Samsung phones are spontaneously texting users’ photos to random contacts without their permission
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Samsung phones are spontaneously texting users’ photos to random contacts without their permission
Protect the nudes
Bag Week 2018: Osprey Momentum 32 is ready for muddy trails
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Bag Week 2018: Osprey Momentum 32 is ready for muddy trails
Welcome to Bag Week 2018. Every year your faithful friends at TechCrunch spend an entire week looking at bags. Why? Because bags — often ignored but full of our important electronics — are the outward representations of our techie styles, and we put far too…
Facebook’s year of privacy mishaps continues — this time with a new software bug that ‘unblocked’ people
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Facebook’s year of privacy mishaps continues — this time with a new software bug that ‘unblocked’ people
The bug affected 800,000 people and could have had serious safety implications.
Sony raises monthly cost of PlayStation Vue by $5 for all plans
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Sony raises monthly cost of PlayStation Vue by $5 for all plans
The price increase goes into effect on July 24th, 2018
Full transcript: Pod Save America’s Dan Pfeiffer on Recode Media
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His new book, "Yes, We (Still) Can," is about his years as White House communications director and what’s next for the Democratic Party.
Federal investigators want to know if Facebook lied about Cambridge Analytica
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Federal investigators want to know if Facebook lied about Cambridge Analytica
The DOJ, FBI, and SEC are expanding the investigation into the massive data privacy scandal
Tesla lost its chief engineer just before hitting Elon Musk’s Model 3 goal
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Tesla lost its chief engineer just before hitting Elon Musk’s Model 3 goal
Former head of Mac hardware Doug Field is out
Facebook is shutting down Hello, Moves and the anonymous teen app tbh due to ‘low usage’
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Facebook is shutting down Hello, Moves and the anonymous teen app tbh due to ‘low usage’
Facebook, the world’s largest social network with 2.2 billion users, is all about scale, and so today it announced that it would be sunsetting three apps in its stable that simply weren’t. Hello, Moves and tbh will all be depreciated in the coming weeks,…
Gmail app developers have been reading your emails
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Gmail app developers have been reading your emails
It’s a common practice that’s gone largely unnoticed
The FBI, FTC and SEC are joining the Justice Department’s inquiries into Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica disclosures
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The FBI, FTC and SEC are joining the Justice Department’s inquiries into Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica disclosures
An alphabet soup of federal agencies are now poring over Facebook’s disclosures and the company’s statements about its response to the improper use of its user information by the political consultancy Cambridge Analytica.
Facebook is shutting down a teen app it bought eight months ago
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Facebook is shutting down a teen app it bought eight months ago
Did you use any of these?
LeBron James’ deal with the Lakers is a gift for Wish, the shopping startup whose logo will soon be next to his face in every photo
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LeBron James’ deal with the Lakers is a gift for Wish, the shopping startup whose logo will soon be next to his face in every photo
Wish’s jersey sponsorship looks a lot better than it did a year ago.
Singapore’s Homage, which matches patients and caregivers, raises $4.15M for expansion
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Singapore’s Homage, which matches care recipients and caregivers, raises $4.15M for expansion
Homage, a Singapore-based startup that helps connect caregivers and organizations with care recipients and their families, has raised $4.15 million as it begins to eye overseas expansions.
Some Samsung users say their phones randomly sent photos to contacts
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Some Samsung users say their phones randomly sent photos to contacts
Some Samsung users are complaining that their smartphones randomly sent photos and scheduled texts to contacts. According to posts on Reddit and Samsung’s official support boards first spotted by Gizmodo, the devices affected include the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy…
All charges against ex-Vungle CEO Zain Jaffer, including lewd act on a child, dismissed by judge
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All charges against ex-Vungle CEO Zain Jaffer, including lewd act on a child, dismissed by judge
All charges against former Vungle CEO Zain Jaffer, including a sexual abuse of a child, have been dropped. According to a statement from Jaffer’s representatives, San Mateo County Judge Stephanie Garratt dismissed the charges today. Jaffer was arrested last…
Xiaomi releases elaborate Hatsune Miku edition Mi 6X
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Xiaomi releases elaborate Hatsune Miku edition Mi 6X
If you love ubiquitous Japanese virtual idols and solid Chinese mid-range phones, has Xiaomi ever got the collaboration for you: behold the Hatsune Miku Mi 6X. The limited edition device comes in a...
A bigger Amazon Prime Day 2018 arrives July 16 with more deals, devices and longer hours
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A bigger Amazon Prime Day 2018 arrives July 16 with more deals, devices and longer hours
Amazon’s Prime Day, the company’s annual sales event that’s now its biggest, will be held this year on July 16, starting at 12 PM PT/3 PM ET, and will feature over a million deals, the retailer announced today. One big change this time around is the event’s…
Amazon Prime Day returns July 16th, here’s how to find the best deals
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Amazon Prime Day returns July 16th, here’s how to find the best deals
Prime Day is back
A Buddhist temple in Beijing built a robotic monk to spread the word
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A Buddhist temple in Beijing built a robotic monk to spread the word
The robotic monk is facing a wall, charging up when I first approach the Longquan Temple’s booth at TechCrunch’s event in Hangzhou, China. There’s probably a good metaphor here for meditation or mindfulness, but as a terrible meditator who semi-regularly…