How rewards app FreeCash rose to the top of the app store
The data collection app, called Freecash, quickly rose to the top charts on the App Store and Google Play, where it remained for several months until it was recently banned, apparently deceiving users. If you’ve been on TikTok this year, you’ve probably come across an ad for FreeCash. The app, touted as a way to […]
StrictlyVC San Francisco is less than a month away
The first StrictlyVC of the year is coming to San Francisco in a flash. There are still a few tickets left to join us and our stacked speaker lineup on April 30th at the Centro Philippine Cultural Center. In addition to interacting with the community that StrictlyVC is known for, this event in the heart […]
Adobe fixes zero-day PDF security bug that hackers have been exploiting for months
Adobe has fixed vulnerabilities in its flagship document-reading apps, Acrobat DC, Reader DC, and Acrobat 2024. These vulnerabilities have been actively exploited by hackers for at least four months. The vulnerability, officially tracked as CVE-2026-34621, allows hackers to remotely plant malware on a user’s device by tricking the user into opening a maliciously crafted PDF […]
Tesla adds statistics like ‘streak’ to track how often drivers use fully self-driving software
Tesla is rolling out a new self-driving app that makes it easy for owners to subscribe to its fully self-driving software and see statistics about how and how often they use it. The app displays information about the FSD, including multi-day streaks, adding a gamified element to driver assistance software. In its post about X, […]
How the vibe coding app “Anything” is rebuilt after being launched from the App Store twice
Apple has taken a tough stance on the Vibecoding app, blocking updates and removing the app from the App Store. Affected apps include Replit, Vibecode, and Anything. The Anything app was removed twice while Replit and Vibecode updates were paused. The company is currently exploring new ways for users to build apps for mobile devices, […]
Lucid Motors names new CEO, raises more funding from Uber and Saudi Arabia
Lucid Motors has finally appointed longtime industry executive Silvio Napoli as its new CEO, ending a more than year-long search for a CEO following the sudden departure of former CEO Peter Rawlinson. The company announced Tuesday that Mr. Napoli, who has held various leadership positions at elevator and escalator company Schindler Group over the past […]
Amazon warehouse worker dies while working at Oregon facility
An Amazon employee at a warehouse in Troutdale, Oregon, died on the job last week, a company spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch. The worker collapsed and died on the floor of the PDX9 warehouse as workers continued working around him, according to a report by Western Edge, an independent research organization covering the Pacific Northwest. “We […]
OpenAI acquires AI personal finance startup hiro
OpenAI has acquired personal finance startup Hilo Finance, founder Ethan Block announced Monday, OpenAI confirmed to TechCrunch. The startup is backed by Ribbit, a top fintech venture capital firm, as well as General Catalyst and Restive. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, and Hiro did not disclose the amount raised. We’ll call this an […]
Uber and Nuro begin testing premium robotaxi service in San Francisco
If you see a Lucid Gravity SUV with sensors and a self-driving system developed by Nuro driving around San Francisco, chances are it’s carrying an Uber employee. Some Uber employees can now request Lucid robotaxi rides through the Uber app. This is the latest stage of testing ahead of a public release scheduled for later […]
Thousands of rare concert recordings now available on the Internet Archive — listen now
Chicago-based music superfan Adam Jacobs has been recording concerts he’s attended since the 1980s, amassing an archive of over 10,000 tapes. Jacobs, now 59, knows that these cassettes degrade over time, so he agreed to have volunteers from the Internet Archive, a nonprofit digital library, digitize the tapes. So far, about 2,500 of these tapes […]