Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto | Getty Images) Google Play has given the boot to 16 apps with more than 20 million combined installations after researchers detected malicious activity that could cause the Android devices they ran on to drain batteries faster and use more data than normal. The apps provided legitimate functions, including flashlight, camera, QR…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
Enlarge / The report discusses how Apple’s upcoming headset will be different from the Meta Quest Pro pictured here. (credit: Kyle Orland) A new report in The Information revealed some new tidbits about Apple’s upcoming augmented and virtual reality headset. Among other things, the report details features that differentiate Apple’s headset from Meta’s just-announced Quest…
Enlarge / The palm of this patient’s left hand exhibited a brown discolored, irregularly shaped patch of skin, which had been diagnosed as a case of tinea nigra, caused by the fungus Hortaea werneckii. (credit: CDC | Dr. Lucille K. Georg) If your palms are a tad sweaty, it might be a good idea to…
Good luck with that, guys. Deposit Photos If a global apocalypse truly befalls us, will the super rich be able to ride it out, thanks to their money and tech? That might not be something that most of us wonder about on a daily basis, but it’s a topic that Dougle Rushkoff has reflected on…
BeReal, the photo sharing app, has been a huge hit with Gen Z and beyond. Now with other big social apps rushing to clone some of its no-frills ethos, it’s put together a war chest to work on its next chapter. TechCrunch has learned that the startup closed a round of $60 million earlier this…
TechCrunch Disrupt 2022 — the first in-person Disrupt in three years — is in the books. And as always, we end it by crowning the winner of Startup Battlefield. It began with 20: As seasoned TechCrunch readers will know, startups participating in the Startup Battlefield were hand-picked to compete in the event. During the first…
Yat Siu, the co-founder and executive chairman of Animoca Brands, has a lot of thoughts about the metaverse. That’s because his company owns The Sandbox and has investments in many different web3 companies, such as OpenSea, Dapper Labs and Axie Infinity. At TechCrunch Disrupt, he shared his thoughts about Meta’s take on the metaverse. “They…
Capcom has given perhaps the best look yet at its highly anticipated Resident Evil 4 remake – and shared a little more on its various other Resident Evil projects – in its latest video showcase, with the remake getting both new gameplay footage and a new story trailer. On the gameplay front, Capcom shared an…
It’s been a hot topic of late about when a classic game is ripe for a remake, but given how Resident Evil 4 seems to have been rolled out for re-release in one shape or another almost annually since it first appeared in 2005 it feels like a special case. There was a waggle-enhanced Wii…
YIKES About 7,500 people currently work at Twitter — and 75 percent of them can expect to be shown the door, The Washington Post reports. Elon Musk, who is acquiring the company, has been telling prospective investors that he plans drastic firings to bring down costs. Musk has a deadline to close the purchase of…