Science/Tech
Apple halts product sales in Russia, removes RT News app from store
Apple halted sales of the iPhone and its other highly prized technology products in Russia following the country’s invasion of Ukraine
Google temporarily disables Google Maps live traffic data in Ukraine
Alphabet Inc’s Google confirmed on Sunday it has temporarily disabled for Ukraine some Google Maps tools which provide live information about traffic conditions and how busy different places are.
Facebook shuts down pro-Russian network, Ukraine account hijacks
Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook) found and disabled a disinformation network that operated accounts, groups and pages targeting Ukraine across its social networks, the company said late Sunday.
Tencent buys stake in UK bank
Tencent, the Chinese tech giant, took a stake in Monzo Bank as part of a funding round that values the UK fintech at more than R72 billion.
Americans invested a record R80bn in African tech start-ups in 2021
Nearly two-thirds of the top 20 largest disclosed deals involved investors from the US Companies including Endeavor Catalyst and Ribbit Capital that took part in at least three deals each.
New Year’s Eve is happening in the Metaverse this year
Cryptocurrency giant Digital Currency Group and real estate firm Jamestown — owner of One Times Square in Manhattan — are recreating the iconic site of the New Year’s Eve ball drop in Decentraland, a blockchain-based virtual world.