February 20, 2026

Why investors are going gaga over solid-state transformers

The technology promises to replace several parts of the grid with one device that’s both controllable and updatable.

Consumers are splurging on premium smartphones amid tough economic conditions, report says

March 21, 2023

Amid the declining smartphone market, premium devices are having their moment. These pricy devices made up more than half of the worldwide smartphone market’s revenue, according to a report from Counterpoint. The analytics company’s report says that premium devices (with a wholesale value of $600 or more) grew by 1% year-on-year in terms of shipment […]

Consumers are splurging on premium smartphones amid tough economic conditions, report says by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Ferrari says ransomware attack exposed customers’ personal data

March 21, 2023

Italian supercar manufacturer Ferrari has confirmed it was hit by a ransomware attack that exposed customers’ personal information. “We regret to inform you of a cyber incident at Ferrari, where a threat actor was able to access a limited number of systems in our IT environment,” Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna said in a letter sent to […]

Ferrari says ransomware attack exposed customers’ personal data by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch

TikTok overhauls its community guidelines, adds new policies on AI and climate misinformation

March 21, 2023

TikTok is announcing updates to its community guidelines that are designed to make the app a more secure environment for users. The company has overhauled the guidelines to make them easier to understand, and added new policies on AI and climate misinformation. TikTok has also added more detail about its existing policies regarding civil and […]

TikTok overhauls its community guidelines, adds new policies on AI and climate misinformation by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

Sifflet raises cash to expand its data observability platform

March 21, 2023

Organizations dealing with large amounts of data often struggle to ensure that data remains high-quality. According to a survey from Great Expectations, which creates open source tools for data testing, 77% of companies have data quality issues and 91% believe that it’s impacting their performance. In light of that, unsurprisingly, business has been quite healthy […]

Sifflet raises cash to expand its data observability platform by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Mapping drone startup Wingtra is charting a new future after landing $22M

March 21, 2023

Wingtra’s drones are used to perform surveying missions by organizations around the world, including NASA and the Army Corps of Engineers. Now the startup is mapping out a new expansion strategy after landing $22 million in Series B funding, which it will use to improve its current tech and add new features. “Our product roadmap […]

Mapping drone startup Wingtra is charting a new future after landing $22M by Catherine Shu originally published on TechCrunch

Facebook political microtargeting at center of GDPR complaints in Germany

March 21, 2023

In its latest piece of strategic litigation, the precision-punching European privacy rights campaign group noyb has used data donated by users of the ‘Who Targets me‘ browser extension, which analyzes political microtargeting on Facebook, to build a case against every political party in Germany — for what it alleges is unlawful processing of voters’ personal […]

Facebook political microtargeting at center of GDPR complaints in Germany by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch

Roundtable raises funding round on Roundtable

March 21, 2023

French startup Roundtable has raised a $3.2 million (€3 million) funding round from a hundred business angels. That’s quite a large group of individual investors — but that’s because Roundtable runs an angel investment platform for European startups. Backed by eFounders, the company takes care of the administrative, legal and financial processes involved with startup […]

Roundtable raises funding round on Roundtable by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch

Google flags apps made by popular Chinese e-commerce giant as malware

March 21, 2023

On Monday, Google announced that it had flagged several apps made by a Chinese e-commerce giant as malware, alerting users who had them installed, and suspended the company’s official app. In the last couple of weeks, multiple Chinese security researchers accused Pinduoduo, a rising e-commerce giant that boasts almost 800 million active users, of making […]

Google flags apps made by popular Chinese e-commerce giant as malware by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai originally published on TechCrunch

India won’t tolerate abusive, obscene content on streaming services, minister warns

March 21, 2023

India will not tolerate use of abusive language in movies and TV shows on on-demand video streaming services, a key minister has warned in a move that illustrates how the nation’s IT rules have “handed over direct ministerial power for censorship.” Anurag Thakur, Union Minister of Information Broadcasting and Sports and Youth Affairs, said at […]

India won’t tolerate abusive, obscene content on streaming services, minister warns by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch