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An Apple store employee told me I was charging my iPhone wrong

Jun 24, 12:00PM

As rumors abound that Apple might dispense with its Lightning port, I dream of the day.

Here's how you can still get a free Windows 10 upgrade

May 30, 1:01PM

Microsoft's much-hyped free upgrade offer for Windows 10 ended in 2016, right? Not exactly. The GWX tool may be gone, but all the other upgrade tools still work, and the end result is an apparently valid digital license. But those offers could end soon.

These 12 laptops deliver the best battery life

Jun 26, 1:02PM

If you need a notebook that can last all day away from a power outlet, these dozen can handle it -- and then some. Your options include top-rated Windows, Mac and Chromebook systems.

New NTSB Tesla fatal crash report: Model S battery reignited twice after Florida crash

Jun 27, 12:51PM

Another Tesla battery reignites after being extinguished at a crash scene.

The dumbest passwords people still use

Jun 20, 2:55PM

Everybody knows that 12345 is a bad password. But what they're using instead isn't much stronger

Microsoft unexpectedly drops Windows 7 support for some ancient CPUs

Jun 25, 4:38PM

Believe it or not, some hardy souls are still running Windows 7 on PCs equipped with turn-of-the-century Pentium III CPUs. But the latest round of Windows 7 security patches won't install on those devices. Here's the background.

A massive cache of law enforcement personnel data has leaked

Jun 29, 1:39PM

Exclusive: Leaked data reveals many police departments are unable to respond in an active shooter situation.

Apple pushes back on hacker's iPhone passcode bypass report

Jun 22, 8:26PM

The researcher later found that passcodes he tested weren't always counted.

Inbenta, blamed for Ticketmaster breach, admits it was hacked

Jun 28, 1:12PM

Updated: The company's chief executive said a hack of its own systems led to Ticketmaster's breach.

New and upcoming phones: Galaxy Note 9 and others we're expecting in 2018

Jun 28, 11:00AM

Most major flagship smartphones are now on a fairly regular release schedule and leaks are a part of this cycle. It is rare for a phone to be released today with any surprises so let's take a look at what is coming soon.

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What we know about Maryland's controversial facial recognition database

Jun 29, 8:37PM

When police had difficulty identifying the man whom they believed opened fire on a newsroom in Maryland, killing five people, they turned to one of the most controversial yet potent tools in the state’s law enforcement arsenal. As The New York Times reports, Anne Arundel County Police Chief Timothy Altomare’s department failed to ID its suspect […]

Replacing pills with a Band-Aid? Avro Life Science thinks there's a patch for that

Jun 29, 7:30PM

Shak Lakhani, the 21-year-old chief executive and co-founder of Avro Life Science, started researching biomaterials when he was 15 years old. Every summer and after school the teenager would travel nearly two hours by bus and train from the Richmond Hill neighborhood of Toronto where he lived to the tissue engineering lab at the University […]

Hackers took over the Gentoo Linux GitHub repository

Jun 29, 7:07PM

Popular Linux distribution Gentoo has been "totally pwned" according to researchers at Sophos, and none of the current code can be trusted. The team immediately posted an update and noted that none of the real code has been compromised. However, they have pulled the GitHub repository until they can upload a fresh copy of the […]

Instagram PR director Gabe Madway exits, replaced by Facebook's Anna White

Jun 29, 7:05PM

Facebook likes to keep it in the family. Gabe Madway, Instagram’s director of comms who’s run its day-to-day efforts for the past four years, is departing to work for a new company later this summer, and he’ll be replaced by Anna White from Facebook’s internal PR team. She’ll report to Kristina Schake, Instagram’s Global Comms director […]

Sign up for the Disrupt SF Virtual Hackathon today

Jun 29, 7:00PM

Developers and creators, this is your shot to flex your technical building skills for a chance to win free passes to Disrupt SF 2018 — and maybe even $10,000! Sign up today to participate in the TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2018 virtual hackathon! Here's how the virtual Disrupt SF Hackathon works. Our expert judges will review, evaluate and score every eligible […]

Tinder bolsters its security to ward off hacks and blackmail

Jun 29, 6:46PM

This week, Tinder responded to a letter from Oregon Senator Ron Wyden calling for the company to seal up security loopholes in its app that could lead to blackmail and other privacy incursions. In a letter to Sen. Wyden, Match Group General Counsel Jared Sine describes recent changes to the app, noting that as of […]

A robotic astronaut named CIMON is on its way to the ISS

Jun 29, 6:27PM

There’s a new astronaut on its way to the International Space Station this morning aboard SpaceX’s most recent resupply launch, and it’s only the size of a medicine ball. CIMON (Crew Interactive Mobile Companion) is an artificial intelligence assistant designed by Airbus and IBM to assist the European Space Agency’s astronauts in everyday tasks aboard […]

YouTube's picture-in-picture mode is live for all US Android users

Jun 29, 6:19PM

YouTube has confirmed that picture-in-picture mode — previously a paid-only feature — has now rolled out to all U.S. YouTube users on Android on supported devices. The feature, which works on Android 8.0 (Oreo) or higher, had been slowly rolling out to non-Premium subscribers since this April we understand, and the full rollout completed on […]

These 50 founders and VCs suggest 2018 may be a tipping point for women: Part 1

Jun 29, 6:00PM

For the last several years, we’ve compiled profiles of women founders and investors at the end of each year because they’ve either raised substantial amounts of money or otherwise achieved notable milestones. This year, we don’t want to wait until December. We’re too excited about the progress we’re witnessing, with women-led startups getting seed, Series […]

Amazon's Echo Dot Kids Edition adds support for Spotify

Jun 29, 5:45PM

Amazon is addressing one of the larger issues with its Echo Dot Kids Edition — support for Spotify’s streaming music service, with the option to filter out explicit lyrics. The news was announced on Friday alongside new content from Disney for the Kids Edition device. However, Amazon says the Spotify support would not be available until […]

Electric scooter startup Spin is finalizing a $125 million security token offering

Jun 29, 5:29PM

Spin, an electric scooter startup, is raising around $125 million via a blockchain-based security token offering (STO), Axios first reported and TechCrunch has independently learned. Spin, which declined to comment for this story, has previously raised just $8 million. The idea with Spin’s security token offering is to raise money from accredited investors, who will […]

Thousands of cryptocurrency projects are already dead

Jun 29, 5:09PM

Two sites that are actively cataloging failed crypto projects, Coinopsy and DeadCoins, have found that over a 1,000 projects have failed so far in 2018. The projects range from true abandonware to outright scams, and include BRIG, a scam by two “brothers,” Jack and Jay Brig, and Titanium, a project that ended in an SEC […]

Leena AI builds HR chatbots to answer policy questions automatically

Jun 29, 5:00PM

Say you have a job with a large company and you want to know how much vacation time you have left, or how to add your new baby to your healthcare. This usually involves emailing or calling HR and waiting for an answer, or it could even involve crossing multiple systems to get what you […]

Ben Horowitz is coming to Disrupt SF

Jun 29, 4:33PM

It’s been more than four years since “The Hard Thing About Hard Things” was published, and it remains — including to minds of many of us at TechCrunch — one of the best, most authentic, most instructive business books ever written. It’s partly for this reason that we’re so excited to announce its author, Ben […]

Questions about Apple's new Maps, answered

Jun 29, 3:53PM

Earlier today we revealed that Apple was re-building maps from the ground up. These are some questions from readers that came up when we went live. You can ask more questions here and I’ll try to add them. What part of Maps will be new? The actual map. Apple is building them from scratch, with […]

Domo opens at $23.80/share, a pop of 13%, after raising $193M, valuing the company at around $510M

Jun 29, 3:49PM

Domo, the business analytics company based out of Utah, today became the latest enterprise tech company to go public, and it did so with a small pop. Trading on Nasdaq as DOMO, the company opened at $23.80/share, up 13 percent on its initial pricing of $21. Last night, the company announced that it had raised […]

TMGcore is running high-efficiency crypto mines in Texas

Jun 29, 3:29PM

Out on the plains of East Texas, not far from Dallas, a company called TMGcore is mining crypto. The company, funded to the tune of $70 million, will be mining multiple cryptocurrencies and is using some unique technology to ensure that it doesn’t eat up an entire city’s worth of energy. “TMGcore will be one […]

Meet founders and investors at Disrupt SF 2018 with CrunchMatch

Jun 29, 3:01PM

In only a few short months — on September 5-7 — TechCrunch will play host to more than 10,000 members of the tech startup community at Disrupt San Francisco 2018. Our flagship event draws the best and brightest early-stage founders looking to launch, and investors to fund, their companies. Making the right connections in just […]

Uber appoints Rachel Holt as head of New Modalities

Jun 29, 3:00PM

Uber is racing ahead to become the go-to multi-modal transportation service. On the heels of a multimillion-dollar acquisition of JUMP bikes, the launch of UberRENT, its permit application to deploy electric scooters in San Francisco and a partnership with public transit company Masabi, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has tapped Rachel Holt to lead the company’s […]

Apple is rebuilding Maps from the ground up

Jun 29, 2:58PM

I'm not sure if you're aware, but the launch of Apple Maps went poorly. After a rough first impression, an apology from the CEO, several years of patching holes with data partnerships and some glimmers of light with long-awaited transit directions and improvements in business, parking and place data, Apple Maps is still not where it […]

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An Apple store employee told me I was charging my iPhone wrong

Jun 24, 12:00PM

As rumors abound that Apple might dispense with its Lightning port, I dream of the day.

Here's how you can still get a free Windows 10 upgrade

May 30, 1:01PM

These 12 laptops deliver the best battery life

Jun 26, 1:02PM

If you need a notebook that can last all day away from a power outlet, these dozen can handle it -- and then some. Your options include top-rated Windows, Mac and Chromebook systems.

Inbenta, blamed for Ticketmaster breach, admits it was hacked

Jun 28, 1:12PM

Updated: The company's chief executive said a hack of its own systems led to Ticketmaster's breach.

New NTSB Tesla fatal crash report: Model S battery reignited twice after Florida crash

Jun 27, 12:51PM

Another Tesla battery reignites after being extinguished at a crash scene.

Apple pushes back on hacker's iPhone passcode bypass report

Jun 22, 8:26PM

The researcher later found that passcodes he tested weren't always counted.

Microsoft unexpectedly drops Windows 7 support for some ancient CPUs

Jun 25, 4:38PM

New and upcoming phones: Galaxy Note 9 and others we're expecting in 2018

Jun 28, 11:00AM

Amazon's platforms, ecosystems and speed herald a voice-first transformation

Jun 26, 12:00PM

As the adoption of voice assistants overtakes smartphones, the most disruptive force in business today may lead the voice-first category into even more disruption.

How to upgrade from Windows 10 Home to Pro for free

May 29, 1:31PM

You've got a new PC running Windows 10 Home. You want to upgrade to Windows 10 Pro. Here's how to get that upgrade for free. All you need is a Pro/Ultimate product key from an older version of Windows.

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Science fiction writer Harlan Ellison is dead

Jun 28, 9:50PM

Harlan Ellison, the 84-year-old author of some of the best-known science fiction stories of all time, has died. His death was announced on Twitter by Christine Valada. In addition to short fiction, Ellison also wrote for the movies and TV, most notably penning “The City on the Edge of Forever” — he was vocally unhappy […]

Landmark California privacy bill heads to governor's desk

Jun 28, 9:08PM

A data privacy bill in California is just a signature away from becoming law over the strenuous objections of many tech companies that rely on surreptitious data collection for their livelihood. The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 has passed through the state legislative organs and will now head to the desk of Governor Jerry Brown to be enacted.

Television content creation in China

Jun 28, 9:00PM

The biggest industry you've never heard of -- until now.

Honda reportedly retires the iconic Asimo

Jun 28, 7:53PM

Honda is ceasing development of Asimo, the humanoid robot that has delighted audiences at trade shows for years but never really matured into anything more than that, the Nikkei reports. But while the venerable bot itself is bowing out, the technology that made it so impressive will live on in other products, robotic and otherwise.

Instagram Stories now lets its 400M users add soundtracks

Jun 28, 7:00PM

The right music can make a boring photo or video epic, so Instagram is equipping users with a way to add popular songs to their Stories. TechCrunch had the scoop on the music feature's prototype in early May, and now it's launching to iOS and Android users in 6 countries including, the U.S. Thanks to Facebook’s […]

Facebook is using machine learning to self-tune its myriad services

Jun 28, 6:36PM

Regardless of what you may think of Facebook as a platform, they run a massive operation, and when you reach their level of scale you have to get more creative in how you handle every aspect of your computing environment. Engineers quickly reach the limits of human ability to track information, to the point that […]

Facebook will allow you to see all the active ads from any Page

Jun 28, 6:10PM

Facebook made two announcements about ad transparency today — one around the ads purchased by any Page and another around expanding its recently announced archive of political ads. It seems like ad transparency is a big focus today, as Twitter just launched its own Ads Transparency Center, allowing anyone to see ads bought by any […]

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope launch set back to 2021

Jun 28, 5:30PM

NASA announced yesterday that its highly anticipated James Webb Space Telescope is delaying its launch — again. It was announced in March that the mission would be delayed until 2020, which is already two years past its original launch date of October 2018. But after accepting the recommendations of an independent review board, NASA has […]

Moov gets into mindfulness with launch of 'Sanity & Self' app for women

Jun 28, 5:27PM

Moov, the wearable maker best known for its line of fitness trackers with their accompanying digital coaches, is today branching off into mindfulness. The company is the latest to join the self-care craze, with the launch of a new app focused on mindfulness and meditation, Sanity & Self. However, unlike most of today’s meditation apps, […]

Niantic's latest acquisition lets AR Pokémon hide behind the real world

Jun 28, 5:01PM

It seems like a simple concept: when rendering something in augmented reality (like, say, a Pikachu in Pokémon GO) and something in actual reality (like, say, a human, or a car, or a planter) passes in front of it, make the rendered object appear to be “behind” the real one. In practice, it’s pretty damn […]

Grace Hopper computing conference looks to bring more attention to women of color

Jun 28, 5:00PM

AnitaB.org, the organization behind the annual Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, has released its second-ever diversity report. As of today, AnitaB.org employs 59 people — 27 white people, seven black people, seven Latinx people, 13 Asian people, 1 Native American person, three people of two or more races and one person with an […]

Twitter launches its Ads Transparency Center, where you can see ads bought by any account

Jun 28, 5:00PM

Twitter is unveiling the Ads Transparency Center that it announced back in October. This comes as Twitter and other online platforms have faced growing political scrutiny around the role they may have played in spreading misinformation, particularly in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. For example, House Democrats recently released thousands of Russian-funded political Facebook ads, […]

Facebook's virtual reality sculpting platform gets a 2.0 upgrade

Jun 28, 5:00PM

Eighteen months since its initial release, Oculus is delivering some major updates to its Medium "immersive sculpting tool" in a free 2.0 update that's being released today. The artistic tool is one of the company's few first-party apps on the PC Rift platform. Today's updates focus primarily on performance bumps, a UI revamp and some […]

Bird has officially raised a whopping $300M as the scooter wars heat up

Jun 28, 5:00PM

And there we have it: Bird, one of the emerging massively hyped Scooter startups, has roped in its next pile of funding by picking up another $300 million in a round led by Sequoia Capital. The company announced the long-anticipated round this morning, with Sequoia’s Roelof Botha joining the company’s board of directors. This is […]

Criteo creates an AI lab in Paris

Jun 28, 4:55PM

Adtech company Criteo is investing $23 million (€20 million) in a new artificial intelligence lab in Paris. Over the next three years, the company plans to hire researchers to work on AI-related projects. Many of their projects will lead to public presentations, open-source releases and research papers. VP of Research Suju Rajan is going to […]

Cerebri AI raises $5M Series A round led by M12, Microsoft's venture fund

Jun 28, 4:30PM

M12, Microsoft’s venture fund which was previously known as Microsoft Ventures, has been making a series of investments in the last few weeks. Today, it’s leading a $5 million Series A round into Cerebri AI, a startup that uses machine learning to help companies track, analyze and predict their customers’ behavior. The University of Texas […]

Doug Leone, the global managing partner of powerhouse Sequoia Capital, is coming to Disrupt

Jun 28, 4:17PM

Sequoia Capital has been at the top of its game in the U.S. for decades, thanks to early investments in Google, Yahoo, LinkedIn and PayPal, as well as, more recently, its stakes in the messaging startup WhatsApp, the payments company Stripe and the video conferencing unicorn company Zoom. Yet unlike a lot of top-tier firms […]

PayPal Checkout can now be personalized to each shopper

Jun 28, 4:00PM

PayPal today is introducing new checkout technology for e-commerce sites that will dynamically present the most relevant payment method for each customer. That is, instead of retailers having to litter their checkout page with a variety of payment options, PayPal Checkout’s new “smart payment buttons” will update to display the right set of options for […]

LinkedIn adds Microsoft-powered translations and QR codes to connect more of its users faster

Jun 28, 3:46PM

LinkedIn — the social network with more than 560 million members who connect around work-related topics and job-seeking — continues to add more features, integrating technology from its new owner Microsoft, both to improve engagement on LinkedIn as well as to create deeper data ties between the two businesses. Today, the company announced two more: […]

Apple could bundle TV, music and news in a single subscription

Jun 28, 3:22PM

According to a report from The Information, Apple could choose to bundle all its media offerings into a single subscription. While Apple's main media subscription product is currently Apple Music, it's no secret that the company is investing in other areas. In particular, Apple has bought the distribution rights of many TV shows. But nobody […]

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An Apple store employee told me I was charging my iPhone wrong

Jun 24, 12:00PM

As rumors abound that Apple might dispense with its Lightning port, I dream of the day.

Here's how you can still get a free Windows 10 upgrade

May 30, 1:01PM

These 12 laptops deliver the best battery life

Jun 26, 1:02PM

If you need a notebook that can last all day away from a power outlet, these dozen can handle it -- and then some. Your options include top-rated Windows, Mac and Chromebook systems.

Microsoft unexpectedly drops Windows 7 support for some ancient CPUs

Jun 25, 4:38PM

New NTSB Tesla fatal crash report: Model S battery reignited twice after Florida crash

Jun 27, 12:51PM

Another Tesla battery reignites after being extinguished at a crash scene.

Apple pushes back on hacker's iPhone passcode bypass report

Jun 22, 8:26PM

The researcher later found that passcodes he tested weren't always counted.

How to upgrade from Windows 10 Home to Pro for free

May 29, 1:31PM

Windows 10 how-to: Ed Bott's free tech support and troubleshooting guide

Jun 25, 1:07PM

A curated list of the best sites for support information about Windows 10.

New and upcoming phones: Galaxy Note 9 and others we're expecting in 2018

Jun 28, 11:00AM

Private browsing: 16 good reasons to use incognito mode

Jun 21, 2:57PM

Also known as private browsing or porn mode, your browser privacy setting has all sorts of useful applications that have nothing to do with hiding the consumption of adult content.

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Pokémon Quest hits app store with a jolt

Jun 27, 8:53PM

Coming just shy of a month after its original release on the Nintendo Switch, Pokémon Quest has hit the the App Store and Google Play Store today with an impressive response. According to analytics by Sensor Tower, the app on iPhone is already at No. 2 in Japan and No. 3 in Korea. While hovering […]

ExceptionAlly helps parents navigate the special needs education labyrinth

Jun 27, 8:30PM

The challenges faced by parents of kids with special needs are always unique, but in one way they are surely much alike: making sure the kids are getting what they need from schools is way harder than it ought to be. ExceptionAlly is a new startup that aims to help parents understand, organize, and communicate all the info they need to make sure their child is getting the help they require.

Waymo names ex-Netflix, Cruise Automation executive as chief people officer

Jun 27, 5:59PM

Waymo, the former Google self-driving project that spun out to become a business under Alphabet, has hired former Netflix and Cruise Automation executive Tawni Nazario-Cranz as its chief people officer. Nazario-Cranz will be responsible for hiring workers, shaping the company’s culture and diversity initiatives. She will report directly to Waymo CEO John Krafick. The executive […]

Amazon is retiring CPM Ads, a display ad network for Amazon Associates, by the end of September

Jun 27, 5:57PM

Amazon, by more than one account, wants to become a big competitor in advertising against the likes of Facebook and Google, but its approach to how it will do this is something of a moving target, with pieces coming and going. In the latest development, the company has quietly announced that it is retiring by […]

Bannersnack makes it easy to punch the monkey (and more)

Jun 27, 5:33PM

An app like Bannersnack is something you never think you need — until you do. Designed by a digital marketer from Romania, Gabriel Ciordas, the app was originally called FlashEff and was used to create Flash banners for online marketers. Over time, however, HTML5 and graphics overtook Flash and the company pivoted to offering easy-to-use […]

Google Calendar gets an 'Out of Office' mode

Jun 27, 5:26PM

Google Calendar is the latest Google app to get an update focused on improving users’ “digital wellbeing.” The company announced today it’s rolling out a new “Out of Office” feature in Google Calendar, alongside a setting for customizable working hours. The working hours signal to others when you’re unavailable, and allows Google Calendar to automatically […]

Lyft valuation hits $15.1 billion after fresh $600 million in funding

Jun 27, 5:12PM

Lyft has raised an additional $600 million in a Series I financing round led by Fidelity Management & Research Company, pushing its post-money valuation to $15.1 billion. The company’s value has more than doubled in the past 14 months. Senator Investment Group LP joined Fidelity in the capital raise. Fidelity has poured more than $800 […]

Microsoft launches two new Azure regions in China

Jun 27, 5:03PM

Microsoft today launched two new Azure regions in China. These new regions, China North 2 in Beijing and China East 2 in Shanghai, are now generally available and will complement the existing two regions Microsoft operates in the country (with the help of its local partner, 21Vianet). As the first international cloud provider in China when […]

ProtonMail suffers DDoS attack that takes its email service down for minutes

Jun 27, 4:53PM

It’s been an unexpectedly slack day for digital comms services. It’s not just workplace IM tool Slack suffering outages but end-to-end encrypted email service ProtonMail too. In the latter case, the company has blamed several hours’ worth of sporadic outages on a major DDoS attack. Our network has been under sustained attack this morning. We are […]

Warby Parker's Dave Gilboa is coming to Disrupt SF

Jun 27, 4:40PM

In 2010, the eyewear industry got its long-awaited new player. Warby Parker entered the market with a simple offering: stylish Rx glasses, bought online, for a reasonable price. While this sounds like a pretty obvious concept in 2018, the world of e-commerce was just beginning its insane growth streak back in 2010. And glasses, of […]

Google Home and Chromecast are down, affecting users worldwide

Jun 27, 4:06PM

It’s not just Slack — there’s a Google Home and Chromecast outage, too. A Google spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch that there’s an issue affecting “some” of its customers of these platforms, and it’s currently investigating the issue and working on a solution. The company declined to share other information about the nature of the outage […]

Taster creates restaurants for Deliveroo and UberEats

Jun 27, 4:01PM

French startup Taster, formerly known as Mission Food, is building restaurants around big cities specifically for Deliveroo, UberEats and Glovo. These restaurants don't have any tables, they're all about serving food on online platforms. The startup just raised a $4 million funding round led by Sunstone Capital, with Global Founders Capital, Thierry Gillier and LocalGlobe […]

Hoodline launches a content recommendation widget that's all about local news

Jun 27, 4:00PM

Hoodline continues to serve as a reliable source of neighborhood news for San Francisco and Oakland, but it’s also been building tools that help other publications supplement their local coverage. Earlier this year, the company launched a news wire that automates the creation of local news stories using online data sources like Yelp and Zumper. […]

Snap is reportedly about to launch its own gaming platform

Jun 27, 3:38PM

Snap is seeking to explore new ground as it tries to outrun Instagram’s efforts to copy its features. Its newest effort may be building out a bona fide hub for gaming inside Snapchat, according to a new report from The Information. The platform will launch later this year, the report says, and Snap is already […]

Google ups its Linux Foundation membership to the $500,000/year Platinum level

Jun 27, 3:30PM

Google has long been a member of the Linux Foundation, but at the relatively low Silver level. Today, the company is stepping up its commitment by becoming a Platinum sponsor — the highest level of membership the open-source nonprofit organization currently offers. Silver membership for large corporations run just under $100,000 per year, while Platinum […]

Samsung will probably unveil the Note 9 on August 9

Jun 27, 3:19PM

Those Galaxy Note 9 rumors have been coming fast and furious in recent weeks, and now we know why. Samsung just sent out invites for its next big event in New York City, and its beloved phablet seems all but guaranteed to show up. The timeframe certainly lines up. The pen-enabled device was first announced […]

MongoDB launches Global Clusters to put geographic data control within reach of anyone

Jun 27, 3:05PM

MongoDB‘s Atlas service has been giving companies a managed database service in the cloud for some time. Mongo deals with all the heavy lifting behind the scenes, relieving the developer of creating it all themselves. Today the company announced it was taking that a step further by allowing customers to have granular control over where […]

