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Amazon launches a "lite" Android web browser app in India
Apr 17, 6:05PM
Amazon has quietly launched an Android web browser app for emerging markets, where access to mobile data and high-speed connectivity is more limited. The browser has the rather generic name of: “Internet: fast, lite and private” on Google Play, and promises to be “lighter than the competition.” The app first appeared on the Play Store […]
Amazon is developing a TV show based on William Gibson's 'The Peripheral'
Apr 17, 5:59PM
Amazon is developing a series based on William Gibson’s science fiction novel The Peripheral. Variety reports that the series is being considered for a straight-to-series order, with Scott B. Smith writing and executive producing, and Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan (creators of the HBO remake of Westworld) also signed on as executive producers. Amazon seems […]
Two Facebook and Google geniuses are combining search and AI to transform HR
Apr 17, 5:56PM
Two former product wizards from Facebook and Google are combining Silicon Valley’s buzziest buzz words –search, artificial intelligence, and big data — into a new technology service aimed at solving nothing less than the problem of how to provide professional meaning in the modern world. Founded by chief executive Ashutosh Garg, a former search and […]
Here's what you'll learn at Atrium's fundraising workshop
Apr 17, 5:53PM
Justin Kan is qualified to teach you how to pitch, and isn’t shy about it. Having raised about $90 million for a few companies and sold his startup Twitch to Amazon for almost a billion dollars, not being shy is actually part of what Kan teaches. His legal services startup Atrium today officially launches Atrium […]
Commissioner Mignon Clyburn is stepping down after 8 years at the FCC
Apr 17, 5:48PM
Commissioner Mignon Clyburn is stepping down from the FCC after eight years on the job. She broke the news at the Commission's monthly open meeting, confirming the plans to move on that she has mentioned since the new administration took over.
Snap launches new features for Lens Studio
Apr 17, 5:48PM
At the end of last year, Snap introduced Lens Studio, a platform that allows developers to create AR lenses for Snapchat. Today, the company is announcing new features for Lens Studio, including seven brand new templates for the creation of face lenses. Before now, only World Lens creation was available to everyone within Lens Studio, […]
Building the Moon without leaving the London area
Apr 17, 5:12PM
Hardware isn't easy — especially if you decline to take advantage of the global manufacturing infrastructure, build everything in a flat in London, and use only local labor and materials. But that's what the creators of successful Kickstarter project Moon did, and they have no regrets.
Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield details approach to sustaining an inclusive workforce
Apr 17, 5:00PM
In light of the tech industry’s last year of one sexual harassment scandal after another, Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield says the company has had active conversations about the issues. However, Slack has not made any specific policy changes at the company. While no overt cultural issues at Slack have hit the mainstream, Butterfield says he […]
Watch IndieBio Accelerator's Demo Day today
Apr 17, 5:00PM
Today, April 17th at 2:00 PT, TechCrunch is bringing you IndieBio‘s Demo Day. IndieBio is a four-month accelerator focusing on biotech companies. Early-stage companies are given mentorship, 24/7 access to biosafety level 1 and 2 labs on-site, insights from industry experts and $250,000 in funding. The 2018 batch of 14 companies range from innovations in […]
Facebook starts fact-checking fake news in India
Apr 17, 4:59PM
Facebook today announced a partnership with a Mumbai-based fact checking organization called Boom, to help the social network fight the spread of fake news in the Indian state of Karnataka ahead of the elections being held there next month. The social network announced the fact-checking pilot program with Boom in a company blog post, where it briefly explained […]
Boosted's new electric skateboard is shorter and cheaper
Apr 17, 4:00PM
It’s been about six years since Boosted first showed up with its electric longboard and its oh-so-orange wheels, but the company is back with the next logical step: a cheaper, shorter board. The company is also revamping its longboards, with two new models on the way in the coming months. The shortboards First up, the […]
Crypto fans, let's meet in New York next week
Apr 17, 3:46PM
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 […]
Developing rapid response services for real estate agents, Agentology bags $12 million
Apr 17, 3:34PM
Startups like Zillow and Trulia have reshaped the real estate market by giving consumers their 24-hour covetable, clickable window into shoppable home sales — and the other players in the real estate marketplace are struggling to catch up. This deluge of leads coming in to real estate agencies across the country from online sources is […]
The Army is building 3D-printed soft robots
Apr 17, 3:33PM
The U.S. Army Research Laboratory has teamed up with the University of Minnesota to explore the wonders of soft robots. The teams have published a study describing their findings as they look to build invertebrate-inspired robotics able to squeeze into and maneuver around obstacles. “Successful stealthy maneuvering requires high structural flexibility and distributive control to […]
Netflix shoots down report regarding its plans for a weekly TV news show
Apr 17, 3:28PM
During yesterday’s earnings call, Netflix seemingly shot down a recent report that had claimed the streaming service was planning to make its move into the news business via a weekly TV show. In March, MarketWatch had reported Netflix was eyeing the news business, and was planning a news magazine show that would rival CBS’s “60 […]
The internet just crowdfunded billionaire Elon Musk a new couch
Apr 17, 3:01PM
Elon Musk, CEO of multiple companies and part of the PayPal mafia, is worth around $20 billion dollars. He doesn’t need a handout. But that didn’t stopped more than 72 people from donating money on GoFundMe to buy the man a new couch. As of publication, more than $1,000 was raised to gift Musk a better […]
NASA's Orion spacecraft contains more than 100 3D-printed parts
Apr 17, 3:00PM
It probably goes without saying that 3D printing is going to be a mainstay for the next generation of spacecrafts. The technology has already made its way onto extraterrestrial objects, and this morning, 3D-printing bigwig Stratasys confirmed that it's teaming with Lockheed Martin to create parts for the Orion. The parts, the company is quick […]
Parsley Health picks up $10 million to reimagine healthcare
Apr 17, 3:00PM
According to Parsley Health, the average adult spends 19 minutes with their physician every year. Seventy percent of the time, these short visits result in the prescription of a medication. “According to the CDC, 70% of diseases in our country are chronic and lifestyle-driven,” said Parsley Health founder and CEO Dr. Robin Berzin. “And yet […]
Google Cloud releases Dialogflow Enterprise Edition for building chat apps
Apr 17, 3:00PM
Building conversational interfaces is a hot new area for developers. Chatbots can be a way to reduce friction in websites and apps and to give customers quick answers to commonly asked questions in a conversational framework. Today, Google announced it was making Dialogflow Enterprise Edition generally available. It had previously been in beta. This technology […]
Telegram plays down Russian block — claiming no 'significant' impact yet
Apr 17, 2:58PM
A court in Russia ordered a block of messaging app Telegram this week but founder Pavel Durov has shrugged off the impact of the ban 24 hours in — claiming the app hasn’t seen “a significant drop in user engagement so far.” Russia began (trying to) block Telegram yesterday, following a court ruling in Moscow earlier […]
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