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Reuters:

As a result of Russia's invasion, Meta says it will temporarily change its rules to allow some violent political speech, like “death to the Russian invaders” — Meta Platforms (FB.O) will allow Facebook and Instagram users in some countries to call for violence against Russians …

Osato Avan-Nomayo / The Block:

Stripe now supports crypto businesses, including exchanges, wallet providers, and NFT marketplaces, and offers flexible on-ramps for crypto exchanges — Global payments giant Stripe has announced that it now supports crypto businesses including exchanges, wallet providers, and NFT marketplaces, among others.

More: Stripe, Decrypt, ZDNet, Cointelegraph, Bitcoinist.com, Crypto Briefing, Ethereum World News, CoinDesk, The Irish Times, and Finextra

Tweets: @collision, @davidhundeyin, @ryancarson, @grady_booch, @petergyang, @ldignan, @galaxyrtk, @tyler, @melt_dem, @gcockfoster, @carnage4life, @hhorsley, and @jgarzik

Abner Li / 9to5Google:

Google rolls out a rapid Air Raid Alerts system for Android phones in Ukraine — Google today issued an update on its response to the war in Ukraine. Among other ongoing efforts, Android users in Ukraine will soon have rapid Air Raid Alerts natively built into their phones.

More: XDA Developers, Android Police, Ars Technica, Pocket-lint, The Verge, PCMag, Engadget, TalkAndroid.com, BleepingComputer, and TechCrunch

Tweets: @davey_burke, @davey_burke, @benedictevans, @mishaalrahman, @markham, @kwestin, @mishaalrahman, @stshank, @suka_hiroaki, @knieriemen, and @xdadevelopers

Jon Fingas / Engadget:

Twitter and Meta removed posts by Russia's embassy in London that claimed images from the Mariupol hospital bombing in Ukraine were fake — Major social networks aren't done cracking down on Russian misinformation following that country's invasion of Ukraine.

More: The Guardian, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, CNBC, Reuters, The i Paper, The Daily Dot, The Independent, The Hill, Mediaite, Forbes, CNN, and Associated Press

Tweets: @embassyofrussia, @sachabaroncohen, @donie, @chriscorney1, @jreichelt, @mandoline_blue, @peterjukes, and @markamesexiled

Tom Parker / Reclaim The Net:

DuckDuckGo, which has touted its “unbiased” search results for years, says it will down-rank sites “associated with Russian disinformation” — The founder of DuckDuckGo, a Google-alternative search engine that has touted its “unbiased” search results for years …

More: Platformer, Engadget, PCMag, Neowin, Mashable, and Slashdot

Tweets: @yegg, @yegg, @citzenkaine, @timcast, @elijahschaffer, @texasdom1, @cernovich, @platnumaura, @getongab, @joelcomm, and @hotepjesus

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Jon Porter / The Verge:

Google rolls out iMessage emoji reactions for Google Messages to all after testing the feature in beta, alongside other updates to the app — We've known for months that Google has been working to make its Messaging app properly display emoji reactions sent by iPhone users.

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:

Russia has created its own trusted TLS certificate authority as sanctions prevent Russian sites from renewing existing TLS certificates — Russia has created its own trusted TLS certificate authority (CA) to solve website access problems that have been piling up after sanctions prevent certificate renewals.

More: 9to5Google, TechSpot, Android Police, and Рос …

Tweets: @sherrod_im, @johnwilander, @dcuthbert, @laurenweinstein, @uuallan, @evanderburg, and @brijeshbsingh

Peter Eavis / New York Times:

Microsoft aims to be carbon negative by the end of the decade, but its carbon emissions were up 21.5% in the 12 months through June 2021 — The company aims to be “carbon negative” by the end of the decade, but its emissions rose sharply in the most recent year measured.

