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Crunch Report | Beam is acquired by Microsoft
Aug 13, 3:20AM
Disrupt NY winner Beam gets acquired by Microsoft, study shows VR and exoskeletons can help paraplegics, soon even our tattoos will be smart, Facebook delivers the latest adblocker punch, and a new Star Wars Rogue One trailer. All this on Crunch Report. Read More
A prescription for preventing 3D printing piracy
Aug 13, 1:00AM
In the year 2000, the music business was still strong. Record companies produced albums and shipped these physical objects to the stores that sold them. The internet was slowly becoming a system of mass consumption and distribution, but the majority of consumers still purchased physical media. And while the record industry was aware of piracy online, the threat seemed minimal. Then came Napster. Read MoreEarly-bird Disrupt SF ticket sales extended by one week
Aug 12, 11:00PM
Don’t say we don’t ever give you anything, startup fans! While early-bird ticket sales were originally slated to end today, we’ve decided to give you one more week to save $1,000 on tickets to Disrupt SF 2016. You now have until Friday, August 19, to get your Disrupt tickets for the deeply discounted price of $1,995 apiece. But don’t procrastinate; we won’t be… Read MoreGurbaksh Chahal sentenced to a year in jail
Aug 12, 10:42PM
A San Francisco judge has sentenced former RadiumOne and Gravity4 CEO Gurbaksh Chahal to 12 months in county jail. However, the judge also granted a stay on the sentence pending an appeal from Chahal’s lawyer, according to Bloomberg’s Ellen Huet. After being accused of attacking a woman in his apartment, Chahal pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery charges — a deal that… Read MoreMusic video app Triller becomes a social network
Aug 12, 10:23PM
Mobile app Triller isn’t just a simple way to make music videos anymore — it recently added social features that allow users to follow other users and explore their videos. I should probably back up a second and explain what Triller is. It’s an iPhone and Android app that allows you to create a video by taking a snippet of your favorite song, adding a video filter and… Read MoreGM expressed interest in buying Lyft, but Lyft declined
Aug 12, 8:25PM
Close partners GM and Lyft were apparently nearly even closer: The Information reports and TechCrunch has separately confirmed that the carmaker expressed its interest in purchasing Lyft, going so far as to specify a price it would’ve been wiling to pay. Lyft apparently explored what other strategic partners might be offering before deciding to say no to GM and opt instead to raise… Read MoreWerner Herzog's meditations on a connected world
Aug 12, 8:18PM
From online gamers solving genetic puzzles that have stumped the worlds greatest super computers to the mind-reading potential of the most refined MRIs, these are a few of the innovations that most impressed director Werner Herzog as he explored the potential of the Internet in his new film “Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World.” Premiering August 19, the new Herzog… Read MorePokémon Go changes everything (and nothing) for AR/VR
Aug 12, 8:00PM
“Stop calling Pokémon Go AR,” say the purists. But who cares what you call something that is so successful? Just be glad it happened, and let’s figure out what it means for the AR/VR industry. Read MoreFacebook's next big platform: Your camera
Aug 12, 7:02PM
Facebook can’t build everything. For a decade, its strategy has been to provide the canvas, then let developers paint it however they want. That’s because there’ll always be another game. Another app. Another… selfie filter? Read MoreHow to make your own 'Han Solo frozen in carbonite' fridge
Aug 12, 6:43PM
Growing up, I can remember spending a lot of time thinking about what it would be like to be frozen in carbonite, the way Han Solo was after being betrayed by Lando on Bespin in The Empire Strikes Back. I never imagined it might feel like you were a fridge, but a new video on Adam Savage’s Tested YouTube channel has me thinking differently. The concept of the video is simple enough: Can… Read MoreYou don't need a Google+ profile to post reviews on Play Store anymore
Aug 12, 6:31PM
The Google Play Store will not require you to have a Google+ account to write reviews anymore. In an email to TechCrunch, Google confirmed the news that “a G+ profile is no longer needed to post a review.” Rumors that the change was happening were first reported by Android Police, which quoted several tips from its readers. As of today, the roll out appears to be continuing. Read MoreWeekly Roundup: MacBook Pro's big update, Walmart buys Jet and Facebook's adblocking saga continues
Aug 12, 5:55PM
This week, reports hinted at what could be the most impactful MacBook Pro update in years, Walmart leveled up in the ecommerce space with its $3 billion purchase of Jet.com, and the Facebook adblocking war raged on. These are the top stories of the week. Want to receive the Weekly Roundup in your inbox? Sign up here. 1. Get ready for the biggest MacBook Pro update yet. According to… Read MoreGeorgia Tech's low-power gesture recognizing camera is designed to always be on
Aug 12, 5:28PM
Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a super low-power camera designed to never shut off. The system was designed specifically as a method for waking up devices, never turning off, while running off of ambient power. In order to do so, the camera had to be capable of detecting specific patterns, rather than just waking up any time if noticed motion. The camera, which… Read MoreMicrosoft Flow, the company's IFTTT competitor, comes to Android
Aug 12, 5:20PM
Microsoft Flow, the company’s workflow management tool, has now arrived on Android. The app, a competitor of sorts of IFTTT and Zapier, offers an interface where you can mash up two or more services in order to create workflows – like getting a text when you receive an important email, or copying images from Instagram to Dropbox, saving a Twitter search to an Excel file, among… Read MoreGillmor Gang LIVE 08.12.16
Aug 12, 5:19PM
Gillmor Gang – Robert Scoble, Frank Radice, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. LIVE recording session has concluded for today. Our live chat stream during the show broadcast Gillmor Gang’s Facebook page HERE G3’s archive on ustream G3’s Facebook page HERE Read MoreQubie is an open hardware solution for tracking wait times at voting places
Aug 12, 4:04PM
With an incredibly important national election coming up, it’s more critical than ever that everyone who can vote does — and is able to. Election tech firm Free and Fair is hoping to help avoid overflowing voting locations with a simple, open source device that automatically monitors waiting times and keeps voters and officials informed. Read MoreNorth Korea reportedly won't let its Olympians have those free Samsung phones
Aug 12, 4:04PM
The Olympics are a testament to the human spirit, physical greatness, nation pride and, of course, swag. So, so much swag. Because let’s be real, if you train your entire life for a once-every-four-years event, you’d damn well better get a nice goodie bag. Samsung certainly did its part at this year’s games. As the Official Smartphone Partner for the Summer Olympics, the… Read MoreHow Bon Entendeur mixed French sound bites with electronic music and thrived on SoundCloud
Aug 12, 3:58PM
What happens when you mix sound bites from French artists and politicians with eclectic music ranging from electro swing, nu-disco, remixes of classical French hits, lounge music and more? You get more than ten million plays on SoundCloud, play your music on a yacht near the Caribbean island of Saint Barthélemy and become a popular music brand in France. Read MoreMIT's DuoSkin turns temporary tattoos into on-skin interfaces
Aug 12, 3:52PM
Your next tattoo could be functional as well as aesthetic. A new MIT Media Lab product called DuoSkin created in partnership with Microsoft Research turns temporary tattoos into connected interfaces, letting them act as input for smartphones or computers, display output based on changes in body temperature and transmit data to other devices via NFC. Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao, PhD Student at the MIT… Read MoreBacked by White House, Zipline to test U.S. medical drone delivery
Aug 12, 3:30PM
On the heels of a recent White House initiative announced after its first “Workshop on Drones and The Future of Aviation,” San Francisco based robotics startup Zipline will test drone delivery of medical supplies to remote U.S. communities. 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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