All the changes coming to Google Play and sideloading following $700M settlement
Google announced today that it will pay $700 million as a part of a settlement with the U.S. attorney general for a lawsuit over Google Play Store. Along with that, the company has also agreed to take certain measures related to Google Play billing, sideloading and how sideloaded apps are
Read MoreFermat curve
The Fermat curve of order n is the set of points satisfying xn + yn = 1 for a positive integer n. Fermat’s last theorem is equivalent to saying there are no non-trivial rational points on the Fermat curve of order n > 2. (The trivial points have x or y
Read MoreScaleOps looks to cut cloud bills by automating Kubernetes configurations
One of the advantages of using Kubernetes to handle container orchestration is that the containers are ephemeral, living only as long as needed and then going away. That was supposed to help solve a resource allocation problem because the containers should run just long enough to handle the job. But as
Read MoreThe small and affordable EVs we lost in 2023
From the ElectraMeccanica Solo to the Honda e, let's remember all the small and low(er)-priced electric vehicles that didn't make it in 2023. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreStartup shutdowns and AI showdowns: The 2023 chronicles
Welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups. This is the first of a two-part series that we built for you going back over critical themes from 2023. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read MoreComcast Xfinity data breach affects over 35 million people
Image: Xfinity Comcast is notifying Xfinity customers of a “data security incident” it says resulted in the theft of customer information, including usernames, passwords, contact information, partial social security numbers, and more. In a notice on Monday, Xfinity said “there was unauthorized access” to its systems from October 16th to
Read MoreY Combinator-backed Guac trains algorithms to predict grocery demand
Poor grocery demand forecasting is responsible for more waste than you might expect. According to one source, grocery stores in the U.S. toss 10% of the roughly 44 billion pounds of food that the country produces annually. It’s not only bad for the environment — food waste is a major
Read MoreAnti-ransomware startup Halcyon lands fresh $40M tranche
2023 proved to be a be a challenging year on the ransomware front after a brief lull in 2022. According to data from cryptocurrency tracing firm Chainalysis, victims had paid ransomware groups well over $400 million combined as of July 2023. Statista, meanwhile, reports that a whopping over two-thirds —
Read MoreDog cancer treatment ImpriMed aims to expand its AI technology into human oncology
ImpriMed, a California-based precision medicine startup, builds AI-powered dog cancer treatment technology that helps veterinarians identify the most suitable drugs for individual canine and feline blood cancers. The startup, which centers on improving treatment outcomes of dogs and cats with cancer first, now aims to expand its precision medicine technology
Read MoreSimSpace raises $45M to simulate tech stacks for cyber training
SimSpace, a startup that creates digital replicas of organizations’ tech and networking stacks for cybersecurity training, has raised $45 million in a funding round led by L2 Point Management. Bringing the company’s total raised to $70 million, the investment comes at an auspicious time for SimSpace, which had been entirely
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