FAA completes investigation into SpaceX's second fiery Starship test (techcrunch.com)
Tumblr CEO publicly spars with trans user over account ban, revealing private account names in the process (techcrunch.com)
In a reversal, Apple is demanding 30% of the donations to meditation app Insight Timer’s teachers (techcrunch.com)
Meta tests cross-posting from Facebook to its Twitter/X competitor, Threads (techcrunch.com)
Discord took no action against server that coordinated costly Mastodon spam attacks (techcrunch.com)
Over the weekend, hackers targeted federated social networks like Mastodon to carry out ongoing spam attacks that were organized on Discord, and conducted using Discord applications....
Fertility tracker Glow fixes bug that exposed users’ personal data (techcrunch.com)
Flipboard just brought over 1,000 of its social magazines to Mastodon and the fediverse (techcrunch.com)
US military notifies 20,000 of data breach after cloud email leak (techcrunch.com)
UK utility giant Southern Water says hackers stole personal data of hundreds of thousands of customers (techcrunch.com)
Meta settles lawsuit over haptic feedback tech in Quest headsets (techcrunch.com)
BMW security lapse exposed sensitive company information, researcher finds (techcrunch.com)
FCC commissioner pushes to investigate Apple’s decision to block Beeper Mini (techcrunch.com)
US Patent Office: AI is all well and good, but only humans can patent things (techcrunch.com)
Hackers uncover new TheTruthSpy stalkerware victims: Is your Android device compromised? (techcrunch.com)
Twitter alternative Spoutible clashes with critics over security breach (techcrunch.com)
Tesla settles California hazardous waste lawsuit with a $1.5 million fine (techcrunch.com)
Indian state government fixes website bugs that exposed residents’ sensitive documents (techcrunch.com)
Google Chrome gains AI features including a writing helper, theme creator, and tab organizer (techcrunch.com)
Unredacted Meta documents reveal ‘historical reluctance’ to protect children (techcrunch.com)
EU calls for laws to force greater algorithmic transparency from music-streaming platforms (techcrunch.com)
India puts tech firms on notice over deepfakes inaction (techcrunch.com)
Beeper users say Apple is now blocking their Macs from using iMessage entirely (techcrunch.com)
FTC bans X-Mode from selling phone location data, and orders firm to delete collected data (techcrunch.com)
This startup is bringing a 'voice frequency absorber' to CES 2024 | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
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