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Twitter comes with a solution to Evade Russian censorship
Twitter on Tuesday announced a Tor Onion Service that will let people access Twitter even if it is blocked in their respective countries. Twitter said that the Tor Onion Service dissuades even surveillance activities conducted on behalf of the government or any third party. This platform is based on a version of the Enterprise Onion Toolkit (EOTK). This timing of the launch of this service could not have been more convenient as Russian government has clamped down on the access of Twitter. Although Twitter hasn’t official said it but microblogging giant believes that the launch of this service will help Russians expose Russian military’s human right violation in Ukraine (Read more)
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Apple launches the M1 Ultra (its most powerful chip yet)
At this year’s first hardware event, Apple unveiled range of products including 5G enabled iPhone SE and iPad Air with M1 chip. But the one particular launched product that caught everyone’s attention was Apple M1 Ultra chip, which has been touted as the most powerful chip from Apple’s stable. It must be noted that Apple had dabbled into chip manufacturing only last year when it decided to cut its ties with Intel. The M1 Ultra chip will power MacBooks and Mac Studio to perform some of the most high end jobs including video editing and 3D rendering (Read more)
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It’s Official: Google acquires cyber security firm Mandiant for $5.4 Bn
Google announced on Tuesday that it has reached an agreement to acquire cyber security firm Mandiant for $5.4 Bn. This possibly marks Google’s first big acquisition of 2022. Google trounced Microsoft, which was also involved in the acquisition race. The company is hoping that the latest acquisition will help in bolstering the cyber security of its cloud computing business and compete more efficiently against Microsoft’s Azure (Read more)
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Coinbase blocks thousands of crypto wallets linked to Russia
One of the world’s largest crypto exchanges, Coinbase, has announced that it has blocked 2,500 crypto wallets related to Russian users. Coinbase’s Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal announced the news on company’s official blog. Even Binance has reportedly announced similar restrictions on Russian linked wallets (Read more)
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Spotify hit by an outage
Spotify was hit by an massive outage problem across U.S. and possible in several European countries. Users complain about Spotify’s inaccessibility began to spike at around 1:1 PM, according to reports. The outage problem was more concentrated in New York and Los Angeles (Read more)
