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Google will make real-time Final Four predictions this weekend, air them as halftime TV ads
Mar 30, 4:36PM
Google wants to put its data science chops to the test – in real-time. This weekend, the company is going use data analytics techniques and machine learning during the Final Four in San Antonio to figure out what it thinks will happen next in the live games. And after doing so, it will hand off […]
Singapore says Uber-Grab deal may violate competition laws
Mar 30, 4:20PM
Uber’s exit from Southeast Asia is under scrutiny from regulators in Singapore who believe that Grab’s purchase of the U.S. firm’s business in the region may violates competition laws. Singapore-based Grab, Uber’s chief rival in the region, announced the acquisition of Uber’s Southeast Asian business on Monday. In return, Uber is taking 27.5 percent of the Grab […]
SpaceX successfully launches Iridium-5 Falcon 9 mission
Mar 30, 3:26PM
SpaceX has successfully launched its Iridium -5 mission, which carries 10 satellites to add to Iridium’s NEXT global communications constellation. This is the fifth set of 10, out of a total of 75 that SpaceX is launching for client Iridium, and today’s launch used a first stage Falcon 9 booster originally employed last October for […]
MailChimp clarifies its anti-ICO policy
Mar 30, 3:13PM
Nobody wants to deal with ICOs. MailChimp, the popular mass mailing platform, has officially banned users who want to send emails about ICOs/token sales in its terms of use. They write in their legal policies page: Also, we cannot allow businesses involved in any aspect of the sale, transaction, exchange, storage, marketing or production of […]
The SteelSeries Arctis Pro lineup is a new high-water mark in comfort and quality
Mar 30, 3:09PM
SteelSeries has two new Arctis Pro gaming headsets out, and they pack a lot of tech and versatility into a comfortable, visually attractive package. The SteelSeries Arctis Pro Wireless and Arctis Pro + GameDAC are both incredibly capable headsets that deliver terrific sound, and depending on your system needs, should probably be your first choice […]
Azure's availability zones are now generally available
Mar 30, 2:30PM
No matter what cloud you build on, if you want to build something that’s highly available, you’re always going to opt to put your applications and data in at least two physically separated regions. Otherwise, if a region goes down, your app goes down, too. All of the big clouds also offer a concept called […]
Nift raises $16.5M for a new kind of gift card
Mar 30, 2:21PM
Nift, which is giving local businesses a new way to promote themselves, has raised $16.5 million in Series A funding. The businesses that work with Nift (the name is short for “neighborhood gift”) can give special gift cards to their best customers. Those customers enter their codes on the Nift website, answer a few questions […]
Walmart may be acquiring Humana, says report
Mar 30, 2:18PM
Walmart is in early stage talks to acquire health insurer Humana, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. Terms of the deal are unknown, but Humana is valued at $37 billion and reported net income of $2.4 billion on $53.8 billion in revenues during 2017. The deal would allow the retailer to strengthen […]
Asana introduces Timeline, lays groundwork for AI-based monitoring as the "team brain" for productivity
Mar 30, 2:00PM
When workflow management platform Asana announced a $75 million round of funding in January led by former Vice President Al Gore’s Generation Investment Management, the startup didn’t give much of an indication of what it planned to do with the money, or what it was that won over investors to a new $900 million valuation […]
IoT devices could be next customer data frontier
Mar 30, 1:41PM
At the Adobe Summit this week in Las Vegas, the company introduced what could be the ultimate customer experience construct, a customer experience system of record that pulls in information, not just from Adobe tools, but wherever it lives. In many ways it marked a new period in the notion of customer experience management, putting […]
MacOS finally gains external GPU support
Mar 30, 1:10PM
The latest update to macOS provides support for external graphics card. Apple announced this would hit the OS last June at WWDC and now it’s finally here. The update allows Mac users to increase the graphical processing power through an external graphics card connected through Thunderbolt 3. Perviously users had to buy an eGPU dev […]
Equity podcast: DocuSign files, IPOs pile up, Dropbox soars and the markets gyrate
Mar 30, 1:01PM
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch's venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week Katie Roof and Alex Wilhelm were joined by Byron Deeter of Bessemer Venture Partners, who was an excellent selection to have on deck as we tooled through the most recent news. And there was a lot to get through, […]
Watch SpaceX launch Iridium-5 aboard a re-used Falcon 9 rocket live
Mar 30, 12:51PM
SpaceX is launching its next mission for client Iridium this morning, with an instantaneous launch window for the mission opening at 7:13 AM PDT (10:13 AM EDT). The Iridium -5 mission will take off from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, and there’s a backup window set for March 31 at 7:08 AM […]
Baidu's streaming video service iQiyi falls 13.6% in Nasdaq debut
Mar 30, 1:06AM
The streaming video service iQiyi, a business owned by China’s online search giant Baidu, dropped 13.6% in its first day of trading on the Nasdaq — closing at $15.55, or down $2.45 from its opening price of $18. The company still managed to pull off one of the largest public offerings by a Chinese tech […]
Roam debuts a robotic exoskeleton for skiers
Mar 30, 12:25AM
Roam, a San Francisco-based robotics startup, has just debuted a lower-body robotic exoskeleton aimed firmly at skiers. The company's first product doesn't stray too far from nearby Ekso Bionics, where CEO and founder Tim Swift worked previously — though the simply titled Robotic Ski Exoskeleton trades warehouse work and mobility assistance for the admittedly more […]
Every time Trump has gone off on Amazon
Mar 30, 12:23AM
Tax cuts might be the name of the game for the Trump administration, but the president has no intention of letting Amazon’s Jeff Bezos off easy. With a tweet early Thursday following an Axios report that the president is “obsessed” with the company, Trump’s anti-Amazon sentiment bubbled up once more. I have stated my concerns […]
Tesla voluntarily recalls 123,000 Model S vehicles
Mar 30, 12:14AM
If you own a Model S built before April 2016, you’re probably going to want to swing by a dealer and get it checked out… Tesla has just issued a voluntary recall for 123,000 Model S vehicles, having found that the power steering bolts in some were displaying “excessive corrosion.” Model X and Model 3 […]
University of Michigan opens up its M-Air UAV testing facility to students
Mar 29, 11:54PM
If you wanted to test a drone at the University of Michigan, your options were extremely limited — think "at night in a deserted lecture hall." Not anymore: the school has just opened up its M-Air facility, essentially a giant netted playground for UAVs and their humans.
Uber has settled with the family of the homeless victim killed last week
Mar 29, 10:53PM
Uber has reportedly come to a fast settlement with the family of 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg, who was fatally struck last week by one of the company’s self-driving vehicles as she crossed a darkened street, pushing a bicycle. Terms of the settlement are not being disclosed; Uber declined to comment when we asked the company for further […]
FCC approves SpaceX plan for 4,425-satellite broadband network
Mar 29, 10:22PM
SpaceX has a green light from the FCC to launch a network of thousands of satellites blanketing the globe with broadband. And you won't have too long to wait — on a cosmic scale, anyway. Part of the agreement is that SpaceX launch half of its proposed 4,425 satellites within six years.
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