Month: April 2021
iPhone 12 vs iPhone XR: two years is a long time in smartphones iPhone 12 vs iPhone XR
The iPhone 12 represents a stark departure from its predecessors, courtesy of a completely refreshed design and some notably improved components. With many an iPhone XR owner due for an upgrade after a long two-year contract, it’s the iPhone 12 that’s likely to be in their crosshairs. So how much…
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Stop using your pet’s name as a password dog helping owner work on PC
UK consumers are putting themselves at risk of cyberattack by using weak passwords such as their pet’s name. A warning from National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said 15% of the population used a pet’s name as part of or as a password, 14% use the name of a family member,…
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China fines Alibaba $2.8 billion after antitrust investigation
China has hit Alibaba, one of the country’s biggest online retailers, with a record $2.8 billion (18.2 billion yuan) fine, after an investigation found the ecommerce giant violated China’s anti-monopoly law, The New York Times reported. The fine, which represents 4 percent of Alibaba’s 2019 domestic sales, is three times…
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This startup summer could be blistering
Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s broadly based on the daily column that appears on Extra Crunch, but free, and made for your weekend reading. Ready? Let’s talk money, startups and spicy IPO rumors. The startup world could be in for a busy summer. Today…
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Lawsuit against Amazon alleging it failed to protect workers from COVID-19 moved back to NY state court
A federal judge has granted the New York attorney general’s request to move a lawsuit against Amazon back to New York state court, Reuters reported. AG Letitia James’ lawsuit alleges that the ecommerce giant failed to protect workers at its Brooklyn and Staten Island warehouses from COVID-19 during the early…
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Let’s talk about gaslighting and fundraising
“Most of the startups I give advice to about how to raise venture capital shouldn’t be raising venture capital,” an investor recently told me. While the idea that every startup isn’t venture-backable might run counter to the narrative to the barrage of funding news each week, I think it’s important…
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