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Russia Plans To Block VPN In March 2024
Russia’s communications watchdog plans to block VPNs from March 1 next year, a Russian senator for the ruling United Russia party said on Tuesday. Demand for VPN services soared after Russia restricted access to some Western social media after President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into Ukraine in February 2022. Senator Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
Meta To Lay Off Employees in Metaverse Silicon Unit Tomorrow
Meta is planning to lay off employees on Wednesday in the unit of its metaverse-oriented Reality Labs division focused on creating custom silicon, citing sources familiar with the matter. Employees were informed of the layoffs in a post on Meta’s internal discussion forum Workplace on Tuesday. The post said they Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
Meta Plans To Charge $14 a Month for Ad-Free Instagram or Facebook
Would people pay nearly $14 a month to use Instagram on their phones without ads? How about nearly $17 a month for Instagram plus Facebook — but on desktop? That is what Meta wants to charge Europeans for monthly subscriptions if they don’t agree to let the company use their Read more…
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Apple Will No Longer Fix the $17,000 Gold Apple Watch
It was never clear who the $10,000 to $17,000 18-karat gold Apple Watch was for, beyond celebrities and the ultrarich, but I hope whoever bought one way back in 2015 expected Apple to stop supporting them at some point. That day has come. Apple has now internally listed all first-gen Read more…