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Majority of U.S. adults still think the internet is 'mostly' good for society – but that number is falling
Apr 30, 6:28PM
A growing number of U.S. adults no longer view the internet as a largely “good thing” for society, according to a new report from Pew Research Center out today. To be clear, a sizable majority – 70 percent – continue to believe the internet’s development has been mostly good. But that number has dropped by […]
The Pentagon is working on a radio wave weapon that stops a speeding car in its tracks
Apr 30, 6:13PM
Vehicular terrorism is on the rise, but technology under development by the U.S. Department of Defense could save lives by disabling a weaponized car before it ever reaches its target. The Pentagon’s Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Program (JNLWD) is working on a device called a Radio Frequency Vehicle Stopper to address the prevalence of vehicle-based attacks […]
Amazon exec Charlie Kindel says he's leaving to take a serious break from 'work'
Apr 30, 6:02PM
Amazon is famous for its hard-charging work culture, and Charlie Kindel, an Amazon executive who helped shape the rise of Alexa, is ready to hit the pause button after a five-year stint with the company and three years with the team at work on the company’s smart home division. Writing on his personal blog earlier […]
Check out the latest featurette for Star Wars: A Solo Story
Apr 30, 5:37PM
On May 25, the latest installment of the Star Wars theatrical franchise will drop in theaters. Shooting Star Wars: A Solo Story hasn’t been all roses, with Ron Howard stepping in to take over for directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller and reshooting many scenes. But the show must go on! Yesterday, Lucasfilm released a […]
SoFi founder Mike Cagney is back with a new startup and $50 million in funding, too
Apr 30, 5:31PM
Mike Cagney, who was ousted last summer from the lending company he founded, is back with a new startup and a whole lot of funding from at least one of his previous investors. According to a new report in Bloomberg, Cagney, who earlier this year formed a new lending startup called Figure, has raised $50 […]
Google teams with NBC to build VR content for its TV shows
Apr 30, 5:15PM
Virtual reality has yet to hit the big time with the vast majority of consumers — headset sales are still in the single-digit millions — but today Google and NBC announced a deal to make programming that could help the medium pick up some more mainstream appeal. The two said that they will be working […]
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Apr 30, 4:49PM
Technotopia is a podcast about the future. It assumes the world won’t fall into a dystopia and therefore is optimistic about our chances for human success. I’m looking for cool people to talk to and I’d like for you to join me. I love guests who are excited about the future and technology but I […]
Facebook is trying to block Schrems II privacy referral to EU top court
Apr 30, 4:35PM
Facebook’s lawyers are attempting to block a High Court decision in Ireland, where its international business is headquartered, to refer a long-running legal challenge to the bloc’s top court. The social media giant’s lawyers asked the court to stay the referral to the CJEU today, Reuters reports. Facebook is trying to appeal the referral by challenging […]
Stripe expands its Atlas startup kit to let founders form LLCs
Apr 30, 4:25PM
Payments company Stripe is today taking another step to expand its operations into a wider set of business services, targeting the startups that form its core base of customers. Today, the company is announcing that Atlas, the all-in-one service Stripe started two years ago to help founders incorporate in Delaware, can now be used to […]
Google brings Nvidia's Tesla V100 GPUs to its cloud
Apr 30, 4:01PM
Google today announced that Nvidia’s high-powered Tesla V100 GPUs are now available for workloads on both Compute Engine and Kubernetes Engine. For now, this is only a public beta, but for those who need Google’s full support for their GPU workloads, the company also today announced that the slightly less powerful Nvidia P100 GPUs are […]
Halide's iOS camera app now lets you strip the location data from your photos
Apr 30, 4:00PM
Halide, the premium iOS camera app from ex-Apple designer Sebastiaan de With and Twitter engineer Ben Sandofsky is today launching one of its biggest upgrades since its arrival last year. The updated app includes a Self-Timer, redesigned photo reviewer, accessibility improvements, and more. But perhaps its best feature is the ability to take better control over your […]
Safaricom rolls out Bonga social networking platform to augment M-Pesa
Apr 30, 3:43PM
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Disrupt SF '18 super early-bird prices disappear in three days
Apr 30, 3:26PM
Don't let procrastination drain your time and productivity — or your wallet. You have exactly three days left to save up to $1,800 on Super Early-Bird pricing for Disrupt San Francisco 2018 — the premiere tech conference related to all things startup. Disrupt SF takes place September 5-7 at Moscone Center West, and it's one […]
Younger consumers adopt voice technology faster, but use voice assistants less, report claims
Apr 30, 3:03PM
Here’s an odd juxtaposition for you. According to a new report on voice assistants released today by PwC, younger users are adopting voice technology at a faster rate than their older counterparts, but are somehow using their voice assistants less often. The report found that users 18 through 24 had fewer “heavy” users of voice […]
Twitter also sold data access to Cambridge Analytica-linked researcher
Apr 30, 1:55PM
Since it was revealed that Cambridge Analytica improperly accessed the personal data of millions of Facebook users, one question has lingered in the minds of the public: What other data did Dr. Aleksandr Kogan gain access to? Twitter confirmed to The Telegraph on Saturday that GSR, Kogan’s own commercial enterprise, had purchased one-time API access […]
Europe eyeing bot IDs, ad transparency and blockchain to fight fakes
Apr 30, 1:23PM
European Union lawmakers want online platforms to come up with their own systems to identify bot accounts. This is as part of a voluntary Code of Practice the European Commission now wants platforms to develop and apply — by this summer — as part of a wider package of proposals it’s put out which are […]
Fitbit will use Google Cloud to make its data available to doctors
Apr 30, 1:00PM
Fitbit this morning announced plans to utilize Google's new Cloud Healthcare API, in order to continue its push into the world of serious healthcare devices. It's a bit of a no-brainer as far as partnerships go. Google announced Cloud for Healthcare, taking a major step into the world of health, which comprised around $3.3 trillion […]
Walmart retreats from its UK Asda business to hone its focus on competing with Amazon
Apr 30, 12:46PM
Walmart’s strategy to get itself fighting fit against Amazon saw one more development today. This morning, UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s announced a deal with Walmart to buy a majority stake in Asda, Walmart’s wholly-owned UK subsidiary. The deal values Asda at £7.3 billion ($10 billion), and if it closes will net Walmart £2.975 billion ($4 […]
Coinbase CTO Balaji Srinivasan joins the speakers at TechCrunch's first blockchain event
Apr 30, 9:00AM
Boom, boom, boom! We’re announcing another big name for our upcoming blockchain event in Zug, Switzerland, on July 6 after Coinbase CTO Balaji Srinivasan joined the line-up. The event — TC: Sessions Blockchain — will be TechCrunch’s first show dedicated to blockchain, it takes place in the world’s “Crypto Valley” and we’ll be joined by a host […]
Baidu brings group of PE firms into its financial services business via $1.9B investment
Apr 30, 6:51AM
Baidu has turned to the financial industry to bolster its consumer finance business. The Chinese search giant confirmed that it has sold a majority share in its Financial Services Group (FSG) business to a consortium of private equity firms in a deal worth $1.9 billion. The business is in the consumer finance space and its services include credit and wealth […]
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