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Instagram is updating its algorithm to surface more content from smaller, original creators | TechCrunch (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)

Photo-sharing community EyeEm will license users' photos to train AI if they don't delete them (techcrunch.com)

Boeing's Starliner set to fly astronauts for the first time on May 6 (techcrunch.com)

If Boeing and NASA are unable to meet the May 6 date, there are additional launch opportunities on May 7, 10 and 11.

Health insurance giant Kaiser will notify millions of a data breach after sharing patients' data with advertisers (techcrunch.com)

Kaiser, one of the largest healthcare organizations in the United States, said it was notifying 13.4 million members of a data breach earlier in April.

Health insurance giant Kaiser will notify millions of a data breach after sharing patients' data with advertisers | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

TikTok pulls feature from Lite app in EU over addiction concerns (techcrunch.com)

TikTok suspended a gamification feature in the European Union following an intervention by the bloc.

Tesla profits drop 55%, company says EV sales 'under pressure' from hybrids (techcrunch.com)

Tesla profits fell 55% in the first quarter as a protracted EV price-cutting strategy cut into the automaker’s bottom line.

Mozilla finds that most dating apps are not great guardians of user data (techcrunch.com)

Dating apps are not following great privacy practices and are collecting more data than ever in order to woo GenZ users, a new study by Mozilla pointed out....

European police chiefs target E2EE in latest demand for 'lawful access' (techcrunch.com)

US government says security flaw in Chirp Systems' app lets anyone remotely control smart home locks (techcrunch.com)

CISA said Chirp Systems ignored the federal agency and the reporting security researcher.

UnitedHealth says Change hackers stole health data on 'substantial proportion of people in America' (techcrunch.com)

The health tech giant processes 15 billion health transactions a year, and handles health information for about half of all Americans.

Green search engine Ecosia launches a cross-platform browser (techcrunch.com)

Tree planting search engine Ecosia launched a new cross-platform browser today to increase its online footprint.

European police chiefs target E2EE in latest demand for 'lawful access' (techcrunch.com)

The director general of the UK's National Crime Agency has targeted Instagram-owner Meta over its planned expansion of end-to-end encryption to Instagram.

Lawmakers vote to reauthorize US spying law that critics say expands government surveillance (techcrunch.com)

House and Senate lawmakers passed a bill reauthorizing the controversial Section 702 powers under FISA, which allows U.S. spy agencies to conduct warrantless searches of Americans' communications.

Apple pulls WhatsApp, Threads from China App Store following state order (techcrunch.com)

Apple has removed the Meta-owned end-to-end encrypted messaging app WhatsApp from its App Store in China following a government order citing national Meta-owned WhatsApp and Threads have been pulled from Apple's App Store in China following a government order citing national security concerns, Reuters reports.

Tesla has spent $200K advertising on Elon Musk's X so far (techcrunch.com)

Tesla's proxy is out, which means it's time to check in on all the related party transactions between Musk's various companies.

Brave Search is adopting AI to answer your queries (techcrunch.com)

The new "Answer with AI" feature returns neatly formatted answers for questions like "People who walked on the moon," "List of all actors who played Batman" or "How do descale Nespresso pixie."

Google fires 28 employees after sit-in protest over controversial Project Nimbus contract with Israel (techcrunch.com)

Google has terminated the employment of 28 employees following a prolonged sit-in protest at the company's Sunnyvale and New York offices.

Open source Substack rival Ghost may join the fediverse | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

Meta's 'consent or pay' tactic must not prevail over privacy, EU rights groups warn (techcrunch.com)

Nearly two dozen rights groups are urging the EDPB to not endorse a strategy used by Meta that they say is intended to bypass the EU's privacy protections.

Meta thinks it's a good idea for students to wear Quest headsets in class (techcrunch.com)

Meta continues to field criticism over how it handles younger consumers using its platforms, but the company is also planning new products that will cater Meta is launching an educational hub in an attempt to make Quest the go-to device in classrooms.