Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Facebook’s parent company Meta and major US hospitals violated medical privacy laws with a tracking tool that sends health information to Facebook, two proposed class-action lawsuits allege. The lawsuits, filed in the Northern District of California in June and July, focus on the Meta Pixel tracking tool. The…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Microsoft’s Surface might be the most laptop-y of tablets. Microsoft This story has been updated. It was originally published on February 27, 2020. Companies have been promoting tablets as serious computing devices for a long time—at least as far back as Microsoft’s 2001 Tablet PC. Over the last few years, though, as both hardware and…
The question of whether or not Uber would be able to self-support was at least partially answered Tuesday with the company’s second quarter earnings report. In its Q2 digest, the American ride-hailing and food delivery giant reported positive free cash flow, indicating that it can now self-fund, putting to rest — at least in today’s…
Roundtable discussions are a huge and popular part of TechCrunch Disrupt, and this year, we asked you to vote for the topics you want to learn about most. We’ve already announced the first and the second groups of winners from our Audience Choice vote-a-thon, and we’re back with a third wave of exciting topics. If you’re…
Apple is facing yet another antitrust lawsuit over its App Store fees, this time filed by a group of French iOS app developers who are suing the tech giant in its home state of California. The plaintiffs are accusing Apple of anticompetitive practices in allowing only one App Store for iOS devices, which gives it…
Kenyan logistics startup Sendy has laid off 10% of its 300-strong workforce, or 30 employees, according to local news publication TechCabal. This is the latest public layoff news from Africa over the past couple of months after Swvl, Vezeeta and Wave trimmed their staff sizes to reduce costs amid a series of global downturn and venture…
Ecommerce marketing automation platform Klaviyo has received a $100 million strategic investment from Shopify, according to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The disclosure coincided with the announcement that Klaviyo and Shopify will strengthen their existing partnership by making Klaviyo the recommended email product for Shopify’s premium merchant plan, Shopify Plus, while…
SAVE $120: Amazon and Walmart have the Apple Watch Series 7 (GPS, 41mm) on sale for its all-time low price of $279 as of Aug. 2. That’s 30% off its $399 MSRP. Several major retailers seem to be clearing out their inventories ahead of this fall’s new Apple Watch (Pro? Series 8?) release. As of…
SAVE $25: As of Aug. 2, the Xbox Elite Series 2 controller is $25 off its original price at Amazon, bringing the total down to $154.99. Unless you play video games a lot, you might think that the controller you use is pretty inconsequential. We’d argue that’s not true — using a cheap controller may…
Save $40: As of August 2, the Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite is $40 off at Amazon. This 25% savings brings the tablet back down to its record-low price of $119.99. If your kid is begging for a back-to-school tablet, you have a cheap yet reliable option that’s not a Fire tablet. A 25% discount…