2022-09-08
Russian carrier MTS put a small print notice warning that Apple “is registered in a country listed as unfriendly to Russia” and refers to that government-compiled list to reserve the right to cancel preorders: https://www.kommersant.ru/... https://twitter.com/...
Reuters
Russia's trade minister Denis Manturov says Russians will be able to buy the iPhone 14 despite US sanctions thanks to the country's parallel import scheme
Russians will have the chance to buy the new Apple iPhone 14 despite the U.S. tech company having left the country thanks …
Since Apple halted direct to Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, retailers are getting ready to import iPhone 14 devices indirectly—and making some weird preorder experience in the result.
Reuters
Russia's trade minister Denis Manturov says Russians will be able to buy the iPhone 14 despite US sanctions thanks to the country's parallel import scheme
Russians will have the chance to buy the new Apple iPhone 14 despite the U.S. tech company having left the country thanks …
2022-06-08
Microsoft to “significantly scale down” in Russian operations, impacting more than 400 employees, Bloomberg reports: https://www.bloomberg.com/... To put it in context: Microsoft Rus employed 382 people on average in 2021, with another 59 people for Microsoft Development Center Rus.
Bloomberg
Microsoft plans to “significantly scale down our operations in Russia”, impacting 400+ staff, while continuing “to fulfill our existing contractual obligations”
Microsoft Corp. is substantially reducing its business in Russia, joining the list of prominent technology firms cutting …
Microsoft to “significantly scale down” in Russian operations, impacting more than 400 employees, Bloomberg reports: https://www.bloomberg.com/... To put it in context: Microsoft Rus employed 382 people on average in 2021, with another 59 people for Microsoft Development Center Rus.
Engadget
IBM plans to wind down its business in Russia and lay off its workforce in the country, after suspending operations there in March 2022
Amrita Khalid / Engadget :
2022-01-22
If I wanted my profile picture to be hosted off-site with a non-zero chance of any outage affecting my Internet presence, I would have stuck with Gravatar. https://twitter.com/...
VICE
OpenSea suffered a database outage affecting some services that rely on its APIs to display NFTs, including Twitter and MetaMask; the issue has been fixed
2022-01-21
If I wanted my profile picture to be hosted off-site with a non-zero chance of any outage affecting my Internet presence, I would have stuck with Gravatar. https://twitter.com/...
VICE
OpenSea suffered a database outage affecting some services that rely on its APIs to display NFTs, including Twitter and MetaMask; the issue has been fixed
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE :
2021-10-12
I prefer “a self-regulatory organization of one member and no authority.” https://twitter.com/...
Axios
Whistleblower Frances Haugen accepts an invitation to brief Facebook's Oversight Board, which she claims Facebook has lied to “repeatedly”
Ivana Saric / Axios : Source: Oversight Board .
I don't know why we aren't comparing the Oversight Board with SROs more often. Just like SRO, its key purpose is to _indicate the intent_ of their members to behave (not connected with actual deeds) so govt would keep itself away. The only unique factor is it's for Facebook only
Axios
Whistleblower Frances Haugen accepts an invitation to brief Facebook's Oversight Board, which she claims Facebook has lied to “repeatedly”
Ivana Saric / Axios : Source: Oversight Board .
2021-07-08
An interesting claim regarding Russia, considering their minister of defense boasted about robots which “could battle on its own” as recently as this May. https://ria.ru/... https://twitter.com/...
Washington Post
A look at the debate over autonomous weapons: 30 countries support a total ban, the US says concerns are overblown, and Russia says such weapons don't yet exist
Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post : Tweets: @zaknafeindc , @ghostpanther , @thekarami , @chey_cobb , @nils_gilman , @gerritd , @rachaelmyrow , @ylitvinenko , @onekade , @daankayse...