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Activision Blizzard and Epic Games halt sales of games in Russia

The Verge

Microsoft, which announced its plans to purchase Activision Blizzard in January, has moved to ban “new” sales of its products and services in Russia and Belarus — a block that not only includes Xbox games, but also products associated with Windows, Office, Microsoft 365, and more.

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PlayStation is suspending all hardware and software shipments in Russia

The Verge

Starting today, we will be working with our partners to suspend all Destiny 2 sales and commerce in Russia and Belarus. In a separate post , Bungie — which is in the process of being acquired by Sony — said it’s working to suspend all sales and distribution of Destiny 2 in Russia and Belarus.

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Nintendo gamers in Russia just got locked out of digital game purchases

The Verge

“Due to the fact that the payment service used in Nintendo eShop has suspended the processing of payments in rubles, Nintendo eShop in Russia is temporarily placed into maintenance mode,” according to a Google-translated version of the message. “We It’s unclear what payment service Nintendo uses.

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Microsoft did door-to-door router replacements to stop Trickbot malware

The Verge

The Daily Beast reports that the hacking ring — also known as Trickbot and based in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Suriname — is a persistent presence online. That’s where the router replacement comes in — apparently as a partnership with local internet service providers.

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After ‘protestware’ attacks, a Russian bank has advised clients to stop updating software

The Verge

Though framed in general terms, the announcement was likely made in reference to an incident that took place earlier in March, where the developer of a widely used JavaScript library added an update that overwrote files on machines located in Russia or Belarus.

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Accounting platform Synder raises $2M to automate e-commerce bookkeeping

TechCrunch

Though the round was acquired before going into the accelerator program, the Belarus-based pair wanted to wait to publicly share the milestone. Synder’s business model is a subscription SaaS model that starts off as a free trial, and users can purchase additional services inside the platform to fit small and large companies.

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Apple’s privacy-focused Private Relay feature isn’t coming to China

The Verge

Other countries where Private Relay won’t be available include: Belarus, Colombia, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkmenistan, Uganda, and the Philippines. The move is the latest concession Apple has made in order to offer its services in China, a market which Reuters notes accounts for almost 15 percent of its revenue.

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