Cordial raises $15M for smarter emails and messaging

Jun 27, 3:00PM

Cordial, a San Diego startup building what CEO Jeremy Swift described as a “truly next-generation platform” for email marketing, has raised $15 million in Series B funding. Swift and his co-founders come from email marketing company BlueHornet/Mapp Digital, which he said gave them the background to see “the market was really screaming: There needs to […]

Fuzzy Pet Health launches a $10-per-month telemedicine vet care plan

Jun 27, 3:00PM

A new subscription service will now let you chat with a vet from your smartphone for $10 per month. This telemedicine vet care plan is the latest from Fuzzy Pet Health, a subscription vet care service providing in-home vet visits to subscribers in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. But while in-home pet care may take […]

Intermix.io looks to help data engineers find their worst bottlenecks

Jun 27, 3:00PM

For any company built on top of machine learning operations, the more data it has, the better it is off — as long as it can keep it all under control. But as more and more information pours in from disparate sources, gets logged in obscure databases and is generally hard (or slow) to query, […]

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Jun 26, 1:02PM

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Microsoft unexpectedly drops Windows 7 support for some ancient CPUs

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Apple pushes back on hacker's iPhone passcode bypass report

Jun 22, 8:26PM

The researcher later found that passcodes he tested weren't always counted.

New NTSB Tesla fatal crash report: Model S battery reignited twice after Florida crash

Jun 27, 12:51PM

Another Tesla battery reignites after being extinguished at a crash scene.

How to upgrade from Windows 10 Home to Pro for free

May 29, 1:31PM

Amazon's platforms, ecosystems and speed herald a voice-first transformation

Jun 26, 12:00PM

As the adoption of voice assistants overtakes smartphones, the most disruptive force in business today may lead the voice-first category into even more disruption.

New Windows 10 April 2018 Update patches: That Chrome-breaking bug just got fixed

Jun 27, 10:18AM

Microsoft rolls out its second June update for the Windows 10 April 2018 Update.

Private browsing: 16 good reasons to use incognito mode

Jun 21, 2:57PM

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The 10 best smartphones of 2018

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Amazon's Alexa app for iOS finally gets voice control

Jun 26, 9:43PM

Way back at the beginning of the year (seemingly 24 or 25 months, at this point), Amazon brought voice control to its Alexa app for Android. The move marked a big step toward the company's push onto third party mobile devices. At the time, it added that it would bring similar functionality to the iPhone […]

Seattle gets its first staffed Amazon pickup delivery hub

Jun 26, 9:32PM

You’d think Seattle would be first in line for all things Amazon, but apparently the online retailer’s home city didn’t yet have a dedicated brick and mortar Amazon pickup location. The locations function as little centralized Amazon shipping hubs for normal pickups and returns, but they also enable one-day pickup for a large selection of […]

Questions remain after the CEO of fintech VC Anthemis resigns

Jun 26, 9:23PM

Anthemis Group, the fintech VC fund based in London, has lost its long-time CEO after Nadeem Shaikh handed in his resignation earlier this week. The Financial Times broke the story yesterday, quoting Shaikh citing a “shift in the company's strategy.” However, TechCrunch understands from sources that Shaikh’s decision to leave Anthemis came after a formal […]

Casio Chairman Kazuo Kashio dies at 89

Jun 26, 8:13PM

Casio Chairman and CEO Kazuo Kashio passed on June 19, 2018 at the age of 89. The cause of death was pneumonia. Kashio was the third eldest of the four brothers who founded Casio Computer in 1957. Their first product, the all-electric 14-A calculator, led to the release of the Casio Mini calculator in 1972, […]

These five trends are rocking the animation industry

Jun 26, 8:00PM

I've been very lucky to have been in the animation industry since the mid-1980s. Here's a quick survey of trends in the animation landscape that have me pretty optimistic about the future.

Honk, the Uber for towing services, raises $18 million

Jun 26, 7:41PM

Honk Technologies, a marketplace for towing services for consumers and insurance companies, has raised $18 million in a new round of funding a little over a year after inking a massive contract with the insurance company, Farmers. The investment was led by Altpoint Ventures, with participation from existing investors Structure Capital and Venture 51. The […]

Microsoft's facial recognition just got better at identifying people with dark skin

Jun 26, 7:06PM

Microsoft’s facial recognition tools just made some significant technological strides, though the timing probably couldn’t be worse. On Tuesday, the company revealed in a blog post that its Face API, part of Azure Cognitive Services, can now identify men and women with darker skin far more successfully than previous iterations of the technology. The updates […]

Audi taps Israeli startup Cognata to accelerate AV ambitions

Jun 26, 6:50PM

Audi is turning to Israeli startup Cognata to help the automaker validate its autonomous vehicles in the virtual world before they head out on the road for testing. Autonomous Intelligent Driving, Audi’s self-driving unit led by a team of former Microsoft, Tesla and internal Audi veterans, says it will use Cognata’s autonomous vehicle simulation platform […]

Facebook reverses its crypto ad ban

Jun 26, 6:47PM

As there’s clearly too much ad revenue potential to ignore, Facebook today announced it’s reversing its cryptocurrecy ad ban effective immediately. The decision comes with a few caveats, however. The company says it will allow ads and related content from “pre-approved advisers,” but will still not allow ads promoting binary options and initial coin offerings. […]

CarBlip's car buying app raises $2 million

Jun 26, 5:53PM

CarBlip, a new car-buying mobile application that’s aiming to compete with services like Wyper, has raised $2 million in a new round of financing. The investment was led by Nordic Eye Venture Capital with participation from the startup studio and seed investment firm, Science. CarBlip chief executive Brian Johnson said that the company’s main purpose was […]

Confirmed: Sequoia has already secured three-quarters of what will be an $8 billion global fund

Jun 26, 5:39PM

Sequoia Capital, the 46-year-old venture firm, has secured $6 billion in capital commitments for an $8 billion global fund, according to a new report in the Financial Times. The report echoes a late April piece in The Wall Street Journal that reported Sequoia investors had already committed “roughly” $6 billion to the new fund. A […]

Pandora and iHeartRadio subscription streams to impact Billboard's charts

Jun 26, 5:32PM

Billboard will begin using Pandora Premium and iHeartRadio subscription streams to inform its Billboard 100 and Billboard 200 charts, along with other streaming-inclusive charts, the company announced this week. Before, only Pandora’s radio spins were included. According to Pandora, the change goes into effect on July 14 and will bring nearly 6 million Pandora subscribers’ spins […]

