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Astronaut Scott Kelly will retire from NASA next month
Mar 12, 2:28AM
After his nearly year-long mission on the International Space Station (ISS) and 20 years of service with NASA, Astronaut Scott Kelly will retire from the agency, effective April 1st. “This year-in-space mission was a profound challenge for all involved, and it gave me a unique perspective and a lot of time to reflect on what my next step should be on our continued journey to help further… Read MoreSnapchat has a secret team possibly building a pair of smart glasses
Mar 11, 11:29PM
Snapchat has been known for some bold (and perplexing) moves in regards to content features, attempting to revamp event marketing through Stories, redefine journalism through Discover and rethink the selfie through Lenses. They’ve tackled software features, but now they may be looking to master hardware. When you’re valued at $16 billion… why not? A report from CNET details… Read MoreAI is closer than we know
Mar 11, 11:00PM
Artificial intelligence is one of the hottest subjects these days, and recent advances in technology make AI even closer to reality than most of us can imagine. The subject really got traction when Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk and more than 1,000 AI and robotics researchers signed an open letter issuing a warning regarding the use of AI in weapons development last year. Read MoreDoorDash says its new service fee isn't really a new fee
Mar 11, 10:52PM
Consider this a public service announcement for DoorDash customers. In the coming weeks, you’re going to start seeing something new on your bills — a service fee. However, a spokesperson for the food delivery service said it’s not actually a new fee, and the total cost won’t change. Read MoreObama: 'We don't want government to look into everyone's phones willy-nilly'
Mar 11, 9:59PM
Encryption with a backdoor accessible to very few in important situations is what President Barack Obama says he suspects is the answer to the digital privacy versus security debate. That contradicts the position of many in the security industry who believe that would inevitability lead to abuses of such a backdoor. Read MoreWhat Obama said about encryption and tech's double-edged sword at SXSW
Mar 11, 9:31PM
“[Technology can] empower individuals to do things they could have never dreamed of before, but also empower folks who are very dangerous to spread dangerous messages” President Barack Obama said today. Obama took the stage at South By Southwest to discuss how technology could be used to enhance civic engagement. But the end of his talked ended up focusing on the balance between… Read MoreGenZe 2.0 electric scooter brings electric power to the people
Mar 11, 9:24PM
Mahindra, the India-based manufacturing giant, wants to offer more people the chance at a cleaner commute. The GenZe 2.0 electric scooter carries one person, a couple big bags of groceries, and a price tag of just $3,000. As a former scooter commuter myself (on a 50-cc gasoline-powered bike), I was eager to take the GenZe 2.0 on a weekend-long test drive. Electric vehicles have a lot of… Read MoreThe New York Times acquires influencer marketing agency HelloSociety
Mar 11, 9:17PM
The New York Times is expanding its native ad studio with the acquisition of HelloSociety, a digital marketing agency owned by Science, Inc. Los Angeles-based Science both invest in startups and builds its own companies. It launched HelloSociety (which it fully owned) back in 2012 as an analytics platform for Pinterest marketers. Read MoreGillmor Gang LIVE 03.11.16
Mar 11, 9:16PM
Gillmor Gang – John Borthwick, Robert Scoble, Daniel Ilkovich, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. LIVE recording session is over for today. Our LIVE chat during the show broadcast Gillmor Gang on Facebook HERE Connect with our other show – G3 – on Facebook HERE …and G3’s archives on Ustream Read MoreWatch Obama address the tech community at SXSW live right here
Mar 11, 8:05PM
While most people think about hashtags, marketing stunts and SoLoMo when they hear about the Interactive part of SXSW in Austin, this year is going to be a bit different as President Barack Obama is about to give a keynote at the event. The event should start at 2:40 PM in Austin (3:40 PM ET, 12:40 PM PT, 8:40 PM GMT). Read MoreInstacart cutting wages for shoppers starting March 14
Mar 11, 8:04PM
