Russia says it will block Facebook, its latest effort to control the narrative on Ukraine
www.techcrunch.com A week after introducing partial restrictions on Facebook, the Russian government announced Friday that it
Microsoft halts all new sales in Russia
www.techcrunch.com Apple isn’t the only tech behemoth pulling its products from the Russian market in response
Volocopter raises $170M, now valued at $1.87B, to fuel the first commercial launches of its flying taxi fleet
www.techcrunch.com Volocopter, the startup out of southern Germany (Bruchsal) that has been developing electric VTOL (vertical
YC-backed Blocknom wants to become the “Coinbase Earn of Southeast Asia”
www.techcrunch.com Blocknom, a crypto-earning platform in Y Combinator’s current batch, has aspirations to become the “Coinbase
Twitch will ban streamers who frequently share misinformation
www.techcrunch.com has updated its misinformation policies and says it will ban those who frequently share falsehoods.
B2B e-commerce platform Chari is acquiring the credit line of Axa Assurance in Morocco for $22M
www.techcrunch.com Moroccan B2B e-commerce and retail startup Chari has acquired Axa Credit, the credit branch of
Daily Crunch: With EU ban pending, Google Play says ‘do svidaniya’ to Russia Today, Sputnik apps
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Snowflake acquires Streamlit for $800M to help customers build data-based apps
www.techcrunch.com Snowflake helps customers store and manage oodles of data in the cloud without cloud vendor
Ford increases electrification spend to $50B in attempt to catch up to Tesla
www.techcrunch.com Ford Motor Company is increasing its electric vehicle investment to $50 billion through 2026, up


