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Fitbit may have helped catch a killer, again
Oct 04, 2:48AM
Fitbit data may have helped catch one of its customer’s killers, and not for the first time. According to numerous media reports, a 90-year-old visited his stepdaughter at her home in San Jose, Ca. earlier this month, where he says he brought her pizza and visited briefly. But according to data provided to authorities by […]
Jon Favreau's new Star Wars streaming series will be called "The Mandalorian"
Oct 04, 1:21AM
We've known for months now that Jon Favreau was working on a live-action Star Wars series for Disney's upcoming streaming service. But that's about all we knew. Until now! Favreau just dropped a few huge details out of nowhere.
Blizzard co-founder Mike Morhaime is stepping down
Oct 04, 12:32AM
Blizzard — the company behind massive game titles like World of Warcraft, Overwatch, and Hearthstone — is getting new leadership. After 27 years, Blizzard President Mike Morhaime is stepping down from the company he co-founded back in 1991 (back when it was known as Silicon and Synapse.) J. Allen Brack, previously Senior Vice President and […]
Kia's all-electric e-Niro is a crossover with 300 miles of range
Oct 03, 10:30PM
Kia is finally sharing more details about its upcoming all-electric crossover — the 2019 Kia e-Niro — that made its debut in Korea earlier this year. The upshot: it’s got some range. The production version of the all-electric crossover, which Kia is showing off at the Paris Motor Show this week, has a range of […]
Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime on Wii U 'stumbles' and balancing nostalgia with reinvention
Oct 03, 10:15PM
Nintendo is nearing its 130th birthday, and the company is once again in the midst of major changes as it embraces mobile platforms and online services. But Nintendo of America's president Reggie Fils-Aime says that should come as no surprise: "We reinvent ourselves every 5 or 10 years. We have to. It's in our DNA."
The new version of Wi-Fi is called Wi-Fi 6 because rules don't matter
Oct 03, 10:12PM
The Wi-Fi Alliance, the working group that has long offered such euphonious, IEEE-defined names for Wi-Fi protocols such as 802.11ab and 802.11n, has finally decided enough was enough with the numbers and letters and such. Their decision? The next Wi-Fi version will be Wi-Fi 6 — and sucks to your ass-mar if you don’t like […]
Weed in space is going to be a thing now
Oct 03, 10:07PM
Scientists interested in cannabis as a subject for pharmaceutical studies may find an unlikely new home for their research into the plant, its byproducts and biochemistry aboard the International Space Station. Yes, weed is going to space thanks to the work of a small Lexington, Ky.-based startup called Space Tango. The company makes a “clean […]
N26 is launching its bank in the UK
Oct 03, 10:01PM
Nearly a year after German fintech startup N26 announced that it would launch its service in the U.K., the company is launching in the U.K. N26 is already quite popular in the Eurozone, with more than 1.5 million customers. In this new market, it will face tough competition from existing players, such as Revolut, Monzo, […]
Kobo's Forma e-reader takes on Kindle Oasis with an asymmetric design and premium price
Oct 03, 9:08PM
Kobo's latest e-reader is a complete about-face from its anonymous, cheap, and highly practical Clara HD; the Forma is big, expensive, and features a bold — not to say original — design. It's clearly meant to take on the Kindle Oasis and e-reader fans for whom price is no object.
Cloudera and Hortonworks announce $5.2 billion merger
Oct 03, 9:06PM
Over the years, Hadoop, the once high-flying open-source platform, gave rise to many companies and an ecosystem of vendors emerged. It was long believed that some major companies would emerge from the pack, and, sure enough, Hortonworks went public in 2014. Cloudera followed three years later, but the market slowed down and the two companies […]
How smartphone apps could help keep health records accurate
Oct 03, 9:05PM
Suppose the next time you go to a new doctor's office, you wouldn't have to balance a clipboard on your knee, write down your whole medical history, remember the five-syllable name of every medication you're taking and list all your allergies.
The V40 ThinQ is LG's new five-camera smartphone
Oct 03, 9:00PM
That's two on the front and three on the rear. LG's already teased the upcoming flagship quite a bit in the lead up to today's announcement. Understandably so. It's hard for a company like this to stand out in a world full of Apples and Samsungs — even with all of those lenses. The South […]
Can LG's strange hybrid smartwatch breathe life into Wear OS?
Oct 03, 9:00PM
Along with the new V40 ThinQ, LG showed off this odd little addition. It's true that hybrid smartwatches are no longer a novelty in and of themselves at this point, but the Watch W7 takes a bizarre approach to the category. In fact, when the company first discussed the product at a briefing this week, […]
Welcome Kirsten Korosec, Kate Clark, Zack Whittaker and some guy named Eric
Oct 03, 8:52PM
We've got some new faces around TechCrunch — some of them real fresh and some who you might know. Though you might have seen some of their bylines around the site, I thought it would be nice to officially welcome them. First up is Kirsten Korosec, who leads our transportation and mobility reporting. Kirsten is […]
Northwest fast food chain hack exposed customer credit cards
Oct 03, 8:22PM
A beloved regional burger chain in the Pacific Northwest is the latest fast food company to suffer a major data breach. Burgerville, headquartered in Vancouver, Wash., disclosed today that any customers who used a credit or debit card from September 2017 to September 2018 at any of its locations may have had their card details […]
KZen raises $4 million to bring sanity to crypto wallets
Oct 03, 7:47PM
KZen, a company run by former TC editor Ouriel Ohayon, has raised $4 million in seed to build a “better wallet,” obviously the elusive Holy Grail in the crypto world. Benson Oak Ventures, Samsung Next, Elron Ventures invested. Ohayon, who has worked at Internet Lab and founded TechCrunch France and Appsfire, wanted to create an […]
Facebook tests Snap Map-style redesign of Nearby Friends
Oct 03, 6:58PM
Helping friends meet up offline has been a massive missed opportunity for Facebook. Whether because the brand is too creepy or the politely opt-in 2015 rollout of its location sharing feature wasn't creepy enough, Facebook Nearby Friends never quite took off.
Twitter launches a 'Data Saver' mode that makes its main app more like Twitter Lite
Oct 03, 6:37PM
An updated version of the Twitter mobile app will allow users to gain more control over their data usage – similar to how the Twitter Lite app designed for emerging markets works. Now, instead of having to download a separate app in order to limit data consumption or manually adjust various settings, users will be […]
MasterClass, the education platform featuring all-star instructors, will soon teach you how to run for office, too
Oct 03, 6:13PM
In 2015, the San Francisco-based education platform MasterClass was founded to provide everyone access to “genius,” whether it be in filmmaking, directing, book writing, cooking, tennis, basketball, comedy, acting, screenwriting, photography — even producing electronic music. Toward that end, MasterClass, which is now selling a $180 all-you-can-eat yearly subscription, currently offers hours of instructional insights […]
Bumble to launch in India before year-end
Oct 03, 5:30PM
On the heels of Tinder’s launch of a Bumble-like feature in India, which allows women to initiative the conversations, Bumble is today formally announcing its plans for an expansion into India. The company says it has been building up a local team in the region over the past nine months and defining its strategy. The […]
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