Don't think of Putin as being in charge of everyone, he's just the most powerful oligarch at the moment & he has to work with the other oligarchs to maintain stability & keep the flows of money going. I reckon that by approaching Putin publicly on this issue, Biden's openly giving him a justification for rallying support to go after whichever oligarchs are responsible for these ransomware gangs. There's a lot of potential fallout from not maintaining good diplomatic relations with Russia. Many EU countries are also dependent on a steady flow of Russian gas for their energy needs. There are also a number of large American corporations that do business in Russia - I worked for some of them in Moscow. They're both cooperative members of various economic, legal & political organisations. The USA & Russia are rivals but they still cooperate in a number of ways, e.g. Some people seem to have a rather black & white, 'us' vs 'them' kind of reasoning when it comes to geopolitics. They come as the United States is responding to a drumbeat of digital intrusions blamed on Russian government-backed spies and a spate of increasingly disruptive ransomware outbreaks blamed on Russian cybercriminals. election, poisoning Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and other alleged malign actions - allegations the Kremlin denies. The announcement follows April's sanctions, which were aimed at punishing Moscow for hacking, interfering in last year's U.S. companies cannot sell to them without licenses, which are seldom granted. Their addition to the Commerce Department's blacklist means U.S. Treasury Department in April, which targeted companies in the technology sector that support Russian intelligence services. From a report: A Commerce Department posting said the six entities were sanctioned by the U.S. This sale of Pocket Casts comes as Google, Apple, Spotify, and Amazon are all making big investments in the space.The United States on Friday took a new stab at Russia's cybersecurity industry, restricting trade with four information technology firms and two other entities over "aggressive and harmful" activities - including digital espionage - that Washington blames on the Russian government. On the Android side, a Material You redesign would fit how Pocket Casts is usually one of the first to adopt Android’s latest design language. The focus in recent months has been on tweaks and bug fixes rather than new features. On both Android and iOS, the app has not seen an update since late April 2021. Since 2019, Pocket Casts has been free to download with a $9.99/year Pocket Casts Plus tier available to access desktop (Mac, Windows, and web) apps, Apple Watch support, and cloud storage to upload your own audio files. Moving forward, “Pocket Casts will continue to provide you with the features needed to enjoy your favorite podcasts (or find something new).” “Deep integrations” between the podcasting service and are being explored with the goal of “making it easier to distribute and listen to podcasts.” The Pocket Casts development team has yet to comment on the news or detail more plans. The announcement from Automattic is light on concrete details, but app cofounders Russell Ivanovic and Philip Simpson are remaining in their roles. Original 7/16: Australian-based Pocket Casts was purchased by top podcast producers NPR, WNYC Studios, WBEZ Chicago, and This American Life in May 2018 to “ public radio’s leading role as an innovator in audio discovery and distribution, while ensuring the continued support and growth of one of the most popular listening platforms on the market.” However, it emerged that NPR, which owns just over a third of the service, reported that its share lost $812,129 in 2020. More details and answers will be made available “over the coming weeks.” This is a bright new chapter for us where we can focus on what we do best, bringing you the best possible podcasting experience we can. Update 7/17: In an email to users, the Pocket Casts team says it doesn’t “expect you to notice any immediate changes to the way Pocket Casts works.” They tout this “exciting transition” as making possible a “bigger and better” app. Automattic, which is known for and bought Tumblr from Verizon in 2019, announced that its now acquiring Pocket Casts. Back in January, it emerged that Pocket Casts was up for sale by its public radio consortium owners.
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