February 4, 2025

Spyware maker Paragon confirms U.S. government is a customer

Israeli spyware maker Paragon Solutions confirmed to TechCrunch that it sells its products to the U.S. government and other unspecified allied countries. Paragon’s executive chairman John Fleming said in a statement to TechCrunch on Tuesday that, “Paragon licenses its technology to a select group of global democracies — principally, the United States and its allies.” […]

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Check out the final four startups pitching tomorrow at CCC Web3 Demo Day

January 10, 2023

Tomorrow, January 11, is a big day in the web3 universe. It’s The Cross Chain Coalition Web3 Demo Day, a showcase of 12 boundary-pushing early-stage startups building projects across web3, DeFi, NFT and gaming. Today we’re revealing the final four startups ready to deliver their best five-minute pitch to a global audience, including some of […]

Check out the final four startups pitching tomorrow at CCC Web3 Demo Day by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch

John Deere will let farmers repair their own equipment

January 10, 2023

Here in the U.S., John Deere is, in a word, dominant. According to figures from antitrust non-profit, The American Economic Liberties Project, the corporation controls 53% of the large tractor market in this country and 60% of farm combines. It’s not the only game in town, but it’s a hard one to the avoid. That’s […]

John Deere will let farmers repair their own equipment by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

New Jersey and Ohio are the latest states to ban TikTok on government devices

January 10, 2023

New Jersey and Ohio are the latest states to ban TikTok on government-owned devices over national security concerns. The two have joined at least 20 other states in doing so. The move comes amid fears that collected data could allow the Chinese government to spy on Americans. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced on Monday […]

New Jersey and Ohio are the latest states to ban TikTok on government devices by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Facebook data-scraping breach triggers GDPR enforcement lawsuit in Ireland

January 10, 2023

Facebook-owner Meta and its lead data protection regulator in the European Union, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), are facing an interesting legal challenge over a major data-scraping breach that led to a €265 million penalty for Facebook last year under the bloc’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The legal action, reported earlier by the Irish […]

Facebook data-scraping breach triggers GDPR enforcement lawsuit in Ireland by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

Instagram and Facebook introduce more limits on targeting teens with ads

January 10, 2023

Meta is making some changes to how its apps handle advertising and young users. Under the new rules, advertisers on Instagram and Facebook won’t be able to leverage as much personalized data to target ads to teens. Users under age 18 will also be newly empowered with more choices about what ads they see and […]

Instagram and Facebook introduce more limits on targeting teens with ads by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch