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Slack forms key alliance as Atlassian throws in the towel on enterprise collaboration
Jul 26, 10:39PM
With today’s announcement from Atlassian that it was selling to Slack the IP assets of its two enterprise communications tools, HipChat and Stride, it closes the book on one of the earliest competitors in the modern enterprise collaboration space. It also was a clear signal that Slack is not afraid to take on its giant […]
You can buy the NES Classic and SNES Classic on Amazon now
Jul 26, 10:22PM
If you missed the first few rounds of excitement about Nintendo’s mini nostalgia machines, you’ve got another shot at paying a normal price. Nintendo’s NES and SNES Classic consoles aren’t always easy to find, but they’re now available from Amazon for $59.99 (NES Classic) and $79.99 (SNES Classic). You can place an order for either […]
This 3D-printed AI construct analyzes by bending light
Jul 26, 9:48PM
Machine learning is everywhere these days, but it's usually more or less invisible: it sits in the background, optimizing audio or picking out faces in images. But this new system is not only visible, but physical: it performs AI-type analysis not by crunching numbers, but by bending light. It's weird and unique, but counterintuitively, it's an excellent demonstration of how deceptively simple these "artificial intelligence" systems are.
Bird and Skip secure Portland e-scooter permits and there's already drama
Jul 26, 9:25PM
Electric scooter startups Bird and Skip have landed permits to operate in Portland under a new pilot program that aims to gauge how the controversial form of micro-transportation will fit in the city. And already there’s a bit of drama, or call it skeptical-scooter feelings, scuttling about. The permits issued by Portland Bureau of Transportation […]
Amazon's AWS continues to lead its performance highlights
Jul 26, 8:46PM
Amazon’s web services AWS continue to be the highlight of the company’s balance sheet, once again showing the kind of growth Amazon is looking for in a new business for the second quarter — especially one that has dramatically better margins than its core retail business. Despite now running a grocery chain, the company’s AWS […]
Slack is buying, and shutting down, HipChat and Stride
Jul 26, 8:33PM
HipChat, the workplace chat app that held the throne before Slack was Slack, is being discontinued. Also being discontinued is Atlassian’s own would-be HipChat replacement, Stride. News of the discontinuation comes first not from Atlassian, but instead from a somewhat surprising source: Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield. In a series of tweets, Butterfield says that Slack […]
Age restrictions proposed for drone use in UK
Jul 26, 8:28PM
The UK is currently mulling a lot of new regulations around drones, aimed at clamping down on consumer use ahead of a seemingly inevitable explosion. Among a deluge of proposal is age restriction, banning use of drones weighing more than 0.55 pounds by anyone under the age of 18. That proposed age limit would be […]
How (and how not) to fix AI
Jul 26, 8:00PM
While artificial intelligence was once heralded as the key to unlocking a new era of economic prosperity, policymakers today face a wave of calls to ensure AI is fair, ethical and safe.
Google revamps local events search to include personalized suggestions
Jul 26, 7:23PM
Last May, Google launched a new events feature designed to help web searchers more easily find things to do nearby, while also challenging Facebook’s dominance in the local events space. Today, Google is updating event search with personalized event suggestions, and well as a new design that puts more event information directly in the search […]
Virgin Galactic's third supersonic test flight hits Mach 2.4 and 170,000 feet
Jul 26, 7:18PM
Virgin Galactic is celebrating the third successful supersonic test flight of VSS Unity, the passenger spacecraft it intends to make available for space tourism in the near future. This flight took the craft higher and faster than ever, stressing the system and providing useful data for this rocket plane's engineers.
Extras for bringing the fun at summer festivals
Jul 26, 6:17PM
Summer festivals of all sorts come around every year, and they're even better with a few friends — plus some extras to make the experience more memorable.
Daimler's car2go car-sharing service adds its first US city in four years
Jul 26, 6:05PM
Car2go, the free-floating car-sharing service owned by Daimler, launched in Chicago this week — the company’s 25th market globally. The car-sharing company, which lets customers rent out vehicles on a short-term basis, has been steadily expanding in the past several years, adding to and changing up its fleet beyond the diminutive Smart cars that were […]
ProtonMail now supports PGP encryption with other clients
Jul 26, 6:02PM
ProtonMail is arguably the easiest way to send end-to-end encrypted emails. But encryption only works by default with other ProtonMail users. The company is adding full PGP support so that you can send and receive encrypted emails with people who use other apps and services. ProtonMail is pretty much like iMessage or WhatsApp, but for […]
Almost sold out — buy a ticket to TechCrunch Summer Party at August Capital
Jul 26, 6:00PM
Tickets to the TechCrunch Summer Party at August Capital are on the verge of selling out. If you want to attend our 13th annual summer fete on July 27, there's no time to waste. Reserve your ticket right now. This event draws an incredible mix of Silicon Valley's startup community — a who's who of founders, investors, […]
24 IRS phone scammers sentenced
Jul 26, 5:25PM
Finally, a little justice for the scammers who prey on the unsuspecting. Twenty-four more phone scammers have received prison sentences of up to 20 years for fraud and money laundering. The extent of their efforts was truly staggering. One defendant, Miteshkumar Patel of Illinois, received 240 months in prison followed by three years of probation. […]
Hear about the challenges of using tech for good at Disrupt SF
Jul 26, 5:16PM
Ride-hailing, social interactions from behind tiny screens and fitness tracking are just a few of the things we've all become accustomed to thanks to innovative app-makers. It's not often that we think of tech serving society for good. But it's time we do. Promise, mRelief, Pigeon.ly and Concrn are four companies that, from the start, […]
Jeffrey Katzenberg's NewTV closes a billion-dollar round, says report
Jul 26, 5:13PM
Jeffrey Katzenberg’s new mobile video startup NewTV, which snagged Meg Whitman as CEO in January, has now closed on $1 billion in funding, according to a report out today in CNN. Investors in the round include Disney, 21st Century Fox, Warner Bros, Entertainment One and other media companies, with a combined $200 million investment, while institutional […]
Meet with Greylock Partners for TechCrunch Include Office Hours this September
Jul 26, 5:00PM
TechCrunch will partner with Greylock for Include Office Hours on September 4th from 2-4pm. The day before TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco, Greylock investors Sarah Guo, Saam Motamedi, Matt Heiman, and Seth Rosenberg will meet with underrepresented and underserved entrepreneurs to provide key feedback and advice. Founders, apply here! Founded in 2014, TechCrunch launched the Include […]
GitHub and Google reaffirm partnership with Cloud Build CI/CD tool integration
Jul 26, 4:30PM
When Microsoft acquired GitHub for $7.5 billion smackeroos in June, it sent some shock waves through the developer community as it is a key code repository. Google certainly took notice, but the two companies continue to work closely together. Today at Google Next, they announced an expansion of their partnership around Google’s new CI/CD tool, […]
Facebook finally hands over leave campaign Brexit ads
Jul 26, 4:29PM
The UK parliament has provided another telling glimpse behind the curtain of Facebook’s unregulated ad platform by publishing data on scores of pro-Brexit adverts which it distributed to UK voters during the 2016 referendum on European Union membership. The ads were run on behalf of several vote leave campaigns who paid a third company to […]
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