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Brex has partnered with WeWork, AWS and more for its new rewards program
Oct 31, 1:39AM
Brex cardholders can now accrue and spend points on AWS, Twilio, SalesForce, WeWork, Instacart and more.
The Tissot Seastar 1000 is a low-cost and high-quality Swiss diver
Oct 31, 1:10AM
In the pantheon of watches there are a few that stand out. Looking for your first automatic watch? Pick up a Seiko Orange Monster. Looking for a piece with a little history? The Omega Speedmaster is your man. Looking for an entry-level Swiss diver that won’t break the bank? Tissot’s Seastar has always had you […]
As stock rises on a slim earnings beat, eBay tells analysts to focus on payments and ads
Oct 31, 12:32AM
Despite increasing competition from traditional retailers like Walmart and Target, which have invested heavily in e-commerce, and the whupping it’s routinely taking from Amazon among pure e-commerce companies, eBay the 20-year-old lumbering Pez dispenser of an e-tailer, keeps plugging along. Now, as it manages to eke out another earnings win by matching analysts’ expectations, the […]
Facebook bans the Proud Boys, cutting the group off from its main recruitment platform
Oct 31, 12:27AM
Facebook is moving to ban the Proud Boys, a far-right men’s organization with ties to white supremacist groups. Business Insider first reported the decision. Facebook confirmed the decision to ban the Proud Boys from Facebook and Instagram to TechCrunch, indicating that the group (and presumably its leader Gavin McInnes) now meet the company’s definition of […]
Siri Shortcuts app gets updated with weather, alarms, timers and more
Oct 31, 12:02AM
Alongside today’s announcements of new iPads and Mac, Apple also rolled out an updated version of its Siri Shortcuts app. The app, first introduced at WWDC, arrived with iOS 12 as a way to unlock Siri’s potential by allowing users to create their own custom voice commands and workflows. Now, it can do a few […]
Monzo, the U.K. challenger bank, raises £85M Series E at a £1B pre-money valuation
Oct 31, 12:01AM
Monzo, the U.K. challenger bank that now boasts more than a million customers, has raised £85 million in Series E funding. The round is led by U.S. venture capital firm General Catalyst, and Accel. Existing backers Passion Capital, Goodwater, Thrive Capital, Orange Digital Ventures, and Stripe also participated. The latest funding was at a pre-money […]
Alphabet exec Richard DeVaul is reportedly out after sexual harassment story
Oct 30, 11:45PM
As Axios first reported, Richard DeVaul, a director at the entity formerly known as Google X, has left the company. An incident involving DeVaul behaving inappropriately toward a Google interviewee was cited in a New York Times report centered on the sexual misconduct of Andy Rubin last week. Google confirmed that DeVaul had resigned and will […]
The Biggening
Oct 30, 11:16PM
Everything is already big. The iPhone SE died. The iPad Mini was last upgraded in 2015. The 11-inch MacBook Air died years ago. The smaller Series 4 Apple Watch has a bigger display than the larger Series 3 Apple Watch. Apple’s smallest devices are slowly getting bigger and the company’s events don’t suggest those ambitions […]
Twitter's U.S. midterms hub is a hot mess
Oct 30, 10:31PM
Today, Jack Dorsey tweeted a link to his company’s latest gesture toward ongoing political relevance, a U.S. midterms news center collecting “the latest news and top commentary” on the country’s extraordinarily consequential upcoming election. If curated and filtered properly, that could be useful! Imagine. Unfortunately, rife with fake news, the tool is just another of […]
Zuckerberg says the future is sharing via 100B messages & 1B Stories/day
Oct 30, 9:43PM
The News Feed won’t sustain Facebook forever, and that’s scaring investors. Today on Facebook’s earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg stressed that sharing is shifting to private chat, where people send 100 billion messages per day on Facebook’s family of apps, and Stories, where he says people share 1 billion of these slideshows per day (though it’s […]
NASA's prolific planet-hunter Kepler has finally earned its retirement
Oct 30, 9:21PM
After nine years of service, half a million stars surveyed, and thousands of planets discovered around those stars, NASA's astonishingly successful Kepler space telescope is finally taking a well-earned rest. Out of fuel but in a safe orbit, the spacecraft will drift through the solar system looking at nothing in particular as its immense trove of data continues to drive discoveries here on Earth.
The hybrid cloud market just got a heck of a lot more compelling
Oct 30, 9:02PM
Let’s start with a basic premise that the vast majority of the world’s workloads remain in private data centers. Cloud infrastructure vendors are working hard to shift those workloads, but technology always moves a lot slower than we think. That is the lens through which many cloud companies operate. The idea that you operate both […]
Waymo, take the wheel: Self-driving cars go fully driverless on California roads
Oct 30, 8:45PM
Self-driving startup Waymo, a Google spin-off owned by parent company Alphabet, has been granted the first permit in California to begin driverless testing on public roads. Yes, that means self-driving cars without a human behind the wheel will be cruising around California, beginning with a limited geographic area in Silicon Valley. The company’s autonomous vehicles are a common sight […]
Coinbase is now worth more than all but three cryptocurrencies
Oct 30, 8:34PM
With its shiny new $8 billion valuation, Coinbase is now worth more than all but the top three cryptocurrencies that trade on the platform. That’s right, the only cryptocurrency assets that are worth more than the platform that trades them are Bitcoin, Ethereum and Ripple. Bitcoin Cash, the currency forked from Bitcoin, is a distant […]
Facebook shares climb despite Q3 user growth and revenue
Oct 30, 8:12PM
After last quarter’s bloodbath earnings report that cut 20 percent from Facebook’s share price, the social network stumbled in Q3 2018, reaching 2.27 billion monthly users, up 37 million users or 1.79 percent — only slightly better than Q1’s slowest-ever growth rate of just 1.54 percent, and compared to an 2.29 billion Wall Street estimate. […]
To actually change the world, Big Tech needs to grow up
Oct 30, 8:00PM
It's not too late for tech giants to learn to be responsible, self-aware competitors. However, a few central questions must be answered.
Can Apple finish 2018 on a high note? We'll find out Thursday
Oct 30, 8:00PM
Will the company satisfy Wall Street with its latest earnings report Thursday?
WeWork-owned Meetup brings on David Siegel as CEO
Oct 30, 8:00PM
Late this past summer, Meetup founder and CEO Scott Heiferman moved into the chairman position, leaving the CEO role vacant. Today, Meetup has announced that David Siegel will be taking the helm at the 15-year-old company. Siegel hails from Investopedia, where he served as CEO for three years, tripling the company’s revenue and doubling its […]
Even Financial acquires Birch Finance, a credit card rewards startup
Oct 30, 7:54PM
On the heels of a funding round to the tune of $18.8 million, Even Financial has acquired Birch Finance for an undisclosed sum. Even offers products like a pre-approval API, real-time pricing, machine learning optimization, a product comparison and recommendation engine for consumers and more. Birch Finance, a TC Startup Battlefield alum that raised $1 million earlier […]
Google Pixel 3 XL users are getting twice the notch, thanks to a bug
Oct 30, 7:40PM
Over the past two years, the notch moved from anomaly to fact of life, and no company has proven itself more pro-notch than Google. From its embrace of #notchlife in Android Pie to the downright gigantic one found up top on the Pixel 3 XL, Google's really notchin' it up. In fact, as noted by […]
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