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Addison Lee and Oxbotica ink self-driving deal, will offer autonomous car services in London by 2021

Oct 21, 11:00PM

After undertaking a year-long investigation with Ford and four other mobility specialists on how to build self-driving systems that integrate with London’s existing transport infrastructure, Addison Lee today is announcing the next step in its autonomous strategy. The on-demand ride company — which competes with black cabs, Uber and other car services — announced a […]


Egypt and Thailand: When the military turns against free speech

Oct 21, 9:06PM

Wael Abbas, a human rights activist focused on police brutality in Egypt has been under arrest since May on charges of spreading fake news and "misusing social media." Andy Hall, a labor rights researcher, has been fighting charges under Thailand's computer crime laws because of a report published online that identified abuses of migrant workers. […]


Super Mario Party is Nintendo Switch's best game

Oct 21, 7:34PM

When I bought the Nintendo Switch a few months ago, my friends told me to buy Super Mario Odyssey, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. That’s precisely what I did, but none of those games were enough to get me hooked, which is probably for the best. But […]


Apple Watch Series 4 is the most accessible watch yet

Oct 21, 3:15PM

I can confidently say I could live without my Apple Watch. But I also can confidently say I wouldn't want to. The fourth-generation Apple Watch is the best, most accessible Apple Watch to date.


Blood money

Oct 21, 1:00PM

Some years ago an investor I met at a TechCrunch event invited me out for a coffee. This happens a lot; as a weekly columnist here I am deemed an official Media Influencer, and people in turn want to influence me, until they realize I’m just going to ignore them and write about whatever weird […]


Early-bird pricing to Disrupt Berlin 2018 flies away in four days

Oct 21, 8:00AM

Die uhr tickt, menschen — the clock is ticking, people. Early-bird pricing on passes to Disrupt Berlin 2018 migrates to parts unknown in just four days. If you want to join us at the Arena Berlin on 29-30 November — and save up to €500 in the process — you need to buy your pass before the […]


A Twitter employee groomed by the Saudi government prompted 2015 state-sponsored hacking warning

Oct 20, 5:25PM

An explosive report in The New York Times this weekend sheds new light on the apparent targeting of Twitter accounts by “state-sponsored actors” three years ago. It comes in the wake of the confirmed death of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Friday, two weeks after he disappeared in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Khashoggi […]


China is funding the future of American biotech

Oct 20, 5:15PM

Silicon Valley is in the midst of a health craze, and it is being driven by “Eastern” medicine. It’s been a record year for US medical investing, but investors in Beijing and Shanghai are now increasingly leading the largest deals for US life science and biotech companies. In fact, Chinese venture firms have invested more this […]


Early-stage SaaS VC slip snaps recovery as public software stocks soar

Oct 20, 5:10PM

Jason Rowley Contributor Jason Rowley is a venture capital and technology reporter for Crunchbase News. More posts by this contributor International growth, primarily in China, fuels the VC market today Corporate venture investment climbs higher throughout 2018 A few months ago, Crunchbase News reported that a longstanding period of SaaS investment stagnation had come to an end. […]


Khashoggi's fate shows the flip side of the surveillance state

Oct 20, 5:00PM

It’s been over five years since NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden lifted the lid on government mass surveillance programs, revealing, in unprecedented detail, quite how deep the rabbit hole goes thanks to the spread of commercial software and connectivity enabling a bottomless intelligence-gathering philosophy of ‘bag it all’. Yet technology’s onward march has hardly broken its stride. […]


In State Tectonics, an explosive ending for the future of democracy

Oct 20, 4:35PM

An omnipotent data infrastructure and knowledge-sharing tech organization has spread across the planet. Global conspiracies to disseminate propaganda and rig elections are ever present. Algorithms determine what people see as objective truth, and terrorist organizations gird to bring down the monopoly on information. Malka Older faces a problem few speculative science fiction authors face in […]


Hackers breach Healthcare.gov system, taking files on 75,000 people

Oct 20, 2:29PM

A government system used by insurance agents and brokers to help customers sign up for healthcare plans was breached, allowing hackers to siphon off sensitive and personal data on 75,000 people. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services confirmed the breach in a late Friday announcement, but revealed few details about the contents of the […]


Free societies face emerging, existential threats from technology

Oct 20, 1:30PM

Bilal Zuberi Contributor Share on Twitter Bilal Zuberi is a partner at Lux Capital, and is on the boards of Evolv Technology, CyPhy Technologies, and Nozomi Networks, among others. Silicon Valley is currently, and correctly, under fire for the failure of leading platforms such as Facebook, Google and Twitter to protect against the spread of […]


Gearing up to step into virtual reality

Oct 20, 1:17PM

For the past two years, we've been closely following the advances of new VR experiences. Much of this gear is still in development, but if you're eager to dive in and get a sense of what's available right now, we've put together our current recommendations for mobile, PC, console and budget VR headsets.


Apply for free tickets to Startup Battlefield Latin America 2018

Oct 20, 12:00PM

We're just a few short weeks away from the inaugural Startup Battlefield Latin America 2018 that takes place November 8 at the Tomie Ohtake Institute in São Paulo, Brazil. That's when up to 15 of Latin America's exceptional early-stage startup founders will launch their companies to the world as they compete for cash, glory and […]


New 'Dark Ads' pro-Brexit Facebook campaign may have reached over 10M people, say researchers

Oct 19, 11:05PM

A major new campaign of disinformation around Brexit, designed to stir up U.K. ‘Leave’ voters, and distributed via Facebook, may have reached over 10 million people in the U.K., according to new research. The source of the campaign is so far unknown, and will be embarrassing to Facebook, which only this week claimed it was […]


Watch BepiColombo's twin spacecraft launch tonight on a mission to Mercury

Oct 19, 10:28PM

Humanity is about to return to the hottest planet in the solar system. BepiColombo is a mission to Mercury conducted jointly by the European and Japanese space agencies, due to launch in just a few hours aboard an Ariane 5 rocket. But while there's just the one launch, there are two spacecraft.


Convene uses landlord partnership model to outclass WeWork

Oct 19, 7:58PM

Recent reports that SoftBank may take a majority stake in WeWork has added fuel to the already hot market for startups in the workspace and property tech sectors. One of the more compelling companies that stands to benefit from this trend is New York-based Convene. Started by co-founders Ryan Simonetti (CEO) and Chris Kelly (president), […]


Domio just raised $12 million in Series A funding to build 'apart hotels' across the US

Oct 19, 7:45PM

Hotels can be pricey, and travelers are often forced to leave their rooms for basic things, like food that doesn’t come from the minibar. Yet Airbnb accommodations, which have become the go-to alternative for travelers, can be highly inconsistent. Domio, a two-year-old, New York-based outfit, thinks there’s a third way: apartment hotels, or “apart hotels,” […]


Lessons from building Brex into a billion-dollar startup

Oct 19, 7:30PM

When I think about my experience as an immigrant and entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, I remember growing up in Brazil and how we saw tech founders and CEOs as kings. We imagined what it would be like to assume the throne.



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