To comply with DMA, WhatsApp and Messenger will become interoperable via Signal protocol (techcrunch.com)
Social networks are getting stingy with their data, leaving third-party developers in the lurch (techcrunch.com)
Conservative cell carrier Patriot Mobile hit by data breach (techcrunch.com)
Google will use Gemini to detect scams during calls | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Mozilla downsizes as it refocuses on Firefox and AI: Read the memo | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Toyota wants hydrogen to succeed so bad it’s paying people to buy the Mirai (techcrunch.com)
Toyota wants hydrogen to succeed so bad it’s paying people to buy the Mirai::Toyota is offering some amazing deals for its hydrogen fuel cell-powered Mirai. That is, if customers can find the hydrogen to power it.
Beeper users say Apple is now blocking their Macs from using iMessage entirely (techcrunch.com)
Beeper users say Apple is now blocking their Macs from using iMessage entirely::The Apple-versus-Beeper saga is not over yet it seems, even though the iMessage-on-Android Beeper Mini was removed from the Play Store last week. Now,
FTC bans antivirus giant Avast from selling its users' browsing data to advertisers (techcrunch.com)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/12277165...
Meta cuts off third-party access to Facebook Groups, leaving developers and customers in disarray (techcrunch.com)
Apple alerts users in 92 nations to state-sponsored / mercenary-spyware attacks (techcrunch.com)
Samsung’s operating profit soars 930% as AI tailwinds drive demand for memory chips (techcrunch.com)
Google's call-scanning AI could dial up censorship by default, privacy experts warn (techcrunch.com)
A feature Google demoed at its I/O confab yesterday, using its generative AI technology to scan voice calls in real time for conversational patterns associated with financial scams, has sent a collective shiver down the spines of privacy and security experts who are warning the feature represents the thin end of the wedge. They...
Stability AI CEO resigns because you can't beat centralized AI with more centralized AI (techcrunch.com)
Bluesky is now open for anyone to join | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
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Facebook bought a VPN company and deployed it, in part, to spy on its users. (techcrunch.com)
This is the problem with using VPN services in general, you have to have complete trust in the service provider.
Supreme Court declines to hear Apple-Epic antitrust case, meaning developers can point customers to the web (techcrunch.com)
India may block Proton Mail (techcrunch.com)
Hackers breached Microsoft to find out what Microsoft knows about them (techcrunch.com)
Hackers breached Microsoft to find out what Microsoft knows about them::Wouldn't you want to know what tech giants know about you? That's exactly what Russian government hackers want, too. On Friday, Microsoft disclosed that
Jack Dorsey departs Bluesky board | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Open source Substack rival Ghost may join the fediverse | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
YouTube to eliminate 100 employees as layoffs at Google continue (techcrunch.com)
Spotify, Epic Games, and others pen letter to EC, claiming Apple has made a 'mockery' of the DMA | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Apple, Google and Meta face first formal investigations under EU's DMA (techcrunch.com)
Google court filing reveals new business details of DuckDuckGo and Neeva | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Automattic buys Beeper for $125MM, launches closed-source "privacy" app (techcrunch.com)
Curious how none of the coverage of this launch mention that the app isn't actually open-source (though they pretend to be an open-source project), which makes all of their claims of "end-to-end encryption" worthless...
