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officials say about 6,000 of the satellite internet kits were smuggled into the country in an effort to keep dissidents online after Iranian authorities stifled internet access.

It's the first time the U.S.

has directly sent Starlink into Iran, where owning one of the terminals is illegal.

The U.S.

has denied any connection to the uprising and the White House declined to comment.

The Russian government is accelerating its campaign to shift Russians away from Western-based messaging platforms outside of its control, starting with blocking access to WhatsApp.

The Kremlin confirmed that it is restricting access to Meta's messaging app and is also throttling Telegram.

It is said that companies that own platforms operating inside Russia are violating Russian law by refusing to comply with a range of restrictions.

Tech experts say Moscow is hoping to push users to a state-controlled messenger app that offers no encryption.

WhatsApp said it would do whatever it can to keep 100 million users inside Russia connected.

Telegram's founder said Russia was forcing its citizens to switch to an app, quote, built for surveillance and political censorship.

The disclosures came as SoftBank reported $1.6 billion in profit for the last three months of the year, largely thanks to the growing value of its earlier investment in OpenAI.

SoftBank now owns 11% of the company, making it the second largest private shareholder after Microsoft.

And that's a wrap on your TNP Tech Minutes.

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Here's your closing bell brief for Tuesday, March 4th. I'm Danny Lewis for The Wall Street Journal. US-Stocks fell after President Trump's 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada took effect this morning. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 670 points to close at 42,521. The S&P 500 fell more than 72 points and the Nasdaq gave up 65 points.

Here's your closing bell brief for Tuesday, March 4th. I'm Danny Lewis for The Wall Street Journal. US-Stocks fell after President Trump's 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada took effect this morning. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 670 points to close at 42,521. The S&P 500 fell more than 72 points and the Nasdaq gave up 65 points.

In response to Trump's new tariffs, Canada said it would impose 25% tariffs on about $100 billion of imported U.S. goods in two waves. The first would target $20 billion of goods, including alcohol, clothing and household appliances, that are made in Republican-leaning states. A second batch of tariffs, targeting around $90 billion of goods, would emerge in about three weeks.

In response to Trump's new tariffs, Canada said it would impose 25% tariffs on about $100 billion of imported U.S. goods in two waves. The first would target $20 billion of goods, including alcohol, clothing and household appliances, that are made in Republican-leaning states. A second batch of tariffs, targeting around $90 billion of goods, would emerge in about three weeks.

Meanwhile, Mexico's president said she will announce retaliatory measures on Sunday. Trump also imposed an extra 10% tariff on Chinese imports overnight. China responded with its own new tariffs on agricultural goods like chicken, wheat, corn and cotton. The country also filed a lawsuit against the new tariffs with the World Trade Organization.