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Dating app Hinge is ditching the Facebook login requirement
Jun 01, 8:29PM
Hinge, the dating app that promised a better set of prospects by suggesting matches who share Facebook friends, is about to radically change its course: it’s ditching its requirement that users log in with Facebook. The change will go into effect on Monday, June 5th on Android, followed by a June 12th release on iOS. […]
What to expect at WWDC 2018
Jun 01, 8:10PM
According to the calendar, it's somehow already June. That means Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference is just around the corner. As matter of fact, things kick off in San Jose on Monday morning at 10AM PT (1PM ET). As ever, the main thrust of the show will be focused on developers — it's right there […]
Hulu re-org sees departure of Content Chief Joel Stillerman, top SVPs
Jun 01, 6:45PM
On the heels of Hulu’s news of its growing live TV business, which has now reached 800,000 subscribers, the streaming service today announced a major re-organization of it business focused on four strategic priorities, effective immediately. These include “the subscriber journey, technology & products, content and advertising,” says Hulu. The changes see three major execs […]
How Instagram's algorithm works
Jun 01, 6:03PM
Instagram users were missing 70 percent of all posts and 50 percent of their friends’ posts before the app ditched the reverse chronological feed for an algorithm in July 2016. Despite backlash about confusing ordering, Instagram now says relevancy sorting has led to its 800 million-plus users seeing 90 percent of their friends’ posts and […]
Apple Pay tests 'order ahead' for drinks at music festivals
Jun 01, 5:09PM
Apple is fixing one of the worst parts of the concert experience: waiting in line for a beer while you miss your favorite song. Last week’s BottleRock music festival near San Francisco was the first to try a new “order ahead with Apple Pay” feature that Apple hopes to bring to more events. You just […]
Lyft is reportedly close to buying the company behind Ford GoBike and Citi Bike
Jun 01, 4:49PM
Lyft is getting close to acquiring Motivate, the company responsible for Ford GoBike in the San Francisco Bay Area and Citi Bike in the New York City area, The Information reports. The deal will reportedly be worth at least $250 million. Lyft declined to comment and Motivate wasn’t available for comment at the time of […]
Announcing All Raise roundtable workshop, AMA and office hours at Disrupt SF
Jun 01, 4:37PM
TechCrunch is building an epic Disrupt SF (September 5-7) and we're proud to announce another major building block for the show, this one in line with TechCrunch's Include program and the Justice/Diversity track at Disrupt. The recently launched All Raise will run a three-part workshop for women founders over two days at Disrupt SF. In […]
Spotify backs off 'hateful conduct' policy amid backlash
Jun 01, 4:31PM
Less than a month after announcing its "hateful content" and "hateful conduct" policy, Spotify is backing down from one half of the equation. Following staunch criticism, the company has issued updates to its guidelines, noting that the roll out arrived in contrast to the company's own longstanding policies. In a news release the company acknowledged […]
Google is taking a Home-branded putt-putt course on a US tour
Jun 01, 4:02PM
If you’re in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles or Atlanta, you’ll soon be able to play mini golf (or putt-putt, as some people apparently like to call it) and learn about the Google Home product range in the meantime. Sounds like a corporation’s idea of a good time. “We wanted people across the country to feel […]
'Upgrade' director Leigh Whannell talks low-budget worldbuilding
Jun 01, 4:00PM
Upgrade tells the story of a Grey Trace, a man in the near future who’s left quadriplegic after a car accident and mugging. Following an interlude that sees Grey struggling with his new disability, an experimental computer chip called Stem is placed in his spinal cord, which it doesn’t just allow him control of his […]
Facebook kills its 'Trending' section
Jun 01, 3:52PM
Facebook really doesn’t want to be a media company. The social network announced this morning it’s removing its often controversial “Trending” section from its site next week, in order to make way for “future news experiences,” it says. These experiences include things like a dedicated section for news videos on its video hub Facebook Watch, […]
Helm moves out of Kubernetes' shadow to become stand-alone project
Jun 01, 3:30PM
Helm is an open source project that enables developers to create packages of containerized apps to make installation much simpler. Up until now, it was a sub-project of Kubernetes, the popular container orchestration tool, but as of today it is a stand-alone project. Both Kubernetes and Helm are projects managed by the Cloud Native Computing […]
Kanye skips Tidal exclusivity, drops new album on Spotify and Apple Music
Jun 01, 3:22PM
Back in 2016, Kanye West announced that his latest album be available exclusively on Tidal. This morning, its follow up, the simply titled ye, arrived on that service, Spotify and Apple Music all at the same time. The move is a blow for the artist-owned music streaming service, which has amassed much of its fanbase […]
The startup community must defend merit-based immigration
Jun 01, 2:30PM
The Trump administration just moved to kill a key tool to support immigrant entrepreneurs, and the startup community must make our voice heard to save it.
Fortnite is headed to the Nintendo Switch, according to new leaks
Jun 01, 2:30PM
The question at this point, really, is which platforms Fortnite isn’t being planned for. The Amazon Echo, maybe? Fitbit? Honestly, those are probably just a matter of time, too, as Epic's massively popular sandbox survival title steamrolls its way across the industry. The latest rumor finds Fortnite headed for the Nintendo Switch, just in time […]
Apple to launch its own 'digital health' features in iOS 12, says report
Jun 01, 2:16PM
At Google I/O in May, the company introduced a series of time management tools for Android users that help better manage screen time, track app usage, and limit the phone’s ability to distract, including a “shush” mode which turns on Do Not Disturb by flipping the phone over, and a “wind down,” color reduction mode […]
Bessemer launches a seed fund for startups applying machine learning to health
Jun 01, 1:05PM
Seeing a tremendous opportunity to leverage machine learning technologies in the healthcare industry, Bessemer Venture Partners is launching a $10 million early-stage seed program to back new startups. Led by the firm’s celebrity healthcare investor, Steve Kraus (seriously: the guy has his own podcast), and its head of investments in Israel, Adam Fisher, the Deep […]
Rebel launches new tools for developers to build marketing emails
Jun 01, 1:00PM
Until now, Rebel has been known as a platform allowing marketers to incorporate interactive elements into their emails. Today, it’s launching a new version of its API that will allow developers to build entire emails, interactive or not. Co-founder Joe Teplow explained that the new Rebel Lite API was created in response to developers who were […]
Equity podcast: More funding for scooters, Cruise gets a boost, and Chinese IPOs
Jun 01, 1:00PM
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch's venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week was fun. Back in the studio, Connie Loizos, Matthew Lynley, your humble servant, and Ramneek Gupta, managing director of Citi Ventures was with us to provide the venture perspective. As you can probably guess, we got […]
Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, plans $1 billion investment fund
Jun 01, 12:53PM
The upstarts of crypto aren’t just aiming to disrupt the startup status quo, some are rivaling traditional venture capital investors, too. That’s particularly evident today after Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange based on daily trade volumes, announced a $1 billion fund to back blockchain and crypto startups. The ‘Community Influence’ fund, which will be denominated in […]
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