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Lapsus$ says if Nvidia doesn't remove crypto mining limits on its graphic cards and open source its GPU drivers, the group will release the source code it stole — Chipmaker has until Friday to comply or see its crown-jewel source code released. — Data extortionists who stole up to 1 terabyte …
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| 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 …
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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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| 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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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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| 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.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Q&A with Ukraine Deputy Minister for Information Transformation Oleksandr Bornyakov on Ukraine's “IT Army”, cybersecurity, and betting on crypto donations — An interview with the country's deputy minister for Information Transformation on its digital resistance as it braces for more conflict| Katherine Bindley / Wall Street Journal: |
Tech leaders believe post-pandemic work means flexibility, more geographically dispersed hiring, and workers designating collaboration and individual work hours — Highly sought-after tech workers don't want to go back to the way things used to be. Their employers are making their work … | 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 …
Tweets: @martinsfp, @newrepublic, @economictimes, @silvermanjacob, and @shokunin_studio
| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
Washington state passes the Silenced No More Act, becoming the second state to ban NDAs preventing workers from discussing harassment, wage violations, and more — Washington state became the second in the nation to pass the Silenced No More Act on Thursday.
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| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Snapchat temporarily turns off its “heatmap” feature in Ukraine as “a safety precaution”, no longer showing how many snaps are being taken in specific locations — Other companies have cut off sources of info on the public's movements| Rick Whiting / CRN: |
Software AG, a developer of business and application integration software, acquires DataOps software developer StreamSets for €524M — Software AG says StreamSets' technology is complementary to its application integration product portfolio and will provide a boost to the company's Helix transformation initiative.
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