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Coinbase hires Rachael Horwitz as its first VP of comms
Apr 09, 5:34PM
As Coinbase slowly earns the opportunity to begin thinking about taking a breath after the insane growth of the past few months, it’s thinking more about what all it has to say. The cryptocurrency exchange startup has hired Spark Capital partner Rachael Horwitz as its first VP of communications. Horwitz led marketing and communications work […]
Gov officials conclude SpaceX not at fault for Zuma satellite separation failure, report says
Apr 09, 4:44PM
In turns out, SpaceX was indeed not responsible for the loss of a top-secret government satellite that fell back to earth and was destroyed following a Falcon 9 rocket launch earlier this year, a report in The Wall Street Journal today states. The Zuma satellite’s purpose was highly classified, but the fate of the project, […]
Facebook shut down Russian APT28 trolls before the 2016 U.S. election
Apr 09, 4:07PM
The most interesting part of Mark Zuckerberg’s prepared testimony for Congress that was released today shows that Facebook has been fighting Russian election interference since before the 2016 U.S. presidential race. Facebook shut down accounts related to Russian GRU military intelligence-linked group APT28, also known as Fancy Bear, which had created an organization called DCLeaks […]
This is Mark Zuckerberg's prepared statement for Congress
Apr 09, 4:03PM
Ahead of Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony before Congress on Wednesday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee has released the Facebook CEO’s prepared statement. In it, Zuckerberg explains that Facebook has always been an optimistic organization, focusing on connecting people and giving them a voice. But Zuckerberg also admits that the idealist train of thought might have […]
Facebook will tell you today if Cambridge Analytica had access to your data
Apr 09, 3:43PM
Last week, Facebook revealed that 87 million or so users potentially had their data improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica — and you've no doubt been wondering if yours is among them. Today the site will share that information with users. The disclosure arrives by way of a new "protecting your information" link set to appear […]
Juro grabs $2M to take the hassle out of contracts
Apr 09, 3:37PM
UK startup Juro, which is applying a “design centric approach” and machine learning tech to help businesses speed up the authoring and management of sales contracts, has closed $2m in seed funding led by Point Nine Capital. Prior investor Seedcamp also contributed to the round. Juro is announcing Taavet Hinrikus (TransferWise’s co-founder) as an investor […]
App downloads and revenue again broke records in the first quarter of 2018
Apr 09, 3:01PM
Global app downloads and consumer spending in apps had yet another record quarter, according to a new report from App Annie, out on Monday. In the first quarter of 2018, iOS and Google Play downloads grew more than 10 percent year-over-year to reach 27.5 billion – the highest figure to date. In addition, consumer spending […]
Google launches an improved speech-to-text service for developers
Apr 09, 3:00PM
Only a few weeks after launching a major overhaul of its Cloud Text-to-Speech API, Google today also announced an update to that service’s Speech-to-Text voice recognition service. The new and improved Cloud Speech-to-Text API promises significantly improved voice recognition performance. The new API promises a reduction in word errors around 54 percent across all of […]
Scribd will get Veronica Roth's 'Fates Divide' on launch day
Apr 09, 3:00PM
Scribd is setting its sights on bigger, newer titles. E-book and audiobook versions of The Fates Divide, the second volume in Veronica Roth’s Carve the Mark series, will go live on Scribd tomorrow. It’s not an exclusive deal — you’ll be able to buy The Fates Divide in bookstores and from online retailers — but […]
Facebook teams with nonprofits to launch election research commission
Apr 09, 2:44PM
Facebook's post-Cambridge Analytica apology tour continues this morning with the announcement of an initiative aimed at helping social science researchers gauge the site's impact on key political events. In a post issued this morning, the company's Vice President of Communications and Public Policy Director of Research outlined the plan and hammered home its focus on […]
Comma.ai raises $5 million
Apr 09, 2:09PM
Transportation startup Comma.ai has raised $5 million, according to a new SEC filing. George Hotz, the founder of Comma.ai, started the company in an attempt to take on Tesla. Initially, Hotz was working on a self-driving car kit called Comma One. The Comma One was an add-on that would’ve enabled certain cars to have Tesla […]
Bots on Twitter share two-thirds of links to popular websites: Pew
Apr 09, 2:00PM
It’s official: Bots are doing a lot of PR grunt work on Twitter — especially when it comes to promoting porn websites. That perhaps unsurprising conclusion about what automated Twitter accounts are link sharing comes courtesy of a new study by the Pew Research Center which set out to quantify one aspect of bot-based activity in […]
Over 20 advocacy groups complain to FTC that YouTube is violating children's privacy law
Apr 09, 2:00PM
A coalition of over 20 child advocacy, consumer and privacy groups filed a complaint with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission asking it to investigate and sanction YouTube for violation of federal children’s privacy laws. Specifically, the groups say YouTube is violating COPPA, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, which requires that websites directed at children […]
Join me for an ICO meetup in New York
Apr 09, 1:41PM
I’ll be helping build a larger meetup focused on pre-ICO companies in New York on April 23 and I’d love to see you there. It will be held at Knotel on April 23 at 7pm and will feature a pitch-off with eight startups – I will write about the best ones – and two panels […]
TechCrunch is back in Africa next week!
Apr 09, 1:35PM
TechCrunch is headed back to Africa to find the next wave of early stage startups tackling big ideas! Last October, TechCrunch held Startup Battlefield in Nairobi, Kenya and featured 15 early stage startups from across the continent. We're impressed by the Sub-Saharan Africa startup scene and can't wait to meet the next crop of innovators […]
Uber acquires bike-share startup JUMP
Apr 09, 1:30PM
Uber has acquired bike-sharing startup JUMP for an undisclosed amount of money. This comes shortly after TechCrunch reported that JUMP was in talks with Uber as well as with investors regarding a potential fundraising round involving Sequoia Capital’s Mike Moritz. At the time, JUMP was contemplating a sale that exceeded $100 million. We’re now hearing that […]
Benioff: Every VC in Silicon Valley turned us down
Apr 09, 1:20PM
In an interview last month with Julie Bort from Business Insider, Parker Harris and Marc Benioff told the story of how when they first launched the company, they were trying to raise money and nobody would give them a dime. Benioff said he went to every venture capital in Silicon Valley — and was turned down […]
Apple releases a red iPhone 8
Apr 09, 1:16PM
Apple is doing it again. The company just unveiled a new version of the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus. It has a bright red enclosure and a black front. A portion of Apple's proceeds will fund HIV/AIDS grants from the Global Fund. Other than that, it's an iPhone 8. You'll get the exact same […]
SNL roasts Mark Zuckerberg on Weekend Update
Apr 09, 12:49PM
The role of Mark Zuckerberg went to Alex Moffat this weekend on Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update. While some bits were harmless and hilarious — “Poke! Poke! Remember that feature?” asked Moffat as he poked Jost in the shoulder. “Poke! It was flirting for cowards.” — the Facebook CEO probably didn’t laugh much on Saturday […]
'90s kids rejoice! Microsoft releases the original Windows 3.0 File Manager source code
Apr 09, 12:27PM
Microsoft has released the source code for the original, 1990s-era File Manager that is so familiar to all of us who were dragging and dropping on Windows 3.0. The code, which is available on Github under the MIT OSS license, will compile under Windows 10. File Manager uses the multiple-document interface or MDI to display […]
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