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Zoetrope effect could render Hyperloop tubes transparent to riders
Jun 08, 8:14PM
An optical illusion popular in the 19th century could make trips on the Hyperloop appear to take place in a transparent tube. Regularly spaced, narrow windows wouldn't offer much of a view individually, but if dozens of them pass by every second an effect would be created like that of a zoetrope, allowing passengers to effectively see right through the walls.
Why Microsoft wants to put data centers at the bottom of the ocean
Jun 08, 7:06PM
Earlier this week, Microsoft announced the second phase of Project Natick, a research experiment that aims to understand the benefits and challenges of deploying large-scale data centers under water. In this second phase, the team sank a tank the size of a shipping container with numerous server racks off the coast of the Orkney islands […]
Uber and Lyft apply for electric scooter permits in SF
Jun 08, 5:32PM
Uber and Lyft have officially put their respective names into the electric scooter competition. Uber and Lyft are among the 11 companies that applied to operate an electric scooter-sharing service within San Francisco city limits. The city, however, will only offer up to five companies permits to operate as part of a one-year test program. […]
IBM and the DoE launch the world's fastest supercomputer
Jun 08, 4:00PM
IBM and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) today unveiled Summit, the department’s newest supercomputer. IBM claims that Summit is currently the world’s “most powerful and smartest scientific supercomputer” with a peak performance of a whopping 200,000 trillion calculations per second. That performance should put it comfortably at the top of […]
Airbnb creates $10M fund to cover cancelled reservations in Japan after regulatory shift
Jun 08, 3:40PM
Airbnb has been one of the breakthrough stories in the wave of shared-economy startups that have emerged out of Silicon Valley, with a valuation of $30 billion for its travellers platform that lets people book private homes as accommodations, as well as other services. But even so, it’s not immune to the force of regulation […]
Workday acquires Rallyteam to fuel machine learning efforts
Jun 08, 3:38PM
Sometimes you acquire a company for the assets and sometimes you do it for the talent. Today Workday announced it was buying Rallyteam, a San Francisco startup that helps companies keep talented employees by matching them with more challenging opportunities in-house. The companies did not share the purchase price or the number of Rallyteam employees […]
GitHub's epic exit, Domo's dicey math and Dataminr's big raise
Jun 08, 1:01PM
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch's venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This time ’round we had Connie and Alex on hand with Brian Ascher, a longtime partner with Venrock down in Palo Alto, Calif. It was a surprisingly busy week, so we had our work cut out for us. […]
Yahoo Messenger is shutting down on July 17, redirects users to group messaging app Squirrel
Jun 08, 12:41PM
It’s the end of an era for Yahoo Messenger, one of the first instant messaging apps on the market. Today, Oath (which also owns TechCrunch) announced that it would be winding down the service on July 17 as it continues to experiment and consider how and if it can have a relevant place in the […]
Hans Vestberg to take over as Verizon's CEO in August
Jun 08, 11:33AM
Verizon today announced CEO Lowell McAdam is stepping down from his post as August 1, 2018, seven years to the day he took the spot. He will stay on as Executive Chairman of the Board through the end of 2018 and as Non-Executive Chairman thereafter. Hans Vestberg, Chief Technology Officer of Verizon as well as […]
Alibaba's Ant Financial fintech affiliate raises $14 billion to continue its global expansion
Jun 08, 4:24AM
Ant Financial, the financial services affiliate connected to Alibaba which operates the Alipay mobile payment service, has confirmed that it has closed a Series C funding round that totals an enormous $14 billion. The rumors have been flying about this huge financing deal for the past month or so, with multiple publications reporting that Ant […]
What to expect from Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony at E3 2018
Jun 08, 12:20AM
It's June, so that means it's time to spend some quality time in downtown Los Angeles. E3 doesn't actually begin in earnest until next Tuesday, but much of the big news will actually drop over the weekend, during press conferences from Microsoft, EA and Bethesda. Starting Saturday, the video game news will be arriving fast […]
J.J. Abrams and Tencent combine to form Bad Robot Games
Jun 07, 11:28PM
Bad Robot, the media production company headed by famed nostalgia-lord J.J. Abrams, is expanding into the games industry with help from Chinese tech conglomerate Tencent. The company will lend its expertise in film to partner developers at both the indie and AAA level.
Facebook cuts down annoying 'now connected on Messenger' alerts
Jun 07, 11:17PM
“‘You Are Now Connected On Messenger’ Is The Worst Thing On Facebook” BuzzFeed’s Katie Notopoulos correctly pointed out in a story yesterday. When you friend someone on Facebook or Messenger, or an old friend joins Messenger, you often get one of these annoying notifications. They fool you into thinking someone actually wants to chat with […]
Rakuten acquires mobile commerce startup Curbside
Jun 07, 11:00PM
Tokyo-headquartered Rakuten, Japan’s answer to Amazon, is acquiring the Silicon Valley mobile ordering and pickup startup Curbside, the companies announced today. Terms of the all-cash deal were not disclosed, but Curbside had previously raised between $40 million and $50 million from investors including CVS, Index Ventures, Sutter Hull Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Chicago […]
At Apple's WWDC 2018, accessibility pervades all
Jun 07, 11:00PM
Accessibility has long played an integral role at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, and it certainly had its presence felt in 2018. There are some constant elements of the week, such as the labs, sessions, and mid-week social that brings together members of Apple's Accessibility group, developers and others interested in the disabled community to celebrate inclusiveness and accessible design.
Apple introduces the AI phone
Jun 07, 10:05PM
At Apple’s WWDC 2018 — an event some said would be boring this year with its software-only focus and lack of new MacBooks and iPads — the company announced what may be its most important operating system update to date with the introduction of iOS 12. Through a series of Siri enhancements and features, Apple is […]
Bloomberg Media Group's chief product officer sees big opportunities in audio
Jun 07, 9:55PM
Julia Beizer joined Bloomberg Media Group as its first chief product officer in January — and since then, she said, “Audio has been a big part of my world.” Specifically, Beizer’s team has been releasing products for different smart speakers, including Apple’s HomePod, Amazon’s Echo Show and, most recently, Google Home, with the launch of […]
Essential is releasing a wired headphone jack accessory
Jun 07, 9:43PM
Essential has been nearly radio silent since reports surfaced late last month that Andy Rubin was looking for a buyer for his hardware startup. The company didn't really confirm or deny the rumors — or say much else for that matter. A few weeks later, the company does have some news — but it's not […]
GDPR panic may spur data and AI innovation
Jun 07, 9:14PM
As multinationals and Big Tech overhaul their data management processes and tech stack to comply with GDPR, here's how AI and data innovation counterintuitively also stand to benefit.
How Facebook's new 3D photos work
Jun 07, 9:00PM
In May, Facebook teased a new feature called 3D photos, and it's just what it sounds like. But beyond a short video and the name, little was said about it. But the company's computational photography team has just published the research behind how the feature feature works and, having tried it myself, I can attest that the results are really quite compelling.
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