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AI spots legal problems with tech T&Cs in GDPR research project
Jul 04, 10:01PM
Technology is the proverbial double-edged sword. And an experimental European research project is ensuring this axiom cuts very close to the industry’s bone indeed by applying machine learning technology to critically sift big tech’s privacy policies — to see whether AI can automatically identify violations of data protection law. The still-in-training privacy policy and contract […]
Gear for making outdoor fitness more enjoyable
Jul 04, 5:44PM
Makula Dunbar Contributor Makula Dunbar is a writer with Wirecutter. More posts by this contributor Gadgets and small appliances that will keep you in the kitchen The best home Wi-Fi and networking gear Editor's note: This post was done in partnership with Wirecutter. When readers choose to buy Wirecutter's independently chosen editorial picks, Wirecutter and TechCrunch earn […]
VW plans to launch an all-electric car sharing service next year
Jul 04, 5:35PM
Volkswagen Group is launching a car-sharing service called WE that only uses electric vehicles, following the lead of rivals such as Daimler and BMW that have operated their own on-demand car rental services for years. VW’s car-sharing service will launch in Germany next year and then expand to major cities in Europe, North America and […]
Deliveroo opens its first shared kitchen in Paris
Jul 04, 5:19PM
Food delivery startup Deliveroo opened its first shared kitchen in Paris earlier today. Deliveroo first launched this concept of shared kitchens called Deliveroo Editions in London last year. As the AFP reports, the company is starting with 12 kitchens in a warehouse in Saint-Ouen, right next to the north-western part of Paris. So far, 8 […]
Draper Esprit invests in and partners with German VC Earlybird
Jul 04, 3:37PM
Draper Esprit, the publicly-listed VC firm based in London, is putting down further roots across Europe in cooperation with German VC Earlybird. The “strategic partnership” sees Draper invest an initial €18 million in the latest Earlybird Fund VI (which closed this week at €175 million, above its initial target, apparently), with a commitment to invest […]
ISAI closes new $175 million fund
Jul 04, 3:36PM
French venture capital firm ISAI just raised a new $175 million fund (€150 million) called ISAI Expansion II. This fund is designed for later stage investments. The firm says that it managed to raise this fund in less than three months. This is a growth fund and the team plans to invest between $6 million […]
"Everyone is talking to everyone" — rideshare investor bypasses Uber-Careem rumor
Jul 04, 1:48PM
Ride-hailing giant Uber is in talks over a possible merger with Middle East rival Careem, according to Bloomberg — citing three people familiar with the matter. The report suggests various deal structures have been discussed, although it also says that no deal has been reached — nor may ever be reached, as discussions are ongoing and may […]
The Winners of The Europas Awards 2018 show Europe's startup power
Jul 04, 1:09PM
Yesterday The Europas, the European Tech Startup Awards and Unconference once again held its annual jamboree in London, throwing together an afternoon of deep-dive panel discussions on the hottest topics in tech, a "Pitch Roulette" session of early-stage startup pitches, and a glittering Awards ceremony, honouring the hottest startups, unicorns founders, investors and blockchain projects […]
Review: The V-Moda Crossfade II Wireless headphones look and sound beautiful
Jul 04, 12:43PM
Damn. These are good looking headphones. The V-Moda Crossfade II Wireless could be the best looking headphones available. Better yet, they sound good, too. As the name suggests, this is the second generation of this series of headphones from V-Moda. The drivers are different and the company improved on the build quality. The originals were already […]
Starling CEO Anne Boden is coming to Disrupt Berlin
Jul 04, 12:17PM
The European fintech wave can't stop and won't stop. That's why I'm excited to announce that the founder and CEO of Starling Bank Anne Boden is joining us at Disrupt Berlin. While it feels like everybody is talking about challenger banks, Boden started thinking about building a new bank back in 2014. She ditched a […]
Uber relaunches a licensed service in Finland after taxi law deregulation
Jul 04, 11:42AM
Ride-hailing giant Uber is officially relaunching in Finland today, a year after suspending its primary service in the market — when it said it would wait for taxi laws to be deregulated. Among the changes it was waiting for are the removal of taxi permit caps and fare restrictions. Most parts of the Act came into effect […]
Wikipedia goes dark in Spanish, Italian ahead of key EU vote on copyright
Jul 04, 9:06AM
Wikipedia’s Italian and Spanish language versions have temporarily shut off access to their respective versions of the free online encyclopedia in Europe to protest against controversial components of a copyright reform package ahead of a key vote in the EU parliament tomorrow. Update: Polish Wikipedia has also now joined the black out. The protest follows a […]
Applications are open for Startup Battlefield at Disrupt Berlin 2018
Jul 04, 9:06AM
This is the moment that early-stage startup founders across Europe have been waiting for. We've flung open the application window for Startup Battlefield, which takes place at Disrupt Berlin 2018 on November 29-30. No more reason to wait — take the plunge and apply today. TechCrunch's Startup Battlefield is where Yammer, Mint, Dropbox, Cloudflare, and […]
Baidu and Softbank's SB Drive are bringing an autonomous bus service to Japan
Jul 04, 4:00AM
Chinese search engine giant Baidu have partnered with Softbank subsidiary SB Drive and manufacturer King Long to deploy a self-driving mini bus service to Japan early next year. The agreement was announced at Create Baidu, the company’s annual AI developer conference in Beijing. Under the agreement, a version of Baidu’s Apolong autonomous mini bus will be […]
Baidu just made its 100th autonomous bus ahead of commercial launch in China
Jul 04, 2:30AM
Baidu is preparing to launch a driverless service in China — and elsewhere — with another update to its Apollo autonomous driving platform and the mass production of Apolong, an autonomous mini bus that seats up to 14 people. Baidu made the announcements at Baidu Create 2018, the company's annual AI developer conference. Baidu has […]
Captiv8 is making its influencer database available for free
Jul 03, 10:46PM
You might think that the main selling point of an influencer marketing startup like Captiv8 is to help marketers find influencers and creators to work with. Maybe so, but that isn’t stopping the company from making its creator discovery product available for free. “We felt that we really wanted to just open up that ecosystem, […]
500 Intel drones to replace fireworks above Travis Air Force Base for Fourth of July
Jul 03, 9:59PM
The Fourth of July will be a little different tomorrow at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, Calif. Instead of fireworks, 500 Intel Shooting Star drones will take to the sky to perform an aerial routine in honor of the holiday and the base’s 75th anniversary. These are the same drones that preformed at Disney […]
Facebook quietly relaunches apps for Groups platform after lockdown
Jul 03, 9:36PM
Facebook is becoming a marketplace for enterprise apps that help Group admins manage their communities. To protect itself and its users in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook locked down the Groups API for building apps for Groups. These apps had to go through a human-reviewed approval process, and lost access to Group […]
The hottest new space to disrupt is immigration
Jul 03, 7:30PM
Tech CEOs and founders are disrupting everything from travel to food, to space, to sleep. Now it's time to disrupt a process that so many of us have relied on to get where we are today: immigration.
The state of the IPO market
Jul 03, 7:30PM
Fifteen months ago, I predicted 2017 would be "the best year for tech IPOs since the dot-com heyday almost two decades ago." Well, that was not exactly what happened.
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