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Instagram reenables GIF sharing after GIPHY promises no more racism
Mar 29, 5:20PM
A racial slur GIF slipped into GIPHY’s sticker library earlier this month, prompting Instagram and Snapchat to drop their GIPHY integrations. Now Instagram is reactivating after GIPHY confirmed its reviewed its GIF library four times and will preemptively review any new GIFs it adds. We’re awaiting a response from Snapchat about whether it too will […]
The U.S. IPO market just had the best quarter in three years
Mar 29, 5:08PM
The U.S. IPO market had its best quarter by proceeds in three years, according to the IPO research company Renaissance Capital. That kind of momentum has seemingly set the stage for some big names in tech to march onto the public market in the second quarter. Forty-three companies raised a collective $15.6 billion through their IPOs, […]
Apple releases iOS 11.3 with new Animojis
Mar 29, 5:06PM
Apple just released an iOS update for your iPhone and iPad. 11.3 introduces a ton of bug fixes but also a bunch of new features. If you forgot about Animjois, today is your lucky day as Apple is adding four new Animojis — a dragon, a bear, a lion and a skull. But that's not […]
Google Play audiobooks get Smart Resume, bookmarks and Assistant routines support
Mar 29, 5:00PM
Google Play Audiobooks is getting a major update today that adds a number of new features to the service that were sorely missing when it launched earlier this year. None of these are groundbreaking, but they’ll help Google reach feature parity with some of its competitors while injecting a bit of its proprietary smarts into […]
Twitter makes it easier to share the right part of a live video with launch of 'Timestamps'
Mar 29, 5:00PM
Twitter today is introducing a new feature that will make it easier to share a key moment from a live video, so those viewing the tweet don’t have to scroll to the part of the broadcast you want to talk about. The feature, called “Timestamps,” is something Twitter says it built in response to existing […]
Here's Cambridge Analytica's plan for voters' Facebook data
Mar 29, 4:56PM
More details have emerged about how Facebook data on millions of US voters was handled after it was obtained in 2014 by UK political consultancy Cambridge Analytica for building psychographic profiles of Americans to target election messages for the Trump campaign. The dataset — of more than 50M Facebook users — is at the center […]
Tesla will probably miss Model 3 production targets, analyst Gene Munster says
Mar 29, 4:54PM
Analyst Gene Munster is predicting Tesla will likely miss its Model 3 production targets, Bloomberg reports. In an interview with Bloomberg, Munster said investors expected to see Tesla produce 2,500 to 3,000 cars per week, but it’ll more likely be 1,500 to 2,000 a week. Despite this predicted miss, Munster says he’s still optimistic about Tesla […]
Senior living services startup raises $4.5 million, partners with Lyft
Mar 29, 4:22PM
Cubigo, a tech startup aimed at addressing the senior living market, recently closed a $4.5 million Series A round led by Urbain Vandeurzen with participation from Transvision. Cubigo is also rolling out its services in five senior living communities in Florida, California and Ohio. Across those five communities, Cubigo’s platform will reach 100,000 residents. To […]
Polish bank begins using a blockchain-based document management system
Mar 29, 4:21PM
A blockchain company called Coinfirm has announced a partnership with PKO BP, a major Polish bank, to provide blockchain-based document verification using a tool called Trudatum. The project is a an actual implementation of one of the primary benefits of blockchain-based tools, namely its ability to permanently and immutably store data. This announcement brings blockchain […]
Facebook starts fact checking photos/videos, blocks millions of fake accounts per day
Mar 29, 4:20PM
Facebook has begun letting partners fact check photos and videos beyond news articles, and proactively review stories before Facebook asks them. Facebook is also now preemptively blocking the creation of millions of fake accounts per day. Facebook revealed this news on a conference call with journalists [Update: and later a blog post] about its efforts […]
Wild Type raises $3.5M to reinvent meat for the 21st century
Mar 29, 4:15PM
Food security is one of the grand problems facing the planet this century. The UN has estimated that food supplies need to increase by 50 percent to cover the population growth expected over the coming decades, while climate change is expected to cut crop yields by a quarter. Nearly a billion people today lack sufficient […]
Excel is getting smarter
Mar 29, 4:00PM
Excel is the workhorse of many industries and if you love your spreadsheets, the following news will likely make you unreasonably happy: Excel is getting smarter, thanks to a fresh infusion of artificial intelligence. As we previously reported, the Excel team has spent the last few months adding new machine learning-powered features to the application […]
Amazon may launch a bank account aimed at teens, says report
Mar 29, 3:56PM
Amazon has been in discussions with banks to create a product aimed at teens and other younger users who don’t have their own credit cards, or an interest in applying for one, according to a new report from Bloomberg. The company reportedly has held early stage talks with banks including JP Morgan Chase and Capital […]
Introducing the TechCrunch Disrupt SF '18 Virtual Hackathon
Mar 29, 3:33PM
We've told you that TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2018 is going to be the biggest, most ambitious Disrupt ever — and we're serious. So serious, in fact, that we're super-sizing the Hackathon, taking it online and making it global. Now thousands of the world's most talented developers, programmers, hackers and tech makers can participate and […]
TuneIn launches a discounted audio subscription for Alexa owners and Prime members
Mar 29, 3:08PM
TuneIn, the free radio service that allows you to stream news, sports, music and podcasts, is today rolling out a new subscription offering for Alexa customers in the U.S. TuneIn Live, as the premium live audio subscription is called, will offer play-by-play calls from thousands of live sporting events, plus access to premium news stations, talk […]
Terry Myerson, EVP of Windows and Devices, is leaving Microsoft, prompting a big AI, Azure and devices reorganization
Mar 29, 3:04PM
Big changes are afoot at Microsoft . The company has announced that Terry Myerson, the longtime Microsoftie who headed up the company’s Windows and Devices businesses, is leaving the company, and along with that the company changing up its executive management. The full memos from Satya Nadella and Myerson are below, but here are the […]
Pinterest is adding a new tab focused on your followers
Mar 29, 3:00PM
As Pinterest tries to double down on becoming as sticky as possible for users, it’s going to be making a pretty significant design change by adding a tab focused on who a user is following that will exist in addition to the basic discovery feed. The tab will fall on the bottom of the app’s […]
France wants to become an artificial intelligence hub
Mar 29, 2:40PM
Emmanuel Macron and his government are launching a big initiative around artificial intelligence today. They want to turn France into one of the leading countries when it comes to artificial intelligence. "[Artificial intelligence] is a technological, economical, social and obviously ethical revolution," Macron said in a speech. "This revolution won't happen in 50 or 60 […]
Snap goes through second round of layoffs this month
Mar 29, 1:41PM
Snap Inc is laying off around 100 employees within the advertising and sales department, according to Bloomberg. This is the second reported round of layoffs this month, with the company laying off around 100 people from the engineering department in early March. Chief Strategy Officer Imran Khan sent us the following statement: Over the past […]
GoPro's new entry-level Hero camera is $199 and lacks 4K
Mar 29, 1:01PM
GoPro is launching a new entry-level camera into its lineup and it looks very, very familiar. The new camera, simply called Hero, ditches the Session form factor and takes the look of the Hero5 and Hero6 with a big touch screen display. The $199 camera doesn’t shoot 4K, making it the company’s first release since […]
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