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Apple and Google must allow developers to use other payment systems, new Korean law declares

The Verge

South Korea’s National Assembly passed the bill on Tuesday. Russia requires that gadgets come pre-installed with apps made by Russian developers, and Australia is looking into regulating services like Apple Pay and Google Pay. Both Apple and Google have been trying to stave off such actions through changes to their store policies.

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Twitter will label government officials and state-affiliated media accounts

The Verge

Twitter will label the accounts of government officials and state-affiliated media outlets, following similar policies from Facebook and YouTube. The new labels are already being applied but will roll out gradually, with government labels being applied to officials from China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

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How the tech industry is responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

TechCrunch

On February 24, Russia launched an invasion of neighboring Ukraine after months of a military build-up on its borders. It has faced a number of issues over the years with censorship around YouTube in Russia, although that, so far, has not had an analogue in Ukraine.

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China restricts exports of high-performance drones in blow to DJI

TechNode

It comes after Beijing faces accusations from the US that China may supply Russia with military technology for its conflict against Ukraine, Reuters has reported. Context: DJI, with the lions share of the global consumer drone market at over 70%, suspended sales and after-sales services in Russia and Ukraine in April 2022.

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Pegasus spyware group blacklisted by the US government

The Verge

The Department of Commerce says (pdf) that NSO being added to the entity list, which restricts US companies from exporting products to it because the company “poses a significant risk of being or becoming involved in activities that are contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the United States.”.

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On the Rationality of Deterring ASI

The AI Alignment Forum

Given the stakes, superintelligence is inescapably a matter of national security, and an effective superintelligence strategy should draw from a long history of national security policy. Powerful nations can deter each other in various ways, but nonstate actors cannot be subject to robust deterrence.

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

TechCrunch

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine changed that, however. The increasingly isolated nation is now facing international sanctions, and “PEs are investing in the close management of compliance programs, policies and procedures at each of their portfolio companies,” writes Snežana Gebauer, a partner with StoneTurn.

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