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Grab is investing $100M to shut Uber out of fast-growing Myanmar
Aug 25, 5:13AM
Grab is going all out to win the nascent ride-hailing market in Myanmar after it committed to investing $100 million into the Southeast Asian country over the next three years. Myanmar might just be the world’s most fascinating internet market. Internet access had been heavily restricted when the country was fully controlled by the military, but it opened up following the free elections… Read MoreCrunch Report | WeWork Gets a $4.4 Billion Investment from SoftBank
Aug 25, 3:50AM
H3H3 wins in copyright lawsuit, WeWork gets 4.4 billion investment from SoftBank, Social Capital wants to help startups go public without an IPO and Uber’s financials show the company is still growing despite the drama. All this on Crunch Report. Read More
Carbon nanotube 'twistron' yarn generates electricity when stretched
Aug 25, 12:26AM
Everyone wants smart clothes, but no one wants to wear a battery pack. Truly a first-world problem. But that doesn’t mean a solution can’t be interesting. Researchers at the University of Texas, Dallas have created a power-generating yarn from woven carbon nanotubes, and given it an amazing name: twistron. Read MorePanda Pop passes 100 million users as Jam City readies for an IPO
Aug 24, 11:52PM
The flagship game from Los Angeles-based mobile game developer Jam City, Panda Pop, has reached over 9.3 million monthly active users and climbed above its 100 millionth download. The tentpole game for Myspace founder Chris DeWolfe’s latest LA-based juggernaut of a company has certainly had its moment. Read MorePishevar intervenes in Benchmark-Kalanick lawsuit
Aug 24, 10:49PM
Early Uber investor and former board member Shervin Pishevar is speaking out against Benchmark again. This time, he penned a letter to Uber’s board, demanding that Benchmark Capital drop its lawsuit against former CEO Travis Kalanick. He also filed a legal motion, asking for the case to be dismissed, saying in his letter to the board that he had “no choice.” The letter… Read MoreElon Musk's Boring Co. gets Hawthorne city nod to dig a two-mile test tunnel
Aug 24, 10:45PM
Elon Musk’s The Boring Company, which he dreamed up while sitting in traffic because he wanted to go under said traffic, has permission to dig a two-mile test tunnel in Hawthorne, California. The approval for the test dig comes from the Hawthorne City Council, which voted four to one in favor of the move. It’s not a cross-country Hyperloop network, but it’s a start. Read MoreUniversities and museums join in effort to 'scan all vertebrates'
Aug 24, 10:01PM
It seems that even scientific endeavors fall victim to feature creep — or in the case of an effort to scan all fishes that has expanded to include all vertebrates, creature creep. More than a dozen learning institutions are pooling their resources to create detailed 3D scans, inside and out, of more than 20,000 animals. Read MoreApple reportedly looking to price its next iPhone at $999
Aug 24, 9:43PM
Staying on the cutting edge has always been pricey, but it’s starting to get a little wild. A report today in the New York Times suggest that Apple’s new high-end bezel-less iPhone is going to have quite the price bump, starting at $999. The price hike would undoubtedly be a rather significant one over past models. Unlocked models of the company’s current generation iPhone… Read MoreEzetap, racing against bigger rivals like Paytm, just raised $16 million in fresh funding
Aug 24, 9:43PM
There are more than 1 billion cellphone users in India, which abruptly went cashless last November. These two developments play nicely into the vision of Ezetap, a six-year-old, Bangalore-based startup whose software as a service is used by more than 200,000 merchants. Read MoreEasy come, easy go: Daily Stormer briefly reappears on DreamHost before disappearing again
Aug 24, 8:32PM
The Daily Stormer, a white supremacist website that has become a sort of football to be kicked around in the current controversy around hate speech, was briefly reinstated on DreamHost earlier today. Very briefly. Read MoreDreamHost ordered to provide data on anti-Trump website with considerable court oversight
Aug 24, 8:23PM
