Apple says it has temporarily disabled the Apple Watch Walkie Talkie app, due to a vulnerability that could allow iPhone eavesdropping, while it works on a fix
Apple has disabled the Apple Watch Walkie Talkie app due to an unspecified vulnerability that could allow a person to listen …
Apple pushes silent Mac update to remove the hidden web server in the Zoom app that could let websites add a user to a video call without their permission
Apple has released a silent update for Mac users removing a vulnerable component in Zoom, the popular video conferencing app …
Zoom, following backlash for initially refusing to fix a flaw in its app that allows an attacker to launch the Mac camera via a malicious link, releases a fix
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Belgian broadcaster obtains 1,000+ Google Assistant audio clips from a Google contractor, some of which seem to be recorded inadvertently and may violate GDPR
GOOGLE, AMAZON, AND Apple say their AI-powered virtual assistants make it easier to get things done on smartphones or at home.
Trump administration to investigate whether the French tax on big US tech companies amounts to an unfair trade practice that's punishable with tariffs
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France passes a 3% digital services tax on sales in France for large internet companies with over €25M in French revenues; the law affects about 30 companies
France has approved a digital services tax despite threats of retaliation by the US, which argues that it unfairly targets American tech giants.
Kuo: Apple's 2020 iPhone will include a smaller TrueDepth camera, reducing the size of the notch, and a rear-facing camera with a seven-piece lens system
Apple is expected to significantly decrease the size of iPhone's TrueDepth “notch” in 2020, modifying or potentially removing …
Amazon says it will spend $700M to retrain 100K, or about a third, of its US employees by 2025, acknowledging the impact of technology and automation on jobs
Amazon is embarking on a $700 million effort to retrain its U.S. workforce, in a high-profile acknowledgment of the impact …
SEC approves the first-ever regulated token offering, letting blockchain startup Blockstack offer $28M in tokens under Regulation A+, an alternative to IPOs
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) gave blockchain startup Blockstack the go-ahead today to conduct a $28 million digital …
Study: 63% of UK VC firms have no senior women in their investment teams and women occupy just 13% of senior level roles, the same as in 2017
Luciana Lixandru and Sonali De Rycker of Accel. — GETTY IMAGES FOR TECHCRUNCH — U.K. venture capital firms aren't doing enough to diversify …
Sources: Amazon Music Unlimited's subscribers grew ~70% in the past year, compared to ~25% for Spotify; in April Amazon had 32M+ music subscribers in total
Amazon is adding subscribers to its music-streaming service at a faster rate than rivals such as Spotify, Apple and Google …
Montreal-founded Sonder, an Airbnb competitor offering apartments-as-hotel rooms, raises $210M Series D at a $1B+ valuation
Montreal-founded Sonder (formerly Flatbook) has raised a $210 million USD ($274 million CAD) Series D funding round, surpassing a valuation of $1 billion.
Sources: McAfee is in talks with bankers for an IPO listing as soon as this year, seeking to raise $1B at a $5B+ valuation
Cybersecurity-software company's IPO could raise at least $1 billion — Cybersecurity-software company McAfee LLC is planning to return to the public markets …
German mobile banking startup N26 launches in the US, offering bank accounts with debit cards in partnership with Axos bank
European fintech startup N26 is now accepting customers in the U.S. The company is launching a bank account with a debit card that should provide a better experience compared to traditional retail ban...
A US nonprofit org founded by Google and IBM is working with a company helping China's government secretly monitor phone and internet activity of 200M people
An American organization founded by tech giants Google and IBM is working with a company that is helping China's authoritarian … Tweets: @paulmozur , @dakekang , @petecirwin , @baldingsworld , @niubi ...
First look at Nintendo Switch Lite, a smaller, cheaper, handheld-only model launching September 20 for $200
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Sources: Bird lost about $100M in the first quarter, with revenue shrinking to about $15M, and the company told people that it has about $100M in cash left
The wintertime was bleak for Bird. In this year's first quarter, the electric scooter operator lost nearly $100 million … Tweets: @alexeheath , @mdudas , @coryweinberg , @darth , @edzitron , and @kev...
A look at the practice of personalized learning, an individual-comes-first approach usually aided by tech, and how it is applied in many Rhode Island schools
Untangling the mixed record of the latest big-fix educational trend promoted by Silicon Valley. Tweets: @nancyflanagan , @dintersmith , @newyorker , @douglevin , @benjaminjriley , @jay_eitner , @chris...
OneTrust, which builds tools to help companies navigate data protection and privacy policies, raises $200M Series A led by Insight Partners at a $1.3B valuation
GDPR, and the newer California Consumer Privacy Act, have given a legal bite to ongoing developments in online privacy and data protection …
Researchers identify “Agent Smith” Android malware, found on 25M handsets, which swaps apps with clones that show ads generating revenue for a criminal group
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet :
Google adds 60 new supported languages to its Translate camera tool, including Arabic, Hindi, and Vietnamese, rolling out over the coming weeks
Amrita Khalid / Engadget :
CBP agents' and other closed Facebook Groups show how Facebook algorithms help racists, conspiracy theorists, and others find each other and recruit newbies
When private spaces bring bad actors together — It's been four months now since Facebook announced its intention to invest … Tweets: @tpcarney , @adam_k_levin , and @privacyproject Tweets: Tim Carne...
Near, which is developing a sharded, proof-of-stake protocol for making dApps, raises $12.1M Series A led by Metastable and Accomplice
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Sources: Facebook is looking to buy game studios and has signed deals for exclusive VR versions of Assassin's Creed and more to bolster its Oculus ecosystem
Alex Heath / The Information :
Researchers analyze 6M posts on Reddit to investigate its “manosphere” across various subreddits, finding misogynist rhetoric has increased since 2016
Emma Grey Ellis / Wired : Tweets: @wired Tweets: @wired : You're not imagining it. New research suggests that misogynist rhetoric on Reddit has been increasing in frequency and violence, especially s...
Signavio, which offers tools for business process automation, raises $177M led by Apax Digital, sources say at a $400M valuation
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Exyn Technologies, which develops autonomous robot systems to map digitally starved spaces without reliable maps and GPS, like mines, raises $16M Series A
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
“Amazon nomads” crisscross the US looking for cheap, sometimes rare, goods at small-town superstores and outlet clearance sales to sell on Amazon Marketplace
Josh Dzieza / The Verge :
Lidar startup Luminar raises $100M, bringing its total raised to $250M+, and launches Iris, a compact lidar unit that costs under $1,000 for production vehicles
Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch :
Bird says it plans to hire 1,000 people over two years to help expand across Europe and build a Paris hub; CEO says it will be its “second European home”
Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge :
India-based Rivigo, a logistics platform that tracks and manages freight shipments, raises $65M Series E led by Warburg Pincus and SAIF Partners
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
Anchorage, which safeguards crypto assets for institutions with a unique no-password security system, raises $40M Series B led by Blockchain Capital
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
Ookla: US mobile networks have average download speeds of 33.88Mbps in 2019, up 24% YoY, but upload speeds remain low at 9.75Mbps; AT&T has the fastest network
Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat :
Stratasan, a Nashville-based provider of healthcare data analytics software, raises $26M; Stratasan had previously raised $1.2M, per Crunchbase
Holly Beilin / Hypepotamus :
International money transfer startup Remitly raises $135M Series E, sources say at a valuation of nearly $1B, to expand into new financial services
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
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