January 9, 2025

The Download: greener steel, and what 2025 holds for climate tech

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The world’s first industrial-scale plant for green steel promises a cleaner future As of 2023, nearly 2 billion metric tons of steel were being produced annually, enough to cover Manhattan in a layer…

February 2023

Gamers are fixing a video game ‘taken over’ by hackers

February 28, 2023

A popular first-person shooter game has significant vulnerabilities that allow malicious hackers to take over other players’ computers, as long as they are in the same online match. The situation is so dire that some streamers have urged people not to play the game, as they have declared it “completely unplayable” because hackers have “taken […]

Gamers are fixing a video game ‘taken over’ by hackers by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai originally published on TechCrunch

Flipboard joins the Fediverse with a Mastodon integration and community, plans for ActivityPub

February 28, 2023

Magazine app Flipboard is joining the Fediverse — the group of interconnected servers powering a range of open source, decentralized applications, including the newly popular Twitter alternative Mastodon. Starting today, the Flipboard app for iOS will include a beta feature that will allow Mastodon users to visually flip through their timeline to view posts from […]

Flipboard joins the Fediverse with a Mastodon integration and community, plans for ActivityPub by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Archetype wants to help developers build a metered API billing solution

February 28, 2023

When developers are building software with API access, they need to figure out how to bill users fairly for hitting the API gateway. A flat fee probably wouldn’t cover the heavy users and would be unfair to the lighter ones. Archetype, an early stage startup, has created a metering solution, so developers can bill on […]

Archetype wants to help developers build a metered API billing solution by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch

Canva launches a new paid subscription for universities and colleges

February 28, 2023

Canva, the online graphic design platform, launched Canva for Campus today, a new paid subscription for universities and colleges. The subscription gives students, professors, staff and campus administrators access to Canva’s full suite of tools, such as professional and educational templates like reports, presentations and other documents, plus millions of stock images, videos, audio, infographics […]

Canva launches a new paid subscription for universities and colleges by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

US Marshals Service says hackers accessed sensitive law enforcement data

February 28, 2023

The United States Marshals Service (USMS) says it was hit by a ransomware attack that exposed sensitive law enforcement data, including personal information belonging to the targets of investigations.  The USMS is a bureau within the U.S. Department of Justice that’s tasked with carrying out all law enforcement activities relating to the federal justice system, […]

US Marshals Service says hackers accessed sensitive law enforcement data by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch