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Durham asks court to deny Sussmann motion to dismiss, arguing false statement 'capable of influencing' FBI https://ift.tt/zfmFOpt

Special Counsel John Durham argues Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann “misled” the FBI in September 2016 by “disseminating highly explosive allegations” about Donald Trump on behalf of the “opposing presidential campaign,” without disclosing his connection to the Clinton campaign.

Lapsus$ says if Nvidia doesn't remove crypto mining limits on its graphic cards and open source its GPU drivers, the group will release the source code it stole (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica) https://ift.tt/uKcSpt1

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica : Lapsus$ says if Nvidia doesn't remove crypto mining limits on its graphic cards and open source its GPU drivers, the group will release the source code it stole   —  Chipmaker has until Friday to comply or see its crown-jewel source code released.  —  Data extortionists who stole up to 1 terabyte …

For some right-wing libertarian-minded coiners, the right to freely trade crypto takes precedence over opposing a Russian invasion of a sovereign nation (Jacob Silverman/New Republic) https://ift.tt/au0gl4F

Jacob Silverman / New Republic : For some right-wing libertarian-minded coiners, the right to freely trade crypto takes precedence over opposing a Russian invasion of a sovereign nation   —  Last month, a non-fungible token, or NFT, collector who goes by the pseudonymous Twitter handle @punk6529 posted a 56-part Twitter thread …

Snapchat turns off its "heatmap" feature in Ukraine as a safety precaution, no longer showing how many snaps are being taken in particular locations (Mitchell Clark/The Verge) https://ift.tt/uJW2TbY

Mitchell Clark / The Verge : Snapchat turns off its “heatmap” feature in Ukraine as a safety precaution, no longer showing how many snaps are being taken in particular locations   —  Other companies have cut off sources of info on the public's movements  —  Snap has announced that it's temporarily turning off Snapchat's …

Telegram says it is blocking Kremlin-backed media outlets in the EU, including all RT channels, starting for users who signed in with an EU-based phone number (Mark Scott/Politico) https://ift.tt/BA1rEXM

Mark Scott / Politico : Telegram says it is blocking Kremlin-backed media outlets in the EU, including all RT channels, starting for users who signed in with an EU-based phone number   —  Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok all scrubbed Russia's RT — and its channels in English, Spanish, French and German …

EA and CD Projekt stop selling their games in Russia and Belarus; Sony's Gran Turismo 7 was reportedly missing from PlayStation's Russian site on launch day (Joe Skrebels/IGN) https://ift.tt/QkgKIXF

Joe Skrebels / IGN : EA and CD Projekt stop selling their games in Russia and Belarus; Sony's Gran Turismo 7 was reportedly missing from PlayStation's Russian site on launch day   —  The games industry is pulling away from Russia in support of Ukraine. … Update 03/04/22: Xbox and EA have formally pulled sales …

Roskomnadzor says it is blocking Facebook in Russia, citing 26 cases of "discrimination against Russian media and information resources" since October 2020 (The Verge) https://ift.tt/iXcEw7e

The Verge : Roskomnadzor says it is blocking Facebook in Russia, citing 26 cases of “discrimination against Russian media and information resources” since October 2020   —  There have been protests throughout the country  —  Russia's communications agency Roskomnadzor announced Friday that it is blocking access to Facebook in Russia.

Twitch says it will ban "harmful misinformation superspreaders" that persistently share debunked misinfo, including about vaccines and election fraud (Kellen Browning/New York Times) https://ift.tt/UleRC7a

Kellen Browning / New York Times : Twitch says it will ban “harmful misinformation superspreaders” that persistently share debunked misinfo, including about vaccines and election fraud   —  The new policy will target channels that persistently lie about vaccines and election fraud, as well as Russian state-run media.

Rand Paul on White House's $10B Ukraine aid ask: Expanding debt 'threatens' US national security https://ift.tt/Zq3aDUh

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., weighed in on the White House's request to Congress for $10 billion in aid to Ukraine, saying he's not opposed to selling weapons to Ukraine, but the U.S. should be careful about giving weapons away and expanding on national debt, which would threaten national security.

