A data breach involving personal data (such as email addresses and phone numbers) of more than 500 million Facebook accounts came to light over the weekend thanks to a story in Business Insider<\/a>. Although Facebook said the breach was related to a vulnerability that was \u201cfound and fixed\u201d in August 2019, the Irish Data Protection Commission \u2014 Facebook\u2019s lead data regulator in the European Union \u2014 suggested that it\u2019s seeking the \u201cfull facts\u201d in the matter<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThe newly published dataset seems to comprise the original 2018 (pre-GDPR) dataset and combined with additional records, which may be from a later period,\u201d said deputy commissioner Graham Doyle in a statement. \u201cA significant number of the users are EU users. Much of the data appears to been data scraped some time ago from Facebook public profiles.\u201d<\/p>\n In addition, it looks like EU regulators may also look into Facebook\u2019s acquisition of customer service company Kustomer<\/a>.<\/p>\n The tech giants<\/strong><\/p>\n Apple launches an app for testing devices that work with \u2018Find My\u2019<\/a> \u2014 Find My Certification Asst. is designed for use by Made for iPhone Licensees who need to test their accessories\u2019 interoperability with Apple\u2019s Find My network.<\/p>\n Google Cloud joins the FinOps Foundation<\/a> \u2014 The FinOps Foundation is a relatively new open-source foundation that aims to bring together companies in the \u201ccloud financial management\u201d space to establish best practices and standards.<\/p>\n Facebook confirms \u2018test\u2019 of Venmo-like QR codes for person-to-person payments in US<\/a> \u2014 The feature will allow a user to scan a friend\u2019s code with their smartphone\u2019s camera to send or request money.<\/p>\n Startups, funding and venture capital<\/strong><\/p>\n Clubhouse launches payments so creators can make money<\/a> \u2014 It\u2019s like a virtual tip jar, or a Clubhouse-branded version of Venmo.<\/p>\n Robotic exoskeleton maker Sarcos announces SPAC plans<\/a> \u2014\u00a0The deal could potentially value the robotic exoskeleton maker and blank check company at a combined $1.3 billion.<\/p>\n Hipmunk\u2019s founders launch Flight Penguin to bring back Hipmunk-style flight search<\/a> \u2014 I\u2019ve missed Hipmunk.<\/p>\n Advice and analysis from Extra Crunch<\/strong><\/p>\n Giving EV batteries a second life for sustainability and profit<\/a> \u2014\u00a0Automakers and startups are eying ways to reuse batteries before they\u2019re sent for recycling.<\/p>\n Will Topps\u2019 SPAC-led debut expand the bustling NFT market?<\/a> \u2014\u00a0Topps and its products are popular with the same set of folks who are very excited about creating rare digital items on particular blockchains.<\/p>\n LG\u2019s exit from the smartphone market comes as no surprise<\/a> \u2014\u00a0Why didn\u2019t it happen sooner?<\/p>\n (Extra Crunch is our membership program, which helps founders and startup teams get ahead. You can sign up here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n Everything else<\/strong><\/p>\n GM to build an electric Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck with more than 400 miles of range<\/a> \u2014\u00a0GM is positioning the full-sized pickup for both consumer and commercial markets.<\/p>\n Putting Belfast on the TechCrunch map \u2014 TechCrunch\u2019s European Cities Survey 2021<\/a> \u2014 This is the follow-up to the huge survey of investors we\u2019ve done over the last six or more months, largely in capital cities.<\/p>\n The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch\u2019s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you\u2019d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 3pm Pacific, you can subscribe here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n
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