Microsoft plans to "significantly scale down our operations in Russia", impacting 400+ staff, while continuing "to fulfill our existing contractual obligations" (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)

Dina Bass / Bloomberg:
Microsoft plans to “significantly scale down our operations in Russia”, impacting 400+ staff, while continuing “to fulfill our existing contractual obligations”  —  Microsoft Corp. is substantially reducing its business in Russia, joining the list of prominent technology firms cutting …

How Twitter is gearing up for most ambitious quarter of user growth?

Twitter is gearing up for its most ambitious quarter of user growth ever, leaders of the social media company's consumer products division told staff. It is the highest goal the team has ever set, leaders told staff. They added that Twitter is on track to reach the goal and has currently achieved 8.5 million in user growth, one of the best growth quarters to date. https://ift.tt/W9RmK1u

Grab plans to start selling its mapping data and map-making abilities to businesses, in an effort to become profitable (Shotaro Tani/Financial Times)

Shotaro Tani / Financial Times:
Grab plans to start selling its mapping data and map-making abilities to businesses, in an effort to become profitable  —  South-east Asian ride-hailing and food delivery app to expand enterprise unit in drive to become profitable  —  South-east Asian super app Grab will start selling …

A profile of Chipper Cash, an African cross-border payments services provider valued at $2.2B in November, which had $75M+ in revenue in 2021, up over 4x YoY (Jeff Kauflin/Forbes)

Jeff Kauflin / Forbes:
A profile of Chipper Cash, an African cross-border payments services provider valued at $2.2B in November, which had $75M+ in revenue in 2021, up over 4x YoY  —  A pair of twentysomethings from Uganda and Ghana thought there was a fortune to be made bringing transnational financial services to Africa's 1.2 billion people.

EU lawmakers reach an agreement on legislation that will mandate USB-C on smartphones and other electronic devices, starting in fall 2024, to reduce e-waste (Jon Porter/The Verge)

Jon Porter / The Verge:
EU lawmakers reach an agreement on legislation that will mandate USB-C on smartphones and other electronic devices, starting in fall 2024, to reduce e-waste  —  A major blow to Apple's Lightning port  —  European Union lawmakers have reached an agreement on legislation that will force …

How Ukrainian civilians are helping the army using apps, blurring the lines between civilians and soldiers, raising questions of international humanitarian law (Lukasz Olejnik/Wired)

Lukasz Olejnik / Wired:
How Ukrainian civilians are helping the army using apps, blurring the lines between civilians and soldiers, raising questions of international humanitarian law  —  In Ukraine, civilians are valiantly assisting the army via apps—and challenging a tenet of international law in the process.

An in-depth look at attempts by the US to prosecute hot-headed coder Joshua Schulte, who allegedly leaked the CIA's hacking arsenal, ahead of his June 13 trial (Patrick Radden Keefe/New Yorker)

Patrick Radden Keefe / New Yorker:
An in-depth look at attempts by the US to prosecute hot-headed coder Joshua Schulte, who allegedly leaked the CIA's hacking arsenal, ahead of his June 13 trial  —  A hot-headed coder is accused of exposing the agency's hacking arsenal.  Did he betray his country because he was pissed off at his colleagues?

How to disable Windows services and speed up your PC

Many of these services are necessary for your daily activities. Others, on the other hand, aren't that important. This means that they're using resources that your computer should be using for more important tasks. That's where disabling Windows services comes in, and we'll show you how. https://ift.tt/OKbMQma

CybSafe, which uses behavioral science and data analytics to help businesses improve security, raises a $28M Series B, bringing its total funding to $40M (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)

Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE:
CybSafe, which uses behavioral science and data analytics to help businesses improve security, raises a $28M Series B, bringing its total funding to $40M  —  Behavioral security and data analytics startup CybSafe Ltd. has raised $28 million in new funding to accelerate its product development …

Microsoft Teams for Windows 11 now significantly faster, claims company

Tech giant Microsoft has claimed that Teams for Windows 11 is now significantly faster due to improvements in the code. https://ift.tt/ebxJ9KS

Elon Musk aims to build Starships akin to Noah's Ark to transport life to Mars

Billionaire Elon Musk on Monday said his space venture SpaceX aims to build over 1,000 Starships to transport life to Mars. https://ift.tt/9FdfaCL

Study reveals this tech may take mobile communications beyond 5G

A team of researchers has revealed a new beam-steering antenna that increases the efficiency of data transmission for 'beyond 5G' -- and opens up a range of frequencies for mobile communications that are inaccessible to currently used technologies. https://ift.tt/rmR84p7

Elon Musk teases next-generation Starlink satellites

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has shared a slideshow from a recent SpaceX all-hands meeting, revealing the company's current priorities, sources of pride, and the first official renders of a few future projects. https://ift.tt/ydL7n4J

A federal judge in Australia orders Google to pay an ex-politician $715K for doing "nothing to prevent" YouTuber Friendlyjordies' "abusive" videos about him (Michael McGowan/The Guardian)

Michael McGowan / The Guardian:
A federal judge in Australia orders Google to pay an ex-politician $715K for doing “nothing to prevent” YouTuber Friendlyjordies' “abusive” videos about him  —  Tech giant and comedian Jordan Shanks may face contempt of court charges over videos published during trial

AppOmni, which helps find and secure vulnerabilities in SaaS app stacks, raises a $70M Series C led by Thoma Bravo, bringing its total funding to $123M (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
AppOmni, which helps find and secure vulnerabilities in SaaS app stacks, raises a $70M Series C led by Thoma Bravo, bringing its total funding to $123M  —  As more enterprises migrate apps and workloads into the cloud, so grows the need for more sophisticated tech to secure that activity.