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Crisk Revs, a former top Trump Cybersecurity official, told the Wall Street Journal in an interview Wednesday that he vowed to fight back against the federal investigations President Trump ordered him to do so. In an interview, Krebs said he would resign from his position at cybersecurity company Sentinelon to challenge a federal investigation that alleges that the 2020 elections were consolidated and stolen. The order also stripped Krebs of his security clearance. “It's about the government's challenge and pulling levers to chase the profits and business relationships of the company,” Krebs told the Journal. Trump hired Krebs in 2018…

In Meta's antitrust trial this week, Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Snapchat would have grown faster if he accepted his company's offer to buy social networks in 2013, Business Insider reports. Court documents revealed that Meta, later called Facebook, had offered to buy Snapchat for $6 billion (reports at the time stated that the dollar amount was $3 billion). In response to a question from an FTC lawyer, Zuckerberg said he believes Snapchat “isn't increasing the likelihood” and believes his company has improved the app. “As to what it's worth, I think if we had bought them we'd accelerated their…

Apple has released new software updates throughout its product line to fix two security vulnerabilities. The company said it could be actively used to hack customers iOS running mobile software. A security advisory posted to the website confirmed that Apple has fixed two zero-day vulnerabilities. Bugs are considered zero days. Because they are misused and are not known to Apple. It remains to be seen who is behind the attack, how many Apple customers were targeted, or what was successfully breached. An Apple spokesman did not return a TechCrunch investigation. Apple has confirmed the discovery of one of two bugs…

Aura, a digital photo frames company founded by early Twitter employees, is introducing the latest model Aspen, which adds new technology to devices and accompanying mobile apps. In addition to hosting digital photos on a 12-inch HD display, this device now allows you to add captions to photos when they appear in frames. Meanwhile, the mobile app has added a search feature for people that makes it easy to find the photos you want to view. Aura was founded by former Twitter employees Abdur Chowdhury and Eric Jensen. Its vision was to provide a more elegant and upgraded digital frame…

Aura, a digital photo frames company founded by early Twitter employees, is introducing the latest model Aspen, which adds new technology to devices and accompanying mobile apps. In addition to hosting digital photos on a 12-inch HD display, this device now allows you to add captions to photos when they appear in frames. Meanwhile, the mobile app has added a search feature for people that makes it easy to find the photos you want to view. Aura was founded by former Twitter employees Abdur Chowdhury and Eric Jensen. Its vision was to provide a more elegant and upgraded digital frame…

According to the latest report from the Data Provider Pitchbook, Startups has won $91.5 billion in venture capital funding. This figure not only represents the second highest quarter investment in the last decade, but also represents the second-highest quarterly investment in the last decade. Despite this seemingly positive news, Pitchbook's lead US venture capital analyst Kyle Stanford appears to be the most bearish about VC trading since he began covering the market 11 years ago. Stanford's source of negativity? The shattering of 2025 as a key exit will create a cycle in which IPOs and massive acquisitions generate large amounts…

According to a lawyer working for an Israeli spyware manufacturer, the governments of Mexico, Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan were among several countries accused of being behind the 2019 hacking campaign targeting more than 1,200 WhatsApp users on NSO group Pegasus Spyware. At a hearing of a lawsuit between WhatsApp and the NSO group last Thursday, NSO group lawyer Joe Akrotirianakis specifically appointed three governments as clients using Spyware, according to a transcript of the hearing obtained this week by TechCrunch. This is the first time an NSO group representative has publicly recognized who (or did) Spyware Maker's customers are after…

According to a lawyer working for an Israeli spyware manufacturer, governments in Mexico, Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan were behind a 2019 hacking campaign targeting more than 1,200 WhatsApp users on NSO group Pegasus Spyware. At a hearing of a lawsuit between WhatsApp and the NSO group last Thursday, NSO group lawyer Joe Akrotirianakis specifically appointed three governments as clients using Spyware, according to a transcript of the hearing obtained this week by TechCrunch. This is the first time an NSO group representative has publicly confirmed who the spyware manufacturer's customers are. For example, after an NSO group spokesperson refuses to…

Last month, Deather reported its first positive cash flow in 2024, marking a significant milestone in its history. As music streaming platforms approach profitability, they launch new features to differentiate themselves in highly competitive markets. On Wednesday, Deether announced several features aimed at providing a personalized experience by listeners. These include customizable algorithms, monthly summaries, universal sharing, and more. Most notably, Deezer believes that custom algorithms distinguish themselves, as listeners can fully personalize recommendations without limitations. Starting this month, users will have full control over their music discovery experience by manually adjusting recommended songs, playlists, albums and artists. Competitors like…

Tiktok is testing a new “footnote” feature that works similarly to X's community notes. Social Networks announced that footnotes can add to the video that allows users to add additional context and related information to the video, allowing others to better understand certain content. The company says the footnotes complement a current set of measures designed to help people understand the reliability of content, such as content labels and their fact-checking programs. In other words, Tiktok does not replace fact checking with footnotes, unlike the meta that does exactly that through its new community notes feature. Like X and other…