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Klarna is expanding into the competitive world of price comparisons, with the launch of a new tool that compares prices across thousands of retailers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Echo business has always looked like Amazon playing the long game from the outside. Above all, the company’s home consumer hardware is a convenient vessel for getting Alexa into millions of homes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Australian Federal Police claims to have identified the cybercriminals behind the Medibank ransomware attack, which compromised the personal data of 9.7 million customers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A few days ago, new Twitter owner Elon Musk said that the company will try a lot of dumb things in the coming days. And that seems to be the product strategy of the company — even if it causes utter chaos all around. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The vulnerability in the door entry security system, used in government buildings and apartment complexes, cannot be fixed.Aiphone door entry systems can be ‘easily’ bypassed thanks to NFC bug by Zack Whittaker originally published on TechCrunch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The motto over at Twitter is clearly a throwback ‘move fast and break things’ at the moment under new ruler Elon Musk, and the latest thing to break is the just-introduced $8 monthly Twitter Blue tier. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ping users create a free account in U.S. dollars to receive bank transfers in either their local currency or cryptocurrency.Ping wants to simplify global payments while helping Latin Americans embrace crypto by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Meta’s body blow layoff announcement will see the parent of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp making its first-ever major layoffs as a company, cutting 11,000 employees, 13% of its total; predictably investors are responding favorably, bumping the stock up by over 5% in pre-market trading. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Speedoc, a health tech platform that brings hospital care to homes, has raised $28 million in pre-Series B funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today, Netflix is launching a new interactive game called “Triviaverse” that allows subscribers to test their knowledge and compete against an all-knowing “Trivia master” using their TV remote. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices