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Texas has a long history of problems with Hart eSlate voting machines
Oct 27, 4:02AM
During early voting in some Texas counties, a handful of voters reported seeing their straight-ticket votes changed to endorse the opposing party. Others reported that an issue with the voting machines appeared to remove any selection for U.S. Senate altogether. The Texas Secretary of State’s office told TechCrunch that it has received “15-20 calls” from […]
Waymo is testing what it should charge for its robotaxi service
Oct 27, 12:26AM
Self-driving startup Waymo, a Google spin -off owned by parent company Alphabet, has started to test pricing models for rides in its autonomous vehicles in Phoenix, the latest indication that the company is preparing to launch a commercial robotaxi service. Waymo has not launched a wide-scale commercial robotaxi service in Phoenix — or anywhere — just yet. But it is […]
Twitter suspends accounts linked to mail bomb suspect
Oct 26, 10:22PM
At least two Twitter accounts linked to the man suspected of sending explosive devices to more than a dozen prominent Democrats were suspended on Friday afternoon. Cesar Sayoc Jr., 56, was apprehended by federal law enforcement officers in Florida on Friday morning. “Though we're still analyzing the devices in our laboratory, these are not hoax […]
Expedia acquires Pillow and ApartmentJet to conquer the short-term rental market
Oct 26, 9:59PM
Travel booking site Expedia wants to better compete with Airbnb.
Eerie AI-generated portrait fetches $432,500 at auction
Oct 26, 9:16PM
The question of whether a machine can create art, or anything at all, is at the heart of many a philosophical debate and has been for decades. But whether it's worth something on the market? That point has been settled definitively today as a portrait-like image issuing from an AI sold for nearly half a million dollars at auction.
Meet Shuttle, the company that's building a booking agent for spaceflight
Oct 26, 8:35PM
Avery Haskell says he first knew he wanted to be an astronaut ever since he was a boy growing up in Houston near NASA’s Johnson Space Center. The 24-year-old Stanford graduate who counts Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan as his heroes grew up in an entrepreneurial family. In the early days of the internet his […]
Study: Latinx women-led startups have raised 0.4% of VC since 2009
Oct 26, 8:32PM
Digitalundivided's latest report highlights the disparity in funding for Latinx female-founders.
Microsoft has no problem taking the $10B JEDI cloud contract if it wins
Oct 26, 8:15PM
The Pentagon’s $10 billion JEDI cloud contract bidding process has drawn a lot of attention. Earlier this month, Google withdrew, claiming ethical considerations. Amazon’s Jeff Bezos responded in an interview at Wired25 that he thinks that it’s a mistake for big tech companies to turn their back on the U.S. military. Microsoft president Brad Smith agrees. […]
Google rolls out '.new' links for instantly creating new Docs, Slides, Sheets and Forms
Oct 26, 8:07PM
Google Docs just rolled out a time-saving trick that’s sure to be welcomed by heavy users of Docs, or any of Google’s other productivity tools like Sheets, Slides, Sites or Forms. The company this week introduced its “.new” domain, which can be used to instantly create a new file across any of these services, it […]
Electric scooter startup Grin merges with Brazil-based Ride
Oct 26, 7:12PM
Grin, the Mexico City-based electric scooter company backed by Y Combinator, is merging with São Paulo-based Ride to further the company’s expansion across Latin America. This comes shortly after Grin raised a ~$45 million Series A round. Currently, Grin only operates in Mexico City, but it has plans to expand to other cities throughout Latin […]
California delays its net neutrality law while FCC's new rules are challenged
Oct 26, 7:03PM
California's much-anticipated net neutrality rules, which were signed into law last month, are being put on ice until a challenge to the FCC's own rules at the federal level is resolved. It's unfortunate, but logical — if the FCC rules are undone or modified, the necessity and legality of California's will also be affected.
Snapchat's new Camera desktop camera app brings AR masks to Twitch, Skype…
Oct 26, 6:30PM
Snapchat is launching its first Mac and Windows software that takes over your webcam and brings its augmented reality effects to other video streaming and calling services. Snap Camera can be selected as a camera output in OBS Skype, YouTube, Google Hangouts, Skype, Zoom and more, plus browser-based apps like Facebook Live so you can […]
Twitch announces group streaming and a karaoke game for its 1M concurrent viewers
Oct 26, 6:30PM
The teens were out in force today in San Jose for the annual TwitchCon game-streaming conference. There, Twitch announced that at any given time, 1 million people are watching it (up from 746,000 last year), and it seemed like many game lovers were at TwitchCon in person to meet some of the nearly half-million web […]
We're addressing gender disparity in engineering way too late
Oct 26, 4:50PM
At a time when engineers must meet the needs of a vast population of users with diverse opinions and backgrounds, the engineering workforce continues to suffer from gender disparity.
Facebook takes down more 'coordinated inauthentic behavior' linked to Iran
Oct 26, 4:32PM
Facebook has removed 82 pages, groups and accounts for “coordinated inauthentic behavior” that originated out of Iran. The social networking giant discovered the “inauthentic behavior” late last week, according to a blog post by the company’s cybersecurity policy chief Nathaniel Gleicher. He said the operation relied on posing as U.S. and U.K. citizens, and “posted about politically charged […]
R.I.P. FilmStruck, the best streaming service for classic films
Oct 26, 4:19PM
Sad news for movie fans: FilmStruck, the streaming service developed by Turner Classic Movies, is shutting down. A message on the FilmStruck website says it’s no longer accepting new subscribers, with plans to shut down on November 29. Meanwhile, The Hollywood Reporter suggests that this was an expected move — now that it’s part of […]
Reelgood acquires Guidebox to bring streaming TV data to more places
Oct 26, 3:52PM
Reelgood, a startup aimed at helping cord cutters find shows and movies to watch on the services they subscribe to, has made an acquisition in the hopes of bringing Reelgood’s data to more places. The company has bought Guidebox, a streaming availability data provider which powers Roku, TVGuide, Metacritic and others. Deal terms weren’t disclosed, […]
China's ByteDance leapfrogs Uber to becomes world's most valuable startup
Oct 26, 3:51PM
Move aside Uber, China’s ByteDance is now the world’s highest-valued tech startup. That’s according to reports from Forbes and Bloomberg both of which claim that the company has completed a $3 billion investment that values the company at $75 billion. A source with knowledge of the deal confirmed the round to TechCrunch and suggested that […]
Chat fiction startup Hooked unveils 'Dark Matter,' its first feature-length thriller
Oct 26, 3:32PM
Chat fiction startups have been exploring the types of stories you can tell in the form of text message conversations, and now Hooked is taking that exploration one step further with the launch of “Dark Matter.” The company describes this as its first feature-length story. “Dark Matter” tells the story of Tasneem (Taz) Singh, a […]
Tap, a new startup from Sam Rosen, wants to be the Google of drinking water
Oct 26, 3:19PM
MakeSpace founder and former CEO Samuel Rosen is ready to launch his next venture, and it has little or nothing to do with the on-demand economy. This time, Rosen is setting his sights on the world of water. Tap aims to be the world’s first public index and global search engine for drinking water. Plastic […]
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