Plaid today announced that it has named Meta veteran John Anderson to serve as its new head of payments. The fintech startup has slowly been evolving its offerings beyond its core product of account linking. Earlier this year, it moved into identity and income verification. Payments feels like a natural evolution of its business. In…
Monthly Archives: November 2022
A legal dispute over robotic patents is devolving into a war of words, as Ghost Robotics fires back against Boston Dynamics. The Philadelphia firm calls the suit both “obstructive and baseless” in a statement sent to TechCrunch. It notes, in part, Ghost Robotics’ success has not gone unnoticed by Boston Dynamics. Rather than compete on…
You know what really sucks? Your IoT devices not being able to phone home. Rarely a problem when you’re in the center of a well-populated urban center with oodles of cell towers, but think of that water temperature buoy floating around in the Atlantic, an autonomous drone flying above the rain forest or a glacier-creep…
Anime streaming service Crunchyroll has partnered with Discord. Starting today, users will be able to display the movie or TV show they’re currently watching on their Discord profile. Crunchyroll is the latest media company to add “Rich Presence,” the “Now Playing” functionality that automatically displays the video you’re watching, the game you’re playing, the song…
It isn’t Black Friday yet, but Amazon’s already rolled out some seriously covetable deals on the Google Pixel collection, including phones, cases, earbuds, and watches. Here are some of our favorites: BEST PHONE DEAL: Google Pixel 7 — $499 $599 (save $100) BEST CASE DEAL: Google Pixel 6a Case — $19 $29 (save $10). BEST…
Google is rolling out a new feature that will allow Google Chat users to automatically schedule ‘Do Not Disturb’, which the company hopes will give a handy boost to concentration when needed. Up until now, users have been able to set a custom duration for their ‘Do Not Disturb’ period. This has meant that they…
Cybersecurity researchers from Trend Micro have recently spotted a new infostealer campaign, leveraging open-source software and file-sharing services to distribute malware. According to the company’s blog post, an unknown threat actor took the source code of an app called ResignTool, and modified it to carry the infostealer. ResignTool is a macOS application used to change…
Stock photo platform Dreamstime has launched a new freemium pricing plan and a new way for photographers to make more money from their contributions to the site. Overhauling its free content plan, the Adobe Stock alternative has also enabled more ways to support content creators on the site, with users able to tip photographers whose…
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried. FTX Official/YouTube The prime minister of the Bahamas reportedly says the country could not have prevented the collapse of FTX. “[We] have not identified any deficiencies in our regulatory framework that could have avoided this.” FTX is seeking bankruptcy protection in the US, filing last week after failing to secure a…
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Andrew Harnik/AP Photo The October CPI report increased the chances of a goldilocks scenario for the economy, according to Ned Davis Research.The Fed’s main goal is to tame inflation while avoiding a recession for the economy.“Under the goldilocks scenario, the Fed would pivot at just the right time by just…