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Twitter announced Tuesday that its API is free for public announcements like weather alerts, transportation updates, and emergency warnings. The company said verified government or public-owned services posting public utility alerts will receive free API usage. One of the most important use cases for the Twitter API has always been …

Not all new Twitter blue checks like Elon Musk. Some famous Twitter users have campaigned to #BlockTheBlue as the blue check becomes a sign that you pay $8 a month. They want to block all Twitter Blue subscribers with automated scripts and plug-ins. The movement assumes that someone willingly paying …

Apple and Google announced today that they will lead an industry-wide initiative to draft a specification that alerts users to unwanted Bluetooth tracking after numerous cases of Bluetooth trackers like Apple’s AirTag being used for stalking or other criminal apps. Other tracker makers like Samsung, Tile, Chipolo, eufy Security, and …

With the launch of Fire TV Channels this week, Amazon is doubling down on free, ad-supported content. Fire TV Channels will now be updated throughout the day and integrated into Home Screen rows, the “Free” tab, and genre-specific pages on Fire TV. Fire TV also has a new Travel category …

POSH is an event management and ticketing platform for event organizers, promoters, and people who just want to charge their friends for drinking all the expensive alcohol at their birthday party. After October 2020’s beta, POSH launched Thursday. The company launched and announced its $5 million seed round, co-led by …

Has discovered that hackers are breaking into AT&T email accounts and stealing crypto from victims’ cryptocurrency exchange accounts. At the beginning of the month, an anonymous source told that a group of cybercriminals had hacked AT&T email addresses like att.net, sbcglobal.net, bellsouth.net, and others. According to the tipster, the hackers …

Bastion, a French startup founded in October 2022, simplifies cybersecurity for small businesses. The Palantir-founded company has raised $2.8 million. Bastion wants to be your only cybersecurity subscription. Software-as-a-service bundles several cybersecurity products. First, Global Founders Capital, Kima Ventures, Motier Ventures, and business angels Denis Duverne, Joshua Motta, Renaud Deraison, …

Meta’s earnings call yesterday was upbeat on better-than-expected revenue. However, buried in its investor disclosures is a stark warning on looming regulatory risk in Europe, where a decision is expected in a matter of weeks (by May 12) that could force the tech giant to suspend its transatlantic data flows. …

Customers of Apple Cards in the US can open an Apple saving account and earn interest through it. Click here for more information about Apple’s new product. Because interest rates are fluctuating so much these days, Apple stated when it first announced the new financial product back in October that …

It turns out that using the cloud is costly, and that the more workloads you move there, the more it will cost. Oh, right. Between 2021 and 2022, when we were in the “growth at all costs” phase, it was simple to downplay or ignore the expenses related to using …