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KPMG (http://home.kpmg/us/en/home/about/offices/los-angeles-1.html) Level up with KPMG ------------------------------ *Headlines * - SpaceX Facing Signal Jamming, Presumably Over Ukraine <#0082254> - Activision Blizzard Sued Over Suicide At Work Retreat <#0082255> - Qualcomm Source Code Reportedly Stolen In Samsung Hacking <#0082258> - Netflix Suspends Service In Russia <#0082257> - Viasat Backs Gender Equity Efforts <#0082256> *Marketplace* - KPMG QuantumShift Program: Join an exclusive group of elite entrepreneurs <#ad778> - Accelerating Growth For Early Stage Innovation. <#ad764> - Tech vs Media Episode 4: Crypto Billionaire Brock Pierce <#ad784> - Pixelgate.net - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services <#ad188> *Monday, March 7, 2022* *Stradling <http://www.sycr.com>* Stradling, Attorneys At Law ( href="http://www.sycr.com";>http://www.sycr.com ) For more than 40 years top companies and municipalities have counted on Stradling to have the right team and skills to meet their toughest challenges 24/7, 365 days a year. *SpaceX Facing Signal Jamming, Presumably Over Ukraine* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082254.html> *SpaceX <https://www.spacex.com>* CEO Elon Musk said this weekend that there will be "slight delays" in Starship and Starlink V2, due to what he says are efforts to over come "signal jamming"--presumably over Ukraine. Musk did not elaborate on how much of a delay, or exactly what kind of jamming it is having to deal with. SpaceX has very visibly been providing Starlink Internet terminals to Ukraine, as part of its support for the country as it has been under attack by Russia.(More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082254.html>) *Activision Blizzard Sued Over Suicide At Work Retreat* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082255.html> Activision Blizzard continues to face legal issues, with a new lawsuit filed against the company Thursday which claims the company was to blame for the suicide of an employee in 2017. According to the lawsuit, former Activision finance manager Kerri Moynihan took her own life at a company retreat at Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082255.html>) *Qualcomm Source Code Reportedly Stolen In Samsung Hacking* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082258.html> Confidential source code from Qualcomm has reportedly been stolen, as part of a reported security breach at Samsung, according to Bloomberg. The report says that hackers have obtained and leaked almost 200 gigabytes of confidential data from Samsung. The hacking is reportedly by a group which recently stole and published information on employees at Nvidia. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082258.html>) *Netflix Suspends Service In Russia* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082257.html> Netflix--which has significant operations in Los Angeles--is suspending service in Russia--the latest in moves by U.S. companies disconnecting their services from Russia in protest against the war in Ukraine. The move at Netflix comes on top of the halt of Russian productions by the company and refusal to offer up Russian state-sponsored channels on the service. ( More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082257.html>) *Viasat Backs Gender Equity Efforts* <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082256.html> Carlsbad-based satellite communications provider Viasat says it is backing gender equity efforts through a partnership with five of its airline customers, Aeromexico, Azul, Delta Air Lines, Icelandair and Neos. (More... <https://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0082256.html>) *KPMG QuantumShift Program: Join an exclusive group of elite entrepreneurs <https://info.kpmg.us/quantumshift.html>* SHIFT TO A NEW LEVEL OF SUCCESS Welcoming America’s most innovative and promising CEOs to the University of Michigan’s campus in Ann Arbor for a five-day (May 1-6, 2022) learning and peer-to-peer networking experience. QuantumShift is led by faculty from the Stephen M. 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