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Macy's acquires minority stake in tech retailer b8ta
Jun 12, 9:10PM
Macy’s has partnered with b8ta, the retail-as-a-service startup that originally started out as a way to let people try out new tech products. Macy’s has acquired a minority stake in b8ta and will use the startup to enhance The Market, an experiential-based retail concept at Macy’s. By partnering with b8ta, Macy’s envisions being able to […]
Court approves merger of AT&T and Time Warner
Jun 12, 8:48PM
United States District Court Judge Richard J. Leon has ruled in favor of AT&T in the government’s antitrust suit to block AT&T’s proposed merger with Time Warner . That decision matches word on the street over the past few weeks, and delivers a stern rebuke to the Trump administration, which had opposed the deal from […]
LOLA just raised $24M for a subscription service that ships tampons, pads and now condoms
Jun 12, 8:01PM
LOLA, a subscription service delivering tampons and pads, and now other products, including condoms, lubricant, and feminine cleansing wipes, has closed on $24 million in Series B funding. While the startup touts its products’ “100% organic” nature, it’s also well-received because of the customization offered and its direct-to-consumer nature. The new round of financing was […]
Beware 'founder-friendly' VCs — 3 steps founders should take to protect their companies
Jun 12, 8:00PM
In 2014, it seemed like pretty much anyone with a pulse and pitch deck was capable of raising huge amounts of capital from prestigious venture capital firms at sky-high valuations. Here we are four years later and times have changed.
Tesla lays off roughly nine percent of workforce
Jun 12, 6:33PM
Tesla has laid off about nine percent of its employees, Electrek first reported. This is part of the reorganization Musk talked about in May on the company’s quarterly earnings call. The layoffs reportedly started on Monday and will be made official at some point today. Tesla, which also operates SolarCity, is only laying off salaried employees. […]
Fortnite won't support cross-play between Nintendo Switch and PS4
Jun 12, 6:24PM
As rumored, Fornite is coming to the Nintendo Switch. In fact, it's arriving even earlier than we imagined, available today as a free download from the Nintendo eShop. The addition widens the play field for the title's wildly popular gameplay. The Epic game is currently available on PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and iOS, in […]
Google's Family Link software now recommends 'teacher-approved' apps
Jun 12, 6:14PM
Google today is expanding the capabilities of its Android parental control software, Family Link, to go beyond helping parents better manage their child’s device and app usage. Now, the Family Link app will also help parents learn about what apps they may want to install for their kids, as well. In a new discovery section, […]
Everything Nintendo announced at E3 2018
Jun 12, 5:14PM
Nintendo came out with the big guns for its pre-recorded E3 conference this morning, delivering updates on a couple of veteran franchises while also bringing some new titles to its Switch console. We didn’t get a ton of big surprises, but what Nintendo showed off was certainly exciting to a lot of fans. The bulk […]
Is Super Smash Bros. Ultimate the most ambitious crossover event in history?
Jun 12, 5:08PM
Nintendo sure thinks so. Take that, The Avengers. The game is certainly a massive undertaking and a comprehensive Nintendo history lesson, including every playable character from past Super Smash Bros. versions. A handful of additions were announced this morning during Nintendo's E3 kickoff event, including also-ran Super Mario princess, Daisy; new Pokemon; Splatoon's Inkling and […]
Google wants to make the college search easier
Jun 12, 5:00PM
Google Search is getting an update today that will put data about colleges front and center when you search for a school’s name. The idea here is somewhat similar to what Google did with its job search feature. In this case, the company aggregates data about a school that’s typically hard to find and then […]
Google puts an end to Chrome extension installs from third-party sites
Jun 12, 5:00PM
Google today announced a major change to its Chrome Web Store policy that aims to shield users from websites that try to fool them into installing their Chrome extensions. Until now, developers who publish their apps in the Web Store could also initiate app and extension installs from their own websites. Too often, though, developers […]
Google brings offline neural machine translations for 59 languages to its Translate app
Jun 12, 5:00PM
Currently, when the Google Translate apps for iOS and Android has access to the internet, its translations are far superior to those it produces when it’s offline. That’s because the offline translations are phrase-based, meaning they use an older machine translation technique than the machine learning-powered systems in the cloud that the app has access to […]
Exotec Solutions raises $17.7 million for its warehouse robots
Jun 12, 4:48PM
French startup Exotec Solutions raised a $17.7 million funding round (€15 million) from Iris Capital with existing investors 360 Capital Partners and Breega also participating. The startup has built an automated robot called the Skypods to optimize e-commerce warehouses. It's easy to forget about it when you click on "buy now", but there are a […]
Reid Hoffman to talk 'blitzscaling' at Disrupt SF 2018
Jun 12, 4:36PM
When it comes to scaling startups, few people are as accomplished or consistently successful as Reid Hoffman . While the rest of us consider scaling a startup to market domination a daunting task, Hoffman has continued to make it look easy. In September, Hoffman will join us at TC Disrupt SF to share his strategies […]
Google adds tools for brick-and-mortar stores to boost interest from online shoppers
Jun 12, 4:24PM
Despite the growth of Amazon and other e-commerce giants, offline commerce — buying goods from brick-and-mortar stores — still accounts for around 90 percent of all retail spending. So in a bid to bridge the divide between online and in-store commerce — and potentially get itself a bigger piece of the action — Google is announcing […]
Super Mario Party lets you connect multiple Switch consoles to expand your screen
Jun 12, 4:22PM
Super Mario Party is coming to the Nintendo Switch, but alongside the new party gameplay, there appears to be an interesting new use of the Switch hardware for multi-player purposes. It appears you'll be able to modularly connect at least two Nintendo Switch consoles to expand the size of the screen you're working with. In […]
Fortnite arrives on the Nintendo Switch today
Jun 12, 4:21PM
After days of press conferences teasing games arriving in some time within the next decade, here's a refreshing bit of news. As previously rumored, wildly popular sandbox survival game Fortnite is, indeed, coming to Nintendo Switch. Not only that, it's available starting today as a free download from the Nintendo eShop. Epic's title will be […]
Reddit brings autoplay native video ads to desktop and mobile
Jun 12, 4:00PM
The advertising-lite days of Reddit are now firmly in the rear-view as the rapidly maturing company begins to seriously chase advertising revenues in users’ feeds. Today, the Reddit has announced that it is rolling out autoplaying video ads across the site on mobile and desktop. Reddit is looking to tread as carefully as they can […]
Scooter startup Bird is reportedly about to hit a $2B valuation
Jun 12, 3:59PM
More financing is coming in for Bird, this time potentially valuing the company at $2 billion, according to a new report by Axios. There's not a ton to add here compared to the last round (which happened just weeks ago), as the same dynamics are probably in play here. While Uber was a bet on […]
Amino raises $45M to bring fan communities to smartphones
Jun 12, 3:37PM
Amino has raised a big Series C round of funding — $45 million from GV, Venrock, Union Square Ventures, Goodwater Capital and Time Warner Investments, with Hearst Ventures joining as a new investor. Co-founder and CEO Ben Anderson has described Amino as a way to help people who have “passionate niche interests” find others who […]
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