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SF judge denies Lime's request to block electric scooter deployment
Oct 13, 2:08AM
A judge today denied Lime’s request for a temporary restraining order that would block Skip and Scoot from deploying their electric scooters in San Francisco on Monday. This means San Franciscans will be able to use electric scooter services again first thing next week. Following the SFMTA's decision to grant Skip and Scoot electric scooter […]
Venmo bumps up instant transfer fee to 1 percent of the total amount
Oct 13, 1:48AM
If you’re a frequent Venmo user, you might want to double-check your settings because the company just changed up their fee structure for instant transfers and it may result in more of your balance slipping away. The fee for instant transfers where a user would move their Venmo balance to their bank account via debit […]
Stephen Hawking's final paper about black holes is now online
Oct 13, 12:29AM
Stephen Hawking passed away earlier this year at the age of 76, but his incredible intellect isn’t yet done contributing to the scientific community. The acclaimed physicist’s final paper is now online for anyone to read and it revisits some mysteries of the physical world that came to define his illustrious career. Titled “Black Hole […]
Snapchat now has cat lenses. (Yes, for your cat.)
Oct 12, 11:58PM
It’s 8:00 PM on Friday night and you’re home alone and already drunk. Oh, is that just me? Well no matter. Snapchat has made lenses for your cat now. Yes, that’s right. Your cat! This is what the internet is made for, friends. Not all that fake news and trolling. Not having to read tweets […]
FCC resorts to the usual malarkey defending itself against Mozilla lawsuit
Oct 12, 11:46PM
Mozilla filed a lawsuit in August alleging the FCC had unlawfully overturned 2015's net neutrality rules, by among other things "fundamentally mischaracteriz[ing] how internet access works." The FCC has filed its official response, and as you might expect it has doubled down on those fundamental mischaracterizations.
AllTrails gets $75M to keep hikers happy
Oct 12, 11:41PM
Spectrum Equity is making a big bet on AllTrails, that app for outdoorsy folk.
Walmart continues M&A spree with acquisition of lingerie retailer Bare Necessities
Oct 12, 10:41PM
Walmart has acquired online lingerie retailer Bare Necessities one week after its purchase of ELOQUII.
U.S. lawmakers warn Canada to keep Huawei out of its 5G plans
Oct 12, 10:28PM
In a letter addressed to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Senators Mark Warner and Marco Rubio make a very public case that Canada should leave Chinese tech and telecom giant Huawei out of its plans to build a next-generation mobile network. “While Canada has strong telecommunication security safeguards in place, we have serious concerns that […]
The team behind 'First Man' aims to de-mythologize the space program
Oct 12, 9:05PM
Even for those of us born decades after the event itself, Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon remain among history’s most iconic and indelible images. Can a Hollywood movie tell us anything new about that moment? With “First Man” (which opens today), “La La Land” director Damien Chazelle certainly tries. The film climaxes with […]
At 10 trillion frames per second, this camera captures light in slow motion
Oct 12, 9:00PM
Light is the fastest thing in the universe, so trying to catch it on the move is necessarily something of a challenge. We've had some success, but a new rig built by Caltech scientists pulls down a mind-boggling 10 trillion frames per second, meaning it can capture light as it travels along — and they have plans to make it a hundred times faster.
New wave founders are headed to Startup Battlefield Latin America
Oct 12, 8:28PM
TechCrunch is thrilled to announce that Rappi co-founder Sebastian Mejia, Enjoie founder Ana McLaren and KonfÃo founder and CEO David Arana will be joining us on stage at Startup Battlefield Latin America for a panel about new wave startups coming out of the region. What does scaling a delivery startup out of Latin America look like? Where do you find […]
Anaplan hits the ground running with strong stock market debut up over 42 percent
Oct 12, 8:07PM
You might think that Anaplan CEO, Frank Calderoni would have had a few sleepless nights this week. His company picked a bad week to go public as market instability rocked tech stocks. Still he wasn’t worried, and today the company had by any measure a successful debut with the stock soaring up over 42 percent. […]
Watch this quadrotor turn into a trirotor and keep flying
Oct 12, 7:05PM
In a video that similar to those videos where humans push around ATLAS, researchers at Delft University of Technology have created a system that will let a quadrotor drone keep flying even if one of the propellers is broken. The video above – which is, arguably, pretty boring – shows the drone fighting against both […]
Take ten seconds now to make sure you're registered to vote
Oct 12, 6:40PM
Fellow citizens! An important election is approaching, and you should vote in it. But are you registered? Are you sure? Why don't you take ten seconds now to check?
Apple rebukes Australia's "dangerously ambiguous" anti-encryption bill
Oct 12, 6:27PM
Apple has strongly criticized Australia's anti-encryption bill, calling it "dangerously ambiguous" and "alarming to every Australian." The Australian government's draft law — known as the Access and Assistance Bill — would compel tech companies operating in the country, like Apple, to provide "assistance" to law enforcement and intelligence agencies in accessing electronic data. The government […]
Facebook prototypes Unsend 6 months after Zuckerberg retracted messages
Oct 12, 5:38PM
In April, TechCrunch broke the news that some of Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook messages were deleted from recipients’ inboxes in what some saw as a violation of user trust and abuse of power since Facebook Messenger doesn’t have an Unsend button. The next morning, Facebook suddenly announced that it would actually build this Unsend functionality for […]
Elon Musk: Teslaquila tequila is 'coming soon'
Oct 12, 5:25PM
Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed Friday in a tweet that the Tesla-branded tequila called "Teslaquilla"—the bottle of liquor that co-starred in his April Fool's Day joke about the automaker filing for bankruptcy — is “coming soon.” Musk’s tweet was a response to a CNBC article that reported Tesla had filed an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to […]
Facebook bans hundreds of clickbait farms for 'coordinated inauthentic behavior'
Oct 12, 5:22PM
Facebook has announced a relatively small but significant purge of bad actors from the platform: 810 pages and accounts that have "consistently broken our rules against spam and coordinated inauthentic behavior." It may not seem like a lot, but it sounds like the company is erring on the side of disclosure even if the news isn't particularly hard-hitting.
Here's how to find out if your Facebook was hacked in the breach
Oct 12, 5:11PM
Are you one of the 30 million users hit by Facebook’s access token breach announced two weeks ago? Here’s how to find out. Facebook breach saw 15M users’ names & contact info accessed, 14M’s bios too Visit this Facebook Help center link while logged in: https://www.facebook.com/help/securitynotice?ref=sec. Scroll down to the section “Is my Facebook account impacted by […]
Facebook breach saw 15M users' names & contact info stolen, 14M's bios too
Oct 12, 4:38PM
Facebook has now detailed what data was scraped and stolen in the breach it revealed two weeks ago. 30 million users, not 50 million as it initially estimated, had their access tokens stolen by hackers. Users can check Facebook’s Help Center to find out if their information was accessed, and Facebook will send customized alerts to […]
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