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March 23 (Reuters) – Alphabet-owned (GOOGL.O) Google said on Wednesday it will pause all ads containing content that exploits, dismisses or condones the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. The move follows many major social media platforms that have announced new content restrictions around the conflict, including blocking Russian state media RT and Sputnik in the European Union. Earlier this month, the search giant said it had stopped selling all online ads in Russia. Register now for FREE… Source link

As the words and images from Ukraine grow grimmer and more heartbreaking by the hour, it’s almost impossible to imagine what Ukrainians are going through. To the extent we have any idea is thanks to reporters on the ground. And Putin is waging war on those brave souls as well — in Ukraine and in Russia. Putin isn’t only attacking journalists, but the very concept of journalism — and even truth itself. Putin’s global war on the media is part of his M.O.: A dirty, sneaky and deadly… Source link

Inflation is the main economic and political concern right now. Before Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, it was possible inflation would peak early in 2022, then ease as supply chain kinks unwound and consumers returned to normal spending patterns. Russia’s barbaric war on Ukraine changed that equation, sending oil and gasoline prices soaring as a major source of world energy supply suddenly looked endangered. Russia is the world’s third largest supplier of oil and natural gas, and… Source link

Russia state regulator says YouTube activities are ‘terrorist in nature’ and threaten life and health of Russian citizens. Russia has demanded that Alphabet Inc’s Google stop spreading what Moscow labelled as threats against Russian citizens on YouTube amid the war in Ukraine. Roskomnadzor, the regulator in Russia, said adverts on YouTube were calling for Russia’s communications systems and Belarus’s railway networks to be suspended and that their dissemination was evidence of the… Source link

Putin’s regime continues to tighten its grip on how information on the war in Ukraine is shared in Russia, and in the wake of that, tech giants in the country — which, like Facebook, Google and Twitter, are also major players in the media sphere — are starting to restructure their media assets. Yesterday Russian press reported that Yandex — a local giant often called the “Russian Google” — is in negotiations to sell its media division, with Russian social networking giant… Source link

Putin’s regime continues to tighten its grip on how information on the war in Ukraine is shared in Russia, and in the wake of that, tech giants in the country — which, like Facebook, Google and Twitter, are also major players in the media sphere — are starting to restructure their media assets. Yesterday Russian press reported that Yandex — a local giant often called the “Russian Google” — is in negotiations to sell its media division, with Russian social networking giant VK named as… Source link

Putin’s regime continues to tighten its grip on how information on the war in Ukraine is shared in Russia, and in the wake of that, tech giants in the country — which, like Facebook, Google and Twitter, are also major players in the media sphere — are starting to restructure their media assets. Yesterday Russian press reported that Yandex — a local giant often called the “Russian Google” — is in negotiations to sell its media division, with Russian social networking giant VK named as… Source link

Ever since the onset of the Ukraine war, Russia, the invader, has met with stringent sanctions from the western nations, with many global enterprises suspending or terminating their Moscow-based operations. On Monday, March 14, web browser Mozilla Firefox removed the Russia-based search engine Yandex from its settings and replaced it with the default search of Google. The users of Mozilla Firefox were notified regarding the change today, as per the reports of Telecomtimes. Earlier, users… Source link

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record number of downloads and consumer spending across both the iOS and Google Play stores combined in 2021, according to the latest year-end reports. Global spending across iOS, Google Play and third-party Android app stores in China grew 19% in 2021 to reach $170 billion. Downloads… Source link

Costco (COST) has turned into the ultimate safe-haven investment (yet again) as markets have gotten uprooted due to the Russian war on Ukraine. Shares of the warehouse giant have gained about 8% since the war began in late February. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite are down slightly during that same span. Walmart’s stock (WMT) is up 5% The buying activity likely reflects several factors. First is that Costco is a mostly U.S.-focused operation, meaning less relative geopolitical risk to the… Source link