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Cards Against Humanity is selling diamonds and TVs for 99% off and totally winning (?) Black Friday
Nov 23, 11:16PM
Half of my family (and half of the Internet, it seems) all has eyes and phones locked on the same Black Friday sales page right now — and, likely to the disappointment of the big retailers, it’s not any of theirs. In the latest in a streak of wild Black Friday stunts, Cards Against Humanity […]
New US report says that climate change could cost nearly $500B per year by 2090
Nov 23, 10:33PM
A new report from the U.S. government on the impacts of climate change on society indicates that unless action is taken, climatological events could cost the country nearly half a trillion dollars annually by 2090. The National Climate Assessment is a Congressionally mandated report on the impacts of climate change and was culled from the work […]
Daily Crunch: Black Friday's online sales are projected to hit $5.9B
Nov 23, 6:03PM
The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. (This one’s a little shorter than usual — it’s a holiday weekend in the United States.) If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here: 1. Black Friday predicted to hit […]
Facebook policy VP Richard Allan to face the international 'fake news' grilling that Zuckerberg won't
Nov 23, 5:04PM
An unprecedented international grand committee comprising 22 representatives from seven parliaments will meet in London next week to put questions to Facebook about the online fake news crisis and the social network’s own string of data misuse scandals. But Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg won’t be providing any answers. The company has repeatedly refused requests for […]
BlueCargo optimizes stacks of containers for maximum efficiency
Nov 23, 4:43PM
Meet BlueCargo, a logistics startup focused on seaport terminals. The company was part of Y Combinator's latest batch and recently raised a $3 million funding round from 1984 Ventures, Green Bay Ventures, Sound Ventures, Kima Ventures and others. If you picture a terminal, chances are you see huge piles of containers. But current sorting methods […]
Amazon warehouse workers in Europe stage 'we are not robots' protests
Nov 23, 2:32PM
Amazon warehouse workers in several countries in Europe are protesting over what they claim are inhuman working conditions which treat people like robots. It’s the latest in a series of worker actions this year. They’ve timed the latest protest for Black Friday, one of the busiest annual shopping days online as retailers slash prices and heavily […]
Equity podcast: A Thanksgiving-ish special episode
Nov 23, 2:10PM
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch's venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. It’s the day after Thanksgiving, so if you are reading this in America I hope there is a pet leaned up against your legs and that you are sitting next to a fire while staring down one more […]
Black Friday predicted to hit $6.4B in online sales, $643M spent so far
Nov 23, 1:57PM
After a record-breaking Thanksgiving with $3.7 billion in digital sales across desktop and mobile devices, it looks like Black Friday will also pull in a bumper year for e-commerce. Adobe — which tracks trillions of transactions across a range of retail sites — says that as of 7am Pacific Time, there has already been $643 […]
Meituan, China's 'everything app,' walks away from bike sharing and ride hailing
Nov 23, 10:12AM
A major player in the race to transport Chinese people around is losing steam. Meituan Dianping, the Tencent-backed, all-encompassing platform for local services, continues to put the brakes on bike-sharing and ride-hailing, the company said on its earnings call on Thursday. The eight-year-old firm is best known for competing with Alibaba-owned Ele.me in food deliveries […]
Silentmode's PowerMask is a $200 connected relaxation mask
Nov 23, 9:15AM
I barely slept my second night at Chunking Mansions. The loud neighbors, the hot Hong Kong air, the landlord banging on the door after midnight: None of these things are particularly conducive to a peaceful rest, and for once in my life I actually looked forward to attempts at shut eye on the 15-plus hour […]
Black Friday only: 2-for-1 Innovator passes to Disrupt Berlin 2018
Nov 23, 8:01AM
We love a great deal almost as much as we love early-stage startups. So, we decided to combine both into an awesome Black Friday mashup for Disrupt Berlin 2018. Europe's premier tech startup conference takes place next week on 29-30 November, and this is your chance to save some serious euros. For the next 24 […]
Soundbrenner's wearable metronome gets a modular upgrade
Nov 23, 1:59AM
It took all of 14 minutes for the Soundbrenner Core to hit full funding. Not too shabby. Last week, the wearable maker closed out its campaign with more than 10x its $50,000 goal. A few days later, we sat down with the startup at the headquarters of Hong Kong-based accelerator, Brinc. Soundbrenner has already made […]
Thanksgiving online spend hits a record $3.7B, mobile accounted for one-third of sales
Nov 22, 5:53PM
Thanksgiving, a day when brick-and-mortar stores tend to be closed, has become a big one for online spending, and this year did not disappoint, with a surge of consumers rushing to digital platforms to grab sale items while physical stores were closed. This year, US consumers spent a record $3.7 billion on Thanksgiving, according to […]
Be a Thanksgiving security hero with these family-friendly tips
Nov 22, 5:36PM
If you're reading this, chances are you're: Pretty good at tech stuff Spending time with your family for Thanksgiving Bored because you're reading this article right now You may not celebrate Thanksgiving where you live, but most of our readers are American. So let's use this opportunity to review the tech setup of your family. […]
Zizoo, a booking.com for boats, sails for new markets with $7.4M on board
Nov 22, 5:20PM
Berlin-based Zizoo — a startup which self describes as booking.com for boats — has nabbed a €6.5 million (~$7.4M) Series A to help more millennials find holiday yachts to mess about taking selfies in. Zizoo says its Series A — which was led by Revo Capital, with participation from new investors including Coparion, Check24 Ventures and PUSH […]
MQT builds classy Swiss watches for the truly debonair
Nov 22, 4:37PM
Ah, wonderful to see you again, sir. The usual? Kool-Aid Grain Alcohol Martini with a twisty straw. Of course. And I see you’re wearing a new watch. The MQT Essential Mirror. Quite striking. I see the watch has a quartz ETA movement – an acceptable movement by any standard – and a very elegant face […]
Google lays out narrow 'EU election advertiser' policy ahead of 2019 vote
Nov 22, 4:28PM
Google has announced its plan for combating election interference in the European Union ahead of elections next May when up to 350 million voters across the region will vote to elect 705 members of the European Parliament. In a blog post laying out a narrow approach to democracy-denting disinformation, Google says it will introduce a […]
Gift Guide: 16 fantastic computer bags
Nov 22, 3:58PM
Give the gift of organization this year. Bags are often ignored but are a critical part of anyone’s mobile gear. They’re the outward representations of our techie styles, and we put far too little thought into where we keep our most prized possessions. Here’s a collection of bags TechCrunch reviewed over the last year. You’ll find waxed canvas […]
Amazon reverses tax-triggered block on US shop in Australia
Nov 22, 1:37PM
Amazon has reversed a decision it made six months ago to shut off its US e-commerce site to Australian shoppers. Reuters reports that the U-turn comes after a customer backlash. Since July shoppers in Australia trying to browse stuff to buy on Amazon.com have been redirected to the local site, Amazon.com.au. Shipping to Australia from Amazon.com was also […]
China's Geek+ raises $150M to build robots for warehouses and logistics
Nov 22, 1:17PM
One of the most immediate — and already live — applications for robotics and artificial intelligence in general has been in using unmanned robots in warehouses and other environments, where they replace humans in repetitive jobs such as sorting and moving objects from A to B. Now, Beijing-based robotics startup Geek Plus (aka Geek+) says […]
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