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AI startup Appier hires Sean Chu from Microsoft to head its Asia growth strategy
Sep 26, 6:34AM
Appier, the artificial intelligence startup that recently raised a $33 million Series C from three of Asia’s biggest Internet companies, has hired former Microsoft Japan marketing senior director Sean Chu to oversee its growth strategy. As Appier’s new chief strategy officer, Chu will be based in Tokyo and helm Appier’s operations in Japan and Korea. Read MoreTwitter says it hasn't deleted Trump's provocative North Korea tweet because of "newsworthiness"
Sep 26, 3:40AM
After North Korea’s top diplomat described President Donald Trump’s recent tweets about the country as a “declaration of war,” Twitter explained why it hasn’t deleted the offending tweets. Read MoreJD X taps Nvidia for drone deliveries, rescue and agricultural use
Sep 26, 3:00AM
GPU maker Nvidia has announced that it will work with retail giant JD.com to help with an outdoor robotics initiative that sprung out of JD X, the commerce company’s innovation lab. JDrone and JDrover are two new robots, the former aerial and the latter ground-based, and both Nvidia’s Jetson platform for embedded AI-based navigation intelligence. JDrover is going to be put to use… Read MoreCrunch Report | Apple's Siri Embraces Google
Sep 26, 3:00AM
Looking at Instagram’s growth numbers, SAP is buying Gigya for $350 million, Apple’s Siri switches from Bing to Google for web searches and Google and Levi’s connected jackets now on sale. All this on Crunch Report. Read More
Nvidia picks up Alibaba and Huawei as partners for smart city platform
Sep 26, 3:00AM
Nvidia’s Metropolis AI smart cities platform sounds like a story arc for DC’s superman comics, but it’s actually a GPU-based intelligent monitoring tool that can enable things like easing traffic congestion, allocating city services and even finding lost individuals. To that end, Metropolis has picked up two new partners in Alibaba and Huawei, and Nvidia’s also… Read MorePackage delivery startup Doorman is shutting down
Sep 26, 1:22AM
Doorman, a startup delivering packages when you schedule them will be no more after October 6th, 2017. The startup sent a letter over the weekend letting customers know it would no longer be in business in two weeks, saying it was “joining forces with a larger team.” We’re not sure if this joining of forces means Doorman has been acquired or if it’s some other structure. Read MoreZuck and Bezos back seed stage scout fund Village Global
Sep 26, 12:12AM
Product Hunt’s first employee Erik Torenberg is ready to fund fresh new startups, not just reveal them to the world. Today is the soft launch of Village Global, a seed and pre-seed early stage venture capital fund looking to connect entrepreneurs to cash as well as all-star mentors. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman,… Read MoreGroupon's billionaire cofounder Eric Lefkofsky just raised $70 million for his new company
Sep 25, 11:44PM
Chicago billionaire Eric Lefkofsky has started five companies, none of which would seem to lead him to found a company that’s trying to cure cancer. Yet investors just gave his newest, two-year-old concern, Tempus, $70 million in Series C funding to do just that. No doubt they’re attracted to the company’s mission, which is to amass large quantities of genomic and clinical… Read MoreExposure of your sensitive data isn't a bug, it's a feature
Sep 25, 10:30PM
Another day, another breach. Equifax, SEC, Deloitte and the next one is coming soon. Nothing surprising there anymore, not for customers, not for the breached companies. So why does this keep happening and why isn’t there a change in how we treat our own information, personal or business? Read MoreMicrosoft places its bets on quantum computing
Sep 25, 10:27PM
At its Ignite conference, Microsoft today put its stake in the ground and discussed its progress in building a quantum computer and giving developers tools to experiment with this new computing paradigm on their existing machines. Read More'Star Trek: Discovery' presents a murkier vision of the classic franchise
Sep 25, 9:23PM
Star Trek: Discovery has a lot riding on it, both for CBS executives (who are counting on the show to help them launch their paid streaming service, CBS All Access) and Star Trek fans (who’ve been waiting more than a decade for a new Trek series). Read MoreLyft adds 24/7 live driver phone support
Sep 25, 9:00PM
Lyft has added a few new driver-centric features to its app today, some of which are direct answers to things implemented by rival Uber as part of its ‘180 days of change’ campaign. Lyft’s new features include 24/7 live phone support accessible to drivers via the app, for instance, and it’s boasting improved Spanish language and online support, too. Lyft’s new… Read MoreMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella's new book is more business text than memoir
Sep 25, 8:51PM
Any sitting CEO’s book about his own company is likely to be a bit of a disappointment. It’s no surprise then that Satya Nadella’s Hit Refresh, which officially launched at Microsoft’s Ignite conference today and which is now available from your favorite purveyors of physical and digital books, isn’t the most satisfying read. Read MoreA history of HTC in 12 devices
Sep 25, 8:18PM
HTC on Friday basically sold a huge portion of itself to Google, which is clearly hoping to use the company’s talent for hardware in its own push for self-branded devices. It’s the end of an era for a major company that has been a friend to Google and Android for a decade — perfect timing for a little retrospective on HTC’s many and varied devices. Read MoreWhatsApp blocked in China, though past bans proved temporary
Sep 25, 8:06PM
WhatsApp has been widely blocked in mainland China by the country’s government, with text messaging as well as photo and video sharing not currently functional. However, WhatsApp had previously been blocked in the country and saw those blocks lifted within a few days, so it’s unclear how long the chat app may remain inaccessible. Read MoreFull coverage from Microsoft Ignite 2017
Sep 25, 8:00PM
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Disrupt Berlin extends the Startup Battlefield application deadline
Sep 25, 7:56PM
Zögern sich. Roughly translated (and boy, do we mean roughly), that’s procrastinators rejoice. Why all the excitement? Early-stage startup entrepreneurs now have an extra week to complete their applications and compete in Disrupt Berlin’s Startup Battlefield. Applications will now remain open until October 2 at 5 pm PT. Still, this is no time to dawdle. Read MoreTrump wants the Department of Education to commit $200 million per year to computer science education
Sep 25, 7:21PM
President Donald Trump will soon direct the Department of Education to commit $200 million every year to K-12 computer science education, which Code.org is marking as a victory for its nonprofit organization. As Recode reported earlier today, Trump’s memorandum calls on the Department of Education to commit at least $200 million of its grant funds to STEM education.… Read MoreWaymo clarifies it actually wants $1.8 billion from Uber
Sep 25, 6:27PM
Last week, Uber’s legal team told Judge William Alsup that Waymo was seeking $2.6 billion for an allegedly stolen trade secret related to the company’s autonomous vehicle efforts. Over the weekend, Waymo filed a document with the court noting that the correct figure was actually $1.859 billion. It’s not clear why this seemingly important detail was left uncorrected for… Read MoreTarget is adding Pinterest's visual search tool to its app and website
Sep 25, 6:07PM
Pinterest today announced a partnership with Target to integrate its visual search technology known as Lens into Target’s apps, and later its desktop website. The deal, which represents the first time the company has integrated Lens into a retailer’s app, will allow Target shoppers to snap a photo of any product, and then find similar items available for sale at Target. The… 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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