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Blink introduces a $99 video doorbell
Dec 19, 11:00AM
The best way to stand out from the CES deluge? Announce your product three weeks before everyone else. Last year’s show was big one for the connected home, and all signs are pointing to 2018 being even bigger, so Blink its getting out in front of things by announcing its new video doorbell this week. The biggest differentiator from the competition here is price. At $99, it’s… Read MoreTwitter finally boots hate group that Trump retweeted off its platform
Dec 19, 10:50AM
Yesterday Twitter said it would begin enforcing new hate speech rules to shutter accounts that promote violence against citizens to further their causes. Read MoreNordic VC firm Inventure outs new €110M fund to invest in early-stage tech startups in the region
Dec 19, 8:00AM
There’s been a slew of new European VC fund raises over the last few months, including mostly recently Seedcamp, Balderton, and Brighteye Ventures, but now we can add Inventure to the list. The Nordic VC firm is announcing a new fund to invest in seed-stage and early-stage startups in the region. Read MoreUber rival Ola buys Foodpanda India to get into food deliveries
Dec 19, 7:00AM
Ola, the Uber rival in India, is entering the food delivery space after it announced a deal to acquire Foodpanda’s India business from its parent company DeliveryHero. The deal will see Ola scoop up the Foodpanda India business with DeliveryHero taking an undisclosed amount of Ola stock in exchange. Undisclosed all-stock deals are usually indicative of a willingness to sell, and we… Read MoreNew AWS Paris region makes it easier for customers to follow France's data privacy rules
Dec 19, 6:34AM
Amazon Web Services launched a new region in Paris today to serve customers in the European Union. This is AWS’ fourth region in the EU after Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom. One advantage of the Paris region is that it makes it easier for tech companies in France to comply with its data privacy regulations. Read MoreKaspersky Lab challenges the U.S. government ban on its products in court
Dec 19, 6:02AM
On Monday, Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab announced its intention to push back against the U.S. government’s ban on its software. The ban, which the Department of Homeland Security announced in September, has resulted in a lengthy back-and-forth between Kaspersky and the U.S. government over allegations that the software maker’s products are an asset for Russian… Read MoreUS government says North Korea was behind massive WannaCry cyber attack
Dec 19, 5:17AM
The U.S. government has officially blamed North Korea for WannaCry, the massive ransomware attacked that spread across the world disrupting more than 200,000 businesses from 35 countries this past May. Writing in the New York Times [link subject to a paywall], Homeland Security Advisor Thomas P. Bossert said for the first time that the North Korean regime is directly to blame for the… Read MoreNBCUniversal will start streaming Sunday Night Football on mobile devices next month
Dec 19, 4:51AM
NBCUniversal announced today that it has acquired rights from the NFL to stream “Sunday Night Football” through its TV Everywhere app starting with the 2018 season. The news comes just one week after Verizon gave up its exclusive rights to livestream NFL games on mobile devices. NBCUniversal’s deal with the NFL also allows it to extend streaming rights to cable, satellite… Read MoreCrunch Report | YouTube Red pulls plug on 'Super Size Me 2'
Dec 19, 4:16AM
Today’s Stories YouTube Red cancels release of Morgan Spurlock’s ‘Super Size Me 2’ following filmmaker’s sexual abuse confessions Twitter today starts enforcing new rules around violence and hate Adidas shifts away from making its own wearable tech Good luck getting Apple AirPods before the holidays Credits Written by: MRD Hosted by: MRD Filmed by: Joe… Read More
Government requests for Facebook user data continue to increase worldwide
Dec 19, 4:03AM
Facebook continues to see increased requests for user data from governments worldwide, according to its latest transparency report. The social network first introduced the reports, which give raw figures on data requests and data granted, in 2013 to help increase visibility on government behavior. Facebook is limited on what information it can share, but sheer numbers show requests hit 78,890… Read MoreThe FCC disproved its own claim that net neutrality was an Obama plot
Dec 19, 1:32AM
Among the many incorrect claims made by the FCC in promotion of its order eliminating 2015’s net neutrality rule was the idea that the Obama administration had exerted major influence to make that rule happen. While it’s true that President Obama publicly stated his support for the idea, the FCC’s own internal investigation found no evidence that he had done anything but that. Read MorePartnering with Techstars and Ecolab, ag giant Cargill returns to tech investing
Dec 19, 1:29AM
The world’s largest private agricultural company, Cargill, is returning to tech investment alongside the environmental treatment company Ecolab and Techstars to launch a new accelerator program in Minnesota. It’s been about two years since the agricultural giant Cargill wound down its private equity, hedge fund and venture capital operations with the spin out of its Black River… Read More30 years of Final Fantasy
Dec 18, 11:28PM
December 18, 1987 marked the establishment of a video game franchise that would come to define role-playing games for millions over the next 30 years — but the creators of Final Fantasy didn’t know that at the time. Here’s a look back at this influential series and how it has changed over the years. Read MoreTovala, which sells 'smart' ovens for $399, just raised fresh funding from local VCs
Dec 18, 10:23PM
The track record for smart kitchen devices is fairly uneven. On the one hand, you have Juicero, which was widely ridiculed for selling a $400 juice machine and that shut down soon after Bloomberg reported it was no more effective than one’s own hands (but not before investors sank more than $118 million into the company). On the other hand is the Anova Precision Cooker, a $145 Wi-Fi-… Read MoreArizona residents are getting refunds on Theranos tests
Dec 18, 8:33PM
Theranos is issuing refund checks to all Arizona residents who used the company’s blood-testing services, thanks to a recent settlement by Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich. Between 2013 and 2016, Theranos offered testing at several locations throughout the state in a partnership with Walgreens. However, the drug store chain severed ties with Theranos in mid-2016. Read MoreNASA engineers stare at the sun to see shockwaves from supersonic flight
Dec 18, 8:32PM
Before the eclipse this summer, NASA warned us over and over again not to stare directly at the sun — but now they’re doing just that. Its researchers have reinvented a photography technique more than a century old, using the sun itself as a backdrop in order to capture the shockwave produced by a new supersonic jet. Read MoreFyusion is bringing 3D vision technologies to a device near you
Dec 18, 8:09PM
More than 15 million users a week launch the Fyuse app to take and share the 3D interactive pictures the technology enables. But what these users may not realize is that their pictures are actually a training tool to help train the eyes of a new generation of devices. Read MoreGood luck getting Apple AirPods before the holidays
Dec 18, 8:08PM
Apple’s wireless earbuds have been on the market for just over a year now, but they’re shaping up to be one of the biggest tech gifts for this holiday season. In fact, most of the big online retailers appear to have sold out of their stock. Amazon, Best Buy, Target and Walmart’s sites have all been depleted — and even Apple’s currently showing them out of stock.… Read MoreAdidas shifts away from making its own wearable tech
Dec 18, 7:16PM
Wearables are hard. Some of the biggest names in technology have tried and failed to find success in the space, and even those that have become synonymous with the category have struggled to keep up. Adidas is only the latest company to learn this lesson the hard way. Read MoreTwitter is soaring today as its stock hits a high for the year
Dec 18, 7:16PM
Twitter is finally having a good day on Wall Street as it heads into the final weeks of the year, and this time around it may be a result of a little bit of optimism from investors. There were two big moves for the company today: first, Twitter said it would begin enforcing new rules related to how it handles hateful and abusive content on the platform, which is a problem that has been… 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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