Online advertising is generally terrible and our expectation that ‘information should be free’ has tragically even ended up powering disinformation-filled…
Cybersecurity
A Free Solution to Protect Your Business from 6 Biggest Cyber Threats in 2022
For the last few years, the cybersecurity threat landscape has gotten progressively more complex and dangerous. The online world is now rife with data thieves,…
Dear Sophie: Startup visa news, H-1B and STEM OPT queries
Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for…
Daily Crunch: How to remove common consumer-grade spyware from your Android phone
Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for Tuesday, February 22, 2022! We are back! Yes, after a lovely long weekend, your entire TechCrunch team is back in the…
Chinese Hackers Target Taiwan's Financial Trading Sector with Supply Chain Attack
An advanced persistent threat (APT) group operating with objectives aligned with the Chinese government has been linked to an organized supply chain attack on…
Chinese Experts Uncover Details of Equation Group's Bvp47 Covert Hacking Tool
Researchers from China’s Pangu Lab have disclosed details of a “top-tier” backdoor put to use by the Equation Group, an advanced persistent threat (APT) with…
Apple says employees and customers are safe after store hostage situation in Amsterdam
In response to a now-resolved hostage situation at an Amsterdam store, Apple says that all employees and customers are safe “after this terrifying experience,”…
anecdotes, a compliance operating system platform, secures $25M Series A
According to a Gartner’s report, about 75% of compliance leaders say they still lack the confidence to effectively run and report on program outcomes despite…
25 Malicious JavaScript Libraries Distributed via Official NPM Package Repository
Another batch of 25 malicious JavaScript libraries have made their way to the official NPM package registry with the goal of stealing Discord tokens and…
Advice and strategy for early-stage sex tech startup founders
As of this month, personal care and beauty retailer Sephora is selling vibrators on its U.S. website. It is a significant milestone not just for Dame and…
Apple’s standoff with Dutch antitrust authority over dating apps’ payments continues
The Netherlands’ competition authority has once again increased a fine levied against Apple for failing to comply with an antitrust order related to payment…
DeepScribe’s Akilesh Bapu and Index Venture’s Nina Achadjian to speak on founder/investor relationships on TCL
DeepScribe is used by more than 400 physicians and just raised $30 million to reach even more. The company’s AI-powered platform helps doctors keep better…