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CRISPR scientist in China claims his team's research has resulted in the world's first gene-edited babies
Nov 26, 4:50AM
In a dramatic development for CRISPR research, a Chinese scientist from a university in Shenzhen claims he has succeeded in helping create the world's first genetically-edited babies. Dr. Jiankui He told the Associated Press that twin girls were born earlier this month after he edited their embryos using CRISPR technology to remove the CCR5 gene, […]
Google reportedly paid £4,000 to settle a racial discrimination lawsuit in the UK
Nov 26, 3:21AM
Google paid £4,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit that claims it did not do enough to protect a contractor from being racially profiled while working on an undercover project for Google Maps in shopping malls, reports the Guardian. The contractor, a UK citizen of Moroccan descent, said he was subjected to frequent harassment, including being […]
That Logitech and Plantronics deal is now dead
Nov 25, 10:48PM
In a statement issued today, Logitech International said that while it had engaged in discussions with Plantronics about a potential transaction, it had terminated the negotiations. Over the weekend we picked up a Reuters report that the two companies were in talks for a potential $2.2 billion merger. The company declined to comment further.
Tech giants offer empty apologies because users can't quit
Nov 25, 6:31PM
A true apology consists of a sincere acknowledgement of wrong-doing, a show of empathic remorse for why you wronged and the harm it caused, and a promise of restitution by improving ones actions to make things right. Without the follow-through, saying sorry isn't an apology, it's a hollow ploy for forgiveness. That's the kind of […]
Ohio becomes the first state to accept bitcoin for tax payments
Nov 25, 5:47PM
Starting Monday, businesses in Ohio will be able to pay their taxes in bitcoin — making the state that’s high in the middle and round on both ends the first in the nation to accept cryptocurrency officially. Companies who want to take part in the program simply need to go to OhioCrypto.com and register to pay […]
UK parliament seizes cache of internal Facebook documents to further privacy probe
Nov 25, 4:23PM
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg may yet regret underestimating a UK parliamentary committee that’s been investigating the democracy-denting impact of online disinformation for the best part of this year — and whose repeat requests for facetime he’s just as repeatedly snubbed. In the latest high gear change, reported in yesterday’s Observer, the committee has used parliamentary powers […]
Glimpses of China's parallel tech universe
Nov 25, 2:00PM
What can we learn from DETECTIVE CHINATOWN 2? Quite a lot, actually. The 11th biggest box-office hit of the year, it vastly outgrossed the likes of SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY, A STAR IS BORN, and CRAZY RICH ASIANS. You may never have heard of it, though; like OPERATION RED SEA, the 10th biggest hit […]
Bitcoin sinks below $4,000 as the crypto market takes another hefty beating
Nov 25, 2:28AM
As we hang out with family and friends this holiday season, it’s interesting to look back on the Bitcoin mania that we endured one Thanksgiving ago. Aunts and uncles asking about internet money as you passed the mashed potatoes while trying to explain the concept of decentralization in a way that made it seem like […]
LinkedIn violated data protection by using 18M email addresses of non-members to buy targeted ads on Facebook
Nov 24, 9:42PM
LinkedIn, the social network for the working world with close to 600 million users, has been called out a number of times for how it is able to suggest uncanny connections to you, when it’s not even clear how or why LinkedIn would know enough to make those suggestions in the first place. Now, a run-in […]
Logitech is reportedly offering $2.2 billion to bring Plantronics headsets into its hardware empire
Nov 24, 8:45PM
Logitech, the manufacturer best known for its computing peripherals like keyboards and web cameras, is in talks to buy Plantronics, a maker of bluetooth-enabled headsets, according to Reuters. The company is reportedly offering as much as $2.2 billion for Plantronics, according to the Reuters report, in what would be Logitech’s biggest acquisition to date. Driving the […]
Upflow turbocharges your invoices
Nov 24, 3:10PM
Meet Upflow a French startup that wants to help you deal with your outstanding invoices — the company first started at eFounders. If you're running a small business, chances are you're either wasting a ton of time or a ton of money on accounts receivable. Most companies currently manage invoices using Excel spreadsheets, outdated banking […]
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 hits $6.2B in US online sales, smartphones accounted for $2.1B
Nov 23, 1:57PM
After a record-breaking Thanksgiving with $3.7 billion in digital sales across desktop and mobile devices, Black Friday pulled in a bumper year for e-commerce. Adobe — which tracks trillions of transactions across a range of retail sites — says that $6.22 billion was spent in the day, up just over 23 percent on a year ago. […]
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 […]
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