Airbnb partners with Century 21 to let Parisians sublet their homes

Jun 26, 5:29PM

Airbnb needs to find new places to list in Paris to keep up with growth. That's why the company announced a partnership with real estate company Century 21 in France, according to Les Echos and various French media. Airbnb is in an awkward position in France. It is the company's most important market, but the […]

Pepper the robot gets a job at HSBC Bank in New York

Jun 26, 5:17PM

Starting today, customers at HSBC's New York City flagship will be greeted by a friendly humanoid face. The bank's Fifth Avenue location is employing Pepper, the customer service 'bot that has become the face of Softbank's growing robotics wing in recent years. In the few years it's been available, Pepper has held a veritable factotum […]

macOS Mojave 10.14 first look

Jun 26, 5:17PM

Seems like iOS gets all the love these days. And it’s easy enough to see why. The smartphone has long been the dominant device in many users’ lives, while the desktop/laptop category has been on the decline. But macOS still has some life left in it yet. A year after introducing the more incremental High […]

Mike Judge to join us at Disrupt SF 2018

Jun 26, 5:07PM

Silicon Valley, for better and oftentimes worse, provides an uncanny valley view of the ups and downs of IRL Silicon Valley. The HBO series has shown what it's like to deal with an incumbent who steals an idea or IP, the humiliation of saving the day, only to be fired as CEO by your VC, […]

Instagram now lets you 4-way group video chat as you browse

Jun 26, 5:00PM

Instagram's latest assault on Snapchat, FaceTime and Houseparty launches today. TechCrunch scooped back in March that Instagram would launch video calling, and the feature was officially announced at F8 in May. Now it's actually rolling out to everyone on iOS and Android, allowing up to four friends to group video call together through Instagram Direct. With […]

Uber is helping Saudi Arabia drive its cultural transformation

Jun 26, 4:56PM

Uber has about 95,000 monthly active drivers in Saudi Arabia. And right now, only one is a woman. But that’s about to change. Uber (as well as Middle East ride-hailing rival Careem) is launching programs aimed at leveraging the sweeping cultural and economic changes afoot in the country. On Sunday, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman lifted […]

The new Google Maps with personalized recommendations is now live

Jun 26, 4:52PM

At its I/O developer conference last month, Google previewed a major update to Google Maps that promised to bring personalized restaurant recommendations and more to the company’s mapping tool. Today, many of these new features started rolling out to Google Maps users. The core Google Maps experience for getting directions hasn’t changed, of course, but […]

Uber wins appeal and gets a provisional 15-month license to operate in London

Jun 26, 4:26PM

After failing to secure a renewal for a license to operate a private hire vehicle service in London last September, Uber — the controversial transportation startup valued at around $62 billion — has finally had a short reprieve. Today, a judge hearing the Uber appeal (appearing as Uber London Limited, or ULL) against the city’s […]

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Microsoft unexpectedly drops Windows 7 support for some ancient CPUs

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Private browsing: 16 good reasons to use incognito mode

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The 10 best smartphones of 2018

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iPhone battery life bad after installing iOS 11.4? Here's what you can do

Jun 01, 1:31PM

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Apple releases first iOS 12 public beta for anyone to try

Jun 25, 9:11PM

Want to try iOS 12 on your iPhone or iPad right now? You don't have to wait until September when it officially launches. Apple just rolled out a public beta that anyone can try for free. Here's what you need to know.

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AARP commits $60 million to a fund backing new treatments for dementia

Jun 25, 9:47PM

Dementia, the syndrome caused by several brain illnesses affecting memory, motor skills, thinking, and behavior, affects 47 million people around the world and is projected to afflict 75 million by 2030, according to the World Health Organization. It’s a syndrome that’s not only debilitating for the people who live with it but also for their […]

iOS 12 is all about making your phone work better

Jun 25, 9:11PM

The pace of iOS innovation has been so intense that even Apple couldn't keep up. In some ways, iOS 11's main feature was that it was packed with bugs, with autocorrect bugs, messages arriving out of order and the Calculator app not calculating properly. iOS 12 is a nice change of pace. "For iOS 12, […]

Apple just released the first iOS 12 beta to everyone

Jun 25, 9:10PM

This is your opportunity to get a glimpse of the future of iOS. Apple just released the first public beta of iOS 12, the next major version of the operating system for iPhone and iPad. Unlike developer betas, everyone can download it without a $99 developer account. But don't forget, it's a beta. The company […]

OpenAI's 'Dota 2' neural nets are defeating human opponents

Jun 25, 9:03PM

Artificially intelligent systems taking on human competitors is a grand tradition of computer science; thankfully, we’re still in the cute stages that don’t feel quite like War Games yet. For its part, OpenAI has been trying its hand at Dota 2 competitive play, and its bots are starting to win against some skilled opponents under […]

An Overwatch hacker in South Korea just got sentenced to a year in prison

Jun 25, 8:42PM

A 28-year-old man in South Korea faces a year in prison for hacking Overwatch . The sentence, reported by South Korea’s SBS News and Dot Esports, handed the hacker one year in prison and two years of probation for illicit activity related to the hit online multiplayer game. The particularly steep sentence is a result […]

Implantable 3D-printed organs could be coming sooner than you think

Jun 25, 8:16PM

At MBC Biolabs, an incubator for biotech startups in San Francisco’s Dogpatch neighborhood, a team of scientists and interns working for the small startup Prellis Biologics have just taken a big step on the path toward developing viable 3D-printed organs for humans. The company, which was founded in 2016 by research scientists Melanie Matheu and […]

Andreessen Horowitz has a new crypto fund — and its first female general partner is running it with Chris Dixon

Jun 25, 8:03PM

Silicon Valley powerhouse Andreessen Horowitz (A16z) has some big, and bigger, news today. First, it closed a dedicated crypto fund late last week from a subset of its limited partners, who’ve provided the firm with $300 million in capital commitments. The fund had become the worst-kept secret in the venture industry, largely because so many […]

AT&T collaborates on NSA spying through a web of secretive buildings in the US

Jun 25, 7:38PM

A new report from The Intercept sheds light on the NSA’s close relationship with communications provider AT&T. The Intercept identified eight facilities across the U.S. that function as hubs for AT&T’s efforts to collaborate with the intelligence agency. The site first identified one potential hub of this kind in 2017 in lower Manhattan. The report […]

