It’s 1999, and my friends and I are surfing warez sites using Internet Explorer on our 98SE gaming rig. Finally we push past the scams and porn to find a list of files on an FTP server, labeled “.rar, .r00, .r01, r.02…” But what the hell are these? “Oh, it’s segmented. You have to download […]
28 years later, Windows finally supports RAR files by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch
Virgin Orbit, once valued at $3.7B, has been chopped up for parts. The company has concluded the auction for some of its assets, which were put up for sale as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. Altogether, the three winning bids come to around $36 million dollars. The winning bids were submitted by Rocket […]
Virgin Orbit’s launch business sold for parts to Vast, Stratolaunch, and Rocket Lab by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch
Netflix’s crackdown on password sharing is now beginning to roll out to U.S. subscribers and other markets, after a delayed launch. The streamer had originally planned to introduce “paid sharing” to U.S. subscribers in the first quarter of this year, but pushed the start date back to the summer, after seeing cancellations in markets where […]
Netflix begins its password sharing crackdown in the U.S. by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
If you’re having trouble accessing iMessage, you’re not alone. The tech giant’s support page states that iMessage is currently experiencing some issues. The page says “users may be unable to send or download attachments in iMessage.” Apple’s page says that the issues are still ongoing. According to third-party web monitoring service Downdetector, users are also having […]
Apple confirms iMessage is currently experiencing issues by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch
Episode Six, a global payments and banking infrastructure provider, today announced that it raised $48 million in a Series C funding round led by Avenir with participation from Anthos Capital. In an email, CEO John Mitchell said that the tranche will be used to expand Episode Six’s go-to-market efforts and scale its business as the company […]
Episode Six raises $48M to streamline payment processes by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
MEPs in the European Parliament took the opportunity of a rare in-person appearance by Ireland’s data protection commissioner, Helen Dixon, to criticize the bloc’s lead privacy regulator for most of Big Tech over how long it’s taking to investigate the video-sharing social media platform TikTok. This concern is the latest expression of wider worries about […]
TikTok’s lead privacy regulator in Europe takes heat from MEPs by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch