Why Reddit blocked my daily visit to its mobile website
The company confirmed to me that it is moving in a direction that other platforms have taken: converting users to the app. Reddit says that the test aims to find out if people like me—those…
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This website turns Google’s AI into your personal language tutor
We all know how difficult it can be to learn a new language. That’s especially true when you’re trying to self-study your way to fluency. There are tons of language learning apps nowadays, but Google’s…
This website is a portal to the internet you forgot existed
Cloudhiker feels like a love letter to the old internet in the best possible way. If you can remember the old days of StumbleUpon, where you spent hours discovering new and interesting sites from all…
Bug in student admissions website exposed children’s personal information
A student admissions website used by families to enroll children into schools has fixed a security lapse that was exposing their personal information. The website, Ravenna Hub, which lets parents apply and track the status…
Hacker linked to Epstein removed from Black Hat cyber conference website
Vincenzo Iozzo, a renowned hacker linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is no longer listed on the website of Black Hat, one of the largest cybersecurity conferences in the world, nor on the Japanese…
Flaw in photo booth maker’s website exposes customers’ pictures
A company that makes photo booths is exposing pictures and videos of its customers online thanks to a simple flaw in its website where the files are stored, according to a security researcher. The researcher,…
Petco takes down Vetco website after exposing customers’ personal information
Pet wellness company Petco has taken a portion of its Vetco Clinics website offline after a security lapse exposed reams of customers’ personal information to the open web. After TechCrunch alerted the company to the…
European cops shut down crypto mixing website that helped launder 1.3 billion euros
A coalition of law enforcement agencies coordinated by Europol announced Monday the shuttering of cryptocurrency laundering service Cryptomixer. Europol confirmed the seizure in a press release, where it called Cryptomixer “the platform of choice for…
Surveillance tech provider Protei was hacked, its data stolen and its website defaced
A Russian telecom company that develops technology to allow phone and internet companies to conduct web surveillance and censorship was hacked, had its website defaced, and had data stolen from its servers, TechCrunch has learned.…
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TL;DR: Launch a website with 75% off Hostinger Business Website Builder’s 1-year subscription. If you’ve always wanted your own website for your portfolio or online store but didn’t even know where to start, you were meant to…