Tag: Tech
“Look At What We’re Doing With Your Money, You Dick”: How Peter Thiel Backed An “Anti-Woke” Film Festival
Ian Schultz; Victor Jeffreys II Scenes from the New People’s Cinema Club Film Festival party on October 22, 2021 The party on Eldridge Street could hardly be contained: Bodies spilled out of the front door onto the sidewalk, and joyous screams echoed from the roof. Inside, under the wood beams…
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Federal Lawmakers Worry Russian Leaders Are Using Crypto To Avoid Sanctions
US federal lawmakers are expanding their efforts to track the potential use of cryptocurrency by Russian leaders and oligarchs to evade sweeping sanctions imposed on the country in response to its invasion of Ukraine. Economic advisers and crypto researchers have warned that bitcoin and other currencies could be used to…
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Google Maps Is Blocking Edits In Ukraine After Claims That User-Generated Tags May Have Been Used To Coordinate Russian Air Strikes
Responding to claims that its Maps were being used to coordinate Russian military activity in Ukraine, Google on Tuesday began removing user-added tags within the borders of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. The company is removing new content such as location pins “out of an abundance of caution,” a Google spokesperson…
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Apple Halted All Product Sales In Russia And Disabled Maps Features In Ukraine
Apple announced sweeping changes on Tuesday that will limit the use of its services by Russian citizens and the Russian government. In a statement, the company said it has “paused all product sales in Russia,” and that its payment platform Apple Pay has been “limited.” Earlier this week, Apple confirmed…
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Hackers Answered Ukraine’s Call For Help. Experts Fear It Isn’t Enough.
When the Russian military invaded Ukraine in a blitzkrieg of heavy weaponry, pro-Ukraine hacktivists looking to take down www.mil.ru met with something unexpected: a 418 error in which a server declares it cannot complete your request because it is a teapot. The teapot error is a decades-old April Fools’ joke…
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Ukraine Has Asked For Donations In Crypto To Help Fight Russia
Yarema Dukh, a communications strategist who helped set up the official Ukraine Twitter account in 2016, confirmed to BuzzFeed News that the tweet and wallet were a legitimate government plan. He said he believed the crypto funds would go to “exterminate as many Russian occupants as possible,” but was not…
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