French startup Cajoo is raising some money in order to compete more aggressively in the new and highly competitive category of food delivery companies. Interestingly, the lead investor in today’s funding round is Carrefour, the supermarket giant. Headline (formerly e.ventures) is also participating in the round as well as existing investors Frst and XAnge. Carrefour’s
Read MoreCredit: Jimmy Westenberg / Android Authority Welcome to the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 update hub. Here you’ll find the latest information on software releases for Samsung’s latest smartwatches. We’ll detail the current firmware versions for the Galaxy Watch 4 and the Galaxy Watch 4 Classic and alert you if there’s a new update rolling out.
Read MoreAnna Nicolaou / Financial Times: Sources: YouTube Music reached 50M paying subscribers in August, up from 30M paid music and premium subscribers that YouTube had reported in October 2020 — Google-owned platforms have grown rapidly in recent months to become genuine rivals to Spotify — YouTube’s paid music streaming services …
Read MoreMichael Novinson / CRN: Check Point to buy Avanan, which provides tools for protecting cloud-based email and collaboration suites, source says the deal is valued between $250M-$300M — Check Point will spend between $250 million and $300 million to buy Avanan, making it one of the biggest acquisitions in company history …
Read MoreCredit: OnLeaks A new leak has outed the alleged pre-order and market launch dates of the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE. The phone might only launch in October, around the same time as Google’s Pixel 6 series. By now, the launch date of the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE has pretty much become a guessing game. Leaks
Read MoreIonut Ilascu / BleepingComputer: Bangkok Airways confirms LockBit ransomware has leaked 200GB+ of data including passenger details; LockBit has also published stolen data of Ethiopian Airlines — Bangkok Airways, a major airline company in Thailand, confirmed it was the victim of a cyberattack earlier this month that compromised personal data of passengers.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge While vocal app developers accused Apple last week of spinning a lawsuit settlement into an App Store change that was barely a change at all, the company appears to be making a true, if small concession today: Apple says it will let developers of “reader” apps (think Netflix,
Read MoreApple has made a settlement with Japanese regulator that it will allow developers of “reader” apps link to their own website for managing users account. The change goes to effect in early 2022. This settlement comes after the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) has forced Apple to make a change its polices on the reader
Read MoreLightning is a powerful and seemingly mysterious force of nature, capable of releasing huge amounts of energy over relatively short times and striking almost at random. Lightning obeys the laws of physics just like anything else, though, and with a little bit of technology some of its mysteries can be unraveled. For one, it only
Read MoreMassachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey gave a coalition of app-based service providers like Uber and Lyft the go-ahead to start collecting signatures needed to put a proposed ballot measure before voters that would define drivers as independent contractors rather than employees. Backers of the initiative, which is essentially a MA version of Proposition 22, would
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple has announced that “reader” apps can redirect users to sign up for services outside of the App Store. The company says the change will close an investigation from the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) Get ready to find that link to sign up for Netflix…in the Netflix app?! There
Read MoreTechCrunch: A brief overview of all the startups that pitched at Day 2 of Y Combinator’s Summer 2021 Demo Day — Welcome back to TechCrunch’s continuing coverage of Y Combinator’s Summer 2021 Demo Day! This is Day Two. If you haven’t caught up yet on what happened during the first day …
Read MoreTim Anderson / The Register: Docker restricts use of its free desktop tool to individuals and small businesses, says companies with 250+ staff or $10M+ annual revenue must use paid version — Search for sustainable business model continues, but most usage will still be free — Docker will restrict use of the free version …
Read MoreApple: Apple to let developers of “reader” apps worldwide link to a website to set up or manage accounts early next year, closing Japan’s antitrust investigation — Apple will let developers of “reader” apps around the world link to an external website to set up or manage an account beginning early next year
Read MoreJonathan Stempel / Reuters: Filing: SEC sues Satish Kumbhani, the founder of now-defunct BitConnect, and a promoter over alleged $2B crypto fraud scheme; Kumbhani’s location is unknown — The top U.S. securities regulator on Wednesday sued the founder of the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange platform BitConnect …
Read MoreTo 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 September 1, 2021. It’s a big day in TechCrunch history in that we’ve been shuffled to a new parent company. More on that in a
Read MoreToday you can save $450 on a gaming desktop from Dell that comes equipped with an Intel Core i7 processor and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti graphics card. This makes the system well suited for gaming at 1080p and 2K resolutions. Dell XPS 8940 SE Intel Core i7-11700 Gaming Desktop w/ Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
Read MoreNo one likes a flickering light source, but lighting is often dependent on the quality of a building’s main AC power. Light intensity has a close relation to the supply voltage, but bulb type plays a role as well. Incandescent and fluorescent bulbs do not instantly cease emitting the instant power is removed, allowing their
Read MoreWelcome back to TechCrunch’s continuing coverage of Y Combinator’s Summer 2021 Demo Day! This is Day Two. If you haven’t caught up yet on what happened during the first day, you can read our recap of all the presenting companies here, our favorites from that first set here, and a quick podcast about all of
Read MoreIn the UK, a 12-month grace period for compliance with a design code aimed at protecting children online expires today — meaning app makers offering digital services in the market which are “likely” to be accessed by children (defined in this context as users under 18 years old) are expected to comply with a set
Read MoreWhat you need to know Twitter has launched Super Follows. The new feature allows Twitter users to subscribe for exclusive access to their favorite personalities or brands. Twitter users who enable the feature can earn money for exclusive tweets and more. Twitter is launching monetization efforts all over the place. You can now pay your
Read MoreFrom beaming actors into the class room to plucking things out of space, the second day of Y Combinator’s S21 Demo Day was a fresh snapshot of what nearly 200 startup teams believe is the future of innovation. Yesterday, the TechCrunch team covered the first half of this batch, as well as the startups with one-minute
Read MoreKishan Vyas / XDA Developers: Qualcomm announces aptX Lossless, a new feature of its aptX Adaptive codec that Qualcomm says can deliver 16bit/44.1kHz CD-quality audio over Bluetooth — Qualcomm today announced aptX Lossless, a new feature of aptX Adaptive that promises to deliver CD-quality lossless audio over Bluetooth.
Read MoreThe Tesla Roadster. | Image: Tesla Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that the upcoming Tesla Roadster “should ship in 2023” in a tweet on Wednesday. He blamed the ongoing supply chain shortages for the long timeline. “2021 has been the year of super crazy supply chain shortages, so it wouldn’t matter if we had 17
Read MoreCredit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Quick Phrases will let you perform Google Assistant tasks without requiring the “Ok/Hey Google” hotword. You will be able to set alarms, control your music, and more with this in-development feature. It’s still unclear when Quick Phrases will roll out or which devices will support it. You may soon
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