Apple Maps upgrade brings more detailed maps, transit features, AR view and more Among many updates coming to iOS 15, Apple Maps will receive a number of upgrades that will bring more detailed maps, improvements for transit…
Tinder finally adds a Block Contacts feature Despite the complications of meeting new people in the midst of a global pandemic, dating apps have shown a recent spike in both downloads…
Facebook buys studio behind Roblox-like Crayta gaming platform Facebook has been making plenty of one-off virtual reality studio acquisitions lately, but today the company announced that they’re buying something with wider ambitions…
Google hires former SiriusXM CPO/CTO to lead its Maps team Almost exactly a year ago, Google announced a couple of leadership changes that saw Prabhakar Raghavan, who joined the company back in 2012, take…
Twitter starts rolling out Birdwatch fact checks inside tweets Twitter is looking to crowdsource its way out of misinformation woes with its new product Birdwatch which taps a network of engaged tweeters to…
Ditto raises $1.5 million to help teams collaborate on copy Even as remote software uptake has boomed during the pandemic, certain workflows have gotten prioritized for specialized toolsets while other team members have been…
Poparazzi hypes itself to the top of the App Store If Instagram’s photo tagging feature was spun out into its own app, you’d have the viral sensation Poparazzi, now the No. 1 app on…
Microsoft Azure launches enterprise support for PyTorch Microsoft today announced PyTorch Enterprise, a new Azure service that provides developers with additional support when using PyTorch on Azure. It’s basically Microsoft’s commercial…
Microsoft’s Edge browser can now start up faster and put your tabs to sleep At its annual Build conference today, Microsoft announced a couple of new features for version 91 of its Edge browser that, like so much…
Malware caught using a macOS zero-day to secretly take screenshots Almost exactly a month ago, researchers revealed a notorious malware family was exploiting a never-before-seen vulnerability that let it bypass macOS security defenses and run…
Snap brings partner-centric Layers to its social map used by 250 million people Snap wants users to get a more personal view of the world around them. While products like Google Maps and Apple Maps have long-relied…
Chrome now uses Duplex to fix your stolen passwords Google announced a new feature for its Chrome browser today that alerts you when one of your passwords has been compromised and then helps…
Echelon exposed riders’ account data, thanks to a leaky API Image Credits: Echelon (stock image) Peloton wasn’t the only at-home workout giant exposing private account data. Rival exercise giant Echelon also had a leaky…
From bootstrapped to a $2.1B valuation, ReCharge raises $227M for subscription management platform ReCharge, a provider of subscription management software for e-commerce, announced today that it has raised $227 million in a Series B growth round at…
Facebook launches Neighborhoods, a Nextdoor clone Facebook is launching a new section of its app designed to connect neighbors and curate neighborhood-level news. The new feature, predictably called Neighborhoods, is…
For Trump and Facebook, judgment day is around the corner Facebook unceremoniously confiscated Trump’s biggest social media megaphone months ago, but the former president might be poised to snatch it back. Facebook’s Oversight Board,…
What3Words sends legal threat to a security researcher for sharing an open-source alternative A U.K. company behind digital addressing system What3Words has sent a legal threat to a security researcher for offering to share an open-source software…
Atlassian launches a Jira for every team Atlassian today announced a new edition of its Jira project management tool, Jira Work Management. The company has long been on a journey of…