New technique brings secrets out of old daguerreotypes

Jun 25, 6:52PM

Daguerreotypes – photos made with a process that used mercury vapors on an iodine-sensitized silvered plate – break down quite easily. The result is a fogged plate that, more often that not, is completely ruined by time and mistreatment. However, researchers at Western University have created a system that uses synchrotrons and “rapid-scanning micro-X-ray fluorescence […]

Jay-Z has a new venture fund and a Silicon Valley partner

Jun 25, 6:34PM

Jay-Z is behind a new venture fund called Marcy Venture Partners that is being launched with Walden Venture Capital managing director Larry Marcus and longtime business partner Roc Nation president Jay Brown, according to California regulatory filings. The fund was first reported by Axios. Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter is no stranger to the venture world. The rap […]

Fortnite Battle Royale is getting a Playground mode, and other Week 9 rumors…

Jun 25, 6:21PM

Whether it’s through changes in the map itself or the introduction of new weapons like the Stink Bomb and the Thermal-Scoped AR, Fortnite Battle Royale continues to evolve with each passing week. So it’s no surprise that more changes are afoot for the world’s biggest video game. First and foremost, a new Playground mode will […]

Rumored full mouse and keyboard support for Xbox One could change the gaming landscape

Jun 25, 6:20PM

Microsoft may be readying a new weapon that could shift the balance in the interminable console wars: the mouse. Wait, you say, didn't they promise that years ago, and aren't there peripherals already available? Kind of. But going whole hog into PC-style controls allows Microsoft to create powerful synergies with Windows, performing a flanking maneuver against arch-rival Sony.

CBS to stream NFL games on mobile

Jun 25, 5:59PM

CBS today announced an expanded agreement with the NFL which will allow it to stream NFL ON CBS games through its over-the-top service, CBS All Access, through 2022. The deal includes, for the first time, rights to stream the games on mobile devices. The changes will begin this season, and will additionally include the ability […]

John Oliver is erased from Chinese internet following segment on China

Jun 25, 5:39PM

HBO's Last Week Tonight has led to some drastic measures in China. After an episode aired on June 17th, the Chinese government is now trying to erase all signs of John Oliver on the internet. The show had a 20-minute segment on Xi Jinping and the Chinese government. In particular, Oliver mentioned Xi's abolition of […]

Chirp brings Twitter to Apple Watch

Jun 25, 5:20PM

Twitter’s history of being a bit unfriendly to developers building third-party clients hasn’t frightened off Will Bishop. The young Australian developer recently released a version of Twitter for Apple Watch called Chirp, in order to fill the void created by Twitter pulling its official app last fall. (Let’s see how long it will last, shall […]

Meru Health wants to make mental health care more accessible

Jun 25, 5:11PM

Getting mental health services can be burdensome. And if you’re already going through a tough time, you’re probably looking for help sooner than later. But based on the current landscape, it can take months to find the right therapist who also takes your insurance. This is where Meru Health hopes to come in. By providing […]

Google Earth now lets you measure distances and areas

Jun 25, 5:08PM

Only a few years ago, Google Earth was the only practical way to see all of Google’s satellite and 3D imagery. These days, Google Maps pretty much offers all of the mapping features that casual users need, but Google continues to quietly develop Earth and today, the company announced it is adding an area measurement tool […]

Oculus launches its first app focused on watching television

Jun 25, 5:00PM

Oculus is launching a TV app for users to check out streaming video content on a big virtual screen on the Oculus Go headset. The company highlighted Oculus TV at Facebook’s F8 developer conference as one of four new Oculus-built apps that would allow users to get the most out of the inexpensive headset. The […]

Anker Mars II projector promises solid summer fun

Jun 25, 4:37PM

Anker, a popular if battery and cable company, recently announced the Mars II projector under its Nebula brand. The company, which primarily sells via Amazon, is expanding out of batteries and cables and is now creating audio and other portable AV gear. This compact, battery-powered DLP projector is their latest creation and it has found […]

Teachers can put Chromebooks on lockdown when giving Classroom quizzes

Jun 25, 3:35PM

Technology's heavy hitters are in Chicago this week, showing off their latest ed-tech offerings at International Society for Technology in Education conference. For Google, that means some key updates to Classrooms, the free, browser-based educational software that's currently used by "over 30 million students" globally, by its count. The app is getting a number of tweaks, […]

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Jun 22, 8:26PM

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Jun 21, 2:57PM

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Jun 01, 1:31PM

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Xiaomi eyes $6b in Hong Kong IPO, pulls mainland China share offers

Jun 24, 11:22PM

Xiaomi had postponed its mainland share offering but only to pursue an initial public offering in Hong Kong scheduled for July 9.

11 fabulous futuristic robots from Automatica 2018

Jun 22, 9:28AM

The international automation conference will showcase these robots from ECHORD++, an EU-funded robotics project with a single aim: To bring cutting edge robotics research to market.

The 10 best smartphones of 2018

May 09, 12:23PM

A couple more phones have been launched since MWC and further use of others encouraged us to update the list of top smartphones.

Now Amazon employees rebel: 'End police facial-recognition contracts, ICE support'

Jun 22, 1:22PM

Amazonians call on CEO Jeff Bezos to take a moral stand against the sale of its technology to law enforcement.

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Zcash: life on the crypto roller coaster

Jun 24, 1:00PM

Suppressed in Japan. Championed in New York. Accused of betraying the billion-dollar community he created with an arcane and byzantine ritual, while accidentally solving — maybe — a transnational clandestine mining mystery. All this while leading the rollout of some of the world’s most cutting-edge cryptographic technology into production. It’s been an interesting six months […]

Snag your super early-bird passes for Disrupt Berlin 2018

Jun 24, 9:00AM

Der frühe vogel fängt den wurm! Yikes, if we're trotting out our tortured German to say "the early bird catches the worm," it can mean only one thing, folks. It's time for all you European startup fans to go catch super early-bird tickets to TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin 2018 on November 29-30. Our pricing tiers start at €595 […]

In Army of None, a field guide to the coming world of autonomous warfare

Jun 24, 12:21AM

The Silicon Valley-military industrial complex is increasingly in the crosshairs of artificial intelligence engineers. A few weeks ago, Google was reported to be backing out of a Pentagon contract around Project Maven, which would use image recognition to automatically evaluate photos. Earlier this year, AI researchers around the world joined petitions calling for a boycott […]

Open source sustainability

Jun 23, 7:25PM

Open source sustainability has been nothing short of an oxymoron. Engineers around the world pour their sweat and frankly, their hearts into these passion projects that undergird all software in the modern internet economy. In exchange, they ask for nothing in return except for recognition and help in keeping their projects alive and improving them. […]

Are scooter startups really worth billions?

