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What you missed in cybersecurity this week
Sep 01, 6:00PM
There’s not a week that goes by where cybersecurity doesn’t dominates the headlines. This week was no different. Struggling to keep up? We’ve collected some of the biggest cybersecurity stories from the week to keep you in the know and up to speed. Malicious websites were used to secretly hack into iPhones for years, says […]
Police hijack a botnet and remotely kill 850,000 malware infections
Sep 01, 2:38PM
In a rare feat, French police have hijacked and neutralized a massive cryptocurrency mining botnet controlling close to a million infected computers. The notorious Retadup malware infects computers and starts mining cryptocurrency by sapping power from a computer’s processor. Although the malware was used to generate money, the malware operators easily could have run other […]
Week in Review: Apple makes a rare apology, Nintendo tries to reinvent its invention
Sep 01, 12:00PM
Hey. This is Week-in-Review, where I give a heavy amount of analysis and/or rambling thoughts on one story while scouring the rest of the hundreds of stories that emerged on TechCrunch this week to surface my favorites for your reading pleasure. Last week, I talked about Google’s Android naming switch-up. The big story Like clockwork, […]
Sources say China used iPhone hacks to target Uyghur Muslims
Aug 31, 11:34PM
A number of malicious websites used to hack into iPhones over a two-year period were targeting Uyghur Muslims, TechCrunch has learned. Sources familiar with the matter said the websites were part of a state-backed attack — likely China — designed to target the Uyghur community in the country’s Xinjiang state. It’s part of the latest […]
Tesla's Model 3 interior (even the steering wheel) is now 100% leather-free
Aug 31, 9:49PM
Tesla said Saturday that its Model 3 interiors are now completely free of leather, fulfilling a promise made by CEO Elon Musk at this year’s annual shareholder meeting. Tesla has been closing in on a leather-free interior for a couple of years now. But a sticking point was the steering wheel, which Musk made mention […]
Apple products under pricing pressure as new 15% tariffs drop Sunday
Aug 31, 7:39PM
A new 15% tariff on Chinese imports will go in effect just after midnight Sunday, placing levies on hundreds of household goods and consumer tech, including a bevy of Apple products. The tariffs, put in place by President Donald Trump as part of an escalating tit-for-tat trade war with China, were entered into the Federal […]
Apple still has work to do on privacy
Aug 31, 5:00PM
There’s no doubt that Apple’s self-polished reputation for privacy and security has taken a bit of a battering recently. On the security front, Google researchers just disclosed a major flaw in the iPhone, finding a number of malicious websites that could hack into a victim's device by exploiting a set of previously undisclosed software bugs. […]
Original Content podcast: Netflix's new 'Dark Crystal' is a visual delight, no nostalgia needed
Aug 31, 4:00PM
“The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance” returns viewers to the world of Thra — a distant, magical planet ruled over by the sinister, long-lived Skeksis, who have lied their way into ownership of the titular crystal and dominance of the elf-like Gelflings. The series is a prequel to Jim Henson and Frank Oz’s 1982 film […]
Meet Olli 2.0, a 3D-printed autonomous shuttle
Aug 31, 2:00PM
>From afar, Olli resembles many of the “future is now!” electric autonomous shuttles that have popped up in recent years. The tall rectangular pod, with its wide-set headlights and expansive windows nestled between a rounded frame, gives the shuttle a friendly countenance that screams, ever so gently, “come along, take a ride.” But Olli is […]
Startups Weekly: Peloton's 29 secret weapons
Aug 31, 12:00PM
In this week's newsletter: Peloton's going public, Boll & Branch raised another $100M and more.
Did your aluminum Apple Watch mysteriously crack itself? Apple might replace the screen for free
Aug 31, 12:47AM
So your aluminum Series 2 or Series 3 Apple Watch is suddenly cracking around the edges… but you don’t remember bumping it on anything, or being particularly rough with it. Surprise! It might not be your fault at all. Apple says that they’ve determined that “under very rare circumstances”, the displays on aluminum Series 2 […]
Labor Day Special: One extra week on early-bird pricing for Disrupt SF 2019
Aug 31, 12:00AM
Happy (almost) Labor Day to all the hardworking members of the early-startup community — entrepreneurs, founders, investors, engineers and everyone in between. We know how hard you work to build your dream, so we're cutting you a break and extending our early-bird pricing on passes to Disrupt San Francisco 2019 through 11:59 p.m. (PST) on […]
VW Group to pay $96.5M to settle inflated fuel economy lawsuit
Aug 30, 11:14PM
VW Group of America said Friday it has reached an agreement with thousands of U.S. customers over alleged inflated fuel economy information on about 98,000 gas-powered vehicles from its four brands, Audi, Bentley, Porsche and Volkswagen. The agreement involves alleged misinformation about fuel economy on 98,000 vehicles, or about 3.5% of the model year 2013-2017 […]
Bear Robotics is raising big bucks for robots that deliver food to restaurant patrons
Aug 30, 10:07PM
Some days, it feels like there’s almost no end to the number of jobs that might be replaced altogether or in some part by smart machines, from radiologists to truck drivers to, gulp, journalists. You might be tempted to sob about it to your friendly restaurant server, but wait! It’s a robot, too! So it […]
At-home blood testing startup Baze rakes in $6 million from Nature's Way
Aug 30, 10:06PM
By now, the venture world is wary of blood testing startups offering health data from just a few drops of blood. However, Baze, a Swiss-based personal nutrition startup providing blood tests you can do in the convenience of your own home, collects just a smidgen of your sanguine fluid through an MIT manufactured device, which, […]
A hacker has compromised Jack Dorsey's Twitter account
Aug 30, 7:56PM
A hacker has compromised Jack Dorsey’s Twitter account. A stream of rogue tweets — including racial slurs — were posted to the Twitter chief executive’s own Twitter account just after 3:30pm ET. One of the tweets posted a Twitter handle for someone who purported to take credit for the account takeover. That account was quickly suspended. […]
…or you can always buy a $40 wood case for your Apple Card
Aug 30, 7:34PM
Apple really unleashed the spoofs and goofs when the care instructions were spotted online for its new credit card. Of particular note were warnings against contact with denim and leather— common materials for people who own wallets and/or wear pants. In the intervening week and change, I'm sure more than one entrepreneur had the thought […]
Xbox Live is down for many (Update: It's back up)
Aug 30, 7:14PM
If you were trying to sneak in a quick game on Xbox Live during your Friday afternoon lunch break and found that you can’t get online: don’t worry, you’re not alone. While Microsoft’s Xbox Live Status page still says all things are good to go (Update: Microsoft’s status page has now caught up with the outage, […]
Skype upgrades its messaging feature with drafts, bookmarks and more
Aug 30, 7:10PM
Skype is best known for being a video calling app and, to some extent, that’s because its messaging feature set has been a bit underdeveloped. Today, the company is working to change that image with a series of improvements to Skype’s chatting features aimed at further differentiating it from rival apps. One of the most […]
Credit Sesame, a platform for managing loans and credit scores, picks up $43M en route to IPO
Aug 30, 6:34PM
Household debt in the U.S. continues to rise and as of this year now stands at nearly $14 trillion. Now, one of the startups that’s building tools to help consumers better cope with that is announcing a round of funding and plans for an IPO — signs of the demand for its services, and its […]
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