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Epic Foundation's new app helps donors understand where their money is going

Apr 29, 12:50AM

Epic Foundation app Epic Foundation is a nonprofit aiming to improve charitable giving — an approach that encompasses the way people select, monitor and “experience” their donations. Founded by serial entrepreneur Alexandre Mars (among other roles, he was CEO at Phonevalley, a mobile marketing agency acquired by Publicis Groupe, where Mars became head of mobile), Epic is trying to bring a more… Read More



Waze downplays exploit that let researchers track users

Apr 29, 12:35AM

map_wazers@2x-189683ccb1ad385f21269ea920bda9bd Waze has responded to security concerns raised yesterday in a Fusion report documenting an exploit found by UC Santa Barbara researchers. In short: it’s legit, but not as dire as it’s made out to be. The exploit leverages the Waze feature that shows you nearby users, showing that the data you’re seeing is live and giving you options should you need help. The researchers… Read More



Employee found dead at Apple headquarters identified

Apr 29, 12:01AM

Apple_Headquarters_in_Cupertino The Santa Clara County coroner’s office identified the man found dead at Apple’s Cupertino headquarters on Wednesday as 25-year-old Edward Mackowiak, Reuters reports. Read More



Video consumption on Snapchat more than doubled in less than a year

Apr 28, 11:57PM

snapchat-repeat-bg Snapchat may have started out as the ephemeral messaging and photo-sharing app, but a majority of users now consume video there too, according to a report from Bloomberg today. Daily video views on Snapchat have spiked to 10 billion, the report said. That’s up from 8 billion video views on Snapchat in February this year, 6 billion daily video views in November 2015, and 4 billion in… Read More



A Dyson engineer explains why the company spent $71 million and four years developing a high-tech hair dryer

Apr 28, 11:01PM

dyson supersonic 1 Hair dryers are everywhere. Bathrooms. Gym locker rooms. Open a drawer in your hotel room — boom, free hair dryer. It usually requires a lot to get me to really notice a hair dryer. But Dyson has succeeded, and all it took was $71 million and four years of development. Read More



You don't always have to be a coder to build something

Apr 28, 11:00PM

tools We live in a world where, because of technology and access to information, people can cultivate expertise and contribute on projects or in industries where previously they would have needed formal schooling. Today’s movement is something we’re calling “citizen development,” meaning development is no longer just about developers — it’s about communities and… Read More



SpaceX is awarded its first national security contract

Apr 28, 10:35PM

Elon Musk The U.S. Air Force has awarded SpaceX an $82.7 million contract to launch their GPS-3 satellite into orbit. This is the first National Security Space (NSS) contract for SpaceX, who won essentially by default since ULA, the only other viable competitor, declined to bid in the competition. “This GPS III Launch Services contract award achieves a balance between mission success, meeting… Read More



Solar startup M-KOPA leapfrogs Africa's electricity grid

Apr 28, 10:30PM

Screen Shot 2016-04-28 at 4.44.33 PM Across East Africa more than 300,000 households previously without electricity are powering homes and devices with solar panels and using mobile money to pay for it. Read More



Microsoft restricts Cortana on Windows 10 to Bing and Edge

Apr 28, 10:21PM

Microsoft-Cortana-Build-2014-000 Cortana is Microsoft’s version of Google Now and Apple’s Siri digital assistant. It’s built right into Windows 10 and, while I’ve generally not found it all that useful, it’s a core component of Microsoft’s attempt at making its operating system smarter. Starting today, whenever you use Cortana to do a search on Windows 10 that would typically take you to… Read More



COVR Photo is perfect for stalkers and street photographers everywhere

Apr 28, 9:56PM

children Ever wanted to grab your smartphone to grab a cheeky photo? COVR Photo has you covered with a freshly launched iPhone 6 case that includes a tiny periscope. The accessory enables you to use your phone as usual most of the time, but if you want to slip into sneaky, spying sleuth mode, slide the mirror assembly across the lens and you’ll be able to pretend to text while snapping your photos. Read More



Researchers propose theory on why touchscreen controls in mobile games are the worst

Apr 28, 9:51PM

114303_web I know we’re supposed to be all done talking about Flappy Bird, but I think it’s justified to bring it up when it appears in a research paper about why games like Flappy Bird are so hard — and so frustrating. Turns out the controls are fundamentally bad. Read More



