Apple has stopped selling its products in Russia over the aggression the country has shown to its neighbour, Ukraine. RT News and Sputnik News have also been removed from the App Store.
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Google has announced a series of steps to stop the spread of disinformation by state-sponsored Russian media outlets on its platforms. Its services continue to remain available in Russia.
Microsoft has announced a series of steps that it is taking to aid Ukrainian authorities and civilians. It has also detailed how it is dismantling Russian state-sponsored propaganda on its platforms.
YouTube has de-monetised several Russian YouTube channels, including RT, over their coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It's also limiting its recommendations to these channels' videos.
Google News will alter its algorithms in order to de-rank RT and Sputnik, according to Eric Schmidt. The company will not completely block the news sources but the move will limit traffic.
Google has offered RT some reprieve. In a report, following Twitter's canceling ads with the news outlet last week, Google says there's no evidence RT manipulated its video sharing website YouTube.
ModernMix gives users the capability to run Windows 8 Modern (Metro) apps in resizable windows on the desktop.
Twitter has finally stepped up and officially re-launched the quote tweet feature, which until now was mainly restricted to some mobile apps. Users can now RT and comment in context.
Even though ARM devices with Windows RT are no longer being built, a Microsoft spokesperson reiterates that the company is still committed to support the OS with updates in the future.
Numerous Twitter users have, in recent days, reported that their retweet buttons have been replaced with the option to 'Share' tweets instead - could the days of the RT be numbered?
Popular Russian news site RT.com has been hacked following the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, with instances of "Russian" replaced with "Nazi" on all articles and headlines.
