Silicon Valley vs Russia, Nvidia and Samsung hacks, Discord goes full Facebook, and my rants go a little bit off the rails! Links Western companies jumping on the “Hate Russia” bandwagonhttps://www.theverge.com/2022/3/5/22962848/paypal-pauses-service-russia-ukraine-invasionhttps://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/04/russia-blocks-access-to-facebook.htmlhttps://www.investopedia.com/microsoft-oracle-join-tech-exodus-from-russia-5221297https://www.cbsnews.com/news/visa-mastercard-russia-ukraine-invasion/https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/6/22964418/tiktok-suspends-creation-new-video-content-russia-ukrainehttps://www.theverge.com/2022/3/5/22962822/internet-backbone-provider-cogent-shuts-off-service-russiahttps://www.pcmag.com/news/nvidia-to-stop-all-product-sales-to-russiahttps://finance.yahoo.com/news/samsung-suspends-shipments-phones-chips-230648742.htmlhttps://www.bloombergquint.com/onweb/coinbase-blocks-25-000-crypto-wallets-linked-to-russian-usershttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10579301/Social-media-platform-Reddit-block-links-coming-Russian-domain-name.html Russia “fake news” lawhttps://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/01/russian-lawmakers-eye-15-year-prison-terms-for-fakes-about-ukraine-invasion-a76687 NVidia hackedhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/nvidia-data-breach-exposed-credentials-of-over-71-000-employees/https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malware-now-using-nvidias-stolen-code-signing-certificates/ Samsung hackedhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/samsung-confirms-hackers-stole-galaxy-devices-source-code/ Discord joins the censorship bunchhttps://discord.com/blog/addressing-health-misinformation

AI Copyright, Malware in the Windows store, Malware in game mods, and more Ukraine news than I ever wanted to report Links Disney coasts on old IPhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Walt_Disney_Studios_films_%282020%E2%80%932029%29 Google knows better than Ukrainian citizenshttps://www.reuters.com/technology/google-blocks-russias-rt-app-downloads-ukrainian-territory-says-rt-2022-02-27/https://nypost.com/2022/02/28/google-disables-maps-tools-in-ukraine-to-track-troops-civilians/ Federov calls for censorshiphttps://www.theverge.com/2022/2/25/22951413/ukraine-russia-apple-app-store-block-fedorov Netflix virtue signalshttps://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Netflix-Defies-Russian-Law-And-Refuses-To-Air-16969242.php No copyright for robotshttps://www.theverge.com/2022/2/21/22944335/us-copyright-office-reject-ai-generated-art-recent-entrance-to-paradise Electron-Bot malwarehttps://research.checkpoint.com/2022/new-malware-capable-of-controlling-social-media-accounts-infects-5000-machines-and-is-actively-being-distributed-via-gaming-applications-on-microsofts-official-store/ Cities Skylines mods found to contain malwarehttps://threatpost.com/cities-skylines-modder-banned-over-hidden-malware/178403/

Dad vs Internet, Roblox vs porn, Facebook vs human nature, Opera � Yat, and the end of 3G Links Paypal new user agreementhttps://ca.news.yahoo.com/paypal-excludes-nft-transactions-over-124006173.html HMRC seizes crypto tokenshttps://www.theverge.com/2022/2/14/22932824/hmrc-nft-seizure-fraud-investigation Dad takes out internethttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/dad-takes-down-towns-internet-by-mistake-to-get-his-kids-offline/ Roblox: The seedy underbelly of the internethttps://www.bbc.com/news/technology-60314572 Facebook mandates virtual social distancinghttps://www.theregister.com/2022/02/05/meta_grope_gap/ Opera � Yathttps://blogs.opera.com/news/2022/02/opera-emoji-links-yat/ No more 3Ghttps://www.axios.com/att-3g-sunset-wireless-disrupt-devices-728228cf-e15e-48b4-9896-d32dfd93e0ce.html

Police use dark web biometrics, MoviePass back, with 100% more user hostility, Cent halts NFT transactions, Tesla deals with fart apps, and EA virtue signals! Links MoviePass now with 100% more user-hostilityhttps://www.independent.co.uk/tech/moviepass-track-eyes-phone-cameras-b2013273.html Cocaine dealer identified by palm image on dark web chathttps://metro.co.uk/2022/02/11/drug-dealer-busted-after-picture-of-his-hand-showed-fingerprints-16091399/ Cent marketplace halts all NFT transactionshttps://www.reuters.com/business/finance/nft-marketplace-shuts-citing-rampant-fakes-plagiarism-problem-2022-02-11/ EA refuses to sell Sims expansion in […]

