AngelSense exposed location data and personal information of tracked users
The exposed database was connected to the internet without a password, exposing GPS coordinates, names, phone numbers, and postal addresses. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only…
a16z has venture scouts scattered across Europe
Despite news that Andreessen Horowitz closed its London crypto-focused office, the VC reportedly still has dozens of scouts in Europe looking for startups. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only…
5 key takeaways from Kennedy’s combative second hearing
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee for Health and Human Services secretary, sat through his second Senate confirmation hearing in as many days on Thursday, with his chances of being confirmed appearing less certain by the end. Democrats on the the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee once again hammered Kennedy for promoting…
Police investigate spoiled meat case involving 800 tons of beef in Brazil
Police in Brazil have arrested four people for selling meat that was allegedly unfit for human consumption as it had come into contact with floodwater. Rio de Janeiro Civil Police conducted the operation against a company in Três Rios earlier this month. It was called Operation Carne Fraca but is…
Recapping the RFK Jr. Hearings: A Live Discussion With KFF Health News Journalists
KFF Health News reporters break down the biggest takeaways from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearings for secretary of Health and Human Services…
The developer of SerenityOS is building a challenger to the browser duopoly
There are a handful of challenges that many developers like to tackle as something of a rite of passage to prove their coding worth. One is creating a compiler. That fundamental building block of many programming languages translates the more human-understandable code into something a computer understands…
European rights court condemns Italy over toxic waste dumping by mafia
The European Court of Human Rights found on Thursday that Italy failed to deal with the burying and dumping of toxic waste by organised criminal groups in the southern Campania region, giving Rome two years to fix the situation…
Victory for mafia waste victims in Italy’s ‘Land of Fires’
The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday ruled that Italy failed to protect nearly three million people living in a region plagued by toxic waste dumped by the mafia, giving the government two years to fix the situation…Scientists race to restore Calif.’s largest — and contaminated — freshwater lake
For the past century, it’s been beleaguered by a host of human-made problems…