Google continues to introduce restrictions for Russian users. The company recently removed monetization on YouTube, and now it has banned Russians from making purchases and paying for subscriptions through Google Play. That is, it will be possible to download only free games and applications.
Apple recently stopped sales of equipment in Russia and disabled Apple Pay for banks that fell under sanctions. Now there is information that the contactless payment service no longer works for all residents of the Russian Federation.
In response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, ESET, headquartered in the EU, has stopped selling its products to home users, organizations and businesses in Russia and Belarus. This has happened before - in 2016, the sale of state organizations was banned due to the introduction by the Russian government of new tax rules and certification requirements aimed at supporting local vendors.
Corporation Meta introduces some innovations for Instagram users in Ukraine and Russia.
Hackers continue to attack the websites of Russian government agencies. This time, the Federal Penitentiary Service, Roskomnadzor, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Energy and Rosstat. This was reported by the Telegram channel IT ARMY of Ukraine.
There is good news from international money transfer systems - now you can send money to Ukraine without a fee.
The new post office has reduced the commission for sending the "Instant" money transfer. The company wants to all Ukrainians were able to help each other by sending money to buy what they needed.
On March 8, UkrPoshta started voting on its Facebook page by Kgrowing sketch to the postage stamp "Russian warship, go to #uy!". 496 authors from Ukraine and around the world took part in the all-Ukrainian competition, which eventually became international. Participants included both children and adults, both professional design studios and amateurs.
Today, March 8, at 20:00 Kyiv time, Apple will hold a presentation of new devices, including an updated iPhone SE with support for the fifth generation network, but the Russians will not be able to watch the broadcast of the event.
Ajax Systems recently launched an application "Awaited the alarm", and now announced a major update for it.
Netflix stops work in Russia due to a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. This was reported by Variety, citing a company representative.
The Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine and MEGOGO have created a new service in the Diya application - Diya TV. Thanks to it, users can now watch Ukrainian television via the Internet.
The Anonymous hacker group continues to attack government websites of the Russian Federation. This time the site fell under the distribution Federal Security Service. The hackers reported this on the official Twitter page. The site does not work and gives an error when starting.
Adobe, which develops and distributes Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom, Premiere Pro, After Effects and other popular programs will no longer sell them in Russia.
Global brands and corporations continue to leave Russia en masse. Now PayPal has also announced this.
