More than half-a-dozen VPN apps, including Cloudflare’s widely-used 1.1.1.1, have been pulled from India’s Apple App Store and Google Play Store following intervention from government authorities, TechCrunch has learned. The Indian Ministry of Home Affairs issued removal orders for the apps, according to a document […]
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Peter Thiel-backed venture debt firm Tacora raises $268.7M for new fund
Tacora Capital has raised its second fund, after Peter Thiel backed its first fund with $250 million. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
US Court of Appeals rules against effort to restore net neutrality
Net neutrality may have hit its final roadblock. In a new decision filed today, the Sixth Circuit US Court of Appeals has ruled that the FCC does not have the “statutory authority” to implement net neutrality rules. The court first blocked the rules in August […]
Why Yat Siu believes 2025 will be the year for real blockchain games
Yat Siu, executive chairman of Animoca Brands, has made 540 investments into blockchain games. We talked to him about the 2025 outlook.
CES 2025: What to expect from the year’s first and biggest tech show
CES 2025 officially kicks off in Las Vegas on Tuesday morning, running through the end of the day on January 10. The “official” dates are specific to when the floor of the Las Vegas Convention Center is open to attendees, and ultimately belie the show’s […]
Apple agrees to settle a 2019 Siri privacy lawsuit for $95 million
Apple has moved to settle a five-year-old class action lawsuit over Siri privacy. Reuters reports that the proposed settlement was filed on Tuesday in Oakland, CA. The company agreed to pay $95 million to class members, estimated to be tens of millions of Siri-enabled device […]
Telegram rolls out third-party account verification, filters
Telegram has rolled out its first update of the year, adding a new account verification method powered by third-parties, new message search filters, and the ability to turn gifts into NFTs. The chat app already had a program to verify public figures and organizations on […]
Best Fitness Trackers of 2025 for Peak Performance
Whether you’re skiing in the backcountry or trampolining in the backyard, we have an activity tracker for you.
Tesla reports its first-ever annual drop in deliveries
Tesla has reported its first-ever decline in annual deliveries. The total number of deliveries for 2024 hovers at around 1.78 million, but the company delivered 1.81 million vehicles in 2023. Company shares fell by as much as seven percent at the news, but has since […]
Apple will pay $95 million to people who were spied on by Siri
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple has agreed to a $95 million settlement with users whose conversations were inadvertently captured by its Siri voice assistant and potentially overheard by human employees. The proposed settlement, reported by Bloomberg, could pay many US-based Apple […]