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Watch Google unveil the Pixel 2 live right here

Oct 04, 7:01AM

 Google’s big event is today. And this time, it’s all about new devices — the company should unveil a handful of new hardware products. The event will start at 9 AM in San Francisco, 12 PM in New York, 5 PM in London, 6 PM in Paris. And we already know what to expect. The big elephant in the room is Google’s new flagship Android phone, the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL. It… Read More



European on-demand delivery startup Glovo raises €30 million Series B

Oct 04, 7:00AM

 Late last month, Spanish media got wind that the Barcelona-based on-demand delivery app Glovo had closed Series B funding, but now the company is making the news official. The startup, which offers a service similar to Postmates in the U.S., has raised a €30 million round led by Rakuten Capital, and Cathay Innovation. Existing investors Seaya Ventures, Entreé Capital, Caixa Capital Risk,… Read More



Snap has sold 'over 150k' pairs of Spectacles since launch

Oct 04, 2:45AM

 Considering all of the fanfare that Snap gave to its heavily hyped Spectacles launch, the product is selling at a slower rate than many would probably guess. Onstage today at the Vanity Fair Establishment Summit, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel disclosed that the company had sold “over 150,000 units” of Spectacles sunglasses. Spiegel interestingly compared Spectacles sales to those of the… Read More



Is this Tesla's electric truck? | Crunch Report

Oct 04, 2:04AM

Today’s Stories Missouri forms public-private partnership to advance Hyperloop One route Tesla electric semi truck possibly spied in new photo Judge delays Waymo/Uber trial until December 4th Credits Written and Hosted by: John Mannes Filmed by: Joe Zolnoski Edited by: Joe Zolnoski Notes: Believe it or not they actually gave Tito jury duty. Read More



Chan, Gupta and Rascoff join the stage at our Startup Battlefield Australia

Oct 04, 12:46AM

 TechCrunch is headed to Australia to dig deep and find the disruptive early-stage startups of tomorrow. This is literally our first ever Startup Battlefield Australia (tickets here) and the country’s burgeoning tech scene means that high-growth startups are proliferating across the country, from the Snowy Mountains to the Great Plains and beyond.. We’re excited to welcome some… Read More



Mozilla funds open source projects with half a million in grants

Oct 03, 11:41PM

 Mozilla has announced the latest recipients of its Open Source Support grants, totaling $539,000. The web tech company regularly helps out smaller projects, and this round in particular favored ones aimed at safety and security. Read More



Senator calls on voting machine makers to detail how they'll prevent hacks

Oct 03, 11:21PM

 One of the Senate’s main cybersecurity proponents wants assurances that voting systems in the U.S. are ready for their next major threat — and he’s going straight to the hardware makers to get it. Oregon Senator Ron Wyden called on six of the main voting machine manufacturers in the U.S. to provide details about their cybersecurity efforts. Read More



Uber board decides to move forward with SoftBank talks

Oct 03, 10:40PM

 Uber’s board of directors unanimously voted today to move forward with a proposed investment by SoftBank and Dragoneer Investment Group. The deal isn’t finalized just yet, so it’s not clear how much money the firms will invest in Uber. As TechCrunch previously reported, the amount could be between $8 billion and $10 billion. “Today, after welcoming its new directors… Read More



Papyrus creator speaks out after Ryan Gosling roasts the font on SNL

Oct 03, 10:34PM

 If you’re like me, whenever you see a sign that uses the most overworked font in the world, you point it out and yell “Papyrus!” You probably aren’t like me. But it turns out Ryan Gosling is. Read More



The new age of ICOs is here, and it's not based on Ethereum

Oct 03, 10:00PM

 ICOs are said to be the new way to raise money. We’ve seen companies raising millions by selling tokens. Against the money raised, the tokens they gave were created and sold on the Ethereum blockchain — meaning that all the trade happened on the Ethereum blockchain and the tokens created are tracked on the Ethereum blockchain. But that is changing. Read More



Former Intel CEO Paul Otellini passes away

Oct 03, 9:54PM

 Paul Otellini, who presided over Intel during some of its most prosperous years, passed away today at the age of 66. The company announced the news in a press release. Read More



Hands-on with Samsung's Odyssey VR headset for Windows 10

Oct 03, 9:53PM

 Samsung announced the Odyssey today, its inside-out tracked VR headset which will run on the Windows 10 platform. It’s the company’s first headset that operates with a PC powering it rather than a smartphone, and first impressions indicate that the company did a pretty stellar job. Read More



Hands-on with Snapchat's mediocre, crashy AR art

Oct 03, 9:30PM

 After trekking out to the middle of Central Park to see Snapchat’s newest AR feature, I can solidly say that the best part of the experience was getting to spend some time outside during a beautiful fall day. Yeah, it was that lame. Read More



Yahoo now thinks all 3B accounts were impacted by 2013 breach, not 1B as thought

Oct 03, 8:54PM

 Internet giant Yahoo’s massive 2013 security breach has dealt the company yet another blow. Today Yahoo sent out a notice disclosing that a further investigation of the  2013 breach has produced new evidence. The company now believes that all of its three billion accounts were impacted, not 1 billion as it previously thought. This will include all people who have Yahoo emails, and… Read More



Dropbox brand update streamlines its logo and takes aim at creatives

Oct 03, 8:39PM

 Today Dropbox introduced a new brand design that includes a revamped logo, a plethora of color schemes and a new typeface. The new branding aims to set Dropbox apart from other file syncing services by appealing to creative collaborators — but users probably won’t see too many changes. Read More



Jeffrey Katzenberg is looking to raise $2B for a new video startup

Oct 03, 8:11PM

Jeffrey Katzenberg As tech giants like Apple and Facebook prepare to spend billions of dollars on movies and TV, longtime Hollywood executive Jeffrey Katzenberg is looking to write some big checks for original content, too. Katzenberg began his career at Paramount Pictures (where he worked on Star Trek: The Motion Picture), but is best known for running Disney’s motion picture division during the period… Read More



Optoma's NuForce BE Free8 wireless headphones are a smart AirPods alternative

Oct 03, 8:11PM

 Optoma has released new fully wireless headphones under its ‘NuForce’ audio sub brand, the BE Free8 earbuds. These are like Apple’s AirPods, requiring no wire to connect them, and they connect via Bluetooth to any device. The charging pod they ship with even has a similar design to the AirPod case, and carries three backup charges for powering up on the go. The NuForce… Read More



Former Equifax CEO says breach boiled down to one person not doing their job

Oct 03, 7:24PM

 In a continued effort to pass on any responsibility for the largest data breach in American history, Equifax’s recently departed CEO is blaming it all on a single person who failed to deploy a patch. Hackers exposed the Social Security numbers, drivers licenses and other sensitive info of 143 million Americans earlier this summer by exploiting a vulnerability in Apache’s Struts… Read More



Judge delays Waymo/Uber trial until December 4th

Oct 03, 7:16PM

 This morning, Judge William Alsup ruled that the Waymo v. Uber trial would be delayed until December 4th. The trial had initially been expected to start with jury selection next Tuesday on October 10th. Ultimately this gives Waymo additional time to review new documents associated with the Stroz report in advance of the start of the trial. Waymo has been pushing for the delay to account for… Read More



The Netgear ReadyNAS 524X is a data hoarder's delight

Oct 03, 7:14PM

 As a member of the Data Generation, I’ve found that my photos, videos, and documents quickly expand to fill their containers. A standard USB drive is quickly replaced by another, larger one while home network file servers fall by the wayside as they get full, old, and dangerously lossy. In short, it’s time for the big guns. That’s why I was pleased to try out the Netgear… Read More




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