ThreatList: Tax Scammers Launch a Raft of Fake Mobile Apps
Convincing phishing pages and millions of suspicious apps are plaguing tax season.
Convincing phishing pages and millions of suspicious apps are plaguing tax season.
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The massive Stratolaunch aircraft — the world’s largest in terms of wingspan — completed its maiden flight in California on Saturday. The successful outing takes it a step closer to becoming part of a launch system for satellites. The post Watch the huge Stratolaunch plane take to the skies for the very first time appeared…
Chinese phone maker Huawei recently announced Android Pie-based EMUI 9.1 beta for its Mate 20 lineup. But in addition to that, the company also announced the next batch of smartphones getting its latest custom skin. This batch consists of six smartphones which include the Honor 7X, Honor 9 Youth Edition, Honor 9i, Huawei Enjoy 7S,…
It’s been more than a half-decade since Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures kicked off the unicorn craze. Noting in a well-read post for TechCrunch that an interesting cohort of private companies worth a billion dollars or more was worth examining, the post brought the “unicorn” into its current usage inside of tech. And then tech itself did the term a favor,…
A day after the big Episode IX reveal, Disney and subsidiary Lucas film announced that it will be donating $1.5 million to FIRST . The non-profit group was founded by Dean Kamen in 1989 to help teach STEM through initiatives like robotics competitions. Disney’s money will go to provide education and outreach to the underserved…
Welcome back to this week’s transcribed edition of Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast that unpacks the numbers behind the headlines. And because it’s another week, why not another emergency episode? This time Kate Clark and Alex Wilhelm popped in the studio an hour before they were due to record the regular episode in order to…
[Editor’s note: this is a free example of a series of articles we’re publishing by top experts who have cutting-edge startup advice to offer, over on Extra Crunch. Get in touch at ec_columns@techcrunch.com if you have ideas to share.] Even the best growth marketers fail to get content marketing to work. Many are unwittingly using…
In a few weeks, Tesla buyers will have to pay more for an option that isn’t completely functional, but that CEO Elon Musk promises will one day deliver full autonomous driving capabilities. Musk tweeted Saturday that the price of its full self-driving option will “increase substantially over time” beginning May 1. Tesla vehicles are not…
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It’s recently been confirmed that female-led startup companies get just 10 percent of venture capital investment. And according to the report, it’s not just female leadership that puts investors off, it’s the mere presence of a woman — the report states that having a woman on the pitch team means you will get just a…