Month: September 2021

1Password gets its own hide my email feature

1Password will let you create unique email address for each service. | Image: 1Password 1Password is launching a new feature to let users create unique email aliases for logins, much like Apple’s iCloud Plus Hide My Email function. 1Password is partnering with Fastmail to bring its masked email feature to the password manager, giving all

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Electron framework adds encryption API

Electron 15.0.0, the latest version of the GitHub-developed framework for building cross-platform desktop applications, is now available, featuring a string encryption API and upgrades to underlying software packages. The Electron 15.0.0 release adds safeStorage string encryption, providing a cookie encryption API to protect data stored on local disk. The API provides methods to encrypt and

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Image sharing service Imgur has been acquired by MediaLab, which owns Kik, Whisper, Genius, WorldStarHipHop, and other brands; Imgur says it has 300M users (James Vincent/The Verge)

James Vincent / The Verge: Image sharing service Imgur has been acquired by MediaLab, which owns Kik, Whisper, Genius, WorldStarHipHop, and other brands; Imgur says it has 300M users  —  The image-hosting service started life as an adjunct to Reddit  —  Popular image-sharing site Imgur has been acquired by MediaLab …

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Some bitcoin miners, including TeraWulf and Compass Mining, are partnering with nuclear power plant owners amid criticism from environmentalists (Jennifer Hiller/Wall Street Journal)

Jennifer Hiller / Wall Street Journal: Some bitcoin miners, including TeraWulf and Compass Mining, are partnering with nuclear power plant owners amid criticism from environmentalists  —  Some cryptocurrency miners are striking deals with operators of struggling nuclear plants, which are carbon-free and have excess power capacity to spare

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Daily Authority: OLED Switch ✨

Good morning! Don’t forget Amazon’s hardware event is today at 12PM ET, especially if Alexa is your go-to. OLED Switch impressions   Alright, a bunch of people from the gaming media had some hands-on time with the upcoming OLED Nintendo Switch last week, with impressions now coming out. The new Switch has few core changes

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Facebook-backed 2Africa consortium says its subsea internet cable will include Middle East and India when it launches in 2023, expanding on Europe and Africa (Katie Collins/CNET)

Katie Collins / CNET: Facebook-backed 2Africa consortium says its subsea internet cable will include Middle East and India when it launches in 2023, expanding on Europe and Africa  —  Facebook says it expects the 2Africa cable system to connect 3 billion people when it launches in 2023.

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Nick Clegg says Facebook will release two internal slide decks central to WSJ’s story on Instagram’s impact on teens to the public “in the next few days” (Karissa Bell/Engadget)

Karissa Bell / Engadget: Nick Clegg says Facebook will release two internal slide decks central to WSJ’s story on Instagram’s impact on teens to the public “in the next few days”  —  Facebook will publish two internal slide decks detailing its research into how Instagram affects teens’ mental health sometime “in the next few days.”

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Norwegian warehouse robotics maker AutoStore plans an IPO in Oslo, sources say valuing the company at ~$11.7B, up from $7.7B when SoftBank invested in April (Richard Milne/Financial Times)

Richard Milne / Financial Times: Norwegian warehouse robotics maker AutoStore plans an IPO in Oslo, sources say valuing the company at ~$11.7B, up from $7.7B when SoftBank invested in April  —  Norwegian manufacturer of automated storage and retrieval systems set to list next month  —  SoftBank-backed warehouse robotics group AutoStore …

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French startup Swan, which offers “banking-as-a-service” tools to companies, raises €16M Series A led by Accel (Romain Dillet/TechCrunch)

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: French startup Swan, which offers “banking-as-a-service” tools to companies, raises €16M Series A led by Accel  —  French startup Swan has raised an $18.7 million Series A funding round (€16 million) led by Accel.  The company provides a banking-as-a-service platform for other products and services.

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Report: 22% of health care providers saw an increase in patient mortality following a cyberattack, driven by COVID-19 and third-party vendor security gaps (Jessica Davis/SC Media)

Jessica Davis / SC Media: Report: 22% of health care providers saw an increase in patient mortality following a cyberattack, driven by COVID-19 and third-party vendor security gaps  —  A new report from the Ponemon Institute reinforces the patient safety risks posed by ransomware attacks: 22% of surveyed providers saw …

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Redmi Earbuds 3 Pro review: Missing essentials

Despite the prevalence of true wireless audio products, the category continues to innovate at a blistering pace. Over the last year, we’ve seen premium features like active noise cancellation (ANC), transparency modes, and more make their way to affordably priced options. However, a major concern for most true wireless earphones has been battery life and

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Bangalore-based Capital Float, which offers a buy now pay later service on Amazon and other sites in India, raises $50M Series D led by Lightrock India (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Bangalore-based Capital Float, which offers a buy now pay later service on Amazon and other sites in India, raises $50M Series D led by Lightrock India  —  Capital Float, an Amazon-backed startup that offers its buy now, pay later service on many popular online platforms in India including …

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