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Google forced to end Play Store app sales in Russia

Enlarge / The Google doodle for Russia National Day 2016. (credit: Google) Google no longer offers paid apps or paid app updates to Russian users. A new support page—first spotted by 9to5Google—says, “Google Play is blocking the downloading of paid apps and updates to paid apps in Russia starting May 5, 2022.” Many companies have […]

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Small drones are giving Ukraine an unprecedented edge

Enlarge (credit: Petro Zadorozhny | Getty Images) In the snowy streets of the north Ukrainian town of Trostyanets, the Russian missile system fires rockets every second. Tanks and military vehicles are parked on either side of the blasting artillery system, positioned among houses and near the town’s railway system. The weapon is not working alone, […]

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Russia hammered by pro-Ukrainian hackers following invasion

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) For years, Dmitriy Sergeyevich Badin sat atop the FBI’s most wanted list. The Russian government-backed hacker has been suspected of cyber attacks on Germany’s Bundestag and the 2016 Olympics, held in Rio de Janeiro. A few weeks into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, his own personal information—including his email and Facebook accounts […]