Jay Peters / The Verge:

Niantic acquires 8th Wall, which helps developers make web-based AR apps, in what the company says is its “largest acquisition to date” — Niantic is acquiring 8th Wall — Niantic is acquiring 8th Wall, a company that helps developers make web-based augmented reality apps …

More: Niantic, VentureBeat, Fast Company, VRScout, UploadVR, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, GamesIndustry.biz, YouTube, and Slashdot

Tweets: @johnhanke, @cathyhackl, @msquinn, and @fastcompany

Kyle Alspach / VentureBeat:

Cybersixgill, which gathers threat intelligence data from the dark web, social media, and elsewhere to help firms' cyber decision making, raises a $35M Series B — Threat intelligence vendor, Cybersixgill, aims to bring enhanced data collection capabilities this year to its products …

More: nocamels.com, CTech, FinSMEs, and SecurityWeek

Kate Clark / The Information:

Bessemer Venture Partners launches BessemerDAO to discuss crypto trends and share resources, and earmarks $250M of its new $2.5B fund for crypto deals — Venture capitalists' efforts to earn the respect of sought-after cryptocurrency entrepreneurs have reached a new peak …

More: CoinDesk and The Block

Tweets: @kateclarktweets, @bessemervp, @ethankurz, and @readdanwrite

Dan Taylor / Tech.eu:

Norway's Tibber, which predicts energy consumption with machine learning and offers customers the cheapest per hour, raises a $100M Series C led by Summa Equity — Making good on their promise to go all-in on all things SDG, Summa Equity has led a $100 million, all-equity investment round in smart energy supplier Tibber.

More: Summa Equity

Sami Fathi / MacRumors:

Display analyst Ross Young expects Apple will release a 27-inch mini-LED display in June; Kuo says Apple “may not launch” mini-LED products in 2022 due to cost — Apple plans to launch a “Pro” version of its new Studio Display in June of this year that measures 27-inches …

Source: @mingchikuo and @dsccross. More: MacRumors, MobileSyrup, MacDailyNews, iMore, Tom's Guide, iPhone in Canada Blog, Macworld, iMore, Digital Trends, TechRadar, Wccftech, iDownloadBlog.com, Redmond Pie, AppleInsider, Daring Fireball, AppleInsider, iMore, 9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, Pocketnow, iPhone Hacks, and iClarified

Tweets: @dsccross, @dsccross, @dsccross, @christianselig, @rjonesy, @dsccross, @shewantstherye, @dsccross, @robertrosenfeld, @charlesarthur, @samifathi_, @dylanmcd8, @dsccross, @iupdate, @someofmiles, @samifathi_, and @dsccross

Zhiyuan Sun / Cointelegraph:

NonFungible: Axie Infinity had $3.5B in NFT transactions in 2021, almost two thirds of the blockchain gaming industry; NBA Top Shot had $827M and Loot $242M — In second and third place were sports highlights marketplace NBA Top Shot with $827 million and community gaming platform Loot with $242 million, respectively.

More: CNBC, euronews, VentureBeat, Axios, and Coinspeaker

Jordan Novet / CNBC:

Oracle reports Q3 revenue of $10.51B, up 4% YoY, cloud services and license support revenue of $7.6B, up 5% YoY, but misses with EPS of $1.13 vs est. of $1.18 — - Oracle met expectations for revenue but fell short on earnings for the fiscal third quarter.

More: PR Newswire, The Economic Times, Protocol, ZDNet, Dow Jones Newswires, MarketWatch, Bloomberg, Reuters, Yahoo Finance, and Barron's Online

Tweets: @danielnewmanuv and @mattrosoff

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Tierney Sneed / CNN:

CNN, MS NOW, and Politico ask a federal judge for a preliminary injunction to keep their White House access restored after a temporary order expires October 8

Wall Street Journal:

Sources: the Trump administration used DHS funds to finance pro-Trump ads, including one that is almost identical to a 2024 Trump campaign ad, calling them PSAs

Hassan Ali Kanu / Politico:

NYT and other publishers ask a court to disregard the DOJ's statement supporting OpenAI in their copyright suit, saying the Trump administration may be biased

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Thomas Brewster / Forbes:

Ukrainian ISP Triolan says it was hacked twice, as parts of Ukraine see internet outages; sources: recovery requires physical access after hackers reset devices

