Xiaomi plans to bring under-screen cameras to its smartphones next year
The front-facing camera has been a pretty constant bugbear for phone makers for a number of years now. Xiaomi certainly isn't the first to offer a clever technological solution to the problem — and it's also certainly not the only company to show off under-screen camera tech — but next
Android security bug let malicious apps siphon off private user data
A security vulnerability in Android could have allowed malicious apps to siphon off sensitive data from other apps on the same device.
App security startup Oversecured found the flaw in Google’s widely used Play Core library, which lets developers push in-app updates and new feature modules t
Femtech poised for growth beyond fertility
The market for female-focused health products (aka “femtech”) is set for growth via segmentation, per an analyst note from PitchBook which identifies opportunities for entrepreneurs to target a growing number of health issues that specifically affect women or affect women in a specific
Railsbank is buying Wirecard Card Solutions, the UK arm of the disgraced fintech
Looks like another chapter is opening up for Wirecard, the disgraced fintech out of Germany that collapsed into insolvency earlier this year after facing a huge accounting scandal and subsequently failing to make payments on $1.5 billion in loans coming due.
Railsbank, the UK startup backed by Visa
Undermyfork scores $400K seed for its diabetes tracking app and US launch
Undermyfork, a diabetes tracking app designed to help people with the disease improve “time-in-range” and better manage their condition, has raised $400,000 in seed funding.
Investment comes from AltaIR Capital, AltaClub, and Runa Capital. Undermyfork co-founder Mike Ushakov's previous comp
Elon Musk confirms Tesla was target of foiled ransomware attack
Elon Musk called an attempted cyberattack against Tesla “serious,” a comment that confirms the company was the target of a foiled ransomware attempt at its massive factory near Reno, Nevada.
The Justice Department released a complaint Thursday that described a thwarted malware attack ag
Daily Crunch: TikTok’s CEO resigns
Turmoil continues at TikTok, Salesforce lays off 1,000 people and Warby Parker is now valued at $3 billion. This is your Daily Crunch for August 27, 2020.
The big story: TikTok’s CEO resigns
Kevin Mayer, the former Disney executive who joined TikTok as CEO just over 100 days a
LG is releasing a 'wearable air purifier'
Frankly, the most surprising thing about the PuriCare is that more tech companies haven’t launched a similar product in recent months. LG is showing it off as part of the upcoming IFA press conference in Berlin — though the company is opting for a virtual presence at this year's show.
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Electric moped startup Revel returns to New York with helmet selfie, other in-app safety features
Shared electric moped startup Revel has resumed operations in New York City a month after shutting down its service following several deaths. The startup’s blue mopeds that had become a familiar sight in New York City are back, but with a number of new protocols and features aimed at boosting
KitchenMate makes it easy to cook fresh meals at work
KitchenMate is a Toronto-based startup promising businesses a fresh approach to feeding their employees.
The startup has raised $3.5 million in seed funding led by Eniac Ventures and Golden Ventures, with participation from FJ Labs and Techstars. It’s also expanding into the United States.
Box benefits from digital transformation as it raises its growth forecast
Box has always been a bit of an enigma for Wall Street, and perhaps for enterprise software in general. Unlike vendors who shifted to the cloud tools like HR, CRM or ERP, Box has been building a way to manage content in the cloud. It’s been a little harder to understand than these other enter
Facebook isn’t happy about Apple’s upcoming ad tracking restrictions
Apple’s upcoming operating system iOS 14 (currently in public beta) could have a big impact on publishers who work with Facebook’s ad network — at least, according to Facebook.
The company published a couple of blog posts yesterday outlining the potential impact of a major privacy cha
The reMarkable 2 improves on the original in every way, but remains firmly in its niche
I’d been asking for something like the reMarkable for a long time before it showed up out of the blue a few years ago. The device was a real treat, but had a few problems and an eye-popping price tag. The reMarkable 2 builds on the first, with a more beautiful, streamlined device and several
To reach scale, Juni Learning is building a full-stack edtech experience
Juni Learning connects kids with math and science tutors, but co-founder Vivian Shen would prefer not to be lumped in with other edtech startups, despite the sector’s pandemic-born boom.
“We're not just in the middle to take a few percentage points off of each side and pretend like we