An alternative title to today’s show could be Schrödinger’s Brazilian Telegram Ban. I’ll explain. Ukrainians say Elon Musk’s Starlink donation is proving quite useful. Toronto has become the third-largest tech hub in North America. Should Apple make routers again? And where will the advertising dollars go in 2022?

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Links:

• Telegram forgot to check its email and now it’s banned in Brazil (The Verge)
• Brazil Lifts Its Ban on Telegram After Two Days (NYTimes)
• Elon Musk’s Starlink is keeping Ukrainians online when traditional Internet fails (Washington Post)
• Chipmakers face two-year shortage of critical equipment (FT)
• Toronto, the Quietly Booming Tech Town (NYTimes)
• Apple Should Make Home Wi-Fi Routers Again as Part of Mac Reboot (Bloomberg)
• TV, merchant media and the unbundling of advertising (Ben-Evans.com)

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