On Thursday, a D.C. court ordered DreamHost to comply with the Department of Justice’s request for data related to the anti-Trump protest website disruptj20.org — with some meaningful stipulations. Following the hearing DreamHost published a blog post hailing the court proceedings as a win, though acknowledging that it still viewed the DOJ’s modified request as… Read MoreTesla's electric semi truck will reportedly get 200 to 300 miles per charge
Aug 24, 7:58PM
Tesla’s already announced plans to reveal at an event in September an all-electric semi truck designed for cargo hauling, but we don’t know much about it beyond that yet. Now, Reuters reports that the vehicle will get between 200 and 300 miles of range per charge, which means it can manage medium-length routes without much issue. As the report notes, this doesn’t put the… Read MoreOculus exec leading VR video efforts leaves Facebook
Aug 24, 7:51PM
Oculus’s Head of Video Eugene Wei has left Facebook, according to an update on his personal blog. Wei joined the virtual reality company in late 2015 to lead video efforts after previously holding product exec roles at Flipboard and Hulu. Wei detailed that he left the role in mid-July. The exit would have come just a few weeks after Facebook suddenly shut down Oculus’s in-house… Read MoreWineryGuide is, quite obviously, a guide to wineries
Aug 24, 7:46PM
As a fan of wine and guides, WineryGuide got my attention. Created by Aga and Mariusz Andryszewski, the service offers detailed guides to wineries in Napa Valley in a compact and smart way. “The WineryGuide app puts all of the expertise of a professional wine concierge or tour guide with years of experience in Napa Valley at users’ fingertips. We use latest technology to answer… Read MoreNetflix is making gains on live TV as viewers' first choice for watching shows
Aug 24, 7:45PM
Netflix’s subscriber count is soaring and the company is investing billions into original content, but according to a new report published by Marketing Charts today, live TV is still the first place around half of TV viewers go first when they want to watch a show. However, for roughly one in five viewers, or 19 percent, their “default” source for TV programming is now Netflix. Read MoreMortgage technology provider Blend raised another $100 million led by Greylock
Aug 24, 7:29PM
San Francisco-based Blend is simplifying the process of mortgage applications for both borrowers and lenders, but is looking to expand into other lending products. To do that the company has raised $100 million in new funding led by Greylock, with participation from a bunch of existing investors. Read MoreSpaceX successfully launches its 12th Falcon 9 rocket of 2017
Aug 24, 7:03PM
SpaceX has succeeded with a launch of one of its Falcon 9 rockets today, for client Taiwan National Space Organization (NSPO). The rocket took off from SpaceX’s launch facility 4E at California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base as planned, carrying the NSPO’s FORMOSAT-5 satellite to orbit, where it was deployed successfully. This marks an even dozen launches for SpaceX for the… Read MoreFacebook adds skin tones to family emoji, but it's complicated
Aug 24, 7:01PM
Adding real-world diversity to emoji is a work in progress, but with platforms spanning the entire glove, it’s clearly important to big companies like Facebook. The social network just rolled out a set of new “family” emoji that, while they don’t yet capture the full spectrum, at least let your partner and kids have something other than yellow skin. Read MoreWatch SpaceX's FORMOSAT-5 Falcon 9 launch live right here
Aug 24, 6:48PM
SpaceX has a launch scheduled for today, with a 42-minute launch window opening at 11:51 AM PDT (2:51 PM EDT). The launch is for Taiwan’s National Space Organization (NSPO), which is aiming to put satellite FORMOSAT-5 into low-Earth sun synchronous orbit, where it will be used to beam back high-resolution global imagery, and probe Earth’s ionosphere for research purposes. For the… Read MoreWe don't want a Balkanized Internet, says brexiting UK
Aug 24, 6:47PM
The UK government has warned of the risks of the Internet being ‘Balkanzied’ by the application of different rules in different geographies, suggesting that data localization efforts could throttle competition and innovation and weaken security. 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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