Month: June 2021
Daily Crunch: With Wickr purchase, AWS enters the encrypted messaging business
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for June 25, 2021. We have a great block of startup news and Amazon coverage for you today. But before we…
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Now Microsoft’s app will say why your PC isn’t ready for Windows 11
Microsoft has updated its PC Health Check App to show more information about why your computer won’t be able to run Windows 11, to help deal with some of the confusion that’s sprung up around compatibility. If you’ve already downloaded the app, it should auto-update when you go to run…
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Extra Crunch roundup: Unpacking BuzzFeed’s SPAC, curb your meeting enthusiasm, more
Meetings should have a clear purpose, but instead, they’ve become a way to measure status and reinforce what is colloquially referred to as CYA culture. There’s a kernel of truth in every joke, so whenever someone quips, “This meeting could have been an email!” you can bet that some small…
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Atlassian security flaws could have allowed business app account takeover with one click Hacker Typing
Following last year’s SolarWinds hack, Check Point Research (CPR) decided to investigate Atlassian to see if its platform which is used by 180,000 customers worldwide could fall victim to a similar supply chain attack. The cybersecurity firm was able to bypass Atlassian’s security measures and found security flaws in its…
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Nanofabricated ‘tetrakaidecahedrons’ could out-bulletproof kevlar
Researchers at MIT and Caltech have created a nanoengineered material that could be tougher than the likes of kevlar or steel. Made of interconnected carbon “tetrakaidecahedrons,” the material absorbed the impact of microscopic bullets in spectacular fashion. The study, led by MIT’s Carlos Portela, aimed to find out whether nanoarchitected…
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Read the Pentagon’s UFO Report to Congress
An unclassified version of the Pentagon’s report on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs, aka UFOs) was sent to Congress on Friday, showing that more than 140 instances of strange sightings by military aircraft remain a mystery. This is the public’s first glance at the 9-page report. Last year, Congress gave the…
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