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Blind loyalty
Aug 11, 6:35PM
There is a secret behind every open office in Silicon Valley -- and it isn't the drain on productivity. Tech companies have been the vanguards for pushing corporate culture forward toward "radical transparency." Mark Zuckerberg works in a fully transparent four-walled glass office surrounded by the rest of Facebook. Valve got rid of managers and titles so everyone can be their own boss. Startup founders host weekly town halls, Friday all-hands, and AMAs. Companies go to painstaking lengths to signal that they trust their employees – to show that this is your company.
Openbook is the latest dream of a digital life beyond Facebook
Aug 11, 5:00PM
As tech’s social giants wrestle with antisocial demons that appear to be both an emergent property of their platform power, and a consequence of specific leadership and values failures (evident as they publicly fail to enforce even the standards they claim to have), there are still people dreaming of a better way. Of social networking beyond outrage-fuelled […]
Supergiant VC rounds aren't just raised in China
Aug 11, 5:00PM
In the venture capital market, big is in. Firms are raising significant sums to finance a growing number of large startup funding rounds.
Samsung Galaxy Note 9: an AR Emojireview
Aug 11, 1:40PM
Hi, I wrote a 3K word review of the new Samsung Galaxy Note 9. But you’re busy and it’s the weekend. I get it. For the sake of saving time, here’s a distilled version, narrated by the magic of the company’s deeply troubling AR Emoji version of me. Design Battery Camera Audio/Visual Bixby Price Anyway, […]
Only 48 hours left to apply for Startup Battlefield Latin America
Aug 11, 11:30AM
Corra, o tempo está se esgotando! You have only 48 hours left to apply for Startup Battlefield Latin America on Nov. 8 in São Paulo, Brazil. Want to launch your company to the world — and possibly become the first Startup Battlefield Latin America champion? It can't happen unless you submit your application here before Monday, […]
Facebook is the recruiting tool of choice for far-right group the Proud Boys
Aug 11, 2:59AM
Twitter may have suspended the Proud Boys and their controversial leader Gavin McInnes, but it was never their platform of choice. The Proud Boys, a self described “Western chauvinist” organization that often flirts with more hard-line groups of the far right, runs an elaborate network of recruiting pages on Facebook to attract and initiate members. […]
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 review
Aug 11, 12:40AM
There are no secrets in consumer electronics anymore. Sometimes it's the fault of flubs and flaws and leakers. Sometimes it's by design. In the case of the Galaxy Note 9, it's a little bit of both. The Galaxy S9 wasn't the blockbuster Samsung's shareholders were expecting, so the company understandably primed the pump through a […]
Hackers on new 'secure' phone networks can bill your account for their roaming charges
Aug 11, 12:02AM
I have good news! The infamous SS7 networks used by mobile operators to interoperate, e.g. when you’re roaming — which were built on trust, essentially devoid of security, and permitted rampant fraud, SMS hijacking, eavesdropping, password theft, etc. — are being replaced. Slowly. But I have bad news, too! Which is: the new systems still […]
Founder Zain Jaffer may be looking to take back control of Vungle
Aug 10, 9:48PM
Zain Jaffer may be gearing up for a fight to take back control of Vungle, the mobile ad company he founded. Jaffer was removed from his role as CEO last fall following his arrest on charges of assault with a deadly weapon and performing a lewd act on a child. However, a San Mateo County […]
Federacy wants to put bug bounty programs in reach of every startup
Aug 10, 6:54PM
Federacy, a member of the Y Combinator Summer 2018 class, has a mission to make bug bounty programs available to even the smallest startup. Traditionally, bug bounty programs from players like Bugcrowd and HackerOne have been geared toward larger organizations. While these certainly have their place, founders William and James Sulinski, who happen to be […]
NASA's Parker Solar Probe launches tonight to 'touch the sun'
Aug 10, 6:27PM
NASA's ambitious mission to go closer to the Sun than ever before is set to launch in the small hours between Friday and Saturday — at 3:33 AM Eastern from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, to be precise. The Parker Solar Probe, after a handful of gravity assists and preliminary orbits, will enter a stable orbit around the enormous nuclear fireball that gives us all life and sample its radiation from less than 4 million miles away. Believe me, you don't want to get much closer than that.
Twitch is closing its Communities
Aug 10, 6:24PM
Say goodbye to Twitch’s Communities. The game-streaming service says it’s soon killing off this still relatively new addition to its site in favor of implementing a tagging system instead. With the changes, users will be able to filter streams by tags within a directory or across different games on the Browse page, in order to […]
New material design stores energy like an eagle
Aug 10, 5:48PM
Auxetics are materials that store energy internally rather than bulging out. In this way they can store more energy when squeezed or struck and disperse it more regularly. Historically, however, these materials have had sharp corners that could break easily with enough pressure. Now researchers at Queen Mary University of London and University of Cambridge […]
What the Facebook Crypto team could build
Aug 10, 5:35PM
Facebook is invading the blockchain, but how? Back in May, Facebook formed a cryptocurrency team to explore the possibilities, and today it removed a roadblock to revealing its secret plans. Former head of Messenger David Marcus, who leads the Facebook Crypto team, today announced he was stepping down from the board of Coinbase, the biggest crypto […]
Students and mentors: Apply for the all-new TC Include program at Disrupt SF with #BUILTBYGIRLS
Aug 10, 5:00PM
We're going all out for this year's TechCrunch Disrupt SF (September 5-7), which means more fantastic content, more of the most influential startup and tech leaders and tons of networking. As such, we are expanding our TC Include program at Disrupt SF and partnering with #BUILTBYGIRLS to host an engaging day full of interactive programming for […]
Facebook now requiring Pages with large US audiences to go through additional authorization
Aug 10, 4:52PM
Facebook today announced it’s implementing a new measure to secure Facebook Pages with large U.S. followings in order to make it harder for people to administer a Page using a “fake or compromised account.” Beginning with those that have large U.S. followings, some Facebook Pages will now have to go through a “Page Publishing Authorization” […]
Apeel Sciences is combating food waste with plant-derived second peels
Aug 10, 4:47PM
In a world bursting with abundances like self-driving cars and robotic personal assistants, you would think that basic needs like sustainable food sourcing and distribution would be a problem of the past. But that couldn’t be further from the truth. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), every year roughly […]
Offering a white-labeled lending service in emerging markets, Mines raises $13 million
Aug 10, 4:45PM
Emerging markets credit startup Mines.io has closed a $13 million Series A round led by The Rise Fund, the global impact fund formed by private equity giant TPG, and 10 others, including Velocity Capital.
Grand Seiko is an homage to watchmaking's past
Aug 10, 4:25PM
The 1960s were a beautiful time for watches. Horology was in its prime and the great names we know and love today – Rolex, Omega, Cartier – were just one of many watchmakers churning out commodity products to a world that needed to tell the time. Their watches – simple, elegant, and mechanically complex – […]
Crypto mining giant Bitmain on target for $10B revenue this year
Aug 10, 3:44PM
During a gold rush, Silicon Valley’s line is to always invest in picks and shovels instead of mining. Sometimes it pays just to do both. TechCrunch has learned through a company fundraise overview that Beijing-based mining equipment seller Bitmain hit a quarterly revenue of approximately $2 billion in Q1 of this year. Despite a slump […]
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