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Apple announces its 'Best of 2018' lists across apps, games, music, podcasts and more
Dec 04, 5:01AM
Apple today announced its Best of 2018 selections – its annual, editorial list of what it considers the best content across its App Store and iTunes, along with its top charts of the most downloaded apps and games fo the year. As in other years, Apple selected a “best” app and game for each platform, […]
Tencent Music moving ahead with its $1.2B U.S. stock market debut
Dec 04, 3:49AM
Tencent Music Entertainment's initial public offering is back in motion, two months after the company reportedly postponed it amid a global selloff. In a regulatory filing today, the company, China's largest streaming music service, said it plans to offer 82 million American depositary shares (ADS), representing 164 million Class A ordinary shares, for between $13 […]
Quora says 100 million users may have been affected by data breach
Dec 04, 2:09AM
Quora said today that a security breach may have compromised data from about 100 million users. In an email sent to users today and a blog post by CEO Adam D'Angelo, the company said a "malicious third party" gained unauthorized access to Quora's systems on Friday. Its internal security teams and a "leading digital forensics […]
Will Uber gobble up Lime or fly off with Bird?
Dec 04, 12:35AM
Lime or Bird will inevitably sell to Uber, it's just a question of when.
Google's call screening transcripts are live and they're pretty rad
Dec 03, 11:41PM
If you're the proud owner of a Pixel handset you, like 9to5Google, may have spotted this already. The call screening transcripts feature, first noted back in November, are starting to arrive for Pixel users, Google confirmed with TechCrunch. Making good on the "end of year" promise, the offering has been rolling out for a few […]
Don't worry, 'Friends' isn't leaving Netflix anytime soon
Dec 03, 11:33PM
But get your 'Friends' marathon in while you still can -- the slapstick sitcom may be gone from Netflix for good in 2020.
Credit card stealing malware on Canada's 1-800-FLOWERS website went undetected for four years
Dec 03, 11:15PM
It’s going to take more than a bunch of posies to make up for this one. The Canadian branch of 1-800-FLOWERS revealed in a filing with the California attorney general’s office that malware on its website had siphoned off customers’ credit cards over a four-year period. Four years. Let that sink in. The company said […]
Apple Music is getting native Android tablet support
Dec 03, 10:46PM
Bringing Apple Music to Android tablets probably wasn’t Apple’s biggest priority, but three years after launching support for Android phones, the bigger screens are getting some love. The update, first spotted by 9to5mac, is only available to Google Group beta testers for now, but should soon be rolling out widely when the 2.7 update goes […]
Tim Cook addresses white supremacists in ADL address
Dec 03, 10:33PM
Apple CEO Tim Cook didn't mince words when he took to the stage to accept the Anti-Defamation League's first Courage Against Hate Award at an event in New York City today. The executive used the keynote to address a wide range of issues, from anti-Semitism to LGBTQ rights — in many cases framing them in […]
Marriott's breach response is so bad, security experts are filling in the gaps — at their own expense
Dec 03, 9:22PM
Last Friday, Marriott sent out millions of emails warning of a massive data breach — some 500 million guest reservations had been stolen from its Starwood database. One problem: the email sender’s domain didn’t look like it came from Marriott at all. Marriott sent its notification email from “email-marriott.com,” which is registered to a third […]
Google is building digital art galleries you can step into
Dec 03, 9:21PM
Google wants to help you take a closer look at the art world. The company’s Arts & Culture app has long been one of the company’s cooler niche apps and one that I often feel guilty about overlooking every time I rediscover it. Today, the company has added another experience into the mix focused on […]
Apple launches online store with 10 percent discount for active military and veterans
Dec 03, 8:25PM
Just in time for holiday shopping, Apple announced the launch of an online store offering a 10 percent discount off all products for active military and veterans. "At Apple we are deeply grateful to the men and women of our armed forces," the company said in a statement offered to TechCrunch. "We're proud to offer […]
Tumblr will delete all porn from its platform
Dec 03, 6:28PM
Tumblr, a microblogging service that’s impact on internet culture has been massive and unique, is preparing for a massive change that’s sure to upset many of its millions of users. On December 17, Tumblr will be banning porn, errr “adult content,” from its site and encouraging users to flag that content for removal. Existing adult […]
Corporate food catering startup Chewse raises $19 million
Dec 03, 5:47PM
Chewse, a food catering and company culture startup, just announced a $19 million fundraising round as it gears up to expand its operations in the Silicon Valley area. This brings Chewse’s total funding to more than $30 million. Chewse’s investors include Foundry Group, 500 Startups and Gingerbread Capital. Instead of plopping down meals in the […]
Sleep-tracking ring Oura surpasses $20 million in funding
Dec 03, 4:30PM
Oura Health, a sleep-tracking and sleep-improvement platform, just surpassed $20 million* in a funding round led by MSD Capital with participation from YouTube co-founder Steve Chen, Twitch co-founder Kevin Lin, Sunrise founder Dave Morin, JUMP founder Ryan Rzepecki and others. This round comes a couple of years after the Finnish company raised €5 million from MIT […]
Skype launches real-time captions and subtitles
Dec 03, 4:14PM
Alongside news that PowerPoint is getting real-time captions and subtitles in 2019, Microsoft announced similar technology is now available in Skype. Launching today to coincide with the UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the new feature allows those who are deaf or hard of hearing to read the words that are spoken during audio […]
Report: Amazon is testing cashierless checkout for larger stores
Dec 03, 3:36PM
Amazon’s cashierless checkout technology is now being tested for use in larger stores, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal on Sunday. The system, which involves an array of cameras to track shoppers’ purchases alongside weight sensors on shelves, has been rolling out this year to smaller convenience stores across the U.S. in […]
Investors still don't understand the fundamentals of US/China relations
Dec 03, 3:34PM
This weekend, Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agreed to something of a détente around American tariffs on Chinese goods. Stocks across Asia swooned, for reasons that make no sense to me. Plus, Bloomberg's spy story redux and Berlin airport fun. We are experimenting with new content forms at TechCrunch. This is a rough draft […]
Valve changes revenue-sharing tiers on Steam
Dec 03, 3:21PM
Valve announced new Steam rules over the weekend. It might sound like a small change, but it's the first time the company is changing revenue-sharing tiers. Before the change, Valve would keep 30 percent of all revenue on Steam, including full games, DLCs, etc. Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo also take similar cuts on their own […]
Prime members ordered 2 billion products for one-day or faster delivery this year
Dec 03, 3:05PM
In Amazon’s year-end wrap-up released on Monday, the retailer offered details about its best-selling products of 2018, as well as a few new metrics related to its delivery business. The company said that Prime members worldwide this year ordered more than 2 billion products for one-day or faster delivery — the first time it’s shared […]
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