Why Chris Parnell’s latest character is a ‘weird little vape’
How to quit vaping? Start by watching Chris Parnell voice an animated vape. Mashable
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Why did YouTube spotlight a scammer and an accused abuser at its latest event?
In its effort to remain family-friendly and woo advertisers, YouTube has often struggled to please its vast, diverse community of creators. It seems that the brand’s first-ever “Made on YouTube” event, held this morning, was an attempt to strengthen that relationship by showing creators how...
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Hackers Target Real estate websites with skimmer in latest supply chain attack
Threat actors used a cloud-based video hosting service to perform a supply chain attack on more than 100 real estate websites operated by Sotheby’s Realty that involved the injection of malicious skimmers to steal sensitive personal information . “Others import videos, even their websites are...
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Tracking startup focus in the latest Y Combinator cohort
First, some housekeeping: Thanks to our new corporate parents, TechCrunch has the day off tomorrow, so consider this the last chapter of The Exchange for this week. (The newsletter will go out Saturday as always.) Also, Alex is off next week. Anna is taking on...
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Latest COVID Variants Will Keep Work From Home a Top IT Priority
For a little while there it appeared that IT leaders were starting to look beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. A recent survey of 400 IT leaders at organizations with more than 500 employees suggests that IT leaders are moving or had already moved to a hybrid...
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Apple’s latest Macs are on sale on Amazon — yes, even the new Mac mini with M1
Several new Apple Macs are on sale on Amazon as of Dec. 29: OUR TOP PICK: Apple iMac with Retina 4K Display — save up to $ 199.01 BEST BUDGET PICK: Apple Mac mini with M1 chip — save $ 30 BEST FOR VIDEO EDITING: Apple iMac...
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Say hello to to the latest weird viral Facebook hoax: ‘Selene Delgado Lopez’
Have you heard about the lady who’s stalking everyone on Facebook? A new viral conspiracy theory going around Facebook is warning users about a woman by the name of Selene Delgado Lopez. According to the posts, Selene is friends with you on Facebook. Did you...
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Startups Weekly: US visa freeze is latest reason to build remote-first
Editor’s note: Get this free weekly recap of TechCrunch news that any startup can use by email every Saturday morning (7am PT). Subscribe here. While the US tech industry relentlessly tries to do business with the rest of the world, this week it became further embroiled in...
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Apple ‘sorry’ for latest MacBook keyboard woes
Apple’s continued to improve the MacBook line’s butterfly switch keyboards. In fact, the technology is on its third generation, which added a rubberized membrane designed to fix ongoing issues and reduce that loud clacking sound. But even the most devoted Apple fans have continued to...
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Lizzo’s latest single is a super pretty homage to ’80s exercise videos
Some music videos are just made to be transformed into GIFs. Take Lizzo’s latest single, “Juice,” a raw neon throwback to the greatest exercise videos of the ’80s (Jane Fonda, anyone?). It’s been over three years since Lizzo released an LP. Thank you, Lizzo, for...
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