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Telegram quietly enables users to report private chats to moderators after founder’s arrest

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Telegram has quietly updated its policy to allow users to report private chats to its moderators following the arrest of founder Pavel Durov in France over “crimes committed by third parties” on the platform.  The messaging app, which serves nearly 1 billion monthly active users, has long maintained a reputation for minimal supervision of user […]

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‘Stop harassing Starlink,’ SpaceX President tells Brazilian judge

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SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell made a public plea to one of Brazil’s top judicial figures on Thursday, asking him to “please stop harassing Starlink” amid the ongoing battle in the country against Elon Musk’s social media business X.  Musk has been engaged in a months-long dispute with the Brazilian courts, who have been waging a […]

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TechCrunch Minute: This robotic wheelchair can climb stairs

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Korea’s Institute for Machinery and Materials unveiled a pretty cool robotic wheelchair this week. By creating a compliant wheel that conforms to the terrain around it, these engineers have created an early version of a wheelchair that can climb stairs and traverse rocky terrain. The wheel uses a “smart chain” structure, which means that a […]

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Verizon bets on fiber’s staying power as it acquires Frontier for $20B

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Some major consolidation is afoot in the world of internet communications — and it will have implications for competition and consumer internet access in U.S. On Thursday, Verizon announced that it would gobble up Frontier Communications for $20 billion — more than double Frontier’s market cap at the close of trading the night before. Frontier […]

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Sedric monitors the communications of employees at financial institutions to ensure compliance

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For financial institutions, complying with regulations is becoming a costlier proposition. According to a recent poll, 76% of financial services firms increased their compliance expenditure from 2022 to 2023, with most blaming new laws. With the cost of compliance averaging out to around $10,000 per employee these days, many firms are searching for ways to […]

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Kinsome aims to bridge the generation gap with its new app for kids and grandparents

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Over a year ago, former Session M exec Eben Pingree received the news that his mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Two days later, his father-in-law was given the same diagnosis.  To create lasting memories and help his three young children bond with their grandparents, Pingree — along with his co-founders Mike Gerbush, Ashley Hawking, and […]

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Ryan Breslow’s $450M Bolt deal said to involve a restraining order now

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Ryan Breslow’s plan to get himself reinstalled as CEO of fintech company Bolt — and push through a $450 million fundraising deal that would value the startup at a staggering $14 billion — has apparently stalled. According to Forbes, Breslow sent an email to shareholders thanking them for signing off on the deal. The problem is that many […]


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Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Reonic raises €13 million to help small installers of green tech like heat pumps and solar panels

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European regulators are pushing hard for greener energy. The REPowerEU plan calls for 10 million additional heat pumps to be added by 2027, and solar panels are also on the rise. But most installations are done by small businesses that could be more productive with better work processes. This is where German startup Reonic comes […]

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Boom’s macOS camera app lets you customize your video call appearance

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As someone who talks to many people outside my time zone, I often spend at least a few minutes on a video call explaining my location, time, and weather. That information became easier to convey with a Mac app called Boom, now available as a freemium product. Boom is a bootstrapped company built by former […]

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