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Edo raises $12M to measure TV ad effectiveness
Nov 01, 11:11PM
Edo, an ad analytics startup founded by Daniel Nadler and actor Edward Norton, announced today that it has raised $12 million in Series A funding. Nadler and Norton have both had startup success before — Nadler co-founded and led Kensho, which S&P Global acquired for $550 million. Norton invested in Kensho and co-founded CrowdRise, which […]
Reef-rejuvenating LarvalBot spreads coral babies by the millions
Nov 01, 11:01PM
The continuing die-off of the world's coral reefs is a depressing reminder of the reality of climate change, but it's also something we can actively push back on. Conservationists have a new tool to do so with LarvalBot, an underwater robot platform that may greatly accelerate efforts to re-seed old corals with healthy new polyps.
Apple will stop sharing numbers on how many devices it's selling
Nov 01, 10:13PM
Apple shared its latest quarterly earnings report today, but during its call with investors the company’s CFO Luca Maestri also delivered an unexpected announcement: it won’t be sharing unit sales of its iPhone, iPad or Mac anymore. This gives analysts (and the public) one less item to determine the health of the company, but according […]
Elon Musk says soon Teslas will come when you call them
Nov 01, 9:55PM
Tesla CEO Elon Musk promised in a series of tweets that an advanced version of its auto-parking technology Summon, which will let owners remotely control their car through their phones, will be ready in six weeks. Or even follow you like a pet. The Summon parking feature is available in Tesla vehicles with the advanced driver […]
GoPro shares tank after reporting revenue dives 13%
Nov 01, 9:35PM
GoPro stock is currently down 15% in after-hours trading and is falling after reporting its third quarter earnings. The company saw revenues dive 13%.3, while still managing to beat Wall Street revenue expectations. Overall GoPro reported a net loss of $27.1 million, or 19 cents per share, in the quarter that ended on Sept. 30. […]
Agrifood — the $8 trillion industry that's worth your salt
Nov 01, 9:00PM
Cannabis-infused drinks. Burgers grown in laboratories. Entire meals in bottles. Consumers, retailers and farmers alike are hungry for the next generation of food, and investors are beginning to acquire the taste, too.
Apple beats on Q4 earnings thanks to price hikes, stock still falls 7% after hours
Nov 01, 8:51PM
Despite a beat on its Q4 quarterly earnings, Apple shares still managed to take a beating Thursday. Shares are down 7 percent in after-hours trading after the company released its Q4 quarterly earnings report, detailing $62.90 billion in revenue beating analyst expectations of $61.57 billion, with earnings per share hitting $2.91 beating an expected $2.78 EPS. The results […]
'Grit' author Angela Duckworth on working smart versus working too hard, when it's okay to pivot, and the impact of tech on grit
Nov 01, 8:36PM
Today, in San Francisco, at a gathering of roughly 400 women organized by the young AllRaise — a growing group of female funders and founders who aim to accelerate the success of their peers — we sat down with Angela Duckworth. Ducksworth is a psychology professor at the University of Pennsylvania and has gained fame in recent years though […]
Apple, Amazon, Google and others sign letter opposing Trump's attempt to redefine gender
Nov 01, 8:03PM
A list of 50-plus companies, including some of tech's top names, joined forces this week to pen a letter calling out the Trump administration over a reported plan to narrow gender definitions. Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Intel, Cisco and more drafted the letter (full text below) in response to a recent New York Times story […]
Instagram's next cash cow: instant Promote ads for Stories
Nov 01, 8:03PM
Instagram hopes dollars from the long-tail of small businesses and social media stars can help it pull its weight in the Facebook family. A new ad type called "Promote" for Stories allows Instagram business pages to show their ephemeral slideshows to more users without doing much work. Admins can choose to auto-target users similar to […]
Zume reportedly snags $375 million from SoftBank for its robotic food operations
Nov 01, 7:53PM
Zume, the robotics and logistics company that got its start slinging pizza, just raised $375 million from SoftBank, the WSJ first reported. Another firm is also looking to invest an additional $375 million, which would value the company at a $1.5 billion pre-money valuation, a source close to the matter told TechCrunch.* The round comes a […]
Thomas Reardon and CTRL-Labs are building an API for the brain
Nov 01, 7:31PM
>From Elon's Neuralink to Bryan Johnson's Kernel, a new wave of businesses are specifically focusing on ways to access, read and write from the brain.
Google walkout organizer: 'I hope I still have a career in Silicon Valley after this'
Nov 01, 7:30PM
Upwards of 1,000 people gathered in San Francisco Thursday to protest Google's handling of sexual harassment and misconduct.
Walmart adds an AR scanner to its iOS app for product comparisons
Nov 01, 6:32PM
Walmart is giving augmented reality a shot. The retailer today announced the launch of a new AR scanning tool in its iPhone application which will help customers with product comparisons. However, unlike a typical barcode scanner meant only to compare prices on one item at a time, Walmart’s AR scanner can be panned about across […]
FabFitFun surpasses $200 million in revenue as it hits million-subscriber milestone
Nov 01, 6:27PM
At least one million people will be receiving the next FabFitFun box as the Los Angeles company surpasses $200 million in revenue and continues its run as one of the startups to watch in the Los Angeles tech community. As it renews its focus on media — doubling down on new programming in a bid […]
Campaign tool supplied to UK's governing party by Trump-Pence app dev quietly taken out of service — thanks to GDPR
Nov 01, 6:25PM
An app that the UK’s governing party launched last year — for Conservative Party activists to gamify, ‘socialize’ and co-ordinate their campaigning activity — has been quietly pulled from app stores. Its vanishing was flagged to us earlier today, by Twitter user Sarah Parks, who noticed that, when loaded, the Campaigner app now displays a message informing users […]
Soyuz bounces back after failure: Crewed mission to Space Station launches early next month
Nov 01, 6:15PM
The high profile but fortunately non-lethal failure of a crewed mission atop a Soyuz rocket in October has been investigated thoroughly enough that American, European, and Russian space agencies are willing to ride aboard the venerable launch system. Roscosmos announced that a crewed mission will fly to the International Space Station on December 3, less than two months after the anomaly.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate gets new characters and a social video platform
Nov 01, 6:12PM
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate isn't out until December 7, but Nintendo's been doing an admirable job milking the fighting game for announcements since it was unveiled back at E3. The company held another Nintendo Direct this morning, to offer up a few more morsels with about a month to go before launch. The biggest piece […]
Foursquare partners with TripAdvisor
Nov 01, 6:00PM
Foursquare, the former location-based social network turned enterprise location data platform, has today announced a new partnership with TripAdvisor. TripAdvisor will be using Foursquare’s Pilgrim SDK, launched in March 2017, to help the platform better serve users with contextually relevant, real-time information based on their location. Alongside the 13 billion check-ins accumulated on Foursquare’s apps […]
Hulu launches add-on bundles focused on entertainment and Spanish programming
Nov 01, 5:33PM
Earlier this month, Hulu CEO Randy Freer said the company would be revamping its Live TV service by dropping some entertainment channels and adding smaller bundles. Now, that change has come about. The streaming service announced this week the launch of two new add-ons that focus on entertainment and Spanish programming. The add-ons are actually small bundles […]
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