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Lyft and GM partner on Express Drive, a rental service that paves the way for autonomous cars
Mar 15, 4:00AM
Two months after General Motors announced a $500 million investment in transportation startup Lyft to work on autonomous cars, the pair are launching their first service together. No, it’s not a self-driving car fleet (yet); it’s a short-term rental program called Express Drive: GM will provide all-in rental cars to Lyft drivers, who will pay between $99/week plus mileage… Read MoreWatch us beat the heck out of each other in Disney's new fighter, Marvel Battlegrounds
Mar 15, 3:25AM
Tomorrow morning Disney will launch Marvel Battlegrounds, a new four-player superhero fighting game built on top of their Disney Infinity platform. Disney Infinity producer John Vignocchi stopped by TechCrunch HQ to give us an early peek… and things got intense. WHO WILL TAKE HOME THE IRON BELT?! Read MorePhonvert has a plan to convert old smartphones into IoT nodes
Mar 15, 2:57AM
While many retired smartphones still work and have usable sensors like cameras, accelerometers, touch screens and bluetooth radios, large swaths of them remain unused or, worse yet, end up in landfills. The team at Phonvert created an open source software platform that can convert old smartphones into usable IoT (Internet of Things) nodes. Read MoreEuropean Space Agency's ExoMars successfully starts its journey to the red planet
Mar 15, 2:23AM
The first phase of ExoMars, an uncrewed Mars mission from the European Space Agency (ESA), successfully launched today from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Lifting off on a Russian Proton-M rocket, the Mars-bound spacecraft has begun its 7 month, 300 million mile long journey and is scheduled to arrive in October. Signal from #ExoMars @ESA_TGO confirmed! We have a mission to #Mars! Read MoreValidating adtech: Innovation is a stronger proof point than share price
Mar 15, 1:00AM
Adtech is in trouble because many firms have gotten the cold shoulder from venture capital. Supposedly. Another way to say that, of course, is that smart venture capitalists passed on startups that failed to demonstrate how they would add value to the space. So is that bad news or good news for adtech? Read MoreBlooming measures your heart and brain to reduce stress at work
Mar 14, 10:01PM
Finnish startup Blooming is aiming to help bouncing-off-the-walls-stressed office workers regain control of their lives by using wearable tech. The service includes monitoring and tracking stress levels, plus recommendation software and meditation advice to help give workers the space to stop and smell the roses. Read MoreUnlocking blockchain for the underbanked
Mar 14, 9:00PM
As 2015 came to a close and the new year began, many thought leaders in the financial technology space made their predictions on the trends and innovations that will get us excited in 2016. One of the most prominent technologies that repeatedly appeared on these lists was the blockchain, which has emerged from the shadows of bitcoin with a new, solo image. Read MoreMichael Goguen's counter-complaint calls accuser an "exotic dancer" who was "looking for a payday"
Mar 14, 7:21PM
Michael Goguen, the longtime venture capitalist who was asked to leave Sequoia Capital following a stunning breach of contract complaint, has just filed a counter complaint in San Mateo County Court that proposes the accusations against him are a myth. In reaction to claims that Goguen sexually and emotionally abused a woman named Amber Laurel Baptiste for more than a decade, and then failed… Read MoreGoogle doubles max ChromeOS bug bounty to $100k
Mar 14, 7:19PM
After shelling out $2 million in rewards to security bounty hunters in 2015, Google today announced it’s doubling the reward for revealing top security flaws, from $50,000 to $100,000. Google has been pretty serious about its security on everything Chrome, and has had a bug-hunting bounty in place since 2010, eligible to hackers who find vulnerabilities on Chromebooks, the Chrome browser… Read MoreTrainline buys Captain Train for up to $189 million
Mar 14, 6:16PM
We hear a lot about how companies like Uber are transforming car-based transportation, but today comes news of another play in the sector, this time covering rail services. Trainline, a U.K.-based ticket service for railway and long-distance bus journeys, has acquired Captain Train, a Paris-based competitor that sells tickets for rail journeys on the continent, in what sources close to the… Read MoreGoogle loses Android antitrust appeal in Russia
Mar 14, 6:07PM
Google has lost an appeal in a Russian court against an antitrust ruling pertaining to its Android mobile OS. The competition complaint was brought against Android back in February 2016 by local company Yandex. Read MoreNetflix pulls its Android Beta Program, says it was not meant for consumers to join
Mar 14, 6:04PM
Netflix confirmed this morning the existence of what appeared to be a new Android beta testing program, but says it did not intend to make it available to consumers via Google Play. In addition, the company tells us that features in the beta app should not be taken as indication of those planned for forthcoming releases. That said, some testers had reported seeing the option for a… Read MoreXbox Live now supports cross-platform multiplayer with PS4
Mar 14, 5:38PM
At this point, there's very little difference between the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4. But there was one key differentiating point. Xbox gamers could only play with Xbox and PC players as Microsoft was restricting access to the multiplayer component. Microsoft just announced that game developers can now create cross-platform multiplayer modes th Read MoreBlockai uses the blockchain to help artists protect their intellectual property
Mar 14, 5:19PM
While most of the discussions around blockchain have focused on its possible uses in finance, startup Blockai is looking at something different — helping artists, photographers and other creators register their work so that they can protect it from potential copyright infringement. CEO Nathan Lands is pitching this as an intermediate step between registering your work with the Library… Read MoreGoogle launches new services for Android game developers
Mar 14, 5:09PM
Google today announced a number of new services for game developers at its annual Developer Day at the Game Developers Conference. They include tools for managing virtual goods and currencies, the launch of the Video Recording API so developers can make it easier for players to stream and share videos to YouTube, and a new ad type that allows new players to trial a game for 10 minutes right… Read More#CSForAll: Ensuring tech access for all students
Mar 14, 5:00PM
On the heels of the White House Computer Science For All initiative (#CSForAll) announcement and the celebration of National Engineers Week, we are excited about the work being done to make STEM opportunities accessible for all kids. The #CSForAll initiative is a plan to ensure that every student in America has access to a robust and rigorous computer science education. Read MoreFinLeap's solarisBank to offer Banking-as-a-Platform so startups can ride fintech gravy train
Mar 14, 4:31PM
This time the Berlin-based company builder (to use the preferred terminology) is investing and betting on the underlying regulatory and financial technology infrastructure — the picks ‘n’ shovels, if you will — in the form of solarisBank, a fully-licensed digital bank designed to power an array of fintech services. Read MoreYouTube block comes and goes in Georgia amid government sex tape allegations
Mar 14, 4:30PM
Google’s YouTube, the world’s biggest video site, is no stranger to getting blocked in some countries when content uploaded by users runs against state policies on media and public information. The latest chapter in that story comes from Georgia — the country, not the U.S. state — where YouTube became inaccessible on the country’s biggest ISPs, with some linking… Read MoreGoogle adds support for Microsoft Office, Facebook at Work, Slack and others to its single sign-on solution
Mar 14, 4:06PM
Google doesn’t just offer its own web-based productivity apps, but it also offers a service for business users who want to use Google as an identity provider for accessing other online services using the widely used SAML standard. Today, Google is adding a few new options to this program, which now includes a number of Google competitors. Among the 14 new pre-configured options are the… Read MoreSquare brings on the team behind Framed Data, a predictive analytics startup
Mar 14, 4:04PM
Square is acquiring the team behind Framed Data, a predictive analytics service, and will be deploying the team of data scientists to its Square Capital team. Square tracks merchants’ transaction history through its services in order to better determine their eligibility for loans through Square Capital. There are certainly a lot of requirements around the analytics part of the… 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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