Month: February 2020
Microsoft backtracks on plans to force Chrome default search to Bing
Microsoft is backtracking on its original plans to force the Chrome default search engine over to Bing using the company’s Office 365 installer. Microsoft was planning to include a new Chrome extension with its Office 365 ProPlus installer, used by businesses, that would switch Chrome’s default search engine to Bing.…
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Emotet can now hack Wi-Fi networks
Security researchers at Binary Defense recently discovered an Emotet Trojan sample which features a Wi-Fi worm module that allows the malware to spread over insecure wireless networks to new victims. This new strain utilizes wlanAPI.dll calls to discover wireless networks around a computer that is already infected with Emotet. By…
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Google’s Nest will force customers to use two-factor authentication
Google announced today that Nest customers will soon be required to enroll in two-factor authentication. In theory, that should provide a good extra step of security for devices that regularly monitor and help secure your home. Google says that beginning this spring, any Nest users who haven’t already enrolled into…
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The engineers behind Google’s Bookbot have launched a delivery robot startup
The engineers behind Google’s short-lived Bookbot — a robot created within the company’s Area 120 incubator for experimental products — have launched their own startup to bring the sidewalk delivery bot back to life. The secretive startup called Cartken was formed in fall 2019 after Google shuttered an internal program…
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Daily Crunch: SiriusXM backs SoundCloud
The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Music streaming pioneer SoundCloud raises $75M from Pandora owner SiriusXM The deal with SiriusXM is a…
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Mastercard given approval to prepare for entry into China’s payments market
After years of unsuccessful attempts to enter China’s massive $27 trillion payments market, Mastercard announced today it has won approval from the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) to begin formal preparation to set up a bank card clearing institution in China. The news is a significant step toward Mastercard being…
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