Disney+ has a new adorable short film for ‘The Mandalorian’ and ‘Spirited Away’ fans

Disney+’s adorable new short film, “Zen – Grogu and Dust Bunnies,” premiered on Saturday, November 12. From Lucasfilm and Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli, the hand-drawn short film will excite many fans as it features Grogu–a.k.a Baby Yoda or The Child–from the “Star Wars” series “The Mandalorian” and the coal dust bunnies from “Spirited Away.” … Read more

Apple faces new lawsuit over its data collection practices in first-party apps, like the App Store

A new lawsuit is taking on Apple’s data collection practices in the wake of a recent report by independent researchers who found Apple was continuing to track consumers in its mobile apps, even when they had explicitly configured their iPhone privacy settings to turn tracking off. In a proposed class action lawsuit, plaintiff Elliot Libman … Read more

A simple Android lock screen bypass bug landed a researcher $70,000

Google has paid out $70,000 to a security researcher for privately reporting an “accidental” security bug that allowed anyone to unlock Google Pixel phones without knowing its passcode. The lock screen bypass bug, tracked as CVE-2022-20465, is described as a local escalation of privilege bug because it allows someone, with the device in their hand, … Read more

Binance, Crypto.com execs tell investors to ‘ask me anything’ following the fall of FTX

Nick Barclay / The Verge Both Binance and Crypto.com hosted live question-and-answer sessions on Monday morning in an attempt to reassure investors that the cryptocurrency exchanges won’t meet the same fate as FTX, which suffered a sudden and catastrophic collapse last week. Thanks to the 40,000+ people for listening in. Will try to do this … Read more

Google’s Health Connect app is now available in beta

Google announced today that its Health Connect app is now available in beta on the Play Store. Health Connect is designed to centralize access to health and fitness data from various eligible apps. Today, more than 10 health and fitness apps are launching integrations with Health Connect, including MyFitnessPal, Oura and Peloton. The app syncs … Read more