December 18, 2024

The Download: AI tracking birds, and a pig kidney transplant

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. AI is changing how we study bird migration In a warming world, migratory birds face many existential threats. Scientists rely on a combination of methods to track the timing and location of their…

Snapchat brings parental controls to India through in-app tool ‘Family Center’

October 10, 2022

Snapchat is bringing an initial set of parental controls to users in India — a couple of months after its debut in the U.S. and some other markets — to deliver parents and guardians in the key oversea market insights on how their teens are using the social networking app. The in-app tool, called Family […]

Snapchat brings parental controls to India through in-app tool ‘Family Center’ by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Demanding employees turn on their webcams is a human rights violation, Dutch Court rules

October 10, 2022

When Florida-based Chetu hired a telemarketer in the Netherlands, the company demanded the employee turn on his webcam. The employee wasn’t happy with being monitored “for 9 hours per day,” in a program that included screen-sharing and streaming his webcam. When he refused, he was fired, according to public court documents (in Dutch), for what […]

Demanding employees turn on their webcams is a human rights violation, Dutch Court rules by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

Twitter locks Kanye West’s account for antisemitic tweet following warm Elon Musk welcome

October 9, 2022

Elon Musk’s troubling, nascent vision for Twitter was on full display this weekend after the SpaceX and Tesla CEO strode into the center of a content moderation controversy created by Kanye West, who now goes by Ye. West popped up on Twitter Friday night for the first time since November 2020, tweeting “Look at this […]

Twitter locks Kanye West’s account for antisemitic tweet following warm Elon Musk welcome by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch

Dragonfly GP talks web3’s current and future state at TC Sessions: Crypto

October 9, 2022

While the overall crypto markets have been in a rough spot lately, web3 venture capitalists have never had more conviction — or more funding at their disposal — to back startups and teams building in the space. The big question on their minds is whether tokens and startup valuations have bottomed out, or if they […]

Dragonfly GP talks web3’s current and future state at TC Sessions: Crypto by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch

‘Last year was the party. This year is the hangover.’

October 9, 2022

Welcome to The Interchange! If you received this in your inbox, thank you for signing up and your vote of confidence. If you’re reading this as a post on our site, sign up here so you can receive it directly in the future. Every week, I’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. […]

‘Last year was the party. This year is the hangover.’ by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch

Elon Musk buying Twitter after all, the ‘next Mark Zuckerberg’ and fare thee well, Stadia

October 8, 2022

Hi all! Welcome back to Week in Review, the newsletter where we quickly sum up some of the most read TechCrunch stories from the past seven days. The goal? Even when you’re swamped, a quick skim of WiR on Saturday morning should give you a pretty good understanding of what happened in tech this week. Want […]

Elon Musk buying Twitter after all, the ‘next Mark Zuckerberg’ and fare thee well, Stadia by Greg Kumparak originally published on TechCrunch