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Senate Commerce Committee’s consumer protection panel to launch a probe into Facebook after reports it was aware of the harm Instagram can cause teenage girls (Makena Kelly/The Verge)

Makena Kelly / The Verge: Senate Commerce Committee’s consumer protection panel to launch a probe into Facebook after reports it was aware of the harm Instagram can cause teenage girls — Democrats call on the company to abandon Instagram for kids — Two top lawmakers on the Senate Commerce Committee’s panel …

Why Device Management is Crucial to Successful IoT Innovation

It’s easy to understand why people at all points on the technology spectrum get so excited about the latest and greatest developments in the Internet of Things. Essential is IoT device management. Done right, it’s the perfect marriage of cutting-edge technology and innovative design – used to seamlessly improve so many of the things we

Galaxy S21 Ultra finally gets eSIM support, but there’s a catch

Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority US owners of the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra can now use eSIM. They must, however, be running the One UI 4.0 beta. Carrier activation requires scanning a QR code. US owners of the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra can now take advantage of eSIM support, though only if they’re signed

The iPhone 13 is a pitch-perfect iPhone 12S

The iPhone 13, featuring a very similar design to the iPhone 12. | Image: Apple Apple had a lot of new features to announce with its iPhone 13 lineup this week. The iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Mini, iPhone 13 Pro, and iPhone 13 Pro Max have better battery life, faster A15 Bionic processors, smaller display

Lenovo Yoga Tab 13 review: Redesigning the premium Android tablet

Lenovo is pitching the Yoga Tab 13 as a premium entertainment slate, but its large screen, powerful processor, solid battery life, and inclusion of a handy kickstand allow it to act as much more than a Netflix vehicle. In a market dominated by low-cost fare, Lenovo has crafted a high-end tablet to compete with some

Your new iPad mini 6 is going to need a new case — here are the best ones

The newly redesigned iPad mini 6 is finally here. If you plan on picking one up or you’ve already ordered one, you’re going to want a case. Whether you want lots of protection, a case with a stand, or something clear to show off your beautiful new iPad mini, a great case will go a

Goodbye and good riddance to Apple’s 64GB iPhones

Image: Apple Apple’s new iPhone 13 and 13 Mini mark the official end of the 64GB iPhone era: the company has effectively doubled the storage capacities for its 2021 models while keeping prices the same, so the new smartphones now start with 128GB of storage with options for 256GB and 512GB. (For those who require

Constructor, which helps companies optimize e-commerce listings using AI, raises $55M Series A led by Silversmith Capital (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Constructor, which helps companies optimize e-commerce listings using AI, raises $55M Series A led by Silversmith Capital — The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! — Constructor, a San Francisco …

Xiaomi Announces Concept MicroLED Smart Glasses

(Image: Xiaomi) (Image: Xiaomi)Xiaomi announced its latest tech wearable—and it may never hit shelves. The company’s new concept, simply called Xiaomi Smart Glasses, appears to exist entirely as a prototype and aims to place a number of smartphone capabilities directly in front of the wearer’s eyes. Xiaomi says its smart glasses use optical waveguide technology

Relyance AI, which builds tools to help companies comply with privacy laws at the code level, emerges from stealth with $25M Series A and $5M seed (Ron Miller/TechCrunch)

Ron Miller / TechCrunch: Relyance AI, which builds tools to help companies comply with privacy laws at the code level, emerges from stealth with $25M Series A and $5M seed — Relyance AI, an early stage startup that is helping companies stay in compliance with privacy laws at the code level, announced a $25 million

Forge’s SPAC deal is a bet on unicorn illiquidity

As Warby Parker, Freshworks, Amplitude and Toast look to list in the coming weeks, we shouldn’t forget the SPAC boom. This week, for example, Forge Global (Forge), a technology startup that operates a market for secondary transactions in private companies, announced that it would go public via a blank-check combination. And while we’re not unpacking every

Persona, an identity verification startup used by Robinhood, DoorDash, and Square, raises $150M Series C led by Founders Fund at a $1.5B valuation (Katie Roof/Bloomberg)

Katie Roof / Bloomberg: Persona, an identity verification startup used by Robinhood, DoorDash, and Square, raises $150M Series C led by Founders Fund at a $1.5B valuation — – Startup raises $150 million from Index Ventures, Coatue — Clients include Robinhood, DoorDash, Square, Coursera

