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Uber strikes $100M class action settlement to keep drivers independent contractors
Apr 22, 3:23AM
Uber’s driver vs. independent contractor debate just took a huge turn. In a blog post from Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, the company just announced that it has reached a settlement in two class-action lawsuits in California and Massachusetts. Both suits contested that Uber should be classifying its drivers as employees instead of independent contractors. And in a major win for Uber,… Read MoreAstraZeneca commits 'hundreds of millions' to sequencing genomes of 2M people over 10 years
Apr 22, 1:15AM
Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca today unveiled a ten-year project to sequence the genomes of two million people — with top-tier medical and tech partnerships and a nine-figure price tag. The resulting database would be the largest of its kind, and would be used to hunt rare genes that may contribute to diseases. AstraZeneca is dipping into its own stores for the first big source of… Read MoreThe automation revolution and the rise of the creative economy
Apr 22, 1:00AM
Only three main occupations were available to intrepid job seekers 10,000 years ago: hunting, gathering and procreation. Since then, the job market has advanced dramatically, developing into something not only more diverse, but also more abstract. This progress was the result of human evolution, but also human innovation — as the human race evolved, the scope of its needs changed (and so… Read MoreElon Musk has an idea for autonomous transit vehicles but he's being coy about it
Apr 22, 12:00AM
Elon Musk has a plan to solve the traffic crisis in our cities. A vague, secret plan. He may not actually have a plan. But he did say something out loud in public about it, and he doesn’t usually do that unless he has at least kind of a plan. Read MoreThe world isn't ready to face the consequences of technology's new biological breakthroughs
Apr 21, 11:30PM
Chinese researchers have edited human embryos. The cost of doing basic synthetic biology experiments is only a few thousand dollars, for lab gear and chemicals, and it is possible to design and order up DNA sequences on the Internet. We are not ready for the consequences of these technologies. Read MoreChameleon raises $1.9M for smarter product tutorials
Apr 21, 11:04PM
Chameleon is a startup that wants to help other startups and online businesses do a better job of explaining their products to users. It announced today that it has raised $1.9 million in seed funding led by True Ventures. Co-founder and CEO Pulkit Agrawal said that for many companies “user on-boarding is really painful” — they can work really hard and spend lots of… Read MoreSnapchat lets you Face-Swap with your camera roll, drops paid replays
Apr 21, 10:41PM
Snapchat is done selling you stuff. As of today’s update, every snap can be replayed once, but you can no longer buy extra replays. That means people with more money can’t break the rules of Snapchat any more. Snapchat launched $0.99 replays on top of the one free one you got per day, but along with the shut down of the Lens store that launched in November and closed in January… Read MoreMedium raises another $50M
Apr 21, 10:20PM
Medium, the online publishing platform led by Twitter co-founder Ev Williams, just announced that it has raised $50 million in Series C funding. It’s been less than a year since Medium raised a $57 million Series B, but Williams wrote that the company decided to raise additional funding “to bolster our resources now given the demand we’ve seen for the vision we are… Read MoreCalifornia bill to give gig workers organizing rights stalls over antitrust concerns
Apr 21, 10:14PM
A controversial bill that would have given gig workers the right to collectively bargain with the tech companies they work for stalled in the California legislature today, meaning that workers will have to wait at least another year for the opportunity to bargain for higher wages, paid sick leave, and other perks. Uber drivers, TaskRabbit errand runners, Postmates couriers —… Read MoreWhy go Live? Facebook's head of video Fidji Simo will tell Disrupt NY
Apr 21, 9:57PM
How will Facebook video change the physics of news publishing, app downloads, commerce, and what we point our phones at? Find out at TechCrunch Disrupt NY May 9th to 11th when Facebook’s head of video Fidji Simo joins us on stage for a fireside chat. By now, Facebook’s likely hit 10 billion video views per day. In a few short years, it became an 800-lb gorilla big enough to stand… Read MoreTo the Moon! Lunar XPRIZE team looks to send Wikipedia into space aboard homemade rover
Apr 21, 9:32PM
Quick: you can send 20 gigabytes of data to the moon. What’s it going to be? Time’s up! Wikipedia? What a coincidence — that’s what the Part-Time Scientists, a team working on a homegrown lunar rover for Google’s Lunar XPRIZE, decided too! And they’re really planning to bring Wikipedia to the Moon. Read MoreBeepi lets you buy, sell and now lease a car with an app
Apr 21, 8:26PM
There are lots of apps that help you research prices for buying or selling a car, and they’ll even hook you up with a dealership when you’re ready to buy. But Beepi lets you buy and sell used cars in 16 metro areas in nine states without using a dealership — or a test drive — at all. “Every company starts with a group of entrepreneurs who think something is true… Read MoreMicrosoft's Q3 misses with EPS of $0.62, revenue in line at $22.1B
Apr 21, 8:15PM
Microsoft today announced earnings for its third financial quarter of 2016. The company reported non-GAAP revenue of $22.1 billion for the last quarter and $0.62 of adjusted earnings per share (EPS) and $0.47 GAAP EPS. Wall Street expected Microsoft to report an EPS of $0.64 on revenue of just under $22.1 billion. Microsoft’s own guidance for the quarter was for revenue to be… Read MoreAlphabet slides 5% after missing earnings expectations on revenue of $20.3B
Apr 21, 8:12PM
For a split second, Alphabet was the most valuable company in the world. Not so much any more, however, with the company’s market cap continuing to slide after it reported its first-quarter earnings. Relatively speaking, shares of Alphabet are only down around 5 percent in extended trading. But for a company worth more than $500 billion, that’s erasing tens of billions of dollars… Read MoreFirstBuild launches Pique, a faster cold-brew coffee maker for the home
Apr 21, 7:44PM
GE’s gadget-invention partner FirstBuild is launching Pique, a cold-brew coffee maker for the home. Coffee has turned from a daily routine into somewhat of an art form in the last few years, with drip makers, the French press, single-serve cups, pour-over and an endless supply of the latest hi-tech machines that will whip up any bean-flavored concoction to your liking. Note most of… Read MoreWhy startups can't disrupt the mortgage industry
Apr 21, 7:00PM
Home loans are the Holy Grail of online lending. They come with high loan balances, steady returns and hefty fees. There also is a healthy liquid market for the securitized loans, and the debt is asset backed, which reduces risk and opens up the investor pool. On top of that, “establishment” mortgage lenders are not leading the pack with innovation, which means there is a lot of… Read MoreHoneyfund launches app to crowdfund your honeymoon
Apr 21, 6:49PM
A lot of people live with the idea that life is about experiences rather than things. A firm subscriber of that philosophy is Honeyfund — a company whose new Honeyfund app helps newlyweds bankroll their honeymoon, rather than stocking their house with half a dozen different bread makers. Read MoreNorwegian PEN chapter sues its country to ensure Snowden can receive Ossietzky Prize in person
Apr 21, 6:26PM
The Norwegian chapter of writers’ rights organization PEN International is suing its own government in an attempt to make it safe for Edward Snowden to accept the prestigious Ossietzky Prize in person — without fear of extradition to the United States. Read MoreIn Europe, Ford will read the speed limit signs, prevent your speeding
Apr 21, 6:20PM
One for those of us with a lead foot: Ford is rolling out a new Speed Limiter feature. The car uses a camera to read the speed limit signs before giving you a heads up if your velocity is making you a police-magnet. For now, the technology is only being rolled out on the company’s European line of cars, but that market is a particularly good match: There are more than 35,000 speed… Read MoreGillmor Gang LIVE 04.21.16
Apr 21, 6:09PM
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