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Apple illegally interfered with union organizing in Atlanta, labor board finds

December 6, 2022

In April, an Apple Store in Atlanta became the first of the company’s American retail locations to file for a union election. Yet about a month later, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) withdrew its request for an election. The labor union alleged that Apple was using illegal union-busting tactics to influence voting, like interrogating […]

Apple illegally interfered with union organizing in Atlanta, labor board finds by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

Rackspace blames ransomware attack for ongoing Exchange outage

December 6, 2022

Cloud computing giant Rackspace has confirmed that it has been hit by ransomware attack that has left a number of its customers without access to email. Rackspace’s hosted Microsoft Exchange service started experiencing problems on Friday last week. At the time, Rackspace posted a notice on its status page saying that due to a “security incident,” […]

Rackspace blames ransomware attack for ongoing Exchange outage by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

Sellscale uses generative AI to create better marketing emails

December 6, 2022

Everyone who has email knows what a canned marketing email sounds like (and has probably deleted tons of them). For sales development representatives, automated emails are necessary to create the volume of outbound inquiries they need to get a decent number of leads. But badly written emails result in few replies and also make companies […]

Sellscale uses generative AI to create better marketing emails by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch

Snapchat is testing Lenses with power-ups and upgrades that you can buy

December 6, 2022

At its annual Lens Fest event, Snap announced that it’s experimenting with a small group of AR creators and developers to build Lenses with digital goods that can be purchased with Snap Tokens. As part of this experiment, users will be able to unlock power-ups, AR items and extra tools within select Lenses. Snap Tokens, […]

Snapchat is testing Lenses with power-ups and upgrades that you can buy by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Meta’s behavioral ads will finally face GDPR privacy reckoning in January

December 6, 2022

Major privacy complaints targeting the legality of Meta’s core advertising business model in Europe have finally been settled via a dispute resolution mechanism baked into the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The complaints, which date back to May 2018, take aim at the tech giant’s so-called “forced consent” to continue tracking and targeting users […]

Meta’s behavioral ads will finally face GDPR privacy reckoning in January by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

Amnesty Canada says it was targeted by Chinese state-sponsored hackers

December 6, 2022

The Canadian branch of Amnesty International has confirmed it was the target of a “sophisticated” cyberattack carried out by Chinese state-sponsored hackers.  The human rights organization said it first detected the breach on October 5, when suspicious activity was discovered on Amnesty’s IT infrastructure. An investigation by forensic investigators and cybersecurity experts was immediately launched, […]

Amnesty Canada says it was targeted by Chinese state-sponsored hackers by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

Twitter’s iOS app is riddled with privacy settings glitches

December 6, 2022

As Elon Musk attempts to operate a major social media platform with a fraction of its staff, Twitter users are reporting that certain key security features on iOS are not working. For some users, it’s impossible to protect your tweets or toggle direct message privacy settings — a pop-up will appear that says “some settings […]

Twitter’s iOS app is riddled with privacy settings glitches by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch

Telegram Premium tops 1 million subscribers

December 6, 2022

Telegram Premium has amassed over 1 million subscribers, less than six months after the popular instant messaging app launched the paid offering and began a serious concerted effort to monetize the business. Pavel Durov shared the update on his Telegram channel Tuesday, calling the milestone “one of the most successful examples of a social media […]

Telegram Premium tops 1 million subscribers by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch