The TechCrunch Cyber Glossary
This glossary includes some of the most common terms and expressions we use in our articles, and explanations of how — and why — we use them.
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Substack is giving out free subscriptions to boost app installs
Publishing platform Substack is now pushing users to install its mobile app by offering gifted subscriptions. While Substack itself is available across platforms, including the web, those who want to take advantage of the free subscription offer can... -
Nodal connects hopeful parents with surrogates as reproductive freedom hangs in limbo
Many people who want to have children can’t, or shouldn’t, carry a pregnancy for a variety of reasons. Gestational surrogacy can be a great option for those individuals — if they can endure the lengthy wait times and afford to pay for the... -
Google is opening an AI hub in oil-rich Saudi Arabia
The new AI hub will support research into Arab language AI models and “Saudi-specific AI applications.” © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. -
Symbiotic Security helps developers find bugs as they code
Symbiotic Security, which is announcing a $3 million seed round today, watches over developers as they code and points out potential security issues in real time. Other companies do this, but Symbiotic also emphasizes the next step: teaching... -
Rivian’s software boss is ‘super excited’ about third-party apps
Rivian’s chief software officer Wassym Bensaid opened up at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 last week about his thoughts on physical buttons (“an anomaly“) and how his company will help power VW offshoot Scout’s EVs. But there’s one other item on... -
Waymo’s latest funding round boosts it to a $45B valuation
Waymo recently closed a $5.6 billion Series C funding round led by parent company Alphabet and joined by a who’s who of Silicon Valley venture firms. The investment boosts Waymo’s overall valuation to more than $45 billion, according to Bloomberg... -
Swiggy IPO nets $606 million from institutional investors
Swiggy has raised around $606 million from a set of more than 75 anchor investors as part of its $1.35 billion initial public offering, as the Indian food delivery and quick commerce startup prepares for the country’s second-largest listing of the... -
Elon Musk’s false and misleading election claims have been viewed 2 billion times on X
The world’s richest man buys out one of the most popular social media platforms and uses it as a propaganda and disinformation machine in support of a presidential candidate. What could go wrong? An analysis from the Center for Countering Digital... -
Oil giant BP is killing 18 hydrogen projects, chilling the nascent industry
The hydrogen industry, which has relied on oil and gas companies both financially and through lobbying efforts, is preparing for a grim outcome. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. -
Apple’s new widget puts Election Day updates on your Lock Screen and Home Screen
It’s Election Day in the U.S., which means you’re likely glued to the latest news about which presidential candidate is currently in the lead. To help with this, Apple has released a Live Activities widget within its Apple News app that will... -
How a box on a roof helped Transaera land $8.2 million in funding
The company has been toiling for seven years, developing a novel air conditioning technology and searching for a beachhead market. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. -
A comprehensive list of 2024 tech layoffs
A complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2024. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. -
Google Cloud to make multi-factor authentication mandatory in 2025
The move to enable the MFA security feature comes hot on the heels of major data breaches at cloud giants, like Snowflake. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. -
Anticipating post-election drama, Meta extends political ad ban past Election Day
Meta announced Tuesday that it is extending its restriction on political ads until later in the week, though it did not specify which day the ban would be lifted. When asked for more information, a Meta spokesperson pointed TechCrunch to the... -
AI startups will need ‘quality of revenue’ to raise in 2025, seed VCs warn
To raise VC money next year, it won't just be about sales and growth, but about the "quality" of that growth, VCs say. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. -
DeepRoute raises $100M in push to beat Tesla’s FSD in China
DeepRoute.ai, a Shenzhen-based autonomous driving technology startup, raised $100 million from Great Wall Motor. The startup aims to get its automated driving systems into as many vehicles in China before Tesla takes off next year, according to a... -
Printful and Printify ink a merger deal
Two veteran European companies in the world of on-demand printing are merging, and you may have not even realized they were separate companies to begin with. Printful and Printify, both startups with Latvian roots providing custom printing services,... -
Meta found to have exposed info on North Korean defectors to advertisers
Meta has added another privacy sanction to its extensive collection: South Korea’s data protection agency fined the social media giant around $15.7 million for processing sensitive user data and passing it to advertisers without a proper legal... -
Canadian authorities say they arrested hacker linked to Snowflake data breaches
Alexander Moucka was arrested in October in Canada. Moucka is suspected of being linked to the series of Snowflake data breaches this year. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
