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Cities that didn't win HQ2 shouldn't be counted out
Nov 17, 8:30PM
Brooks Rainwater Contributor Share on Twitter Brooks Rainwater is the director of the Center for City Solutions and Applied Research at the National League of Cities. More posts by this contributor As tasks wane, skills rise Blockchain technology could be the great equalizer for American cities Scott Andes Contributor Share on Twitter Scott Andes is […]
Microsoft to shut down HockeyApp
Nov 17, 6:03PM
Microsoft announced plans to shut down HockeyApp and replace it with Visual Studio App Center. The company acquired the startup behind HockeyApp back in 2014. And if you're still using HockeyApp, the service will officially shut down on November 16, 2019. HockeyApp was a service that let you distribute beta versions of your app, get […]
China's hottest news app Jinri Toutiao announces new CEO
Nov 17, 5:37PM
You may not have heard of ByteDance, but you probably know its red-hot video app TikTok, which gobbled up Musical.ly in August. The Beijing-based company also runs a popular news aggregator called Jinri Toutiao, which means “today’s headlines” in Chinese, and the app just assigned a new CEO. At a company event on Saturday, Chen Lin, an […]
Quantum computing, not AI, will define our future
Nov 17, 5:30PM
William ("Whurley") Hurley Contributor Share on Twitter William Hurley, commonly known as whurley, is an American entrepreneur and the founder of Chaotic Moon Studios, Honest Dollar, and Equals: The Global Partnership for Gender Equality in the Digital Age. He is currently chairing the Quantum Computing Working Group for the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA), and is […]
WhatsApp could wreck Snapchat again by copying ephemeral messaging
Nov 17, 5:15PM
WhatsApp already ruined Snapchat’s growth once. WhatsApp Status, its clone of Snapchat Stories, now has 450 million daily active users compared to Snapchat’s 188 million. That’s despite its 24-hour disappearing slideshows missing tons of features, including augmented reality selfie masks, animated GIFs, or personalized avatars like Bitmoji. A good-enough version of Stories conveniently baked into […]
How cities can fix tourism hell
Nov 17, 4:30PM
A steep and rapid rise in tourism has left behind a wake of economic and environmental damage in cities around the globe. In response, governments have been responding with policies that attempt to limit the number of visitors who come in. We've decided to spare you from any more Amazon HQ2 talk and instead focus […]
Microsoft could release a disc-less Xbox One
Nov 17, 4:15PM
According to a new report from Thurott, Microsoft has been working on a new console in the Xbox One family. This cheaper model could play regular Xbox One games, but there would be no Blu-Ray drive. This move would lower the price of the entry-level Xbox One. An Xbox One S officially starts at $299 […]
SparkLabs Taipei closes initial $4.25M for its first fund, adds Jeremy Lin as an advisor
Nov 17, 1:11PM
SparkLabs Taipei, part of SparkLabs Group, the global network of accelerator programs and funds that works with emerging startup ecosystems, has raised $4.25 million in an initial close led by CTBC Group, along with individual investors, for its first venture capital fund. SparkLabs Taipei also announced today that it has added Atlanta Hawks player Jeremy […]
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 isn’t “100% fatal“*, 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 […]
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