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AT&T is now the sole owner of Otter Media
Aug 07, 10:48PM
Otter Media is no longer a joint venture between AT&T and The Chernin Group — AT&T announced today that it has acquired The Chernin Group’s controlling interest in the digital media company. Otter Media was founded in 2014 and owns Ellation (which in turn owns anime streamer Crunchyroll and subscription video service Vrv) and Fullscreen (which […]
Otto co-founder Lior Ron is back at Uber
Aug 07, 10:21PM
Lior Ron, the co-founder of the controversial self-driving technology company Otto, is returning to Uber to head up its trucking logistics company, Uber Freight, TechCrunch has confirmed. Both Ron and his co-founder and ex-Googler Anthony Levandowski went to Uber after it acquired Otto in August of 2016. However, Levandowski was fired from Uber after pleading […]
Baobab Studios CEO Maureen Fan to speak at TechCrunch AR/VR Sessions
Aug 07, 10:00PM
The world of VR may have already sort of figured out the basics of how VR gaming will work, but when it comes to studios building the next generation of narrative “movie” content, there are plenty of questions up in the air. Baobab Studios CEO and co-founder Maureen Fan has more answers than most. Fan’s […]
Autonomous drones could herd birds away from airports
Aug 07, 9:15PM
Bird strikes on aircraft may be rare, but not so rare that airports shouldn't take precautions against them. But keeping birds away is a difficult proposition: how do you control the behavior of flocks of dozens or hundreds of birds? Perhaps with a drone that autonomously picks the best path to do so, like this one developed by CalTech researchers.
Don't fear the big company 'kill zones'
Aug 07, 9:00PM
Do you worry about the so-called "kill zones" of big tech companies? The theory basically suggests that if your product or service is anyway threatening or accretive to one of the huge incumbents, they will either force-buy your company or clone it and destroy your market.
Snapchat gets $250M investment from Saudi prince for 2.3%
Aug 07, 8:42PM
Snap Inc got a fresh infusion of cash from the Saudi royal family to help it survive despite losing $353 million this quarter. Prince Al-Waleed Talal tweeted a video of him and Snap CEO Evan Spiegel, noting that he’s invested $250 million in exchange for a 2.3 percent stake in Snap Inc. The investment raises […]
Coinbase adds instant trading, and increases daily limits
Aug 07, 8:14PM
Coinbase just announced two new perks that should please regular cryptocurrency traders. Starting on Tuesday, new Coinbase users will no longer have to wait for five days to trade after signing up for the exchange. As the company explained in a blog post: … When someone makes the decision to sign up, they don't want […]
Snapchat shrinks by 3M users to 188M despite strong Q2
Aug 07, 8:14PM
The Stories War has officially killed Snapchat’s growth, leading to its first user count decline ever. In Q2 2018 earnings today, Snapchat’s daily active users number shrank 1.5 percent to 188 million this quarter, down from 191 million and positive 2.9 percent user growth last quarter. Snapchat did beat earnings expectations with $262.3 million in […]
Oracle launches autonomous database for online transaction processing
Aug 07, 8:00PM
Oracle executive chairman and CTO Larry Ellison first introduced the company’s autonomous database at Oracle Open World last year. The company later launched an autonomous data warehouse. Today, it announced the next step with the launch of the Oracle Autonomous Transaction Processing (ATP) service. This latest autonomous database tool promises the same level of autonomy — […]
Elon Musk explains why taking Tesla private is 'the best path forward'
Aug 07, 7:46PM
Earlier today, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted about how he’s considering taking Tesla private. Now, Tesla has published an email Musk sent to employees today that describes his rationale. However, no decision has been made yet, Musk wrote in the email. Musk says it’s “the best path forward” because taking Tesla private would help minimize […]
Net neutrality activists, not hackers, crashed the FCC's comment system
Aug 07, 7:39PM
An unprecedented flood of citizens concerned about net neutrality is what took down the FCC's comment system last May, not a coordinated attack, a report from the agency's Office of the Inspector General concluded. The report unambiguously describes the "voluminous viral traffic" resulting from John Oliver's Last Week Tonight piece on the topic as the cause of the system's collapse.
Apple Music users spot 'Friends Mix,' a new personalized playlist of friends' tunes
Aug 07, 7:11PM
Apple appears to be working on another personalized playlist for Apple Music subscribers – this time, one that shows you what your friends are listening to on its service, as opposed to a personalized playlist filled with editorial or algorithmic recommendations. The new “Friends Mix” playlist includes 25 songs and is updated on Mondays, according […]
CrunchMatch is open for business at Disrupt SF 2018
Aug 07, 7:00PM
Holy smokes! Disrupt San Francisco 2018, which takes place September 5-7, is less than one month away. We have important news for anyone who purchased Startup Alley, Founder, Investor or Insider passes: CrunchMatch — your gateway to efficient networking — is officially open! If you haven't yet grabbed a pass to Disrupt SF 2018, it's not […]
MailChimp bans Alex Jones for hateful conduct
Aug 07, 6:58PM
Another tech platform has closed the door on Infowars’ Alex Jones . Mail messaging platform MailChimp first confirmed the move in a statement to U.S. media watchdog Media Matters which said the accounts had been closed for “hateful conduct.” A MailChimp spokeswoman also confirmed it to TechCrunch via email. In a statement MailChimp said it had terminated […]
Gmail for iOS and Android now lets you turn off conversation view
Aug 07, 5:30PM
When Gmail launched with its threaded conversation view feature as the default and only option, some people sure didn’t like it and Google quickly allowed users to turn it off. On mobile, though, you were stuck with it. But here’s some good news for you conversation view haters: you can now turn it off on mobile, too. […]
Anonymous vows to take down Q
Aug 07, 5:22PM
A cheerful video released by YourAnonNews suggests that the murky hacker collective called Anonymous is now after the murky deep state collective called Q. Q, to the uninitiated, is a 4Chan poster who claims to be connected deep inside the US government. Q claims to have high level clearance and posts in furtherance of the […]
Elon Musk tweets he's thinking about taking Tesla private
Aug 07, 5:13PM
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is thinking about taking the company private, he said in a Tweet this morning. More specifically, he said he may buy back the company for $82 billion (at a share price of $420 plus debt), and already has the funding to do so. Am considering taking Tesla private at $420. Funding […]
MoviePass Films announces its first production, with Bruce Willis as star
Aug 07, 5:12PM
MoviePass is getting into the movie production business with 10 Minutes Gone, a film starring Bruce Willis. The movie was announced in Deadline, which says that it will tell the story of a man who loses 10 minutes of his memory after being struck by a bullet during a bank robbery. Production is expected to […]
Scale, whose army of humans annotate raw data to train self-driving and other AI systems, nabs $18M
Aug 07, 5:08PM
The artificial intelligence revolution is underway in the world of technology, but as it turns out, some of the most faithful foot soldiers are still humans. A startup called Scale, which works with a team of contractors who examine and categorise visual data to train AI systems in a two-sided marketplace model, announced that it […]
Chinese AI startup Tianrang raises a $26M funding round, launches new project to apply ML to cities
Aug 07, 5:07PM
Chinese AI startup Tianrang has raised a $26 million (RMB180 million) funding round from China's Gaorong Capital and co-lead CMB International Capital. Other investors included Ziniu Fund and Chinese fintech company Wacai. In 2016, the company raised an angel round led by Gaorong Capital and participated in by Shanghai Jindi Investment Management Ltd. Based on […]
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