How to move all your data to your new iPhone

Image: Apple If you’ve just upgraded — or are planning to upgrade — to Apple’s new iPhone 13, congratulations! You’re going to want to try out your snazzy new phone as soon as you open that box. But first, you need to get all of the apps and data from your old iPhone onto your

How to back up your iPhone with or without iCloud

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Yes, of course you want to back up your iPhone — as we all know, despite phone cases and Gorilla glass and careful engineering, disaster — in the form of cracked displays, lost devices, and three-year-olds who think it’s fun to sit on your latest phone — can

Chamath Palihapitiya is coming to Disrupt

Retail investors love him. Venture capitalists envy him. But pretty much everyone writing checks these days is paying attention to Chamath Palihapitiya, whose star has been on the rise since the outset of his career at an early online media player called Winamp that was acquired by AOL. Indeed, over the last 20 years, Palihapitiya

TIME names Tim Cook one of the world’s most influential people

What you need to know Apple CEO Tim Cook has been named on TIME’s list of The 100 Most Influential People. Cook recently ticked past ten years in charge of Apple. Not a bad list to be part of. Apple CEO has found himself on TIME’s list of The 100 Most Influential People of 2021

Siri will speak Italian on Apple TV and HomePod once tvOS 15 is released

What you need to know Siri will be able to speak Italian on Apple TV and HomePod once tvOS 15 ships. Apple hasn’t confirmed when the update will be available, but it’s likely to arrive next week. Ehi Siri, finalmente a cosa serve l’italiano? It looks like Siri on the Apple TV and HomePod will

StrongDM, which builds tools to manage servers, databases, and other infrastructure, raises $54M Series B led by Tiger Global, bringing total funding to $77M (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: StrongDM, which builds tools to manage servers, databases, and other infrastructure, raises $54M Series B led by Tiger Global, bringing total funding to $77M — The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now!

Smart Home Hack Breaks Down Walls Figuratively And Literally

Are you ready for a tale of poorly supported hardware, clueless contractors, and bad coding? Look no further than [Neighborino]’s excellent write-up where he details his pursuit of smart home pwnership. [Neighborino]’s smart home system controls the windows, blinds, outlets, and HVAC. But by the time the high-rise apartment was ready for occupancy in 2015,

News aggregator SmartNews raises $230 million, valuing its business at $2 billion

SmartNews, a Tokyo-headquartered news aggregation website and app that’s grown in popularity despite hefty competition from built-in aggregators like Apple News, today announced it has closed on $230 million in Series F funding. The round brings SmartNews’ total raise to date to over $400 million and values the business at $2 billion — or as

Microsoft now lets you sign-in without a password

Microsoft is further nudging users away from passwords by rolling out passwordless sign-in options to all consumer Microsoft accounts. The tech giant, like many others in the industry, has waged a war against traditional password-based authentication for some time. This is because passwords are a prime target for cyberattacks, since weak or reused passwords can

Despite the space vacated by the notch, iPhone 13 has no battery percentage

What you need to know Apple’s iPhone 13 won’t display a battery percentage despite having more space. It had been hoped that the smaller notch would mean Apple would put a battery percentage in the status bar. Sorry to disappoint. Despite hopes that a smaller notch would mean more space for it, iPhone 13 will

Yes, real Google Pixel 6 potato chips in Japan were briefly available. Tasty.

Credit: Google Google Pixel 6 potato chips were briefly available to claim in Japan. It’s just the latest early promotion for the company’s next flagship phone. There’s no word on if a similar promotion will be launched in the US. Google is coming up with some new, and very cool, efforts to push its next

Check out the amazing speakers joining us on Extra Cru… ahem, TechCrunch Live

It’s been an Extra Crunch summer. We’ve heard how to craft your pitch deck around the one thing that really hooks an investor, and how the industry experience of Retail Zipline’s Melissa Wong ticked every box for Emergence when raising her Series A. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. We’ve also gotten a

Apple TV+ bilingual comedy ‘Acapulco’ debuts October 8

10 episodes starring Eugenio Derbe are on the way… What you need to know Apple TV+ is getting a new bilingual comedy. It’s called ‘Acapulco’ It starts Eugenio Derbez and Enrique Arrizon. Apple has today announced that its new bilingual comedy Acapulco will air on Apple TV+ on October 8. In a press release the

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