Category Archives: Tech News

iOS 14.3 beta code indicates Apple may suggest third-party apps to users during the iPhone or iPad setup process, likely to appease antitrust concerns (Filipe Espósito/9to5Mac)

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: iOS 14.3 beta code indicates Apple may suggest third-party apps to [...]

13
Nov
Local officials, educators, and advocacy groups are frustrated by refusal of ISPs to provide data on how many customers they signed up via low income programs (Cyrus Farivar/NBC News)

Cyrus Farivar / NBC News: Local officials, educators, and advocacy groups are frustrated by refusal [...]

10
Nov
Germany-based challenger bank Vivid Money, which lets customers create sub-accounts called pockets with their own IBAN numbers, raises $17.6M Series A (Romain Dillet/TechCrunch)

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: Germany-based challenger bank Vivid Money, which lets customers create sub-accounts called [...]

09
Nov
Facebook starts putting some political and social groups on a 60 day probation and will closely monitor them, to slow the spread of disinfo about the election (Heather Kelly/Washington Post)

Heather Kelly / Washington Post: Facebook starts putting some political and social groups on a [...]

07
Nov
Twitter removed a student's tweets critical of Proctorio, which makes an exam monitoring tool used by many US schools, for reproducing Proctorio's code (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Twitter removed a student’s tweets critical of Proctorio, which makes an [...]

06
Nov
Facebook Live spread election conspiracies and Russian state-controlled content by algorithmically recommending it to thousands of people during the election (BuzzFeed News)

BuzzFeed News: Facebook Live spread election conspiracies and Russian state-controlled content by algorithmically recommending it [...]

05
Nov
Swedish startup inRiver, whose product information management software helps retailers sell items online, raises $32M to expand North American operations (Nona Tepper/Built In Chicago)

Nona Tepper / Built In Chicago: Swedish startup inRiver, whose product information management software helps [...]

04
Nov
Bluetooth-based messaging app Bridgefy, which has become a popular app for protesters around the world, has launched end-to-end encrypted messaging (Mike Butcher/TechCrunch)

Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: Bluetooth-based messaging app Bridgefy, which has become a popular app for [...]

03
Nov
Zego, which provides real-time communication tools for enterprises and runs a Zoom-style videoconferencing service called TalkLine, raises $50M led by Tencent (Zheping Huang/Bloomberg)

Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: Zego, which provides real-time communication tools for enterprises and runs a [...]

02
Nov
Apple rejects an app designed to verify a person's ballot status in PA, says the app violates its guideline which forbids compiling user data without consent (Mikey Campbell/AppleInsider)

Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: Apple rejects an app designed to verify a person’s ballot status [...]

31
Oct