Some OpenSea users with Iran-based IP addresses say their accounts were terminated on Thursday, likely due to US sanctions against the Iranian government (Eli Tan/CoinDesk) https://ift.tt/C5SI0Fr

Eli Tan / CoinDesk : Some OpenSea users with Iran-based IP addresses say their accounts were terminated on Thursday, likely due to US sanctions against the Iranian government   —  Twitter users complained about their accounts being deactivated without notice.  —  OpenSea users with Iran-based internet protocol addresses …

Meta to shut down Campus, its college student social network launched in September 2020 that was accessible alongside Facebook verticals like Watch, on March 10 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) https://ift.tt/Bh3aQsA

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch : Meta to shut down Campus, its college student social network launched in September 2020 that was accessible alongside Facebook verticals like Watch, on March 10   —  Facebook attempted a return to its roots as a college-focused social network with the fall 2020 launch of Campus …

The Apple Online Store in Russia halts sales of all products, following the country's invasion of Ukraine (Benjamin Mayo/9to5Mac) https://ift.tt/IRmQiae

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac : The Apple Online Store in Russia halts sales of all products, following the country's invasion of Ukraine   —  The Apple Online Store in Russia has suddenly halted sales of all products in Russia amidst the ongoing international conflict as a result of Russia invading Ukraine.

Instagram introduces auto-generated captions for videos, initially in 17 languages, after TikTok rolled out the feature in April 2021 (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch) https://ift.tt/o4x5wID

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch : Instagram introduces auto-generated captions for videos, initially in 17 languages, after TikTok rolled out the feature in April 2021   —  Instagram is introducing auto-generated captions for videos on its app, the company announced on Tuesday.  Instagram says the addition of captions …

In new book, Bill Barr says Mueller was 'the wrong person to investigate' Russia; probe had ‘glaring omission' https://ift.tt/KAVxdj5

Former Attorney General Bill Barr was highly critical of the Russia investigation that took place before and during the Trump administration, and he had some choice words directed toward former special counsel Robert Mueller in a new tell-all book set to come out later this month.

Web host Namecheap ends service for Russian customers due to Russia's "war crimes", with exceptions including anti-regime media, protest resources, and expats (Corin Faife/The Verge) https://ift.tt/45m3TNS

Corin Faife / The Verge : Web host Namecheap ends service for Russian customers due to Russia's “war crimes”, with exceptions including anti-regime media, protest resources, and expats   —  Exceptions will be made for anti-regime media, protest resources, and Russians no longer living in the country

A look at a newly revamped Whole Foods store in Washington, which is using palm-scanning Amazon One and computer vision-enabled Just Walk Out tech (Cecilia Kang/New York Times) https://ift.tt/F8LGI7R

Cecilia Kang / New York Times : A look at a newly revamped Whole Foods store in Washington, which is using palm-scanning Amazon One and computer vision-enabled Just Walk Out tech   —  A newly revamped store in Washington shows how thoroughly Amazon has woven itself into the grocery shopping experience.  —  “Would you like to sign in with your palm?”

A profile of iSTARE, an Intel hardware hacking group that analyzes and attacks future generations of chips to find critical flaws before they go into production (Lily Hay Newman/Wired) https://ift.tt/KsNxaA0

Lily Hay Newman / Wired : A profile of iSTARE, an Intel hardware hacking group that analyzes and attacks future generations of chips to find critical flaws before they go into production   —  Researchers at iSTARE have to think like the bad guys, finding critical flaws before processors go to production.

Samsung updates its Galaxy Book Pro laptops with 1080p webcams, Intel 12th Gen CPUs, and brighter AMOLED displays, starting at $1,050 and shipping on April 1 (Monica Chin/The Verge) https://ift.tt/wATSjsy

Monica Chin / The Verge : Samsung updates its Galaxy Book Pro laptops with 1080p webcams, Intel 12th Gen CPUs, and brighter AMOLED displays, starting at $1,050 and shipping on April 1   —  There's a clamshell and a convertible  —  Samsung has announced two updates to its premium Galaxy Book line: the Galaxy Book 2 Pro and Galaxy Book 2 Pro 360.