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E Ink debuts a new electronic drawing technology
Nov 30, 9:00PM
E Ink — a name synonymous with e-reader screens — just debuted a new writing display technology called JustWrite. The tech offers the company's familiar monochrome aesthetic — albeit in negative this time, with white on black. The key here, as with most of E Ink's technology, is minimal power consumption and low cost, the […]
Facebook adds free TV shows Buffy, Angel, Firefly to redefine Watch
Nov 30, 8:00PM
Facebook hasn’t had a hit show yet for its long-form video hub Watch, so it’s got a new plan: digging up some deceased cult favorites from television. First up, Facebook is making all episodes of Joss Whedon’s Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly free on Facebook Watch. There’ll be simultaneous viewing Watch Parties where […]
PayPal: Black Friday & Cyber Monday broke records with $1B+ in mobile payment volume
Nov 30, 7:38PM
Black Friday broke records in terms of sales made from mobile devices, according to reports last week from Adobe. This week, PayPal said it saw a similar trend during the Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday shopping event. PayPal saw a record-breaking $1 billion+ in mobile payment volume for the first time ever on Black Friday — a […]
The International Space Station's new robot is a freaky floating space Alexa
Nov 30, 7:28PM
Meet Cimon. The 3D-printed floating robot head was developed by Airbus for the German Space Agency. He's been a crew member of the International Space Station since June, though as Gizmodo notes, this is the first time we're seeing him in action. Really the floating, Watson-powered robot face is like an extremely expensive Amazon Echo […]
Niantic confirms that Pokémon GO is getting PvP battles 'soon'
Nov 30, 5:44PM
Two and a half years after the launch of Pokémon GO, it’s still missing one major staple of the main series games: player versus player battling. That’s about to change. In a series of teaser tweets this morning, the company confirmed that the battle system is on the way, noting only that it’s “coming soon.” […]
The Arlo security camera goes 4K
Nov 30, 5:34PM
The Arlo line was something of a surprise hit for Netgear, causing the networking company to spin it off into its own business earlier this year. The Arlo ecosystem is one of the most robust in the smart security camera space, and now it's getting something it had never had before: 4K. The new Arlo […]
AT&T details its streaming service plans as it weighs a sale of its Hulu stake
Nov 30, 5:29PM
AT&T may be ready to sell its stake in Hulu, the company revealed in an analyst presentation on Thursday. The company currently owns a 10 percent stake in the service by way of WarnerMedia, as a result of its Time Warner acquisition. But AT&T today is running its own streaming services, including live TV service […]
Toyota taps Docomo 5G to remotely control its humanoid robot
Nov 30, 4:12PM
Toyota introduced T-HR3 to the world right around this time last year. The humanoid robot is capable of mimicking the motions of a plugged-in human, Ã la “Pacific Rim” and countless other sci-fi franchises. The 'bot has learned a few new tricks in the intervening year, including, notably, untethered control via 5G. Using the next-gen wireless […]
And the winner of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt Berlin 2018 is… Legacy
Nov 30, 4:01PM
Startups participating in the Startup Battlefield have all been hand-picked to participate in our highly competitive startup competition. They all presented in front of multiple groups of VCs and tech leaders serving as judges for a chance to win $50,000 and the coveted Disrupt Cup. After hours of deliberations, TechCrunch editors pored over the judges' […]
US mobile app stores had their biggest day ever on Black Friday 2018
Nov 30, 3:53PM
Black Friday wasn’t just a boon for e-commerce retailers, it helped the mobile app stores break new records, too. According to a new report from Sensor Tower, the combined consumer spending across the U.S. Apple App Store and Google Play on Black Friday 2018 reached $75.9 million — a record for the most ever spent in […]
Lawmakers say Amazon's facial recognition software may be racially biased and harm free expression
Nov 30, 3:28PM
Amazon has “failed to provide sufficient answers” about its controversial facial recognition software, Rekognition — and lawmakers won’t take the company’s usual silent treatment for an answer. The letter, signed by eight lawmakers — including Sen. Edward Markey and Reps. John Lewis and Judy Chu — called on Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos to explain […]
DoJ charges Autonomy founder with fraud over $11BN sale to HP
Nov 30, 3:23PM
U.K. entrepreneur turned billionaire investor Mike Lynch has been charged with fraud in the U.S. over the 2011 sale of his enterprise software company. Lynch sold Autonomy, the big data company he founded back in 1996, to computer giant HP for around $11 billion some seven years ago. But within a year around three-quarters of […]
China's Infervision is helping 280 hospitals worldwide detect cancers from images
Nov 30, 3:22PM
Until recently, humans have relied on the trained eyes of doctors to diagnose diseases from medical images. Beijing-based Infervision is among a handful of artificial intelligence startups around the world racing to improve medical imaging analysis through deep learning, the same technology that powers face recognition and autonomous driving. The startup, which has to date raised $70 […]
There's definitely reason to worry about Brexit, says Accel's London team
Nov 30, 2:40PM
Longtime Accel partners Philippe Botteri, Sonali De Rycker, Luciana Lixandru and Harry Nelis took the stage at Disrupt Berlin earlier today, and unlike many London-based investors, who have downplayed how much Brexit could hurt their local economy, the team was frank about their sundry concerns over what happens if the U.K. leaves the European Union […]
Asana raises $50M, Airbnb gets a new CFO and a 2019 IPO preview
Nov 30, 2:15PM
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch's venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week as TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin came to life, Kate Clark and I snagged some mics and dug through the biggest news of the week (a $50 million check), and talked through who may go public next year […]
Shuttle business Via could add scooters to its lineup
Nov 30, 1:56PM
Via, a shuttle-based carpooling service and platform that partners with cities in the U.S. and Europe, could soon add scooters to its business. Via CEO and co-founder Daniel Ramot said onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin that the company is experimenting with the idea of adding scooters as a complement to its shuttle business. “We’re also adding scooters mostly, […]
Sweetgreen is opening up order-ahead locations inside WeWork
Nov 30, 1:15PM
Salad startup Sweetgreen is expanding on a pilot program with WeWork that provides free delivery to WeWork members. Though, it’s more accurate to describe it as an order-ahead service that lets you pick up your food from your WeWork of choice. Geared toward WeWork employees and members, Sweetgreen at WeWork outposts are going live in […]
Apple Music is coming to the Amazon Echo
Nov 30, 12:59PM
Starting mid-December, Amazon Echo devices will be able to stream songs from Apple Music. A bit of a surprise, perhaps, given that Apple's been a competitor in the space since launching the HomePod back in 2017. Amazon's had its own music service for some time, as well, but the company appears to have given up […]
Facebook quietly hired Republican strategy firm Targeted Victory
Nov 30, 12:58PM
Facebook is still reeling from the revelation that it hired an opposition research firm with close ties to the Republican party, but its relationship with Definers Public Affairs isn't the company's only recent contract work with deeply GOP-linked strategy firms. While that work alone isn’t cause for controversy, Facebook’s work with Republican groups does call […]
UrbanClap, India's largest home services startup, raises $50M
Nov 30, 12:50PM
UrbanClap, a four-year-old startup that offers home services across India, has closed a $50 million Series D round for expansion. The round was led by Steadview Capital, a hedge fund with more than $1 billion under management, and existing investor Vy Capital. It takes UrbanClap to $110 million raised to date, according to data from Crunchbase. […]
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