 |  | | Thursday, November 07, 2019 • By Anthony Ha | |
Happy Thursday The Department of Justice accuses former Twitter employees of spying for Saudi Arabia, Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 is now on sale and Facebook faces scrutiny from California’s attorney general. Here’s your Daily Crunch for November 7, 2019. | | | |
| Saudi Arabian officials allegedly paid at least two Twitter employees to access personal information on users the government there was interested in, according to recently unsealed court documents. Those users were warned of the attempt in 2015, but the full picture is only now emerging. According to the federal complaint, Twitter employees Ahmad Abouammo and Ali Alzabarah were both approached by the Saudi government, which promised "a designer watch and tens of thousands of dollars" if they could retrieve personal information on certain users. (Both Abouammo and Alzabarah are charged with acting as unregistered Saudi agents — spies.) Read more | |  Image Credits: Bryce Durbin / TechCrunch | | |
| Earlier this year, at Mobile World Congress, Microsoft announced the second generation of its HoloLens augmented reality visor. Today, the $3,500 HoloLens 2 is going on sale in select countries. Read more | | | |
| California's attorney general Xavier Becerra has accused Facebook of "continuing to drag its feet" by failing to provide documents to the state's investigation into Facebook and Cambridge Analytica. Read more | |  | | |
| Equipped with diagnostic software and service trucks, Wrench meets fleet operators and consumers at their vehicles to provide servicing and repairs. Read more | | | |
| For many managers, giving feedback often falls to the bottom of their priority list. According to Gallup, less than half of employees surveyed said they received feedback even a few times a year — yet 69% say they would work harder if they felt their efforts were better recognized. (Extra Crunch membership required.) Read more | |  Image Credits: munandme / Getty Images | | |
| Hot on the heels of adding support for Samsung Pay, Curve — the London-based "over-the-top" banking platform that lets you consolidate all of your bank cards into a single card — has added support for Google Pay. Read more | | | |
| South African internet company Naspers isn't a particularly well-known name in the startup community. However, the company made an early investment in Tencent, and it still retains a 31% stake that’s valued at around $100 billion. Read more | | | |
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