Tsar Putin suddenly finds phone plans cut off
Even Huawei is refusing to supply him
With most of the western telephone network companies abandoning Tsar Putin, it was expected that the Chinese’s Huawei, would swoop in and take the business.
Russia will run out of data storage in two months
Putin told to get off our cloud
As Tsar Putin invaded Ukraine and started to carpet bomb its cities, he apparently did not figure on running out of cloud space.
Putin wants citizens to install a new browser
“For special operations”
Tsar Putin is insisting that all Russian citizens change their browser settings or download a government-approved web browser.
Facebook now says it not ok to kill Putin
Make up your mind
Facebook parent Meta Platforms clarified that it is against the company's user rules to share a post that "calls for the death of a head of state."
Tsar Putin says patent theft is ok if the inventor disagrees with him
All US patents are now the property of glorious new Russia
Tsar Putin has officially authorised the use of patent theft by Russian companies if the technology comes from a country that does not bless his regime.
Meta allows you to call for the death of Putin and Russian soldiers
Just no one else
It looks like you are allowed to call for the death of Tsar Putin and his imperialist stormtroopers on Facebook even if you still can’t demand the death of anyone else.
Putin might allow software piracy
Oh those sanctions
After years of making a pretence of being against software piracy, the Russian government is expected to give companies and individuals the right to pirate what they like.
Putin ensures German gas dependence by turning off wind turbines
You see you need us
Tsar Putin’s rampaging hacker hordes shut down 5,800 wind turbines in central Europe to remind them how shaky their green power plans are and how much they need Russian gas.
Putin could kill US chip industry
White House has new Ukraine scare story
Not content with shuttering Chinese chip making, the White House is warning the chip industry to diversify its supply chain in case Russia retaliates against threatened US export curbs by blocking access to key materials.
Has Putin made REvil disappear?
Ransomware gang vanishes after Biden complaint
It appears that the Russia-linked ransomware gang REvil has seemingly vanished from the dark web, just days after President Joe Biden said he pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin to act against hackers in his country.