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Google faces nearly $100 million fine in Russia over failure to delete banned content

The Verge

billion rouble fine is around eight percent of Google’s revenue in Russia, Reuters reports , and comes amid a broader push within the country to exert more control over big tech companies and the content people publish on their platforms. This isn’t Google’s first fine in Russia over its content moderation.

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The toilet paper startup backed by Marc Benioff, Dara Khosrowshahi and Robert Downey Jr. now sells paper towels

TechCrunch

has grown so substantially that, in recent years, Canada has ranked third globally in its rate of intact forest loss — behind only Russia and Brazil — mostly due to logging, the NRDC said. Demand from the U.S. Ninety percent of that is clearcutting, which exacerbates climate change.

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What to expect from Samsung’s Galaxy Note 20 event

The Verge

Image: Samsung Russia. Some reports have also referred to a Note 20 Plus with a 6.87-inch Image: Samsung Russia. Reports suggest the Note 20 Plus’ screen will also have a refresh rate of 120Hz , so motion on its screen should look every bit as smooth as on the Galaxy S20. Samsung’s Galaxy Note 20 series.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: SaaS success stats, leveraging ad tech chaos, 2022 layoff trends

TechCrunch

According to a report by Capchase comparing more than 400 SaaS startups to unicorns that reached the public markets in the last two years, the top performers “are handily beating the ‘Rule of 40,'” reports Kyle Wiggers. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine changed that, however.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Stripe vs. Plaid, IP litigation, what VCs really think about the downturn

TechCrunch

Natasha Mascarenhas obtained emails from Y Combinator, Lightspeed, Reach and January Ventures that contained standard suggestions for conserving runway and rethinking valuations in “an extremely capital constrained environment.” ” In short: save your money, and if you plan to ask for more, expect less generous terms.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: 3 views on Epic-Bandcamp deal, SPAC letdown, CIO sales strategy

TechCrunch

And that’s the problem — if SPACs had been used more conservatively, they could have leveraged their moment in the sun as a way to get more companies public that deserved it.” ” Just how wrong were those SPAC projections? As war escalates in Europe, it’s ‘shields up’ for the cybersecurity industry. The most notable change?

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Webinar: Multichannel Strategies to Convert Online-Acquired Supporters into Donors

Care2

Using donor conversion data from Covenant House, Human Rights Campaign, IFAW and Nature Conservancy Canada, we’ll drill down on how the time-tested multichannel fundraising approach is producing strong results. He also reported on the U.S.

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