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ECJ to rule on whether Facebook needs to hunt for hate speech
Jan 11, 12:11PM
Austria’s Supreme Court is referring a legal challenge over the extent of Facebook’s responsibility to remove hate speech postings to Europe’s top court for an opinion. The case has clear implications for freedom of speech online. Read MoreGrab, Uber's rival in Southeast Asia, pulls in strategic investment from Hyundai
Jan 11, 11:16AM
Grab, Uber’s closest rival in Southeast Asia, continues to slowly release information about its newest funding round after it revealed it has netted a strategic investment from Hyundai. To recap, the Singapore-based firm raised a massive $2 billion led by SoftBank and China’s Didi Chuxing last July with plans to extend the round by a further $500 million. Back in August, it… Read MoreSphero spinoff Misty Robotics launches a robot for programmers
Jan 11, 11:00AM
Recent Sphero spinoff Misty Robotics brought a decidedly non-consumer-focused device to the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas this week. The Misty I Developer Edition is the first baby step for a startup with even grander ambitions than the one that gave birth to it. In June, the company announced a $11.5 million Series A led by Venrock and Foundry Group to aide in its plans to build a… Read MoreAvid Larizadeh Duggan, GV's sole female GP, leaves to join music tech startup Kobalt
Jan 11, 11:00AM
GV (formerly known as Google Ventures) lost its one female general partner. London-based Avid Larizadeh Duggan has joined Kobalt, a 17-year-old, New York-based music tech company that acts as a publisher and provides royalty tracking services for tracks when they are played across various digital platforms. Larizadeh Duggan, who’d led an investment in Kobalt for GV, takes the title… Read MoreSouth Korea may or may not ban bitcoin exchanges and that's the news
Jan 11, 10:10AM
The price of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies dropped significantly today off the back of ‘news’ that South Korea’s government might ban trading exchanges. As ever in the world of crypto, the slightest ripple of information can be taken out of context, and that appears to be the case here. Reuters reported comments from Korean Justice Minister Park Sang-ki who said claimed… Read MoreApple's China iCloud data migration sweeps up international user accounts
Jan 11, 8:49AM
Apple’s plan to migrate China-based iCloud user accounts to a local host on Chinese soil is already running into controversy after the iPhone-maker appeared included accounts registered overseas in the data. China-based users were informed of the upcoming migration yesterday, which Apple said “will allow us improve the speed and reliability of our iCloud services products while… Read MoreUnbabel raises $23M for its 'AI-powered, human-refined' translation platform
Jan 11, 8:00AM
Lisbon-headquartered Unbabel, a startup that has developed what it describes as an “AI-powered, human-refined” translation platform that makes it more cost effective to conduct business globally, has raised $23 million in Series B funding. Read MoreSodexo acquires majority stake in French online restaurant FoodChéri
Jan 11, 6:00AM
Sodexo, a French publicly-listed food services and facilities management company, has acquired a majority stake in Paris-based online restaurant and food delivery startup FoodChéri. Terms of the deal remain undisclosed, though François Paulus of Breega Capital, which backed the company’s €6 million Series A, tells me he is “happy with the return”. Read MoreTech executives join more than 100 business leaders calling on Congress to move quickly on DACA
Jan 11, 4:40AM
Many of tech’s most prominent executives, including the CEOs of Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Google, have joined more than 100 American business leaders in signing an open letter asking Congress to take action on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program before it expires on March 5. Read MoreCrunch Report | Jimmy Iovine is not leaving Apple
Jan 11, 4:00AM
Stationless bike-sharing program is coming to San Francisco, Kodak announces an ICO and its stock then jumps and Jimmy Iovine is not leaving Apple. All this on Crunch Report. Read More
Automotive Grade Linux gets support from Toyota and Amazon as it eyes autonomous driving
Jan 11, 1:20AM
Open-source software was once something that large businesses shied away from, but over the course of the last few years, it’s made inroads into virtually every enterprise company. With Automotive Grade Linux (AGL), the Linux Foundation hosts a project that aims to bring open source to the car industry. Read MoreDell is making jewelry with reclaimed gold from recycled computer guts
Jan 11, 1:12AM
A new jewelry line launched this week in literally the last place on Earth any reasonable human being would look for fashion advice — but the style gurus at Dell Computers are going for it anyway, announcing a limited-edition jewelry collection made from gold mined from recycled motherboards. Read MoreYouTube drops Logan Paul from Google Preferred and puts his Originals on hold
Jan 11, 1:03AM
YouTube has taken further action against social media star Logan Paul, dropping the vlogger from its Google Preferred program, which is meant to be a mark of trust to signal to advertisers they can rely on these media creators to generate higher-quality content. Read MoreHoward Lindzon's Social Leverage is looking to raise up to $50 million for its newest fund
Jan 11, 12:54AM
Social Leverage, a seed and early-stage venture outfit, is looking to raise up to $50 million for its third fund, shows a new SEC filing. It’s of interest in large part because of co-founder Howard Lindzon, a kind of internet celebrity and serial entrepreneur known for creating WallStrip and later StockTwits. Read MoreOverstock and Coinbase briefly mixed up Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash
Jan 11, 12:36AM
A glitch on Overstock’s website allowed users to send amounts of Bitcoin Cash to Overstock when the system was expecting Bitcoin, leading to drastic discounts on many items. Given that BTC is about $14,000 and Bitcoin Cash is $2,400, the mistake could have been quite costly. Originally reported by Brian Krebs, the exploit allowed you to send the required amount of BTC in Bitcoin Cash.… Read MoreAnother macOS password prompt can be bypassed with any password
Jan 11, 12:33AM
MacRumors spotted a bug report that affects the current version of macOS High Sierra. In System Preferences, you can unlock the App Store preference pane by typing any password. Apple has reportedly already fixed the bug in beta versions of the next macOS High Sierra update. While this bug is nowhere as serious as the infamous root login bug, this one is quite embarrassing. Read MoreDell's new app brings mobile notifications to the desktop
Jan 10, 11:56PM
I’ll be honest, Dell wasn’t at the top of our list of must-visit companies at this year’s CES, but the PC stalwart is actually showcasing a couple of interesting new products at the show. On the software front, mobile connect is a free offering that will be bundled with all new Dell computers. Read MoreComcast Ventures is betting on blockchain technologies in 2018
Jan 10, 11:48PM
Comcast Ventures has been looking at blockchain technology for months, driven by Comcast and NBCUniversal’s long-standing interest in applications across several of the company’s business units. Read MoreYouTube's in-app messaging and Community tab may make their way to YouTube TV, YouTube Music
Jan 10, 11:43PM
YouTube is aiming to bring its set of social features, including the in-app messaging system and “Community” tab for creators, to its wider suite of apps. Specifically, the company is interested in porting those features to its YouTube TV app aimed at cord cutters, as well as its Music app. Read MoreOptimizely launches new tools to help companies manage thousands of web experiments
Jan 10, 11:18PM
Optimizely helps businesses test out different ways to make their websites or apps more effective — but, as vice president of Product Management Claire Vo put it, how do you go from “five experiments per week to hundreds and thousands of experiments per week”? 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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