December 2023

Credit scoring firms face curbs after landmark EU data protection ruling

December 7, 2023

Credit scoring companies operating in the European Union could be facing tighter curbs under the bloc’s privacy laws following a ruling issued by the Court of Justice (CJEU) today. The referral relates to complaints brought against the practices of a German credit scoring company, called Schufa, but could have wider significance for credit information agencies […]

© 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

US indicts alleged Russian hackers for years-long cyber espionage campaign against Western countries

December 7, 2023

U.S. authorities have indicted two hackers linked to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) for allegedly carrying out a years-long cyber espionage campaign targeting government officials.  The Department of Justice alleged on Thursday that Ruslan Aleksandrovich Peretyatko, an officer with the FSB intelligence service, and IT worker Andrey Stanislavovich Korinets attempted to compromise the computers of […]

© 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Amazon will no longer accept Venmo as a payment option starting next month

December 7, 2023

Amazon is dropping Venmo as a payment option next month, the PayPal owned mobile payment service announced on its website. The official announcement comes as Amazon notified users last night via email that Venmo will no longer be accepted on Amazon.com starting January 10, 2024. Amazon will still, however, accept Venmo debit and credit cards. […]

© 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Seattle biotech hub pursues ‘DNA typewriter’ tech with $75M from tech billionaires

December 7, 2023

A new Seattle biotech organization will be funded to the tune of $75 million to research “DNA typewriters,” self-monitoring cells that could upend our understanding of biology. The collaboration between the University of Washington, the Chan-Zuckerberg Institute, and the Allen Institute is already underway. Called the Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology, the joint initiative will […]

© 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

WhatsApp adds support for disappearing voice messages

December 7, 2023

While today’s bigger news from the world of Meta’s messaging apps was the rollout of end-to-end encryption in Messenger, the company is also bringing another useful feature to its WhatsApp users: disappearing voice messages. The new feature will allow users to send a voice message that can only be listened to once before it disappears, […]

© 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.