GoFundMe loses trust, interesting Mac malware, California struggles with the weight of their own virtue signalling, and NFTs reach a milestone! Links Wash trading NFTshttps://www.engadget.com/nft-wash-trading-scams-chainanalysis-report-202537095.htmlhttps://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/nft-sales-show-evidence-wash-trading-researchers-say-rcna14535 CA struggles with used EV batterieshttps://www.ocregister.com/2022/01/27/what-happens-when-millions-of-electric-car-batteries-get-old/ Mac Malware Evolutionhttps://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/02/02/the-evolution-of-a-mac-trojan-updateagents-progression/ Go Fund Yourselfhttps://www.theepochtimes.com/gofundme-says-wont-give-10m-to-truck-protest-organizers-will-give-to-charity-instead_4257991.html IRS facial recognitionhttps://www.theverge.com/2022/2/7/22922212/irs-id-me-facial-recognition-end-privacy-concerns UK revives age verification bill… againhttps://www.engadget.com/uk-revives-age-verification-online-safety-bill-113839546.html

Sony+Bungie, Dark Souls hack, Apple emojis, and Google Drive’s algo copyright-strikes an output file. Plus Activision/Msft producer feedback Links Sony to buy Bungiehttps://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/31/sony-to-buy-video-game-maker-bungie-in-3point6-billion-deal.html Dark Souls networking code RCE exploithttps://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-person-whose-exploit-took-souls-servers-offline-is-worried-about-elden-ring/ New ios 15.4 emojishttps://mashable.com/article/ios-15-4-new-emoji-2022-sexting Google vs output04.txthttps://torrentfreak.com/google-drive-flags-text-files-with-1-or-0-as-copyright-infringements-220125/

Activision Blizzard passes beyond the event horizon, Pour one out for IBM Watson, Mobile carriers declare war on VPNs, Rust vulnerability, and Google in legal hot water all over the world Links MSFT buys Activision Blizzardhttps://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/18/microsoft-to-buy-activision.html Apple’s built-in VPN rustles some jimmieshttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/01/09/apple-fire-iphone-encryption-tech/ T-mobile blocks icloud privacyhttps://9to5mac.com/2022/01/10/t-mobile-block-icloud-private-relay/ IBM selling off Watson Health divisionhttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/21/business/ibm-watson-health.html Rust standard library […]

Another Y2k bug, NFT Paparazzi, Crow lasers, Safari data leak, Woke word processors, the end of SGX, and the Cybertruck delayed. Links: y2k22 Exchange server bughttps://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/microsoft-rolls-out-emergency-fix-for-exchange-y2k22-bug-that-affects-email-delivery/ NFT-enabled paparazzihttps://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-01-17-gaming-youtubers-have-had-their-likenesses-stolen-and-sold-as-nfts Sunnyvale crows about crowshttps://nypost.com/2022/01/18/california-town-resorts-to-lasers-to-stop-1000-pooping-crows/ Safari data leakhttps://fingerprintjs.com/blog/indexeddb-api-browser-vulnerability-safari-15/ Microsoft Word Woke Checker featurehttps://www.gizmodo.com.au/2022/01/microsoft-offices-new-woke-spellchecker-is-perfectly-fine-and-will-cause-nobody-to-freak-out/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10398999/Blacklist-postman-mankind-just-words-wont-fly-Microsofts-woke-filter.html SGX Deprecationhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-intel-chips-wont-play-blu-ray-disks-due-to-sgx-deprecation/ Cybertruck delayedhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10398845/Tesla-removes-promise-2022-production-maligned-Cybertruck-website.html

Radio Shack is back, Backfiring printer DRM, Crypto-mining security suite, and a rarely-spotted Powershell bug Links: Radio Shack to become a crypto brandhttps://docs.radioshack.com/radioshack-defi/fundamentals/why-radioshack-in-crypto Canon sells chipless ink, tells customers to bypass DRMhttps://boingboing.net/2022/01/08/forced-by-shortages-to-sell-chipless-cartridges-canon-tells-customers-how-to-bypass-drm-warnings.html Norton Crypto FAQhttps://community.norton.com/en/forums/faq-norton-crypto Krebs on 7-month-old newshttps://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/01/norton-360-now-comes-with-a-cryptominer/ Grumpy Old Bens #165https://grumpyoldbens.com/2021/06/04/episode-165-woke-donuts/

CES Rundown of useless crap, Tumblr app censorship, and AAA discovers what EV owners already know. Links: CES 2022 shortened one dayhttps://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/how-to-watch-ces-2022-big-reveals-live-from-home/ Samsung grasping for features for its new TVshttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/01/samsungs-2022-tvs-get-144-hz-support-and-a-built-in-nft-marketplace/ Kohler combines plumbing and appshttps://www.theverge.com/2022/1/3/22858257/kohler-ces-2022-smart-bathroom-perfectfill Tumblr ios app censoredhttps://9to5mac.com/2021/12/30/tumblr-ios-app-search/ AAA study shows EVs far less useful outside Californiahttps://anewspost.com/electric-cars-useless-in-cold-weather/