To sanction Russia or to appease customers?

https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2022/03/04/microsoft-suspends-russia-sales-ukraine-conflict/

Microsoft suspends new sales in Russia

… We are announcing today that we will suspend all new sales of Microsoft products and services in Russia.

In addition, we are coordinating closely and working in lockstep with the governments of the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom, and we are stopping many aspects of our business in Russia in compliance with governmental sanctions decisions

(Related)

https://www.reuters.com/technology/google-pauses-all-ad-sales-russia-2022-03-04/

Google suspends all ad sales in Russia as censorship demands grow

Next in line.

https://www.pogowasright.org/utah-on-the-cusp-of-uss-latest-comprehensive-state-privacy-law/

Utah on the cusp of US’s latest comprehensive state privacy law

Joseph Duball writes:

Passing a comprehensive state privacy law has proven to be no small task. Doing it in a week’s span is arguably impossible. Yet after just five working days, the Utah Legislature has settled on a law.

Senate Bill 227, the Utah Consumer Privacy Act, cleared the Senate Feb. 25 on a 28-0 vote and the House followed suit with 71-0 approval March 2. There are a few formalities left in the legislative process. The bill will require concurrence with the Senate and signatures from leaders of both legislative chambers prior to 2022 session adjournment March 4. The bill will then head to Gov. Spencer Cox, R-Utah, who can sign the bill within 20 days after receipt, let it become law at the end of 20 days with no signature or veto the bill.

Read more at IAPP.

Tools & Techniques.

https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2022/03/how-to-create-and-share-clips-of.html

How to Create and Share Clips of YouTube Videos

Over the years there have been many third-party tools that offered ways to clip and share portions of YouTube videos. Most of those don't last too long before Google/ YouTube changes something that renders those tools useless. Now YouTube offers its own integrated tool for creating and sharing short clips of videos.

You'll find YouTube's clipping tool directly under the title (next to the share button) of the video you're viewing. Click that clip button and you can select a 15 to 60 second segment of the video. Once you've selected a clip, you can share that clip via the URL that YouTube provides for it. The clip will play on a loop wherever you share it including when you embed it into website.

Watch this short video to learn how to create and share clips of YouTube videos

This method of sharing a section of a YouTube video is faster and easier than trying to use a third-party tool. It's also easier than inserting the video into a Google Slide and then specifying start and end times for the video in Google Slides (learn about that method in this video ).