Month: April 2021
Twitter having a partial outage Saturday morning
It looks like problems on Twitter that began Friday night are persisting Saturday morning. People on the east coast of the US were reporting that while the page would load, they were unable to send tweets and DMs. As of 11 AM ET Saturday, the site was still experiencing issues…
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Judge in Australia finds Google misled Android users about location data collection
A judge in Australia found Google misled users about personal location data the company collected via Android devices, a violation of Australian law, the Associated Press reported. According to Federal Court Judge Thomas Thawley, the violations occurred between January 2017 and December 2018. Users creating a new Google account while…
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Outdoor startups see supercharged growth during COVID-19 era
After years of sustained growth, the pandemic supercharged the outdoor recreation industry. Startups that provide services like camper vans, private campsites and trail-finding apps became relevant to millions of new users when COVID-19 shut down indoor recreation, building on an existing boom in outdoor recreation. Startups like Outdoorsy, AllTrails, Cabana,…
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Juicers vs blenders: what’s the difference? Juicers vs blenders: what’s the difference?
It’s head to head as we compare juicers vs blenders so that you’ve got all the information you need to get the most out of these cooking appliances. If you’re on the lookout for one of the best blenders or need a juicer then you’re in the right place because…
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This Week in Apps: A surprising report on App Tracking, Apple event predictions, Instagram for kids
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry is as hot as ever, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion…
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Google Project Zero will give a 30-day grace period before disclosing security issues
Google’s Project Zero, a team of dedicated security engineers tasked with reducing the number of “zero day” vulnerabilities around the entire internet, says it will give developers an extra 30 days before disclosing vulnerability issues, in order to give end-users time to patch their software. Developers will still have 90…
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