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It's OK to leave Facebook
Jun 02, 7:46PM
The slow-motion privacy train wreck that is Facebook has many users, perhaps you, thinking about leaving or at least changing the way you use the social network. Fortunately for everyone but Mark Zuckerberg, it's not nearly has hard to leave as it once was. The main thing to remember is that social media is for you to use, and not vice versa.
Looks like macOS 10.14 will have a new dark mode and an Apple News app
Jun 02, 7:34PM
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is just a couple of days away, but some of the updates appear to have been revealed early. Specifically, developer Steve Troughton-Smith tweeted some screenshots this morning of what he said was macOS 10.14. And while the screenshots focused on Xcode 10, they also revealed a couple of bigger changes to […]
Not just another decentralized web whitepaper?
Jun 02, 7:14PM
Given all the hype and noise swirling around crypto and decentralized network projects, which runs the full gamut from scams and stupidity, to very clever and inspired ideas, the release of yet another whitepaper does not immediately set off an attention klaxon. But this whitepaper — which details a new protocol for achieving consensus within a […]
Scaling startups are setting up secondary hubs in these cities
Jun 02, 5:10PM
America's mayors have spent the past nine months tripping over each other to curry favor with Amazon.com in its high-profile search for a second headquarters. More quietly, however, a similar story has been playing out in startup-land.
Gillmor Gang: Hollywood Signs
Jun 02, 5:00PM
The Gillmor Gang — Frank Radice, Keith Teare, Esteban Kolsky, Michael Markman, and Steve Gillmor . Recorded live Friday, June 1, 2018. Why Mary Meeker’s report is real news, the streaming economy flexes its muscles, sit-down comedy. G3: Ethical Healing — Mary Hodder, Francine Hardaway, Maria Ogneva, and Tina Chase Gillmor. Recorded live Thursday, May […]
Apple needs to play nice with Spotify
Jun 02, 1:05AM
With WWDC a couple of days out, we’re coming up on one year since Apple first showed off its glitzy answer to the Amazon Echo and Google Home smart speakers. It took more than 8 months from then for the HomePod to finally hit shelves, and it took up until a couple of days ago […]
Geoffrey Starks nominated as FCC Commissioner to fill Democratic gap left by Clyburn
Jun 02, 12:58AM
The President has officially named Geoffrey Starks as his nomination to fill the FCC Commissioner role left open by Mignon Clyburn's departure. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai confirmed the news, rumored over the past few weeks, in a statement.
Google quits selling tablets
Jun 02, 12:11AM
Google has quietly crept out of the tablet business, removing the "tablets" heading from its Android page. Google in particular has struggled to make Android a convincing alternative to iOS in the tablet realm, and with this move has clearly indicated its preference for the Chromebook side of things, where it has inherited the questionable (but lucrative) legacy of netbooks.
Telegram says its iOS app is updating again, a day after the CEO decried Apple's block
Jun 01, 9:50PM
What a difference a day — one with a public lament — makes. Today the CEO of Telegram Pavel Durov announced that the messaging app is updating again on iOS, putting to a close a six-week freeze, where Apple had stopped allowing Telegram to ship newer versions of the app globally, even while continuing to […]
Google reportedly backing out of military contract after public backlash
Jun 01, 8:53PM
A controversial Google contract with the U.S. military will not be renewed next year after internal and public outcry against it, Gizmodo reports. The program itself was not particularly distasteful or lucrative, but served as a foot in the door for the company to pursue more government work that may very well have been both.
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 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, where it doesn’t just give him control of his limbs […]
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