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YouTube quietly added free, ad-supported movies to its site
Nov 17, 4:20AM
YouTube quietly added around 100 ad-supported Hollywood movies to its site, beginning last month, according to a new report from AdAge. The titles include a mix of classics like “Rocky” and “The Terminator,” as well as other family fare like “Zookeeper,” “Agent Cody Banks,” and “Legally Blonde,” among others. Before, YouTube had only offered consumers […]
Blockchain gaming gets a boost with Mythical Games' $16M Series A
Nov 17, 4:00AM
Mythical Games is betting user-generated content and intimate ties between players, content creators, brands and developers is the future of entertainment.
Walmart passes Apple to become No. 3 online retailer in U.S.
Nov 17, 3:16AM
Walmart has overtaken Apple to become the No. 3 online retailer in the U.S., according to a report this week from eMarketer. While Amazon still leads by a wide margin, accounting for 48 percent of e-commerce sales in 2018, Walmart – including also Sam’s Club and Jet.com – is poised to capture 4 percent of […]
The Boring Company goes brick-and-mortar with The Brick Store
Nov 17, 1:07AM
Elon Musk has shot out some crazy, unbelievable tweets over the last year, but he wasn't joking about the bricks. Musk has started a company called The Brick Store LLC to produce and sell bricks, according to public documents obtained by TechCrunch. The new company, which was founded in July, will be managed by Steve […]
Unicorns aren't special anymore
Nov 17, 12:06AM
There are 145 "active unicorns" today worth an aggregate valuation of $555.9 billion. In 2013, there were just 39.
Feeling left out of a hot market? This new outfit has a fund with shares of 30 top 'unicorns' to sell you
Nov 16, 11:30PM
When Equidate, a venture-backed secondaries marketplace based in San Francisco, closed its most recent round of funding with $50 million four months ago, it was hardly a surprising bet on the part of its backers. As startups linger ever longer as private companies, more people are looking to lock up shares wherever they can find […]
Kairos founder countersues his own company for $10 million
Nov 16, 11:24PM
The turmoil continues at facial recognition startup Kairos . Last night, Kairos founder Brian Brackeen filed a counter lawsuit against Kairos and its interim CEO Melissa Doval that seeks $10 million in damages. Kairos is a facial recognition startup that has become well-known for its stance to never sell to law enforcement. At Disrupt SF […]
Pitching a $99 tax advisory service for the masses, Visor has raised $9 million
Nov 16, 9:59PM
The only sure things in this life, according to Ben Franklin, are death and taxes. And a new startup called Visor has just raised $9 million in financing to make one of them as painless as possible. Unlike Nectome, Visor won’t kill anyone, but it may ring the death knell for the high-end tax advisors that most Americans […]
The Criterion Collection is launching its own streaming service
Nov 16, 9:32PM
When WarnerMedia announced last month that it would be shutting down its streaming service FilmStruck, the team at the Criterion Collection said it would be looking for a new digital home. Today, Criterion announced that it will be building that home itself — namely, launching a streaming service called The Criterion Channel. The company remains […]
Tesla has opened up Model 3 orders to customers in China
Nov 16, 9:27PM
Tesla is now taking orders for the Model 3 from customers in China, according to its website. Reuters was the first to report that Tesla is taking orders in China. Tesla won’t confirm or comment on the information published on its own China-focused website. Tesla CEO Elon Musk did say in a tweet Thursday that […]
Gift Guide: The best gear for that friend who wants to start a podcast
Nov 16, 8:43PM
"How do I start a podcast?" As the producer of the TechCrunch podcast Equity, I get this question all the time. Fortunately, it's easier than ever to get your voice out there.
Stoop aims to improve your news diet with an easy way to find and read newsletters
Nov 16, 7:26PM
Stoop is looking to provide readers with what CEO Tim Raybould described as “a healthier information diet.” To do that, it’s launched an iOS and Android app where you can browse through different newsletters based on category, and when you find one you like, it will direct you to the standard subscription page. If you […]
Cryptocurrency chill causes mining speculator Nvidia's stock to plunge
Nov 16, 7:12PM
The cryptocurrency market is an exciting one, but it's also unpredictable — and when things go south, they take related businesses with them. Nvidia, a hardware giant that has been riding the cryptocurrency wave, saw its stock price take a double-digit hit as it reported vanishing demand for GPUs specializing in crypto-mining.
Reading List: Podcasting
Nov 16, 6:45PM
I argued in my recent post What's Next for Podcasting? that we're at a pivot point where podcasting is becoming a mainstream content format for all types of shows and creators as Hollywood enters the fray. There's a surge of interest by both creatives and businesspeople in podcasts right now, so I've compiled a reading […]
Former Oracle exec Thomas Kurian to replace Diane Greene as head of Google Cloud
Nov 16, 6:03PM
Diane Greene announced in a blog post today that she would be stepping down as CEO of Google Cloud and will be helping transition former Oracle executive Thomas Kurian to take over early next year. Greene took over the position almost exactly three years ago when Google bought Bebop, the startup she was running. The […]
Weather Up's app can give you forecasts for your calendar events
Nov 16, 6:00PM
There are plenty of weather apps to choose from on the App Store, but the newly released Weather Up app is doing something different. Instead of just offering the daily weather, it will now offer Event Forecasts — meaning forecasts that sync with your calendars so you can see what the weather will be for […]
Airbnb made more than $1 billion in revenue last quarter
Nov 16, 5:58PM
Ahead of Airbnb’s expected initial public offering next year, the home-sharing startup announced more than $1 billion in revenue during Q3 2018. Airbnb says this was its strongest quarter to date, where it saw “substantially more” than $1 billion in revenue. Airbnb, however, has been without a permanent chief financial officer since February, when Laurence […]
UN warns over human rights impact of a 'digital welfare state'
Nov 16, 5:51PM
The UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights has raised concerns about the UK’s rush to apply digital technologies and data tools to socially re-engineer the delivery of public services at scale, warning in a statement today that the impact of a digital welfare state on vulnerable people will be “immense”. He has […]
CodeStream lets you collaborate and talk directly in VS Code
Nov 16, 4:00PM
Adding comments to your code is nothing new. But what if you could @-mention your co-workers and start a thread about a specific part of your code? Meet CodeStream, a Y Combinator-backed startup that wants to do just that. The best way to discuss some content is right next to the content itself. That's why […]
Mailchimp teams up with Square to launch shoppable landing pages
Nov 16, 3:00PM
Mailchimp, the popular email newsletter service and marketing platform, today announced a partnership with Square that will allow its users to create landing pages with built-in e-commerce features. These shoppable landing pages are meant to give businesses a new sales channel to sell things like limited-edition goods or run-targeted promotions. Mailchimp’s landing pages have been around […]
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