On-demand private chef startup Kitchit shuts down

Apr 28, 9:44PM

kitchit Kitchit, the startup that brought chefs into your home to cook for you, is shutting down because “investment runways are finite, and unfortunately ours reached its end at a moment of substantial upheaval in the food-tech world,” Kitchit founders Brendan Marshall and Ian Ferguson wrote on the company’s site. Marshall and Ferguson detail the entire story of the company… Read More



Supreme Court moves to expand FBI's hacking authority

Apr 28, 9:35PM

US_Supreme_Court The Supreme Court approved hotly contested amendments to federal criminal procedure today that, if accepted by Congress, will expand the FBI’s ability to hack into computer networks. The rule at the heart of the debate is Criminal Rule 41, which limits judges’ authority to authorize search warrants. Magistrate judges can usually only approve warrants within their jurisdiction… Read More



This guy built a working hoverbike and somehow managed to not chop his legs off

Apr 28, 9:23PM

Screen Shot 2016-04-28 at 2.19.44 PM If I made a list of “People I admire greatly but that I’d probably never hang out with for fear of my life and limbs”, Colin Furze would be right at the top. He is a living, breathing mad scientist. This dude has built functional Wolverine claws, shoes to walk on the ceiling, and wrist-mounted flame throwers. His latest project: a hoverbike. An actual hoverbike. Read More



TechCrunch Disrupt NY will be the first major media conference to stream on Facebook Live in full

Apr 28, 9:09PM

disrupt-video We’re excited to announce that we’re using Facebook Live to make Disrupt NY the first major media conference live streamed in its entirety — with TV-quality production — on Facebook. Delivering a real-time video feed of Disrupt to TechCrunch’s more than 2 million Facebook fans is a first for all of us and we can’t wait to see what happens. Read More



Past, present and pending photography meet in Leica's screenless M-D

Apr 28, 8:48PM

leica_back Footloose and LCD-free — that’s how Leica made the M-D. The new camera is actually old in several ways: It’s essentially 2015’s M packaged in the chassis of the limited, and also screenless, Leica 60. But the very fact that Leica is pursuing this almost absurd form of digital purism is suggestive of the future of photography. Read More



Mercedes home batteries are a potential rival for Tesla's Powerwall

Apr 28, 8:41PM

Mercedes energy storage unit The batteries developed for the high demands of all-electric Mercedes-Benz cars are finding a new application as in-home energy storage units. Sound familiar? Yeah, it’s a lot like the Tesla Powerwall. Mercedes-Benz parent company Daimler AG announced that the storage units are being manufactured by its subsidiary Deutsche ACCUMOTIVE (Daimler has a real love of all caps). The batteries… Read More



LinkedIn up 5% after beating earnings expectations

Apr 28, 8:35PM

shutterstock_170100236 LinkedIn surprised Wall Street on Thursday, with better-than-expected first quarter results. Shares jumped about 5 percent in after-hours trading. The company reported adjusted earnings per share of 74 cents, significantly higher than the expected 60 cents. Revenue for the quarter was $861 million, above the anticipated $828 million and a 35 percent year-over-year increase. This was a… Read More



Gametime now lets users "snap and sell" printed tickets

Apr 28, 8:27PM

GameTime snap and sell Mobile ticket sellers Gametime added a new feature to their app this week that could draw a larger supply of concert and sports tickets to their marketplace. Designed to make it easier for users to sell old-school printed tickets via mobile, the “snap and sell” feature in Gametime feels something like check scanning in mobile banking apps. A user who clicks the… Read More



Etsy's latest diversity report recognizes gender as a spectrum, not a binary

Apr 28, 8:16PM

A mural is displayed at Etsy Inc. headquarters in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Monday, May 4, 2015. Etsy Inc., a marketplace for handmade and vintage goods, raised $267 million in its initial public offering. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images Peer-to-peer marketplace Etsy has released its first diversity report since going public last April, showing that people who identify as women make up 50% of the leadership and management roles at the company. In 2014, women held just 37% of leadership roles at the company. What’s also notable about this report is that it represents gender in a non-binary way. As of December 2015 at… Read More




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