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Google loses in court, faces trial for collecting data on users who opted out

Judge: Reasonable juror may find Google profited from misappropriation of data. Credit: Getty Images | Josh Edelson A federal judge this week rejected Google's motion to throw out a class-action lawsuit...

Italy’s plan to buy Starlink data deals a serious blow to European space network

"We are strong if we remain united and defend our infrastructure." Elon Musk raises a...

After embarrassing blunder, AT&T promises bill credits for future outages

If you lost service but only 9 cell towers went down, you won't get...

Intel fills out Core Ultra 200 laptop chips with hodgepodge of CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs

Core Ultra 200U, 200H, and 200HX will all fall short of Copilot+ compatibility. The new...

Microsoft would really like you to replace your old Windows 10 PCs this year

The carrot of "new features" and the stick of "no more updates for your...

Google might already be replacing some Ad sales jobs with AI

When AI can make assets and text for ads, you don't need humans to do it anymore. 85 Google is wrapping its head around the idea...

SSH protects the world’s most sensitive networks. It just got a lot weaker

Novel Terrapin attack uses prefix truncation to downgrade the security of SSH channels. 161 Sometime around the start of 1995, an unknown person planted a password...

7.1 million miles, 3 minor injuries: Waymo’s safety data looks good

Waymo says its cars cause injuries six times less often than human drivers. 63 Waymo on Wednesday released new crash data based on the company's first...

Samsung expands repair program to more devices, now in 43 countries

Samsung's current S-series flagship and foldable phones are getting parts. 10 Samsung says it's doing a big expansion to its self-repair program this month. The repair program launched...

Apple Watch Series 9 sales to be halted over patent dispute

Image Credits: Darrell Etherington Apple will be halting sales of its Series 9 smartwatch, The news, shared by 9to5Mac, follows an October ruling by the International Trade...

Adobe and Figma end $20B acquisition plans after regulatory headwinds in Europe

There's a $1 billion termination fee to pay, too Image Credits: Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket / Getty Images Adobe’s $20 billion mega-bid to buy rival Figma is now officially dead, after the companies...

Snowflake goes all in on data clean rooms with Samooha acquisition

Image Credits: Joan Cros/NurPhoto / Getty Images Snowflake is buying Samooha, a startup developing a “cross-cloud” data collaboration suite, the companies announced this morning — adding to the list of big tech...

Google moves to end geofence warrants, a surveillance problem it largely created

Law enforcement have long tapped users' location data hoarded by tech giants Image Credits: Bryce Durbin / TechCrunch Google will soon allow users to store their location data on their...

Google’s Gemini comes to more apps, Cruise slashes its workforce and Tesla issues a recall

Image Credits: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Hey, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter covering the major happenings in the tech-o-sphere — or most...

The Pixel 9 might come with exclusive “Pixie” AI assistant

What will happen to the Google Assistant when the new AI assistant comes out? 81 Move over Google Assistant, Google is apparently working on a new...

Twitch quickly reverses policy that “went too far” allowing nudity

Twitch confirmed its policy banning nudity was sexist. 275 Just two days after updating its policy to allow for more nudity, Twitch has announced that it's...

Let’s attempt to decode Google’s confusing new location data settings

The new Google Maps Timeline plays a game of three-card monte with your location data. 91 Google announced big changes to its most legally fraught set...

Tesla unveils its latest humanoid robot, Optimus Gen 2, in demo video

Tesla says its new prototype is 30% faster, 10 kg lighter, and has sensors on all fingers. 237 On Tuesday, Tesla released a demo video showing the latest...

FCC issues final denial of $885M Starlink subsidy

Image Credits: Starlink The FCC has made a final denial of Starlink’s application for $885 million in public funds to expand its orbital communications infrastructure to cover parts...
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