Others

Microsoft disrupts cybercrime operation selling fraudulent accounts to notorious hacking gang

December 14, 2023

Microsoft says it has successfully dismantled the infrastructure of a cybercrime operation that sold access to fraudulent Outlook accounts to other hackers, including the notorious Scattered Spider gang. The group, tracked by Microsoft as “Storm-1152”, is described as a major player in the cybercrime as a service (CaaS) ecosystem, whereby criminals provide hacking and cybercrime […]

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

Pfizer: From pandemic hero to investor jitters

December 14, 2023
Pfizer’s transitions from pandemic success to market concerns: analyzing revenue stagnation, investor reactions, and the company’s strategic roadmap for growth.

Google Nest Renew and OhmConnect merge into “Renew Home” with a $100M boost from Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners

December 14, 2023

Another development today in Google’s long-term strategy to streamline some of its less-core business operations. Google Nest Renew — a load shifting service for Google Nest owners get them to consume energy at off-peak times when energy is less expensive, or there are “cleaner” grid options available when your grid is cleaner or energy is […]

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

Datalogz raises $5M to deal with your business intelligence sprawl

December 14, 2023

In recent years, there has been a proliferation of business intelligence tools that aim to help companies make critical business decisions based on data analytics. There’s a catch. As data adoption increases at most companies, they are left with growing administration problems, said Logan Havern, co-founder and CEO of Datalogz. “The sprawl that inevitably comes […]

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

Paris-based VC firm Singular raises $435 million for its second fund

December 14, 2023

For a VC firm, the second fund is a make-or-break moment. With the initial fund, you raise money based on an investment thesis because you don’t have any track record, any return on investment to prove that you’re a capable investor. It’s a different story when it’s time to raise the second fund. And Singular, […]

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

Threads is finally available to users in the EU

December 14, 2023

Five months after its launch in July, Meta’s social network Threads is now finally available to people living in the European Union. In a post on Threads, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta is opening up Threads to more countries in Europe. However, at the time of writing the app wasn’t available on the App Store […]

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

Encrypted email service Proton Mail gets its own desktop app

December 14, 2023

Proton Mail finally has a native desktop app, rolling out now in beta for some users on Windows and MacOS. The encrypted email service has, of course, been available to desktop users since its inception nearly a decade ago — first through the web, and latterly via a “bridge” that opened access to Proton Mail accounts […]

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

Instagram introduces gen-AI powered background editing tool

December 14, 2023

Instagram introduced its generative AI-powered background editing tool to U.S.-based users Wednesday. Meta’s lead for generative AI Ahmad Al-Dahle posted on Threads saying that the tool will let users change the background to their images through prompts for Stories. When users will tap on the background editor icon on an image they will get ready […]

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