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Facebook's new AI research is a real eye-opener
Jun 16, 6:31PM
There are plenty of ways to manipulate photos to make you look better, remove red eye or lens flare, and so on. But so far the blink has proven a tenacious opponent of good snapshots. That may change with research from Facebook that replaces closed eyes with open ones in a remarkably convincing manner.
First look at Instagram's self-policing Time Well Spent tool
Jun 16, 6:28PM
Are you Overgramming? Instagram is stepping up to help you manage overuse rather than leaving it to iOS and Android’s new screen time dashboards. Last month after TechCrunch first reported Instagram was prototyping a Usage Insights feature, the Facebook sub-company's CEO Kevin System confirmed its forthcoming launch. Tweeting our article, Systrom wrote “It's true . […]
VCs serve up a large helping of cash to startups disrupting food
Jun 16, 6:11PM
Here is what your daily menu might look like if recently funded startups have their way.
UK report warns DeepMind Health could gain 'excessive monopoly power'
Jun 15, 10:49PM
DeepMind’s foray into digital health services continues to raise concerns. The latest worries are voiced by a panel of external reviewers appointed by the Google-owned AI company to report on its operations after its initial data-sharing arrangements with the U.K.’s National Health Service (NHS) ran into a major public controversy in 2016. The DeepMind Health Independent […]
Crown, a new app from Tinder's parent company, turns dating into a game
Jun 15, 10:27PM
If you’re already resentful of online dating culture and how it turned finding companionship into a game, you may not be quite ready for this: Crown, a new dating app that actually turns getting matches into a game. Crown is the latest project to launch from Match Group, the operator of a number of dating […]
Teaching computers to plan for the future
Jun 15, 9:54PM
As humans, we've gotten pretty good at shaping the world around us. We can choose the molecular design of our fruits and vegetables, travel faster and farther and stave off life-threatening diseases with personalized medical care. However, what continues to elude our molding grasp is the airy notion of "time" — how to see further […]
Elizabeth Holmes reportedly steps down at Theranos after criminal indictment
Jun 15, 9:16PM
Elizabeth Holmes has left her role as CEO of Theranos and has been charged with wire fraud, CNBC and others report. The company’s former president, Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, was also indicted today by a grand jury. These criminal charges are separate from the civil ones filed in March by the SEC and already settled. There […]
Judge says 'literal but nonsensical' Google translation isn't consent for police search
Jun 15, 8:03PM
Machine translation of foreign languages is undoubtedly a very useful thing, but if you're going for anything more than directions or recommendations for lunch, its shallowness is a real barrier. And when it comes to the law and constitutional rights, a "good enough" translation doesn't cut it, a judge has ruled.
Machines learn language better by using a deep understanding of words
Jun 15, 5:53PM
Computer systems are getting quite good at understanding what people say, but they also have some major weak spots. Among them is the fact that they have trouble with words that have multiple or complex meanings. A new system called ELMo adds this critical context to words, producing better understanding across the board.
Apple and Oprah sign a multi-year partnership on original content
Jun 15, 5:34PM
Apple announced today a multi-year content partnership with Oprah Winfrey to produce programs for the tech company’s upcoming video-streaming service. Apple didn’t provide any specific details as to what sort of projects Winfrey would be involved in, but there will be more than one it seems. Apple shared the news of its deal with Winfrey […]
Kustomer gets $26M to take on Zendesk with an omnichannel approach to customer support
Jun 15, 5:32PM
The CRM industry is now estimated to be worth some $4 billion annually, and today a startup has announced a round of funding that it hopes will help it take on one aspect of that lucrative pie, customer support. Kustomer, a startup out of New York that integrates a number of sources to give support […]
With its new in-car operating system, BMW slowly breaks with tradition
Jun 15, 5:30PM
When you spend time with a lot of BMW folks, as I did during a trip to Germany earlier this month, you’ll regularly hear the word “heritage.” Maybe that’s no surprise, given that the company is now well over 100 years old. But in a time of rapid transformation that’s hitting every car manufacturer, engineers […]
Showcase your country or state's startups at Startup Alley
Jun 15, 5:00PM
Disrupt SF is just a few months away (September 5-7 at Moscone Center West) and we're looking for delegations of international startup groups, government innovation centers, incubators and accelerators to organize a country, state or regional pavilion in Startup Alley. Are you ready to step on a world stage, show off your emerging companies and […]
Lemonade files lawsuit against wefox for IP infringement
Jun 15, 4:57PM
Lemonade, the insurance platform based out of NYC, has filed a lawsuit against German company ONE Insurance, its parent company wefox, and founder Julian Teicke. The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court Southern District of NY, alleges that wefox reverse engineered Lemonade to create ONE, infringing Lemonade’s intellectual property, violating the Computer Fraud and […]
Uber's unrelenting desire to be everything
Jun 15, 4:45PM
Welcome back to CTRL+T, the TechCrunch podcast where Megan Rose Dickey and I talk about stories from the week that we either found interesting or hated and had more to say about. This week we talked about Uber . Uber, Uber, Uber. This company wants everything. The rideshare market! Autonomous vehicles! Flying vehicles! And now? […]
Apple Maps outage disrupts search and navigation for all users [Update: resolved]
Jun 15, 4:35PM
Apple Maps is experiencing a widespread outage, according to the company’s System Status page. Maps routing, navigation and search are impacted by the outage, which is affecting all users, the page informs. [Update: the problems were resolved at 1:05 PM ET.] The issues were first noticed by the Apple news site MacRumors, before Apple’s own […]
European and Indian regulators team up to defend net neutrality
Jun 15, 4:06PM
Representatives of Europe's BEREC (Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications) and India's TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) met up yesterday to sign a joint statement to promote an open internet. This short document describes a set of rules to guarantee net neutrality. Those are some basic rules, such as equal treatment of internet […]
Venmo is discontinuing web support for payments and more
Jun 15, 3:26PM
PayPal-owned, peer-to-peer payments app Venmo is ending web support for its service, the company announced in an email to users. The changes, which are beginning to roll out now, will see the Venmo .com website phasing out support for making payments and charging users. In time, users will see even less functionality on the website, […]
Fitbit employees charged with stealing Jawbone trade secrets
Jun 15, 3:15PM
Six current and former Fitbit employees have been hit with a federal indictment over the theft of trade secrets from one-time rival, Jawbone. All had worked for Jawbone for at least a year between 2011 and 2015, before jumping ship and getting hired by the company's chief competitor. The allegations have been floating around for […]
Gmail proves that some people hate smart suggestions
Jun 15, 3:06PM
Gmail has recently introduced a brand new redesign. While you can disable or ignore most of the new features, Gmail has started resurfacing old unanswered emails with a suggestion that you should reply. And this is what it looks like: The orange text immediately grabs your attention. By bumping the email thread to the top […]
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