonymous Twitter handle @punk6529 posted a 56-part Twitter thread …
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Mitchell Clark / The Verge:
Snapchat turns off its “heatmap” feature in Ukraine as a safety precaution, no longer showing how many snaps are being taken in particular locations  —  Other companies have cut off sources of info on the public's movements  —  Snap has announced that it's temporarily turning off Snapchat's …
More: PCMag and Engadget
Katherine Bindley / Wall Street Journal:
Many tech leaders believe work flexibility will be a staple and hiring will be more geographically dispersed even when the pandemic is over  —  Highly sought-after tech workers don't want to go back to the way things used to be.  Their employers are making their work day more flexible and less distracting …
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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