Italy fines Apple and Google for ‘aggressive’ data practices
www.techcrunch.com Apple and Google have been fined €10 million apiece by Italy’s competition and market authority (AGCM) which has found they did not provide their users with clear enough information on commercial uses of their data — in violation of the country’s consumer code. … Read More
Our Black Friday discounts end soon — grab your $20 pass to TC Sessions: Space
www.techcrunch.com If you celebrated the American Thanksgiving yesterday, you’re probably stuffed to the gills and barely able to move. Good news, though. It takes only a few clicks — no cardio required — to score a $20 pass to TC Sessions: Space 2021 before our Black Friday sale ends Sunday,
First EU country confirms case of new variant
www.cnn.com First EU country confirms case of new variant… Read More
IoT data collector Samsara’s IPO will be fun to watch
www.techcrunch.com Happy Friday! The TechCrunch crew is still in a modest period of repose thanks to the Thanksgiving holiday, but we wanted you to have numbers to chew on all the same. So, this morning, we’re taking a brief look at Samsara’s IPO filing. … Read More
Jefa raises $2 million to offer digital accounts for women in LATAM
www.techcrunch.com Fintech startup Jefa has raised a $2 million seed round to build a fintech startup offering digital accounts with a product specifically designed for women living in Latin America and the Caribbean. The company has managed to attract 115,000 women on its waitlist and participated in TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield
The best Black Friday laptop deals at Amazon
www.mashable.com Amazon is bringing the heat when it comes to Black Friday laptop deals. Check out our top picks below. OUR TOP PICK: Lenovo Chromebook Flex 3 (MediaTek MT8173C, 4GB RAM, 64GB SSD), a 360⁰ convertible laptop for maximum portability — $159.99 $319.99 (save 50%) BEST LAPTOP/TABLET: Samsung Chromebook Plus V2, a 2-in-1 laptop/tablet with dual
Flowrite is an AI writing productivity tool that wants to help you hit inbox zero
www.techcrunch.com When TechCrunch asks Flowrite if it’s ‘Grammarly on steroids’, CEO and co-founder Aaro Isosaari laughs, saying that’s the comment they always get for the AI writing productivity tool they’ve been building since late summer 2020 — drawing on early access to OpenAI’s GPT-3 API, and attracting a wait-list of
Try Not To Cry At These Tear-Jerking Holiday Ads For 2021
www.huffpost.com We’re not crying, you’re crying at the heartwarming and poignant spots marking the second holiday season of the pandemic.… Read More
How US gun culture stacks up with the world
www.cnn.com How US gun culture stacks up with the world… Read More
Google agrees with UK’s CMA to deeper oversight of Privacy Sandbox
www.techcrunch.com As part of an ongoing antitrust investigation into Google’s Privacy Sandbox by the UK’s competition regulator, the adtech giant has agreed to an expanded set of commitments related to oversight of its planned migration away from tracking cookies, the regulator announced today. … Read More


