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Amazon CodeCatalyst provides blueprints for collaborative app development

December 1, 2022

During a keynote at re:Invent 2022 today, Amazon announced CodeCatalyst, a service designed to take away the heavy lifting of working across different codebases, tools and environments to build apps. Based on the concept of blueprints, CodeCatalyst — currently in preview — provides a “single place” developers can use to create an app on Amazon […]

Amazon CodeCatalyst provides blueprints for collaborative app development by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Blaseball, the cult favorite online game, will return on January 9

December 1, 2022

The internet’s favorite fantasy fantasy sports league, Blaseball has a return date at last. On January 9, the horror metagame will set out to prove that it’s more than just a viral pandemic hit. A creepy, collaborative baseball simulator, Blaseball garnered 1.75 million hits in August 2020, its first full month online. The next month, […]

Blaseball, the cult favorite online game, will return on January 9 by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

Netflix is letting more subscribers preview its films and TV shows, report says

December 1, 2022

Content is king for streaming services, and Netflix may be going the extra mile to ensure its content is up to par with subscribers. According to the Wall Street Journal, Netflix’s prerelease screening program will soon enlist tens of thousands of subscribers to preview new movies and shows and provide their feedback. Netflix declined to […]

Netflix is letting more subscribers preview its films and TV shows, report says by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch

AWS launches Application Composer, a low-code tool for building serverless apps

December 1, 2022

At its re:Invent conference today, AWS announced the launch of AWS Application Composer, a new low-code tool for visually designing and building serverless applications. The service provides developers with a visual canvas and a simple drag-and-drop interface to create the application architecture, connect their resources and design their functions. As AWS CTO Werner Vogels not […]

AWS launches Application Composer, a low-code tool for building serverless apps by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch

X1 gets 50% valuation boost, aims to give consumers a way to buy stocks via credit card reward points

December 1, 2022

X1, a consumer fintech startup which recently launched an income-based credit card to the public, has raised an additional $15 million in funding.  This round caught our attention for a few reasons. For one, a consumer fintech raising in this environment is a bit counter to the narrative that startups in the space are generally […]

X1 gets 50% valuation boost, aims to give consumers a way to buy stocks via credit card reward points by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch

Google’s Reading Mode app helps visually impaired people read long-form content

December 1, 2022

Along with its Android update for December, Google has launched a new app called Reading Mode today. It helps people with visual imparities and dyslexia read the content on the screen — especially articles. The newly released app works on any device running Android 9.0 or above. Once you install it on your phone, you will have […]

Google’s Reading Mode app helps visually impaired people read long-form content by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Google’s latest Doodle lets you create your own mini arcade game

December 1, 2022

Today’s Google Doodle lets you make, play and share your own mini arcade game to honor the memory of videogame pioneer Jerry Lawson. Lawson led the team that developed the first home video gaming system with interchangeable game cartridges. Today would have been his 82nd birthday. The interactive Doodle starts off by taking you through […]

Google’s latest Doodle lets you create your own mini arcade game by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Twitter alternative Hive shuts down its app to fix critical security issues

December 1, 2022

The team at the newly popular Twitter alternative Hive is in over their head. The company has now taken the fairly radical step of fully shutting down its servers for a couple of days in response to concerns raised by security researchers who discovered a number of critical vulnerabilities on Hive, several of which they […]

Twitter alternative Hive shuts down its app to fix critical security issues by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch