Google goes bankrupt
At least in Russia
Google is going to file for bankruptcy in Russia, although to be fair was only after Tsar Putin seized the company’s bank account and did a “special operation” on its funds.
Russian fighter pilots bring their own GPS devices
Inbuilt navigation systems are so bad
Russian fighter pilots are so fed up with the GPS devices that come with their super expensive jets that there are bringing their own to work and sticking them to the plane dashboards.
Siemens pulled out of Russia
$630 million leaks from its bottom line
After 170 years, Siemens will quit the Russian market due to the war in Ukraine, it said, and taken a 600 million euro ($630 million) hit to its business during the second quarter.
Ukrainian hacktivists hit Putin where it really hurts
Cut off Russian vodka supply
Ukrainian hacktivists have disrupted alcohol shipments in Russia after committing distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against a critical online portal.
Russian troop looting backfires due to high tech
These were not Kelly’s Heroes
Russian troops who decided to use the war to make themselves rich found themselves caught out by more modern security equipment.
Russian hackers attacking European wind farms
That is a nice alternative to Russian gas, it would be a pity if anything happened to it
While Russia is cutting off the gas supply to Bulgaria and Poland over their support to Ukraine, it appears that its hackers are trying to stop a move to green energy.
Putin makes Zuckerberg and Roslansky disappear
See, Tsar Putin was goodie all the time
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky are among the latest US citizens to be added to the Russian sanctions list.
Russian developers suspended from GitHub
No open sauce for you
Russian software developers are reporting that their GitHub accounts are being suspended without warning if they work for or previously worked for companies under US sanctions.
Russians jamming GPS
In Tsar Putin’s Ukraine you will use GLONASS to target Tsar Putin
Jammers from Russian forces besieging the country are targeting global positioning system (GPS) satellite signals that are used for navigation, mapping, and other purposes.
Infosys pulls out of Russia
Might settle UK political storm
Indian IT services giant Infosys is pulling out of Russia, in a move which might solve a political storm in the UK.