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Microsoft says cyberattacks using new malware hit Ukraine hours before Russia's invasion began; the company added new signatures to Defender within three hours (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Twitter starts labeling tweets that link to Russian state-backed media outlets and plans to label other countries' state media outlets "in the coming weeks" (Taylor Hatmaker/TechCrunch)

A look at a newly revamped Whole Foods store in Washington, which is using palm-scanning Amazon One and computer vision-enabled Just Walk Out tech (Cecilia Kang/New York Times)

Dutch regulators levy a sixth €5M antitrust fine against Apple over dating app payments, saying no new proposals were received from Apple in the past week (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)

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A pro-Ukraine member of the Conti ransomware gang posts 339 days' worth of the group's chat logs, after its leaders declared support for Russia (Catalin Cimpanu/The Record)

Google Maps temporarily stops displaying live traffic and "busy area" data in Ukraine, but basic traffic navigation is still available (Axios)

Russia's leading internet providers have restricted access to Twitter and Facebook (NetBlocks)

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A profile of iSTARE, an Intel hardware hacking group that analyzes and attacks future generations of chips to find critical flaws before they go into production (Lily Hay Newman/Wired)

Samsung updates its Galaxy Book Pro laptops with 1080p webcams, Intel 12th Gen CPUs, and brighter AMOLED displays, starting at $1,050 and shipping on April 1 (Monica Chin/The Verge)

Customers of sanctioned Russian banks are unable to use their cards with Apple Pay and Google Pay, according to the Central Bank of Russia (Grace Dean/Insider)

The US, EU, UK, and Canada agree to cut off a "certain number of Russian banks" from the SWIFT international payments system (Jennifer Koons/Axios)

Crypto became a viable option for transactions in Ukraine, where Tether is popular, after digital cash transfers were suspended and cash withdrawals limited (Elizabeth Lopatto/The Verge)

After China's crypto mining ban, many bitcoin miners have moved to the US, drawn by political and economic stability, cheap capital, and abundant electricity (Aman Sethi/BuzzFeed News)

YouTube says it is pausing ad monetization for RT and some other Russian channels, and blocks their access in Ukraine in response to "a government request" (Paresh Dave/Reuters)

Uber is testing a driver earnings algorithm in 24 US cities that incentivizes accepting short rides by showing drivers the pay and destination before a trip (Tina Bellon/Reuters)

Experts say Russia may not be able to evade sanctions using cryptocurrencies, which have become a regulated business with safeguards against money laundering (David Ingram/NBC News)

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