mmm.page could make you enjoy the internet again
The internet can be bad. But mmm.page might just be good. The platform is hard to explain, but it describes itself as “Tumblr x Animal Crossing x Mii Plaza,” which is somehow more accurate than my idea of “MySpace meets Linktree, except not really.” The anonymous founder, XH, told TechCrunch,
Read moreChunk Foods secures funding, Latin America deal for plant-based whole cuts
The partnership with meat and dairy producer Sigma Alimentos brings Chunk’s plant-based products to Latin America for the first time. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreMicrosoft lays off 1,900 employees in Activision Blizzard and Xbox divisions
Three months after completing its $68.7 billion acquisition of gaming company Activision Blizzard, Microsoft is laying off 1,900 employees in its gaming divisions. This amounts to about 8.6% of 22,000 Microsoft employees in gaming. Blizzard president Mike Ybarra also announced he will step down, now that the acquisition is finalized.
Read moreBrute force cryptanalysis
A naive view of simple substitution ciphers is that they are secure because there are 26! ways to permute the English alphabet, and so an attacker would have to try 26! ≈ 4 × 1026 permutations. However, such brute force is not required. In practice, simple substitution ciphers are breakable
Read morePixel 8 Pro users can now use the Thermometer app to measure body temperature
Google announced today that it’s rolling out a few new features for Pixel users. Most notably, the tech giant announced that Pixel 8 Pro users will be able to use the phone’s Thermometer app to take their temperature, or someone else’s, with a forehead scan. You can save the reading
Read moreInnovation Endeavors closes $630M for Fund V to invest at intersection of science, tech
The firm intends to deploy capital into between 30 and 35 companies with this new fund. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreObservability platform Better Stack secures $10M cash infusion
Monitoring software and infrastructure in production, the practice known as observability, is becoming increasingly harder — not easier. According to recent survey, 69% of developer operations professionals say that their observability data is expanding at a “concerning” rate, making it more challenging to spot anomalies. Meanwhile, professionals are being forced
Read moreStraddling checkerboard encryption
Introduction Computers fundamentally changed cryptography, opening up new possibilities for making and breaking codes. At first it may not have been clear which side benefited most, but now it’s clear that computers gave more power to code makers than code breakers. We now have cryptographic primitives that cannot be attacked
Read moreIndia’s Swiggy to cut another 400 jobs amid IPO push
Indian food delivery startup Swiggy is cutting about 400 jobs, or nearly 7% of its workforce, as the startup seeks to bring further improvements to its finances ahead of a planned IPO later this year. This is the second round of layoff at the Bengaluru-headquartered startup, which cut just as
Read moreMeta is rolling out tighter teen messaging limitations and parental controls
Meta today said that it is rolling out new DM restrictions on both Facebook and Instagram for teens that prevent anyone from messaging teens. Until now, Instagram restricts adults over the age of 18 from messaging teens who don’t follow them. The new limits will apply to all users under
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