Month: March 2021
For VC Hans Tung, the personal becomes public in a growing campaign to ‘stop Asian hate’
Longtime venture capitalist Hans Tung is a big guy. His size might just be lifesaving. A first-generation Taiwanese-American who came to the U.S. and to LA specifically in 1984, it was a fraught time for the then 14-year-old. Two years earlier, a 27-year-old, Chinese-American draftsman named Vincent Chin was beaten…
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tvOS 14.5 code describes an Apple TV remote that doesn’t exist yet Apple TV 4K
Another day, another rumor about a new Apple TV – but this one’s special in that it comes from Apple itself. A strange string of text was discovered in the latest batch of tvOS 14.5 beta code that mentions pressing “the center button” to make a choice on Apple TV.…
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iOS 14.5 will fix your iPhone 11’s faulty battery estimates iPhone 11 Pro Max
The iOS 14.5 beta 6 for developers has just dropped, touting several new features that add even more to the increasingly large update. One in particular might please iPhone 11 series owners frustrated with their battery life: you’ll now be able to run a recalibration of your battery life to…
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Errors ruin 15 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine
An ingredient mix-up at a Baltimore manufacturing plant ruined 15 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, The New York Times reported. That could delay future shipments of this vaccine in the United States. There are not any problems with the doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine…
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Daily Crunch: Facebook makes it easier to view a non-algorithmic News Feed
Facebook has some thoughts and updates about its News Feed, Siri gets some new voices and Tonal becomes a unicorn. This is your Daily Crunch for March 31, 2021. The big story: Facebook makes it easier to view a non-algorithmic News Feed Facebook highlighted features today that should make it…
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Malware hidden in Call of Duty cheat software proves that cheaters never prosper
Hackers have been hiding malware in cheating software for Call of Duty: Warzone and have been trying to spread it to “cheating cheaters,” as a report from Activision calls them (via Vice). You can read the full report here, but it explains that there’s been a campaign by hackers to…
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