More: The Register and DCD

Tweets: @iblametom, @davemaasland, @netblocks, @iblametom, @cybersecboardrm, and @iblametom

FinSMEs:

Roofstock, an online marketplace for buying and selling single-family rental homes, raises a $240M Series E led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 at a $1.9B valuation

More: PR Newswire, The Block, FinLedger, and Crowdfund Insider

Kollen Post / The Block:

Chainalysis launches smart contracts to identify crypto wallets that fall under sanctions and plans to launch a free sanctions screening API later this month

More: Chainalysis, PR Newswire, Cointelegraph, Decrypt, and Forkast. Tweets: @sarahtavel

Alex Heath / The Verge:

Interviews with Twitter's three new consumer product leaders about restructuring to ship faster, building stickier features, and decentralization

Tweets: @kayvz, @rnoweber, @jaysullivan, @kayvz, @alexeheath, @mariosundar, @kayvz, @tsuvik, @kayvz, and @alexeheath

Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News:

Capchase, which gives startup founders tools to find nondilutive financing, raises an $80M Series B led by 01 Advisors, bringing its total funding to $400M+

More: FinSMEs and Finextra

Tweets: @jordannof and @miguelflarrea

Joseph Menn / Washington Post:

Some tech companies are helping evacuate their staff from Russia, including by chartering planes and procuring visas, after previously doing the same in Ukraine

More: The Conversation. Tweets: @kamilkazani

Trilby Beresford / Hollywood Reporter:

Mobile games maker Scopely invests $20M in a new game developer called Burlingame Studios; Scopely invested $50M across three European studios last year

More: VentureBeat, GamesIndustry.biz, Pocket Gamer.biz, and dot.LA

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:

Barcelona-based Typeform, which offers low-code marketing tools, raises a $135M Series C led by Sofina, after raising a $35M Series B in September 2017

More: SiliconANGLE and FinSMEs. Tweets: @quinnypig

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Scott Stein / CNET:

Hands-on with Magic Leap 2: a notably larger field-of-view, lenses that can dim the real world, and impressive spatial audio, but doesn't work over glasses

More: The Verge, The Information, CNN, Fast Company, YouTube, TNW, Bloomberg, Axios, VentureBeat, and Protocol

Tweets: @jetscott, @jetscott, @peggyj, @jetscott, @jetscott, and @jetscott

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

DataRails, which offers financial planning and analytics tools, raises a $50M Series B led by Qumra Capital, following a $43.5M Series A in June 2021

More: VentureBeat, FinSMEs, Globes Online, and Geektime

Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post:

A look at the Islamic world's debate over cryptocurrencies, seen as gambling by some, as millions of people in Indonesia and the Middle East invest in crypto

Tweets: @faizsays, @dseetharaman, @gerritd, and @nitashatiku

Harriet Agnew / Financial Times:

London-based Lendable, which connects global institutional investors with borrowers, raises £210M led by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan at a £3.5B valuation

More: PYMNTS.com, The Block, Tech.eu, Finextra, FinSMEs, and AltFi

Financial Times:

Interviews with 30 people detail the rise and fall of Meta's Libra project, later renamed Diem, as lofty goals were undermined by Facebook's reputation

Sami Fathi / MacRumors:

Apple confirms that its Studio Display will work with Windows; some features, like Center Stage and True Tone, are macOS-only

Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal:

Meta says Instagram's VP of youth Pavni Diwanji is stepping down as part of a restructuring; Adam Mosseri will oversee youth-focused work

More: Input, Benzinga, New York Times, New York Post, and Daily Mail

Tweets: @rmac18 and @rmac18

James Vincent / The Verge:

DeepMind details Ithaca, an AI model to help restore missing text from ancient Greek inscriptions and offer suggestions about where and when they were written

Source: GitHub and Deepmind. More: Ars Technica, Synced, MSPoweruser, Beyond Search, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Machined, and The Register

Tweets: @mbanzi, @aueb, @matthewclifford, @profpaul_j, @deepmind, @grady_booch, @nature, @magda_skipper, @emulenews, @deepmind, and @thedextriarchy