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Western tech giants have five weeks to open branches in Russia before sanctions applied – regulator

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A total of 13 foreign tech companies, including Google and Apple, must open branches or legal entities in Russia before the year’s end in order to continue to operate advertising in the country, Moscow’s regulator said on Monday. … Read More >Western tech giants have five weeks to open branches in Russia before sanctions applied – regulator

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CrowdStrike propaganda collapses, Facebook’s name change, Elon Musk’s natural gas pivot

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The DNC’s case for Russiagate was centered on unverified, and now debunked claims from an IT contractor called CrowdStrike that was paid to make us to think that the DNC’s emails were hacked by Russia. This narrative went the same way as the Steele Dossier and other laughable excuses for Hillary Clinton getting beaten by Donald Trump. Lee Camp takes a victory lap this week as the final pillar of the Russiagate conspiracy theory crumbles. … Read More >CrowdStrike propaganda collapses, Facebook’s name change, Elon Musk’s natural gas pivot

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Facebook SHUTTING DOWN controversial face recognition program, vows to delete over a BILLION templates

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Citing “growing concerns” about privacy and ethics, Facebook has announced it will stop using face recognition technology and delete more than a billion individual templates harvested so far from users who opted into the program. … Read More >Facebook SHUTTING DOWN controversial face recognition program, vows to delete over a BILLION templates

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Russia fines internet giants like Facebook, Google & TikTok a combined $2.6 MILLION for failing to delete banned content

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So far this year, Russia has fined seven internet giants a combined total of $2.6 million for failure to remove prohibited information, including content that promoted the usage of drugs, the country’s media watchdog has revealed. … Read More >Russia fines internet giants like Facebook, Google & TikTok a combined $2.6 MILLION for failing to delete banned content

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Microsoft launches Metaverse rival, staking out uncanny valley territory before Facebook can build its own reality

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Tech giant Microsoft has followed Facebook into the Metaverse – after a fashion. Users of its Teams collaborative software will be able to appear as virtual avatars in fantasy workspaces, a step toward Facebook’s immersive VR. … Read More >Microsoft launches Metaverse rival, staking out uncanny valley territory before Facebook can build its own reality

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‘Hands off our META’: Facebook stole new name from left-wing Athens think tank, says ex-Greece finance minister Varoufakis

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Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis waded into the hubbub around Facebook changing its corporate name to ‘Meta’, accusing Mark Zuckerberg of “borrowing” the new title from the moniker of an anti-capitalist think tank. … Read More >‘Hands off our META’: Facebook stole new name from left-wing Athens think tank, says ex-Greece finance minister Varoufakis