June 21, 2025

European leaders worry they’re too reliant on U.S. tech

European governments may be reconsidering their use of American technology and services, according to a new report in The New York Times.

Wordle clone Quordle acquired by Merriam-Webster

January 20, 2023

Merriam-Webster, the Encyclopædia Britannica subsidiary best known for its online dictionary, has acquired a popular Wordle clone called Quordle. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Little fanfare has been made around the acquisition, but the Quordle website now redirects to its own space on the Merriam-Website website, while Quordle creator Freddie Meyer quietly […]

Wordle clone Quordle acquired by Merriam-Webster by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: hydrogen-powered planes, and abortion pills

January 20, 2023
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. Hydrogen-powered planes take off with startup’s test flight The news: In a record trip for low-carbon aviation, a startup has completed a test flight of a 19-seat aircraft powered in part by hydrogen…

EU watchdogs agree on how to handle certain cookie consent dark patterns

January 20, 2023

Cookie consent banners that use blatant design tricks to try to manipulate web users into agreeing to hand over their data for behavioral advertising, instead of giving people a free and fair choice to refuse this kind of creepy tracking, are facing a coordinated pushback from the European Union’s data protection regulators. A taskforce of […]

EU watchdogs agree on how to handle certain cookie consent dark patterns by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

Shadow acquires Android emulation startup Genymobile

January 20, 2023

Shadow is making its first acquisition as it announced that it would snatch Genymobile, the company behind Genymotion. Shadow is better known for its cloud computing service that works particularly well for cloud gaming. It also offers a cloud storage service based on Nextcloud. As for Genymobile, the French startup has been around for more […]

Shadow acquires Android emulation startup Genymobile by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch