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Dec 27, 2022 • 6min
This year in tech felt like a simulation
This year in tech, too much happened and very little of it made sense. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 26, 2022 • 5min
Facebook parent Meta to settle Cambridge Analytica class-action lawsuit for $725M
Facebook’s parent company Meta has agreed a $725 million settlement to resolve a class-action lawsuit related to the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 23, 2022 • 5min
Persistent Jack Sweeney brings back @ElonJet (but delayed) to Twitter
More than a week after being banned from Twitter, Jack Sweeney, the University of Central Florida sophomore who has been a pain in the side of Elon Musk for at least the past year, has a new account on the platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 23, 2022 • 4min
Twitter now displays stock and cryptocurrency prices directly in search results
Amid all the chaos, Twitter rolled out a useful feature that lets you search for listed company stocks and cryptocurrency prices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 22, 2022 • 3min
FTX co-founder Gary Wang and Alameda’s Caroline Ellison plead guilty to criminal charges
The FTX/Alameda saga continues, with news late Wednesday that two key Sam Bankman-Fried associates were charged and have been charged with federal criminal offences in the U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 22, 2022 • 5min
This autonomous ornithopter lands and perches on a single claw
Isn’t it wonderful that there are researchers out there whose job is quite simply to make a robotic bird? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 21, 2022 • 2min
Google Play now lets children send purchase requests to guardians
Google already offers parents and guardians tools to restrict purchases their children make on Play Store using the family payment method. The company is now introducing an additional feature that will allow children to send a purchase request for the manager of the family account to approve when there is no present payment method. Children […]Google Play now lets children send purchase requests to guardians by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 21, 2022 • 4min
Kredito banks $6M as the LatAm business lender eyes international expansion
Kredito created products with few requirements so that customers could more easily access financial products. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 20, 2022 • 3min
Twitter Blue for Business now allows companies to identify their employees
Twitter launched “Blue for Business” last week alongside relaunching Twitter Blue. At that time, the social network had assigned a gold checkmark to businesses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 20, 2022 • 3min
Google introduces India’s DigiLocker integration to Files app to access official documents
Google has announced that it is bringing India’s online document storage service DigiLocker to the Files app on Android to let users access verified government-issued documents from the app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
