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Intel CEO quits Trump's manufacturing council, calls out the "hate-spawned violence in Charlottesville"
Aug 15, 3:39AM
Intel’s CEO is the latest executive to leave one of Trump’s advisory councils in the wake of the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, which many felt was inadequately addressed by the president and his administration. Read MoreCrunch Report | SpaceX Launches and Recovers another Rocket
Aug 15, 3:00AM
SpaceX launches and recovers another rocket, GoDaddy tells Daily Stormer to find a new domain provider, Amazon refunds fake eclipse glasses and OpenAI bot beats masters of Dota 2. All this on Crunch Report. Read More
Under Armour CEO joins the exodus from the President's Manufacturing Council
Aug 15, 1:35AM
Kevin Plank, the founder and chief executive of Under Armour, is the latest high profile leader of a major American company to leave President Donald Trump’s American Manufacturing Council. In a statement tweeted out late on Monday, Plank wrote in his statement, “Under Armour engages in innovation and sports, not politics.” Plank’s full statement is below. In it, he… Read MoreBattle.net lives
Aug 14, 11:34PM
Last year Blizzard made what I felt was a huge mistake in scrapping the Battle.net brand, which gamers have associated with properties like StarCraft and Diablo for decades. The company has now reversed that decision, in what can only be a humble acknowledgment of my wisdom in these matters. Read MoreDJI adds an offline mode to its drones for clients with 'sensitive operations'
Aug 14, 11:07PM
DJI is working on a “local data mode” for its apps that prevents any data from being sent to or received from the internet. The feature will be welcomed by many, but it’s hard not to attribute the timing and urgency of the announcement to the recent ban of DJI gear by the U.S. Army over unspecified “cyber vulnerabilities.” Read MoreDiscord shuts down alt-right server and accounts for ToS violations
Aug 14, 9:41PM
Popular voice chat platform Discord has shut down several servers and accounts associated with the alt-right for violations of the terms of service. The company announced the enforcement action on Twitter, emphasizing that it will “continue to take action against white supremacy, nazi ideology, and all forms of hate.” Read MoreSling TV founding CEO Roger Lynch is Pandora's new president and CEO
Aug 14, 8:57PM
Pandora announced today it has appointed Robert Lynch as its new president and CEO. Lynch was the founding CEO of Dish’s Sling TV previous to the move. He will also become a member of Pandora’s board of directors, along with Snap Inc.’s Michael Lynton. Lynch’s new position comes just as Pandora has launched a rebranding effort to focus on conversion of free users to… Read MoreSecurity researcher Marcus Hutchins pleads not guilty, returns to Twitter
Aug 14, 8:38PM
After being nabbed by the FBI while leaving DefCon, the security researcher who singlehandedly neutralized the WannaCry malware attack earlier this year is back online. Marcus Hutchins appeared for his arraignment at a federal court in Wisconsin on Monday where he entered a not guilty plea and successfully argued that he should be allowed internet access. Read MoreHey politicians — don't hate the internet, hate the game
Aug 14, 8:30PM
We must ask ourselves, what aspects of the internet are intrinsic to democracy and are they divisible from those necessary for control? Freedom of speech and the right to privacy are essential to democracy and need to be preserved online. Read MoreGoogle drops domain hosting for infamous neo-Nazi site the Daily Stormer
Aug 14, 7:53PM
After GoDaddy told the Daily Stormer to get lost, the neo-Nazi news site chose Google as a new home for its controversial domain. Now, Google too has given the site the boot. Read MoreSnapchat "Crowd Surf" stiches together everyone's concert videos
Aug 14, 7:51PM
Snapchat’s got a new trick to stay one step ahead of Instagram by turning everyone’s quick video clips from concerts into a much more watchable music video you control. Snapchat “Crowd Surf” uses artificial intelligence machine learning technology to analyze when lots of people are all recording the same musical performance at the same time. It can then lace together… Read MoreTarget acquires transportation company Grand Junction to expand same-day delivery services
Aug 14, 6:55PM
Target has acquired San Francisco-based transportation technology company Grand Junction, in order to help it move more quickly into the business of same-day delivery. The company had already been working with Target on a same-day delivery pilot program in New York’s Tribeca neighborhood, prior to this deal. That pilot will expand this fall to more New York area stores before a… Read MoreBenchmark: We should have sued Kalanick sooner
Aug 14, 6:33PM
The saga between the powerhouse venture firm Benchmark and former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick continues. Following last week’s lawsuit revelation, Benchmark penned a public letter to Uber employees explaining why it is taking legal action against Kalanick, who remains on Uber’s board and controls two other, empty board seats. Read MoreOpera shuts down Max
Aug 14, 6:10PM
Only a few years ago, Opera Max was the rising star in the browser maker’s portfolio. The service offered a system-wide data-saving proxy that funnelled all app data through Opera’s servers to compress images and videos. Now, however, Max is heading for the deadpool. The company, which is now owned by a consortium of Chinese firms, today announced that it will shut down… Read MoreApple reportedly in talks with Aetna to bring the Apple Watch to millions of customers
Aug 14, 6:03PM
Apple and Aetna have held several secret meetings to discuss offering the Apple Watch to Aetna’s 23 million customers, according to CNBC. Aetna could roll out the plan as early as next year. Read MoreGoogle is going all in on universal app campaigns
Aug 14, 6:00PM
Two years ago, Google launched universal app campaigns to make it easier for developers to easily promote their iOS and Android apps across its various platforms. This has turned out to be such an effective service — thanks in large part to the company’s advances in machine learning — that Google is moving all app install campaigns to UAC over the rest of this year. Read MoreCall of Duty: WWII multiplayer trailer revealed ahead of beta release August 25
Aug 14, 5:53PM
Call of Duty: WWII is one of the most anticipated titles of the year; after three years of jet-packing the franchise returns to its roots of boots-on-the-ground action. On the heels of the CWL Champs tournament (congratulations, Optic Gaming!), Activision and Sledgehammer have announced that the private beta for CoD: WWII will go live on August 25, and have concurrently released a trailer for… Read MoreSwift creator Chris Lattner joins Google Brain after Tesla Autopilot stint
Aug 14, 5:52PM
Chris Lattner, one of the key creators behind the Apple programming language Swift, is on the move again. After a short six-month stay at Tesla, which he joined last year from Apple to act as VP of Autopilot Software, Lattner announced on Twitter today that his next stop is Google Brain. Read MoreAmazon Macie helps businesses protect their sensitive data in the cloud
Aug 14, 5:23PM
Amazon’s AWS cloud computing service hosted its annual NY Summit today and it used the event to launch a new service: Amazon Macie. The idea behind Macie is to use machine learning to help businesses protect their sensitive data in the cloud. Read MoreLondon fintech Tail is a cashback platform built on the promise of Open Banking
Aug 14, 5:04PM
London-based Tail is a new fintech startup that offers a glimpse into the promise of Open Banking. This is seeing upcoming legislation in the EU and U.K. force banks to offer third-party developer access to your bank account data — with your permission, of course. 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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