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A look at the rise of VPNs in Russia following its war in Ukraine; Apptopia: daily downloads of the top ten VPNs jumped from 15K before the war to 475K in March (Anthony Faiola / Washington Post)
A look at the rise of VPNs in Russia following its war in Ukraine; Apptopia: daily downloads of the top…
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From BitClout to income share agreements at Lambda School, the future of work feels like a pyramid scheme where you can package and sell others’ potential (Dror Poleg)
From BitClout to income share agreements at Lambda School, the future of work feels like a pyramid scheme where you…
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People are sending news about Ukraine to Russians using a website that randomly selects from a list of ~20M phone numbers and ~140M email addresses in Russia (Bojan Pancevski / Wall Street Journal)
People are sending news about Ukraine to Russians using a website that randomly selects from a list of ~20M phone…
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Yandex has lost 75%+ of its value in the past 6 months, despite not being directly sanctioned, as deals with Uber, Grubhub, and DuckDuckGo appear likely to end (Dave Lee / Financial Times)
Yandex has lost 75%+ of its value in the past 6 months, despite not being directly sanctioned, as deals with…
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Insurer AXA is suffering ransomware and DDoS attacks on its Asia-based branches, a week after saying it would no longer reimburse ransoms paid by French clients (Ax Sharma / BleepingComputer)
Insurer AXA is suffering ransomware and DDoS attacks on its Asia-based branches, a week after saying it would no longer…
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BitPay adds Apple Pay support for its prepaid Mastercard which allows users to instantly convert their cryptocurrencies into fiat to pay for goods and services (Corinne Reichert / CNET)
BitPay adds Apple Pay support for its prepaid Mastercard which allows users to instantly convert their cryptocurrencies into fiat to…
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Profile of Thomas Templeton, an Apple hardware veteran building a bitcoin wallet for Square, and how he photographs retail countertops to inform product design (Benjamin Pimentel / Protocol)
Profile of Thomas Templeton, an Apple hardware veteran building a bitcoin wallet for Square, and how he photographs retail countertops…
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Berlin-based Moss, which offers a spend management service with credit cards to SMBs, raises a €75M Series B led by Tiger Global at a €500M valuation (Romain Dillet / TechCrunch)
Berlin-based Moss, which offers a spend management service with credit cards to SMBs, raises a €75M Series B led by…
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Disney+ misses on Q1 subscriber estimates, reaching 103.6M subscribers vs. 109.3M expected; ESPN+ subscribers rose 75% YoY to 13.8M, Hulu grew 30% YoY to 41.6M (Variety)
Disney+ misses on Q1 subscriber estimates, reaching 103.6M subscribers vs. 109.3M expected; ESPN+ subscribers rose 75% YoY to 13.8M, Hulu…
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Report: March was Twitch’s biggest month to date, with 2B+ hours watched, helped by “sleep streaming,” where popular streamers film themselves while sleeping (Thomas Wilde / GeekWire)
Report: March was Twitch’s biggest month to date, with 2B+ hours watched, helped by “sleep streaming,” where popular streamers film…
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