Meta could face further squeeze on surveillance ads model in EU Meta’s tracking ads business could be facing further legal blows in the European Union: An influential advisor to the bloc’s top court affirmed Thursday that the region’s privacy laws limits on how lo...
Biden signs bill that would ban TikTok if ByteDance fails to sell the app President Biden has signed a bill that would ban TikTok if its owner, ByteDance, doesn’t sell it within a year. The bill includes aid for Ukraine and Israel. U.S. Senators passed the bill 79-18 on lat...
Framework’s repairability philosophy is set to expand beyond the laptop Framework Computer was ahead of the curve. The company was founded in 2019, as 20 U.S. states began exploring potential right to repair bills. It delivered its first product, the Framework 13, in 2021...
US government says security flaw in Chirp Systems’ app lets anyone remotely control smart home locks CISA said Chirp Systems ignored the federal agency and the reporting security researcher. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Post News, the a16z-funded Twitter alternative, is shutting down Post was backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Scott Galloway, an NYU professor and tech commentator, but the platform never disclosed how much it raised. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For pers...
TechCrunch Minute: Meta’s new Llama 3 models give open-source AI a boost New AI models from Meta are making waves in technology circles. The two new models, part of the Facebook parent company’s Llama line of artificial intelligence tools, are both open-source, helping the...
How to play Pokémon and other Game Boy games on your iPhone Apple finally updated its App Store guidelines to allow global developers to host retro game emulators on iOS. Now, you don’t need to jailbreak your iPhone or download any sketchy software — you can g...
Cherub, an angel investing community inspired by dating apps, entices investors and founders to pair up Jaclyn Johnson and Angeline Vuong were on a hike deliberating how hard it can be for people to get started in angel investing when they realized they had stumbled upon a startup idea. © 2024 TechCrun...
Substack’s Notes feature is getting more Twitter-like capabilities Substack is adding new capabilities to its Twitter-like Notes feature that bring it more in-line with the social network now known as X. The company announced on Tuesday that users can now post videos...
Open-source Substack rival Ghost may join the fediverse While the launch of a survey isn't necessarily a commitment to federating Ghost, it is another signal pointing to the broader reshaping of the web that's now underway. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights r...