SpaceX will de-orbit 100 Starlink satellites with unidentified flaw
SpaceX announced today that it will be sending some 100 Starlink satellites to an early retirement after a flaw was identified that could make them a worry later on. Don’t expect a fiery light show, though, and if you use Starlink, your service should be unaffected. The announcement explains that
Read moreBMW security lapse exposed sensitive company information, researcher finds
A misconfigured cloud storage server belonging to automotive giant BMW exposed sensitive company information, including private keys and internal data, TechCrunch has learned. Can Yoleri, a security researcher at threat intelligence company SOCRadar, told TechCrunch that he discovered the exposed BMW cloud storage server while routinely scanning the internet. Yoleri
Read moreSecurity priorities for 2024: Skills development, AI and more, says report
Developing and optimizing cybersecurity staff has been listed by a research firm as the top security priority for organizations over the next 12 months for the second year in a row. The recommendation came in the release this week of Info-Tech Research Group’s Security Priorities 2024 report. The five priorities
Read moreEquity: Bret Taylor has a brand new AI startup
This is our Wednesday show, where we dig into the critical startup and venture capital stories from the week thus far. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreHow robotics and AI helped Hippo Harvest land $21M to grow lettuce
The indoor farming startup uses repurposed warehouse robots to grow produce for Amazon Fresh. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreThese 32 robotics companies are hiring
There’s no such thing as a future-proof career. This is something I consider nearly any time I write about advances in generative AI. Is there a sense in which I’m contributing to the propagation of my eventual replacement? Probably! But don’t worry, that’s a me problem. As for you, my
Read moreCyber Security Today, Feb. 14, 2024 – Get cracking on Patch Tuesday security fixes
Get cracking on Patch Tuesday security fixes. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Wednesday, February 14th, 2024. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. Yesterday was Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday for February. Patches for 80 vulnerabilities were released, including five critical ones.
Read moreAdvanced questions about a basic diagram
I saw a hand-drawn version of the diagram above yesterday and noticed that the points were too evenly distributed. That got me to thinking: is there any objective way to say that this famous diagram is in some sense complete? If you were to make a diagram with more points,
Read moreApple’s Vision Pro now has over 1,000 apps specifically designed for the new device
Mark Zuckerberg may be laughing off the competition in the AR/VR headset market, but Apple’s Vision Pro is gaining traction — with developers, at least. On Tuesday, Apple senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing, Greg Joswiak, announced on X that the company’s “spatial computing” headset now has more than 1,000
Read moreDuckDuckGo adds cross-device password and bookmark syncing
DuckDuckGo’s privacy-focused browser has introduced a new “Sync & Backup” feature that lets users privately sync and access bookmarks, favorites and passwords across multiple devices. Although you could already import bookmarks and passwords from other browsers into DuckDuckGo, you can now privately sync those bookmarks and passwords between DuckDuckGo browsers
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