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US fines telcos $200M for sharing customer location data without consent
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Monday that it is fining the four U.S. major wireless carriers around $200 million in total for “illegally” sharing and selling customers’ real-time…
The legally required disclosure came a week after AT&T confirmed a cache containing millions of customers’ data that leaked online was genuine.
TechCrunch Minute: AT&T data breach prompts millions of passcodes to be reset
Death, taxes, and regular, terrifying cybersecurity leaks. Those are the facts of life, as the latest AT&T data breach is teaching us yet again. A TechCrunch investigation into leaked customer…
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AT&T resets account passcodes after millions of customer records leak online
A security researcher told TechCrunch that leaked AT&T customer data contained encrypted account passcodes that can be easily unscrambled.
Customers say their leaked AT&T customer data — names, addresses, phone numbers and Social Security numbers — is accurate.
SpaceX launches first batch of direct-to-cell Starlink satellites for testing this year
SpaceX launched its first batch of Starlink satellites that will be able to connect directly to cell phones ahead of planned testing later this year. The company launched six Starlink…
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Hackers are breaking into AT&T email accounts to steal cryptocurrency
Unknown hackers are breaking into the accounts of people who have AT&T email addresses, and using that access to then hack into the victim’s cryptocurrency exchange’s accounts and steal their crypto, TechCrunch has learned. At the beginning of the month, an anonymous source told TechCrunch that a gang of cybercriminals have found a way to…
DriveNets connects with $262M as demand booms for its cloud-based alternative to network routers
Internet usage continues to skyrocket, with 29.3 billion networked devices projected to be in use by 2023 and the growth rate currently at around 10%. Today, an enterprise startup called…
Layoffs hit HBO Max as 70 employees lose their jobs
The rumored layoffs are coming true: Warner Bros. Discovery, the newly merged parent company to HBO, is cutting personnel costs. Fourteen percent of staff under HBO and HBO Max chief…
Report: Apple explored ads in Apple Maps as it weighs broader ads push
A new report from Bloomberg indicates Apple may be expanding its advertising business beyond the App Store and other first-party apps like News and Stocks. This plan could see Apple…
Germany’s antitrust watchdog latest to probe Apple’s app privacy framework
A major privacy feature Apple launched last year, called App Tracking Transparency (ATT) — which requires third-party apps to request permission from iOS users to track their digital activity for…
Yahoo appoints six new board members, including Jessica Alba
Yahoo announced six new members of its board of directors today, about a year after the internet brand was acquired by private equity firm Apollo for $5 billion [Disclosure: TechCrunch…
AT&T killed off the HBO Max bundle in its highest-priced unlimited wireless plan
Telecommunications provider AT&T quietly dropped HBO Max as a bundled perk for new AT&T customers on its top unlimited wireless plan, AT&T Unlimited Premium. The company launched the new plan…
Sunday Security launches a cybersecurity service for senior execs
Traditionally, cybersecurity has always focused on what can be hacked and not so much on who might be most at risk. Sunday Security, which is launching today and announcing a…
We need app store competition, not Apple’s 1960s-style paternalistic monopoly
A pair of bills moving through Congress would force some of the largest tech companies to cede control over how people find and use mobile apps, leading to more competition…
Daily Crunch: Experts say Musk’s open-source vision could make Twitter vulnerable to attack
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HBO Max and HBO gained 3 million subscribers in Q1 as Netflix reports subscriber decline
AT&T for the last time reported results for its entertainment business, with its Q1 2022 earnings out this morning. The company, which unloaded its WarnerMedia division earlier this month, still…
Tim Cook uses privacy keynote to attack sideloading
Apple CEO Tim Cook has used a speech at the IAPP conference in Washington, D.C. today to frame looming competition reforms which could force the iPhone maker to allow sideloading…
The Warner Bros.-Discovery deal has officially closed
Last Friday, Discovery, Inc. and AT&T Inc. announced that they officially closed their deal with WarnerMedia. Under terms of the agreement, AT&T received $40.4 billion in cash and WarnerMedia’s retention…
What’s more illustrative of American capitalism than that day-after water cooler chat about the advertisements we saw during the Super Bowl? From food delivery apps to phones that were shockingly…
HBO, including HBO Max, ends 2021 with 73.8 million global subscribers
HBO, including the HBO Max streaming service, now reaches 73.8 million global subscribers as of the end of 2021, according to news shared by parent company AT&T today ahead of…
Nvidia expands its GeForce Now game streaming ecosystem
At CES, Nvidia today put a strong emphasis on its GeForce Now game streaming service, its competitor to the likes of Google’s Stadia (that’s still around, right?), Amazon’s Luna and…
Conductor raises $150M at a $525M valuation to build out its search-based, organic marketing technology
Conductor — a marketing technology company that was snapped up by WeWork at the height of the latter company’s expansion ambitions, only then to buy itself out in the wake…
Workato storms to a $5.7B valuation after raising $200M for its enterprise automation platform
The race to automate the world of business is on, and today one of the bigger players in the market has picked up another major round of funding to meet…
H2O.ai raises $100M at a $1.6B pre-money valuation for tools to make AI usable by any kind of enterprise
H2O.ai — a startup that has developed an open-source framework as well as proprietary apps that make it easier for any kind of enterprise to build and operate artificial intelligence-based…
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney calls out Apple for promoting its services in the iPhone Settings screen
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, whose high-profile antitrust lawsuit against Apple is now under appeal, is today calling out the iPhone maker for giving itself access to an advertising slot…
Commercetools raises $140M at a $1.9B valuation as ‘headless’ commerce continues to boom
E-commerce these days is now a major part of every retailer’s strategy, so technology builders and platforms that are helping them compete better on digital screens are seeing a huge…
General Motors and AT&T will offer 5G connectivity in certain vehicles from model year 2024
General Motors and AT&T will be rolling out 5G connectivity in select Chevy, Cadillac and GMC vehicles from model year 2024, in a boost that the two companies say will…
InfoSum raises $65M Series B as organizations embrace secure data sharing
InfoSum, a London-based startup that provides a decentralized platform for secure data sharing between organizations, has secured a $65 million Series B funding round led by Chrysalis Investments. The investment…
New York-based IAB Tech Labs, a standards body for the digital advertising industry, is being taken to court in Germany by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) in a…
