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Bag Week 2018: Osprey Momentum 32 is ready for muddy trails
Jul 02, 9:02PM
Welcome to Bag Week 2018. Every year your faithful friends at TechCrunch spend an entire week looking at bags. Why? Because bags — often ignored but full of our important electronics — are the outward representations of our techie styles, and we put far too little thought into where we keep our most prized possessions. […]
Anthony Levandowski is back with a new self-driving startup, called Kache.ai
Jul 02, 8:11PM
This is a comeback story. Or at least the first chapter to one. Anthony Levandowski, the former Google engineer and serial entrepreneur who was at the center of a trade secrets lawsuit between Uber and Waymo, is back. And he is connected to an autonomous trucking company that is still in stealth mode, TechCrunch has […]
Code2040's Karla Monterroso on desegregating the tech industry
Jul 02, 7:57PM
Welcome back to CTRL+T, the TechCrunch podcast that connects the tech to the human. This week we talked about the beta release of Apple's latest mobile operating system and some of the issues we have with the Memoji feature. We also discussed the fact that Microsoft improved its facial recognition tech, making it easier to identify […]
Facebook bug temporarily unblocked people from 800,000+ block lists
Jul 02, 7:00PM
If you block someone on Facebook, you probably want them to… you know, stay blocked. At least until you say otherwise. Facebook has just disclosed that around 800,000 users were impacted by a bug that silently unblocked “some” people they had blocked. The bug was live from May 29 until June 5, the company says. […]
These 50 founders and VCs suggest 2018 may be a tipping point for women in tech: Part 2
Jul 02, 6:38PM
On Friday, we featured 25 founders and VCs who are having a notable 2018 — and who happen to be women. Herewith, 25 more who deserve some kudos for getting it done in the first half of this year. This list, meant to highlight the growing number of women with interesting companies or starting venture […]
Browser maker Opera has filed to go public
Jul 02, 6:22PM
Norway-based company Opera Ltd. has filed for an initial public offering in the U.S. According to its F-1 document, the company plans to raise up to $115 million. In 2017, Opera generated $128.9 million in operating revenue, which led to a net income of $6.1 million. While many people are already familiar with the web browser […]
This smart contract scanner will ensure your token is tip-top
Jul 02, 6:14PM
A group of researchers at ETH Zurich have created an Ethereum smart contract scanner that will check your smart contracts for bugs, exploits or potential problems. The researchers, Dr. Petar Tsankov, Dr. Hubert Ritzdorf, Prof. Martin Vechev and Dr. Arthur Gervais, all have extensive experience in system security and they are working on improving the […]
Lyft Bikes is now a thing
Jul 02, 6:11PM
Lyft, the rideshare giant that last week closed on $600 million in fresh funding, just announced the latest move in its ongoing chess match with its older and better-funded competitor Uber. It has acquired Motivate, the oldest and largest electric bike-share company in North America, for undisclosed terms. Motivate, which operates in New York as […]
Snag your ticket to the TechCrunch Summer Party at August Capital
Jul 02, 6:00PM
Great news for all you Silicon Valley startup fans who have yet to score your ticket to the TechCrunch Summer Party at August Capital on July 27: We're releasing our third round of tickets today. Tickets are available on a strictly first-come, first-served basis, and the first two batches of tickets disappeared pretty darned quick. Don't […]
Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson to speak at Disrupt SF
Jul 02, 5:47PM
Marillyn Hewson, the head of Lockheed Martin, is joining us at Disrupt SF. This is fantastic. The giant American technology and defense company has long been at the forefront of security, aerospace and defense technology, and Hewson has led the company since 2013. There’s plenty to talk about. Lockheed Martin has proven itself by turning […]
FoodChéri expands beyond Paris with Seazon
Jul 02, 5:15PM
There's no lack of on-demand fresh meal services in Paris and its surrounding area. But what about the rest of France? FoodChéri has launched a new offering called Seazon to deliver fresh meals with no additives every week. Seazon is a subscription service that delivers anywhere in France. You decide how many meals per week […]
Facebook rolls out more API restrictions and shutdowns
Jul 02, 5:10PM
Following the Cambridge Analytica data misuse scandal and the more recent discovery of a Facebook app that had been leaking data on 120 million users, Facebook is today announcing a number of API changes aimed at better protecting user information. The changes will impact multiple developer-facing APIs, including those used to create social experiences on the […]
Original Stitch's new Bodygram will measure your body
Jul 02, 4:53PM
After years of teasing, Original Stitch has officially launched their Bodygram service and will be rolling it out this summer. The system can scan your body based on front and side photos and will create custom shirts with your precise measurements. “Bodygram gives you full body measurements as accurate as taken by professional tailors from […]
Tesla built 20% of last week's Model 3s in its fancy new tent
Jul 02, 4:52PM
Tesla hit a key milestone in the second quarter, managing to hit a 5,000-per-week production target for its important Model 3 electric vehicle. Remarkably, about 20 percent of the 5,031 Model 3 vehicles made in the past seven days were produced on the company’s GA4, a hastily built general assembly line housed under a massive […]
Yo founder returns with design-to-code startup Anima
Jul 02, 4:46PM
Or Arbel doesn’t like spending too much time on design. His startup Yo only let you send your friends the word “Yo” after all. That messaging app made waves with its minimalism, but quickly petered out. Now Arbel is back with a new company called Anima that could let app designers build more complex products […]
Micro Focus sells Suse for $2.5B
Jul 02, 4:22PM
Suse, one of the longest-running commercial Linux distributors and, these days, a major player in the open-source infrastructure and management space, has been through a few ownership changes in recent years. Micro Focus acquired Suse from The Attachmate Group back in 2014, which itself had acquired Novell, the then-owner of Suse, in 2010. Today, Micro […]
Instagram's Do Not Disturb and 'Caught Up' deter overgramming
Jul 02, 4:09PM
Instagram is turning the Time Well Spent philosophy into features to help users avoid endless scrolling and distraction by notifications. Today, Instagram is rolling out its “You’re All Caught Up – You’ve seen all new posts from the past 2 days” warning in the feed, which TechCrunch broke the news about in May. Past that […]
Online hardware store BuildDirect brings in new leadership as it refocuses on pros
Jul 02, 4:00PM
BuildDirect, the Vancouver, BC.-based online home improvement store, went through a tough transition in recent months. In late October 2017, the company’s co-founder and CEO Jeff Booth stepped back from his job days before the company filed for the Canadian equivalent of bankruptcy protection. It then installed former Amazon executive Dan Park, who had joined […]
Spotify is testing a data-friendly 'Lite' app for Android
Jul 02, 3:55PM
Spotify is the latest tech company to join the ‘Lite’ app party after a data-friendly version of its music streaming app surfaced for Android devices. ‘Spotify Lite’ — which was first spotted by the eagle eyes at Android Police — is designed to take up less space on smartphones and to consume less data, too. […]
Instagram tests questions in Stories
Jul 02, 3:47PM
Instagram has been incredibly busy of late, announcing IGTV, Instagram Lite and a slate of features including Stories Soundtracks. But the Facebook-owned photo-sharing service doesn’t show any signs of letting up. Android Police today noted that Instagram is testing a feature that would allow users to post questions to their followers and receive answers. Instagram […]
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