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Internal Facebook memo sees outgoing VP of comms Schrage take blame for hiring Definers
Nov 21, 2:28AM
TechCrunch has obtained an internal memo published by Facebook’s outgoing head of public policy Elliot Schrage in which he blames himself for hiring PR firm Definers. He admits to having the company push negative narratives about competitors, but says Facebook did not ask or pay Definers to publish fake news. COO Sheryl Sandberg left a […]
Zuckerberg won't step down as Facebook chairman
Nov 21, 2:10AM
In a short but amply-hyped interview with CNN, Facebook’s founder and chief executive again responded to criticism over the company’s most recent crisis. The interview, excerpted from a longer Q&A for a CNN series called “Human Code,” hit most of the main questions that critics have raised about Facebook’s failings and Zuckerberg’s unilateral control over […]
Kindred's robots help retailers handle fulfillment centers — and take on Amazon
Nov 21, 12:58AM
Since taking the reins as chief executive of Kindred at the beginning of the year, Jim Liefer has been focused on commercializing his company's autonomous robots. But unlike forward-projecting use-cases for robots that may (or may not) one day take over for human beings in a wide swath of functions, Kindred's current robots are purpose-built […]
Five years and one pivot later, Trueface emerges with a promise for better facial recognition tech
Nov 21, 12:36AM
Shaun Moore and Nezare Chafni didn’t initially intend to develop a new standalone facial recognition technology, when they first got started developing the technology that would become their new company, Trueface.ai. When the two serial entrepreneurs were planning their next act five years ago, they wanted to ride the wave of smart home technologies with […]
Our 3 favorite startups from Morgan Stanley's 2nd Multicultural Innovation Lab Demo Day
Nov 20, 11:50PM
The Morgan Stanley Multicultural Innovation Lab, Morgan Stanley's in-house accelerator focused on companies founded by multicultural and female entrepreneurs, hosted its second Annual Showcase and Demo Day. The event also featured companies from accelerators HearstLab, Newark Venture Partner Labs and PS27 Ventures. (Note: I was formerly employed by Morgan Stanley and have no financial ties.) The showcase represented […]
11 moments from the International Space Station's first 20 years
Nov 20, 11:28PM
It was November 20, 1998, when an unprecedented international coalition of astronomers, engineers, and rocket scientists saw years of collaboration come to fruition with the launch of the International Space Station's first component. Since then the largest spacecraft ever built has hosted innumerable astronauts, experiments, and other craft. Here are a few notable moments in the history of this inspiring and decades-spanning mission.
Autodesk agrees to buy PlanGrid for $875 million
Nov 20, 11:08PM
Autodesk announced plans to acquire PlanGrid for $875 million today. The San Francisco startup helped move blueprints from paper to the iPad when it launched in 2011. This digitization of construction fits with Autodesk’s vision of digitizing design in general, and CEO Andrew Anagnost certainly recognized the transformational potential of the company he was buying. “There […]
Can Bitcoin find its practical use case as a currency in Latin America?
Nov 20, 10:00PM
Eduardo Gomez started with Bitcoin in 2012, though he didn't quite understand what he was getting himself into nor how it would change his life.
Piano teams up with True[x] to combine advertising and paywalls
Nov 20, 9:29PM
Nearly every online publisher has launched or announced a paywall — but of course, even the ones that are successful won’t convince every reader, or even the majority of readers, to sign up. Now Piano and True[x] say they’ve found a more effective way to monetize the rest of the audience, without threatening crucial subscription […]
Apple's holiday ad is an animated short film
Nov 20, 9:08PM
Apple always has an interesting ad for the holiday season. This time, it's a cute little animated short film. It feels like a hybrid between a Pixar movie and a Wes Anderson creation. Named "Share Your Gifts," the ad focuses on a dreamy teenager who spends a lot of time on her MacBook. She regularly […]
How a small French privacy ruling could remake adtech for good
Nov 20, 9:05PM
A ruling in late October against a little-known French adtech firm that popped up on the national data watchdog’s website earlier this month is causing ripples of excitement to run through privacy watchers in Europe who believe it signals the beginning of the end for creepy online ads. The excitement is palpable. Impressively so, given […]
WTF is happening to crypto?
Nov 20, 8:26PM
Four days ago the crypto markets were crashing hard. Now they’re crashing harder. Bitcoin, which hasn’t fallen past $6,000 for months, has dumped to $4,413.99 as of this morning, and nearly everything else is falling in unison. Ethereum, flying high at $700 a few months ago, is at $140. Coinbase, that bastion of crypto stability, […]
Elon Musk's extracurricular antics reportedly spark a NASA safety probe at SpaceX
Nov 20, 7:57PM
Elon Musk’s dabble with the doobage in a September radio interview may have sparked more than just an outpouring of adulation from his acolytes (and a fairly interesting conversation around artificial intelligence, social media, invention and space). The Washington Post reports that the folks at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration were less than amused with […]
Half a million Android users tricked into downloading malware from Google Play
Nov 20, 7:43PM
More than half a million users have installed Android malware posing as driving games — from Google’s own app store. Lukas Stefanko, a security researcher at ESET, tweeted details of 13 gaming apps — made by the same developer — which were at the time of his tweet downloadable from Google Play. Two of the apps […]
LinkedIn launches its own Snapchat Stories. Here's why it shouldn't have
Nov 20, 7:37PM
The social media singularity continues with the arrival of Snapchat Stories-style slideshows on LinkedIn as the app grasps for relevance with a younger audience. LinkedIn confirms to TechCrunch that it plans to build Stories for more sets of users, but first it’s launching “Student Voices” just for university students in the U.S. The feature appears […]
Gift Guide: Black Friday tech deals that are actually pretty good
Nov 20, 6:33PM
Black Friday is, for the most part, bad. People are awful, retailers pull all sorts of shenanigans to make it seem like you’re getting a better deal than you are and a lot of people end up buying junk they don’t need to make the day feel like a “success.” But you know that. If […]
The highest-flying consumer tech stocks have lost $1 trillion
Nov 20, 6:00PM
Another day, another stock market setback for once high-flying technology companies, which have lost roughly $1 trillion in the latest stock market slide. Shares of the core group of consumer technology companies, including Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Alphabet and Netflix, are falling again — contributing to the big indexes like the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the […]
FedEx is adding 1,000 Chanje vans to electrify its fleet
Nov 20, 5:43PM
FedEx is turning to a relatively new and unknown startup as it ramps up its efforts to electrify its fleet of delivery vans. The company announced Tuesday plans to add 1,000 electric delivery vehicles from Chanje Energy, a California-based and China-backed startup founded in 2015. FedEx is purchasing 100 of the vehicles from Chanje Energy. It will lease […]
Facebook is finally rolling out its 'how long do I spend on Facebook' dashboard
Nov 20, 5:32PM
Fifteen weeks after Facebook announced its “Your Time on Facebook” tool that counts how many minutes you spend on the app, the feature is finally rolling out around the world. Designed to help you manage your social networking, the dashboard reveals how many minutes you’ve spent on Facebook’s app on that device each day for […]
Valve is discontinuing the Steam Link, at least the hardware part
Nov 20, 5:12PM
Valve has quietly updated the Steam page for the Steam Link. The message says that Valve is discontinuing the Steam Link. The device will become unavailable once all units have been sold. When Valve introduced the Steam Link in 2015, your TV setup was completely different. Google, Amazon and Apple had just released Android TV, […]
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