DOJ calls Apple's privacy justifications an 'elastic shield' for financial gains (techcrunch.com)
Mark Zuckerberg says Apple and Google should manage parental consent for apps, not Meta (techcrunch.com)
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone joins board of Mastodon's new US nonprofit | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Google takes aim at SEO-optimized junk pages and spam with new search update (techcrunch.com)
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
Bumble cuts ~350 employees as dating apps face a reckoning (techcrunch.com)
Bumble cuts ~350 employees as dating apps face a reckoning::Bumble is the latest dating app to report disappointing quarterly growth in an increasingly tough market.
Apple is reportedly exploring a partnership with Google for Gemini-powered feature on iPhones (techcrunch.com)
Apple will make it easier to move to Android by fall 2025 | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Read the memo: Meta is shutting down Workplace, cutting back enterprise ambitions (techcrunch.com)
Photo-sharing community EyeEm will license users' photos to train AI if they don't delete them (techcrunch.com)
Gumroad no longer allows most NSFW art, leaving its adult creators panicked (techcrunch.com)
Telegram founder says the company will become profitable next year | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
WordPress.com owner Automattic acquires multi-service messaging app Beeper for $125M (techcrunch.com)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14092066
Orange Charger thinks a $750 outlet will solve EV charging for apartment dwellers (techcrunch.com)
Synapse, backed by a16z, has collapsed, and 10 million consumers could be hurt (techcrunch.com)
This Week in AI: OpenAI considers allowing AI porn | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Dev-focused note-taking startup Stashpad launches Google Docs alternative you can use without any login | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
'World's biggest casino' app exposed customers' personal data (techcrunch.com)
Lamborghini licenses MIT’s new high-capacity, fast-charging organic battery tech | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Lamborghini licenses MIT’s new high-capacity, fast-charging organic battery tech | TechCrunch::Researchers have been scrambling to find alternative materials for lithium-ion batteries, from manganese to sodium. Now they might have another: TAQ.
Only 150+ apps have been designed specifically for Apple's Vision Pro, so far | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
I left the headline like the original, but I see this as a massive win for Apple. The device is ridiculously expensive, isn't even on sale yet and already has 150 apps specifically designed for that....
Notion acquires privacy-focused productivity platform Skiff | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Skiff users received the following email...