Instacart, the $2 billion grocery delivery startup that recently announced an extended partnership with Whole Foods, has slashed pay for its drivers and shoppers in major markets like San Francisco and Los Angeles, The Wall Street Journal reported earlier today. Read MoreRiff wants to replace YouTube for TV show reaction videos
Mar 11, 7:15PM
YouTube is a beautifully weird world full of surprises. It turns out there’s a big community of TV show and movie reaction YouTubers out there. Some of them have hundreds of thousands of subscribers and millions of views. And yet, it seems like YouTube isn’t the right platform for these kinds of videos due to copyright laws. Meet Riff, a New York-based startup that has found a neat… Read MoreWhite House draft policy wants federal agencies to find open source religion
Mar 11, 6:57PM
By now, the advantages of open source are there for all to see. When you give people access to the underlying code, good things happen. People find bugs and security holes. They make it better. They adapt it to different needs. They even build entire startup ecosystems on top of key projects. It’s become so ubiquitous in the private sector that the government has begun to see the light too. Read MoreMicrosoft targets Evernote users with software that makes it easy to switch to OneNote
Mar 11, 6:38PM
Microsoft today released a new tool that will make it easier for users of Evernote’s note-taking service to make the transition to rival application OneNote, a part of the Microsoft Office suite. The “OneNote Importer tool,” as the software is called, aims to address the switching costs that can hold back users from making a move to a competing platform. Microsoft even goes… Read MoreYour favorite accelerator programs, ranked
Mar 11, 6:00PM
For the fifth year in a row, biz school professors Yael Hochberg of Rice University and Susan Cohen of the University of Richmond have ranked the many accelerator programs now up and running in the U.S. as a way of helping making sense of which are worth the time, effort, and, often, equity that founders give them. It’s no small undertaking. According to their findings, there are… Read More13 TechCrunch stories you don't want to miss this week
Mar 11, 5:00PM
This week, Facebook made a selfie filter app acquisition, Google surprised us with the Android N preview, and we ate bugs. Yeah, seriously. Silicon Valley is eating bugs now. These are the tech headlines you don’t want to miss this week. Read MoreNASA's next Mars mission scheduled for May 2018
Mar 11, 4:46PM
NASA announced that it will send its next lander to Mars, known as the InSight Mars lander, in May of 2018. The mission was originally on schedule to launch later this month, but a technical issue found late last year put the InSight launch on hold. The new launch date comes as great news to the InSight team because there was a possibility that the technical issue would not be resolved in time… Read MoreAmazon Alexa can now pay your Capital One bill
Mar 11, 4:28PM
Amazon’s virtual assistant Alexa, embedded in devices like the Echo speaker and Fire TV, is today taking on a new role: she’s now a banking assistant, too. Capital One announced this morning the rollout of a new “skill” (like an app for Alexa-powered devices), which will allow consumers to do their banking by voice, including checking balances, reviewing transactions… Read More4 factors that will jumpstart the Boston tech party revolution
Mar 11, 4:00PM
Boston’s tech scene should shake off its inferiority complex: The “Boston Tech Party” revolution is starting to unfold. After many years of under-the-radar growth and profitable companies, the arrival of General Electric to the Seaport District brings Boston the high-profile “anchor tenant” we’ve been seeking. It is one great step forward for Boston. Read MoreKodak tries its hand at social with new "Kodak Moments" storytelling app
Mar 11, 3:02PM
The saying “Kodak Moment” is a holdover from another era where camera owners had to be thoughtful about which snapshots deserved to be taken, due to the limitations involved with running out of film. Today, the phrase has lost its meaning as mobile users take photos of everything, then curate after the fact using social media services like Facebook or Instagram. Today, Kodak Alaris… Read MoreIf at any time you'd like to stop receiving these messages, just send an email to feeds_feedburner_com_techcrunch+unsubscribe-hmdtechnology=gmail.com@mail.feed2email.net.
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