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Comcast bids $65B for Fox assets, setting the stage for a fight with Disney
Jun 13, 9:09PM
Comcast made good on its plans to make an offer for 21st Century Fox’s film and TV assets today, with a cash bid of $65 billion, or $35 per share. That’s 19 percent more than the $52.4 billion that Disney agreed to pay in December. This follows yesterday’s U.S. court approval of the merger of […]
Democrats introduce an election security bill that proposes paper trails and mandatory audits
Jun 13, 7:28PM
As primaries ramp up in states across the U.S., concerns about election cybersecurity are mounting too. This week, a group of Democratic senators introduced a bill to mitigate some of the well-established risks that the nation’s uneven mix of voting machines and election systems poses. The new bill, known as the Protecting American Votes and […]
Chowbotics raises $11 million to move its robot beyond salads
Jun 13, 7:04PM
Creating a salad-making robot is pretty good, as far as tech company hooks go, but Chowbotics is looking to expand. The Bay Area company just raised $11 million in a "Series A-1" led by the Foundry Group and Techstars. The big plan for the money largely involves extending the company's selection of foodstuffs beyond leafy […]
Netflix is adding an interactive 'Minecraft' story to its lineup, denies entry into gaming
Jun 13, 7:04PM
Netflix denies a report that it’s entering the gaming market, but says it is expanding its lineup to include a new game-related, “interactive” narrative series called “Minecraft: Story Mode.” The new series will be the latest addition to its growing collection of interactive stories, which include kid-friendly titles like “Stretch Armstrong: The Breakout,” “Puss in […]
Uber brings on Facebook product director to lead driver product
Jun 13, 7:00PM
Uber has brought on Daniel Danker to serve as a senior director and head of driver product. Prior to joining Uber, he was a product director at Facebook responsible for video and Facebook Live. "Drivers are the heart of the Uber experience, and Daniel's passion for our mission and deep product knowledge will ensure we continue […]
Ashton Kutcher and Effie Epstein to talk Sound Ventures at Disrupt SF
Jun 13, 6:50PM
While many celebrities try to invest in the world of tech, very few do so successfully. And no one has proved their worth as celebrity-turned-VC more than Ashton Kutcher . That’s why we’re absolutely thrilled to host Ashton Kutcher and Sound Ventures partner Effie Epstein at TC Disrupt SF in September. Kutcher first got into […]
Here's what having the biggest game of the year looks like at E3
Jun 13, 6:32PM
For all of the beautiful photo-realistic titles shown off at E3 this year, for all the mind-bending storylines and beautiful art styles, it seems that nobody can stop thinking about Fortnite. The battle royale title has picked up users at break-neck speeds, announcing yesterday that it now has 125 million active users logging in and […]
Musical.ly kills its standalone live-streaming app Live.ly
Jun 13, 6:06PM
Musical.ly is merging the functionality from its two-year old live-streaming platform Live.ly into its main app, and has disabled Live.ly’s standalone app as part of the transition process. The Live.ly app will eventually be pulled from the App Store and Google Play, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. Instead of being able to go live, Live.ly […]
N26 launches a revised metal card
Jun 13, 6:02PM
Fintech startup N26 is updating its N26 Metal product and launching it tomorrow. You might remember that the company first announced its premium card at TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin in December 2017. Shortly after the conference, the card was available in early access for existing N26 Black customers. But the company had to go back to […]
This new startup wants to be the 'Netscape for crypto,' and some investors think it has a shot
Jun 13, 5:38PM
Three-month-old Elph wants to make it easier for you to find and use blockchain-based apps. How? Through a portal that’s promising to enable users to click through to see how their crypto holdings are faring, to buy and sell CryptoKitties or to find and use other decentralized apps. Its co-founder and CEO, Ritik Malhotra, says […]
Apple orders a 10-episode mystery series inspired by kid reporter Hilde Lysiak
Jun 13, 5:11PM
Apple is continuing to flesh out its lineup of TV series for its upcoming streaming service and Netflix competitor, assumed to be offered sometime next year as part of a subscription bundle with Apple Music. The company’s latest addition is a dramatic mystery series, currently known as the untitled Hilde Lysiak project. The show is […]
Docker aims to federate container management across clouds
Jun 13, 5:00PM
When Docker burst on the scene in 2013, it brought the idea of containers to a broad audience. Since then Kubernetes has emerged as a way to orchestrate the delivery of those containerized apps, but Docker saw a gap that wasn’t being addressed beyond pure container deployment that they are trying to address with the […]
A conversation with Sarah Cannon and Mark Goldberg, Index Ventures' new partners
Jun 13, 5:00PM
Index Ventures — a firm with investments in companies like recent IPO Dropbox, a series of successful gaming companies like King, and others including Slack and coming IPO Zuora — has seen a lot of moves in the past few months. There was the departure of partner Ilya Fushman earlier this year, but the firm also […]
Back Market raises $48 million for its refurbished device marketplace
Jun 13, 4:54PM
If you've tried selling your old smartphone on a refurbishment website, chances are you ended up with a dozen browser tabs comparing prices. French startup Back Market is taking advantage of this fragmented industry to create a marketplace and aggregate all refurbishers on a single online platform. The startup just raised $48 million (€41 million). […]
Audit of NHS Trust's app project with DeepMind raises more questions than it answers
Jun 13, 4:18PM
A third party audit of a controversial patient data-sharing arrangement between a London NHS Trust and Google DeepMind appears to have skirted over the core issues that generated the controversy in the first place. The audit (full report here) — conducted by law firm Linklaters — of the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust’s acute kidney injury detection app […]
Twitter wants to inject live events into every area of the app
Jun 13, 4:03PM
The chronological news feed has been a bit of a looming specter for Twitter . Sure, it’s their bread-and-butter, but it only works for users who are willing to put in the time to prune their own feeds and strip away follows while constantly keeping an eye out for new accounts. For Twitter, a major challenge […]
Ring's $199 security system will finally ship next month
Jun 13, 4:00PM
Way back in October of last year, Ring announced “Ring Protect” — a modular, no contract, DIY home security system. After a few delays, a bit of legal drama and Ring being acquired for a billion dollars by Amazon, the alarm is finally about to ship — albeit with a slightly different (better!) name. Ring […]
Safety app Watch Out acquires paywall startup BitWall
Jun 13, 3:34PM
BitWall, a Bitcoin-focused startup promising to help online publishers make money, has been acquired. Its new owner is Watch Out, the company behind an app that sends alerts about things like product and food recalls and weather-realted emergencies. It’s not the most obvious acquirer, but the companies say BitWall can help Watch Out improve its […]
Facebook demands advertisers have consent for email/phone targeting
Jun 13, 3:01PM
Facebook is hoping to avoid another privacy scandal by adding new accountability and transparency requirements for businesses that use its Custom Audiences too to target you with ads based on your email address or phone number. Starting July 2nd, advertisers will have to declare whether contact info uploaded for ad targeting was collected with proper […]
Playmaji is looking to bring its modular retro-gaming console to market
Jun 13, 2:43PM
Tucked away in a far corner of the West Pavilion of the Los Angeles Convention center among the independent game developers showcased by IndieCade during E3 is a small booth demonstrating the latest Polymega hardware, a device that’s billing itself as the NES Classic for every old-school game released on every old-school gaming platform. The company […]
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