80 posts tagged ‘Apps’
Watch Duty surpasses ChatGPT as top free app on App Store as California fires spread
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Watch Duty, an app to track wildfires with live maps and alerts, has become the number one free app in Apple’s App Store as of Wednesday morning. The fire tracking app surpassed the ChatGPT app for the number one spot as devastating fires continue to rage across Southern California. Watch Duty has been around since […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Triller launches a tool to back up users’ TikToks ahead of the US ban deadline
Triller, a would-be competitor to TikTok, is hoping to capitalize on the potential TikTok ban in the U.S. by pitching to creators to move their content from the popular short-form video app to its own. The company has now launched a website, SaveMyTikToks.com, which promises to back up all your TikTok videos by uploading them […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Lyft will credit NYC riders for congestion fee throughout January
New York City’s congestion pricing is scheduled to take effect Sunday — but for the first month, Lyft said it will be crediting riders who pay the fee. New York’s program, which is supposed to reduce traffic in lower Manhattan while also raising funding for mass transit, was paused by Governor Kathy Hochul in June, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
FTC orders AI accessibility startup accessiBe to pay $1M for misleading advertising
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has fined accessiBe, a startup that claims to make websites more compatible with the screen readers blind people rely on to access the internet, for false advertising and compensating reviewers without disclosing that it sponsored the reviews. In a proposed order, the FTC would require accessiBe to pay $1 million that […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Cloudflare’s VPN app among half-dozen pulled from Indian app stores
More than half a dozen VPN apps, including Cloudflare’s widely used 1.1.1.1, have been pulled from India’s Apple App Store and Google Play Store following intervention from government authorities, TechCrunch has learned. The Indian Ministry of Home Affairs issued removal orders for the apps, according to a document reviewed by TechCrunch and a disclosure made […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Spotify’s partner program for podcast hosts is now available
Spotify announced Thursday the launch of its new “Partner Program” that lets popular podcast hosts monetize their video content. Spotify’s new program gives qualifying creators on its platform opportunities for extra income beyond just advertising revenue, such as video payouts. The program was initially announced back in November and is officially available in the U.S., […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
ShredOS is an entire OS just for destroying data
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Want to utterly wipe a drive? ShredOS will do it for you. Install it to a USB stick, boot from said stick, and let it annihilate all those ones and zeroes. READ BOING BOING AD-FREE! ShredOS is a USB bootable (BIOS or UEFI) small linux distribution with the sole purpose of securely erasing the entire contents of your disks using the program nwipe. — Read the rest The post ShredOS is an entire OS just for destroying data appeared first on Boing Boing.
Mixbox simulates natural color mixing in pigments
In painting apps, color gradients are calculated within abstract color models, apparently without any particular care for how humans see or what humans expect. If you've ever felt you could see "Photoshop colors" in the dull and stodgy hues of a digitally-colored comic book or illustration, it might well have something to do with that. — Read the rest The post Mixbox simulates natural color mixing in pigments appeared first on Boing Boing.