Tag: russia

March 20, 2023

Russia’s Kremlin ordered officials to stop using iPhones, apparently over concerns the devices could be vulnerable to Western intelligence agencies, Reuters reports. When surveillance-as-a-service firms sit exposed for brazenly undermining device security, it’s hard to think there isn’t an argument […]

April 11, 2022

The US Department of the Treasury is exempting telecommunications services from ongoing sanctions against Russia. The move, confirmed late last week in an order, follows requests from advocacy groups who feared a disruption would cut off Russian activists’ access to […]

April 1, 2022

Software developers and engineers in Russia have been given an impossible task by the goons in Vladimir Putin’s government. It’s basically an end of days assignment, reflecting the severity of Mother Russia having been decoupled from the rest of the […]

March 16, 2022

Slack has suspended access to accounts for customers based in Russia, citing compliance with policies set out by its parent company, Salesforce. Several Russia-based customers have been locked out of their Slack accounts, Axios reported Tuesday, preventing them from downloading […]

March 7, 2022

A source tells 9to5Mac that Apple has “no plans to shutdown the App Store in Russia.” However, it is disabling search ads for the time being. Apple Search Ads is a tool for customers to discover apps relevant to them […]

March 1, 2022

With Russia’s attacks on Ukraine intensifying, I expect Apple will join the list of companies exiting the Russian Federation. Doing so reflects the company’s commitment to environmental, social and corporate responsibility. Will Apple leave Russia? I’ve been thinking about the […]

November 23, 2021

Russia this week required Apple and other US tech companies to open local offices by the end of 2021 if they want to continue operating in the country. The Russian government is threatening to restrict and even ban companies that […]

September 16, 2015

There are more antitrust woes for Google. This time they’re in Russia, where the company could face unspecified fines or contract re-negotiations with OEMs. Google’s international legal woes continue. The search giant was found guilty of breaking Russian antitrust laws, […]