Encrypted services Apple, Proton and Wire helped Spanish police identify activist | TechCrunch ( techcrunch.com )
By the way, the earlier posted article https://restoreprivacy.com/protonmail-discloses-user-data-leading-to-arrest-in-spain had an update starting at the paragraph with title Update: Statement from Proton and additional commentary
Jack Dorsey departs Bluesky board. ( techcrunch.com )
Jack Dorsey departs Bluesky board | TechCrunch ( techcrunch.com )
Samsung’s operating profit soars 930% as AI tailwinds drive demand for memory chips ( techcrunch.com )
X launches Stories, delivering news summarized by Grok AI ( techcrunch.com )
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone joins board of Mastodon's new US nonprofit | TechCrunch ( techcrunch.com )
Will a TikTok ban impact creator economy startups? Not really, founders say | TechCrunch ( techcrunch.com )
Bluesky backs a project that would let Mastodon apps, like Ivory, work with its network ( techcrunch.com )
Health insurance giant Kaiser will notify millions of a data breach after sharing patients' data with advertisers | TechCrunch ( techcrunch.com )
European police chiefs target E2EE in latest demand for 'lawful access' ( techcrunch.com )
Hackers are threatening to publish a huge stolen sanctions and financial crimes watchlist | TechCrunch ( techcrunch.com )
Roku says 576,000 user accounts hacked after second security incident | TechCrunch ( techcrunch.com )
Jesus, again already?
Lyrak ( techcrunch.com )
Looks like another microblogging service promising Fediverse integration.
Proton picks up Standard Notes to deepen its pro-privacy portfolio ( techcrunch.com )
Automattic buys Beeper for $125MM, launches closed-source "privacy" app ( techcrunch.com )
Curious how none of the coverage of this purchase mention that the app isn't open-source, which makes all of their claims of "end-to-end encryption" worthless...
WordPress.com owner Automattic acquires multi-service messaging app Beeper for $125M ( techcrunch.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14092066
Tesla blames sales drop on Houthi attacks and arson in Germany ( techcrunch.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/12894379...
Amazon fined in Poland for dark pattern design tricks | TechCrunch ( techcrunch.com )
cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/10891549...
Facebook snooped on users' Snapchat traffic in secret project, documents reveal ( techcrunch.com )
Meta tried to gain a competitive advantage over its competitors, including Snapchat and later Amazon and YouTube, by analyzing the network traffic of how its users were interacting with Meta’s competitors. Given these apps’ use of encryption, Facebook needed to develop special technology to get around it....
Gumroad no longer allows most NSFW art, leaving its adult creators panicked ( techcrunch.com )
Leaked SpaceX documents show company forbids employees to sell stock if it deems they've misbehaved ( techcrunch.com )
Mozilla downsizes as it refocuses on Firefox and AI ( techcrunch.com )
Spotify, Epic Games, and others pen letter to EC, claiming Apple has made a 'mockery' of the DMA | TechCrunch ( techcrunch.com )
Gemini on Android can't ID songs, and it's frustrating | TechCrunch ( techcrunch.com )
The author says that once you install Gemini (pro), when you ask "what song is this", you get a reply like "use apple's Shazam"....