Jun 23, 5:05PM

It’s been hard to miss the scooter startup wars opening fresh, techno-fueled rifts in Valley society in recent months. Another flavor of ride-sharing steed which sprouted seemingly overnight to clutter up sidewalks — drawing rapid-fire ire from city regulators apparently far more forgiving of traffic congestion if it’s delivered in the traditional, car-shaped capsule. Even […]

How backups, backups, backups protect NYC's cellular infrastructure

Jun 23, 2:11PM

The infrastructure that underpins our lives is not something we ever want to think about. Nothing good has come from suddenly needing to wonder "where does my water come from?" or "how does electricity connect into my home?" That pondering gets even more intense when we talk about cellular infrastructure, where a single dropped call […]

Bag Week 2018: Timbuk2's Launch featherweight daypack is tough and tiny

Jun 22, 11:41PM

If you need something small, lightweight and indestructible, Timbuk2’s Lightweight Launch Backpack ($129) might be right up your alley. The pack, constructed from famously tough Tyvek, can fit a 13″ laptop comfortably and plenty else. At only 18L, it sounds small, but due to its drawstring-top design and large main compartment, it holds more than […]

Bag Week 2018: P.MAI's women's leather laptop bag is luxury packed with utility

Jun 22, 10:25PM

Welcome to Bag Week 2018. Every year your faithful friends at TechCrunch spend an entire week looking at bags. Why? Because bags — often ignored but full of our important electronics — are the outward representations of our techie styles, and we put far too little thought into where we keep our most prized possessions. […]

Apple will repair busted keyboards on recent MacBooks and MacBook Pros for free

Jun 22, 9:53PM

Back in 2016, Apple redesigned the MacBook Pro’s keyboard. It… hasn’t gone as well as they probably hoped. Complaints of failing keys quickly started popping up. Some keys had a tendency to get stuck in place; others move freely, but simply don’t respond. Two years and a lawsuit later, Apple is officially acknowledging the issue […]

VC Brian O'Malley jumps from Accel to Forerunner Ventures

Jun 22, 6:15PM

Brian O'Malley may be the most-poached venture capitalist in Silicon Valley. While rising through the ranks at the global investment firm Battery Ventures, where O’Malley had led deals in Hotel Tonight among others, he was plucked out of the firm by Accel Partners in 2013, where both O’Malley and Accel thought he could be even […]

A look back at the best tech ads of the last 35 years

Jun 22, 5:47PM

Last week the Association of Independent Commercial Producers announced the winners of its annual awards honoring the best moving image marketing of the year and Apple's "Welcome Home" ad took home the prize for Advertising Excellence in the single commercial category. Directed by Spike Jonze, the person behind movies like Her and Being John Malkovich, […]

Reddit launches a 'News' tab into beta testing

Jun 22, 5:30PM

Reddit is rolling out its “news” tab into beta, the company announced this week. The expansion follows on Reddit’s initial test of a news-related feature that began this May, when an alpha version shipped to some users of Reddit’s iOS app. At the time, Reddit explained it wanted to give news its own dedicated home […]

Konsus looks to give companies a way to get specially designed documents in under a day

Jun 22, 5:00PM

Fredrik Thomassen as a consultant used to have the resources to offload the annoying project tasks — like making PowerPoint presentations — but now that it’s gone, he and his team wanted to make that available for everyone. Now the startup, called Konsus, wants to turn that around even faster. Konsus is a design marketplace […]

Your second chance for Startup Battlefield at Disrupt SF

Jun 22, 5:00PM

If you missed the deadline last week to apply for the renowned Startup Battlefield at Disrupt SF, have no fear. There is still one more chance at being part of the action! Out of all of the early-stage companies exhibiting at Disrupt, three Startup Alley companies will have the opportunity to be selected as one of the "Wild Card" […]

Facebook mistakenly leaked developer analytics reports to testers

Jun 22, 4:57PM

Set the “days without a Facebook privacy problem” counter to zero. This week, an alarmed developer contacted TechCrunch, informing us that their Facebook App Analytics weekly summary email had been delivered to someone outside their company. It contains sensitive business information, including weekly average users, page views and new users. Forty-three hours after we contacted […]

Uber safety driver of fatal self-driving crash was watching Hulu, not the road

Jun 22, 4:54PM

A safety driver operating an Uber self-driving vehicle looked down at a phone that was streaming The Voice on Hulu 204 times during a 43-minute test drive that ended when pedestrian Elaine Herzberg was struck and killed in Tempe, Arizona, according to a 318-page police report reviewed by TechCrunch. The Tempe Police Department released late […]

WordPress.com parent company acquires Atavist

Jun 22, 4:47PM

Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Longreads, Simplenote and a few other things, is acquiring Brooklyn-based startup Atavist. Atavist has been working on a content management system for independent bloggers and writers. With an Atavist website, you can easily write and publish stories with a ton of media. You might think that this isn't particularly […]

Lime scooters are live in Paris

Jun 22, 4:24PM

Lime is the hot new thing in San Francisco, but will it work in other countries? The company just launched its electric scooter service in Paris. This isn't the first European city as Lime is also operating in Berlin, Bremen, Frankfurt and Zurich. But it's a significant launch as alternative mobility solutions have all been […]

Amazon FreeTime Unlimited finally lands on Apple's App Store

Jun 22, 4:07PM

Five and half years after it launched, one of the more popular apps for kids’ reading and entertainment has finally arrived on the iOS. Amazon FreeTime Unlimited, the e-commerce giant’s subscription service for children 3-12 that gives unlimited access to 10,000 books, movies and TV shows starting at $2.99 for one user per month for […]

Sphero acquires a music education startup

Jun 22, 4:04PM

It's hard to say precisely how Sphero's pivot to education is going in these early stages, but it recently got an infusion of funding and is already out acquiring new startups. The BB-8 maker announced this morning that it's picked up Specdrums — the fellow Boulder, Co-based startup is a Kickstarter success story that lets […]

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