To comply with DMA, WhatsApp and Messenger will become interoperable via Signal protocol (techcrunch.com)
Only 150+ apps have been designed specifically for Apple's Vision Pro, so far | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
I left the headline like the original, but I see this as a massive win for Apple. The device is ridiculously expensive, isn’t even on sale yet and already has 150 apps specifically designed for that....
This app lets restaurants and coffee shops charge to use the bathroom (techcrunch.com)
Meta pauses plans to train AI using European users' data, bowing to regulatory pressure (techcrunch.com)
What’s next for Mozilla? (techcrunch.com)
one passage of note:...
Automattic buys Beeper for $125MM, launches closed-source "privacy" app (techcrunch.com)
Curious how none of the coverage of this launch mention that the app isn’t actually open-source (though they pretend to be an open-source project), which makes all of their claims of “end-to-end encryption” worthless...
Apple terminates Epic Games developer account calling it a 'threat' to the iOS ecosystem (techcrunch.com)
Encrypted services Apple, Proton and Wire helped Spanish police identify activist | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
By the way, the earlier posted article restoreprivacy.com/protonmail-discloses-user-data… had an update starting at the paragraph with title Update: Statement from Proton and additional commentary
Gumroad no longer allows most NSFW art, leaving its adult creators panicked (techcrunch.com)
Facebook bought a VPN company and deployed it, in part, to spy on its users. (techcrunch.com)
This is the problem with using VPN services in general, you have to have complete trust in the service provider.
Raspberry Pi is now a public company (techcrunch.com)
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone joins board of Mastodon's new US nonprofit | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Signal's Meredith Whittaker scorns anti-encryption efforts as 'parochial, magical thinking' | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Apple cuts off Beeper Mini's access after launch of service that brought iMessage to Android (techcrunch.com)
Welcome to the fediverse: Your guide to Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky, and more (techcrunch.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/18019157...
Apple changes App Store rules to allow retro game emulators globally | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
Pebble, the Twitter alternative previously known as T2, is shutting down | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
The first I’ve heard of this platform is when it’s shutting down… might be why it did.
X runs ‘timeline takeover’ ad promoting anti-trans film (techcrunch.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/7435108...
Stop playing games with online security, Signal president warns EU lawmakers (techcrunch.com)
Follow-up to last week’s story:...
European police chiefs target E2EE in latest demand for 'lawful access' (techcrunch.com)
Electric scooter company Bird files for bankruptcy (techcrunch.com)
Magnets are switching up the keyboard game with an additional keystroke setting (techcrunch.com)
These keyboards rely on magnets and springs and activate by sensing changes in the magnetic field. Popularized by Dutch keyboard startup Wooting, these switches rely on the Hall Effect and have actually been around since the 1960s....