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TrueLayer's Payments API lets companies accept payments through Open Banking
Jan 29, 8:00AM
Open Banking and PSD2 — groundbreaking regulation from the U.K. and European Union, respectively — set out to fix what politicians and civil servants perceived as a malfunctioning financial services market, evidenced most prominently by the banking crisis in 2008. It is also closely linked to the EU’s privacy directive GDPR, which aims to ensure […]
Apple disables group calling in FaceTime in response to eavesdropping bug
Jan 29, 7:01AM
Apple has disabled the group calling feature within its FaceTime calling service while it works on a patch to fix a nasty bug that allows eavesdropping. Apple’s status page shows that group calling via FaceTime is “temporarily unavailable” — that’s a stop-gap move while the company to deliver a more permanent fix to the problem this week. […]
To fight election meddling, Google's cyber unit Jigsaw extends its anti-DDoS protections to European politicos
Jan 29, 7:00AM
Jigsaw, the cybersecurity-focused division owned by Google parent Alphabet, is now allowing political organizations in Europe to sign up for its anti-web-flooding technology for free. Until now, the free-to-use technology designed to protect political campaigns and websites against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks — dubbed Project Shield — was only available to news sites and journalists, human […]
WeWork could challenge Starbucks in China with new on-demand service
Jan 29, 6:13AM
The rise of Starbucks in China, like that in the west, is closely linked to its function as a “third space” for people to hang out between home and work. In recent years, a bevy of coffee entrepreneurs are trying to topple the American giant’s dominance in China and lately, an unexpected contender — WeWork […]
Southeast Asia's Grab is adding Netflix-like video streaming to its ride-hailing app
Jan 29, 4:54AM
Grab is Southeast Asia’s top ride-hailing firm thanks to its acquisition of Uber’s local business last year. Its biggest competitor gone, the company is on a push to go beyond transport and become an everyday ‘super app’ and that strategy just embraced video streaming today. That’s because Grab is integrating video-on-demand service HOOQ — a […]
5 years after its Oculus investment, A16Z leads a new VR startup's $68M Series A
Jan 29, 4:17AM
Sandbox’s magic happens in a largely empty room. The gear mounted onto the walls (VR headsets, PC backpacks, and tracked toy assault rifles) gives more than a little indication that there’s more afoot, but nothing really clicks until your team is strapped in and the headsets shove you into a fast-paced wave shooter. The startup, […]
Fortnite's login and game are down [Update: it's back]
Jan 29, 4:08AM
Update: Fortnite is back up, with the game and all other features operational. We have recovered. We will continue to monitor the situation to catch any further problems. — Fortnite (@FortniteGame) January 29, 2019 Fortnite is currently down for many players. The Twitter account for the Epic Games' title, now the most popular video game in […]
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez calls out big tech on climate change controversy
Jan 29, 1:52AM
The newly minted social media star congresswoman is wasting no time in tearing into tech companies. In a recent letter, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joined Maine representative Chellie Pingree in calling out tech companies for supporting an event they believe to be inconsistent with big tech’s ostensibly climate-friendly attitude. Ocasio-Cortez is a noted champion of a Democratic package […]
Wellness startup Hims enters the unicorn club with $100M investment
Jan 29, 1:40AM
Men and women's wellness startup Hims has raised $100 million on a $1 billion pre-money valuation.
Nasty FaceTime bug could allow others to eavesdrop on your microphone or camera
Jan 29, 1:32AM
Update: Apple has disabled the group calling feature. You might want to turn off FaceTime for a few days. A newly discovered bug in iOS allows FaceTime callers to listen in before you accept the call. Word of the bug started spreading this morning after Chicago artist Benji Mobb demonstrated it in a tweet, later […]
Instagram outage forces millions to look directly at the world for nearly half an hour
Jan 29, 12:55AM
Photo-sharing app and social network Instagram was briefly taken offline on Monday afternoon, causing nothing of consequence to occur other than a brief respite from one source of the constant deluge of inconsequential information to which we all voluntarily submit ourselves. The service died at about 4:20, tragically the very moment when millions of people […]
Former Munchery employees sue company, blame CEO for shutdown
Jan 28, 10:08PM
A former Munchery employee is demanding wages in a new lawsuit and more former employees speak out.
US announces criminal charges against Huawei, seeks to extradite its CFO
Jan 28, 9:54PM
In a press event today, the U.S. Department of Justice revealed that it is pursuing criminal charges against Chinese mobile giant Huawei. Following a story from The Wall Street Journal earlier this month, TechCrunch previously reported that the indictments were set to be unsealed soon. A grand jury in Seattle has charged Huawei with conspiracy to […]
Screen time inhibits toddler development, study finds
Jan 28, 9:40PM
In news that will surprise few but still alarm many, a study has found that kids 2-5 years old who engage in more screen time received worse scores in developmental screening tests. The apparent explanation is simple: when a kid is in front of a screen, they're not talking, walking, or playing, the activities by which basic skills are cultivated.
Los Angeles is using ride-hailing startup Via to shuttle people to public transit
Jan 28, 9:04PM
Los Angeles is partnering with on-demand shuttle-based service Via as part of a pilot program that will give people rides to three busy public transit stations. The pilot program, which launched Monday, aims to solve the first- and last-mile problem that makes it challenging for people to get to and from public transit stations. Under […]
California moves toward healthcare for more, not yet healthcare for all
Jan 28, 8:30PM
It was way easier for candidate Gavin Newsom to endorse single-payer healthcare coverage for everyone than it is now for Gov. Newsom to deliver it.
Facebook drafts a proposal describing how its new content review board will work
Jan 28, 7:00PM
In November, Facebook announced a new plan that would revamp how the company makes content policy decisions on its social network — it will begin to pass off to an independent review board some of the more contested decisions. The board will serve as the final level of escalation for appeals around reported content, acting […]
App Store developers have earned $120 billion since 2008
Jan 28, 6:49PM
Apple is kicking off the Entrepreneur Camp in Cupertino. Eleven female-founded app development companies have been invited to Cupertino for multiple workshops and meetings with Apple employees, and Apple used that opportunity to share a new number when it comes to App Store revenue. Since the creation of the App Store, Apple has given back […]
Porsche Taycan owners will get three years free charging at hundreds of Electrify America stations
Jan 28, 6:31PM
Owners of the upcoming Porsche Taycan will get three years of free charging at hundreds of Electrify America public stations that will blanket the U.S. in the coming months. And in many cases, that will include access to DC fast chargers that will allow the Taycan, which is designed to have an 800 volt battery that […]
AirBuddy brings iOS-style AirPod integration to the Mac
Jan 28, 6:26PM
iOS is easily one of the best things AirPods have going for them. Flip open the cap and, boom, there are the headphones and case, each sporting their respective battery levels. Pairing AirPods to your desktop has been doable as well, albeit markedly less convenient. Guilherme Rambo of 9 to 5 Mac has a convenient […]
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