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Bowtie raises $30M to bring the digital insurance model to Hong Kong
Dec 20, 6:11AM
The digital revolution has spawned ‘challenger’ banks that operate entirely online, with no high street presence. That phenomenon has taken off in Europe — particularly the UK — but over in Hong Kong, one of the world’s key financial hubs, the digital-only push is coming to the insurance industry. Bowtie, a Hong Kong-based digital insurer, just […]
TikTok parent ByteDance sues Chinese news site that exposed fake news problem
Dec 20, 4:38AM
There’s worrying news from China’s online media world as ByteDance, the $75 billion company behind popular video app TikTok is taking a news site to court for alleged defamation after it published a story about ByteDance’s fake news problem in India. U.S. tech firms have come to rely on media to help uncover issues, but Chinese […]
Facebook defends allowing third parties access to user messages
Dec 20, 1:49AM
In a new blog post, Facebook VP of Product Partnerships Ime Archibong addressed the company’s latest user privacy controversy. The rebuttal is the second round of Facebook’s push back against Tuesday’s report by the New York Times detailing some of Facebook’s special partnerships and extensive data sharing with major tech players. In the new post, […]
The LibreRouter project aims to make mesh networks simple and affordable
Dec 20, 12:18AM
In the city, we're constantly saturated with the radio waves from ten or twenty different routers, cell towers, and other wireless infrastructure. But in rural communities there might only be one internet connection for a whole village. LibreRouter is a hardware and software project that looks to let those communities build their own modern, robust mesh networks to make the most of their limited connectivity.
This Elon Musk Interstellar parody is the weirdest thing you'll see all day
Dec 20, 12:04AM
After leaving Elon Musk’s big Boring Company test tunnel reveal Tuesday night, TechCrunch stumbled upon a gem that only the interwebs can provide. And because farting Teslas and an "entirely new system of transport" just wasn’t enough for the last 24-hour Elon Musk news cycle, TechCrunch is sharing what it found. To be clear, this […]
Square Roots is bringing more transparency to its produce
Dec 19, 11:39PM
If you’re concerned about what you eat, there’s a good chance you’ve looked at the food in the supermarket, or in your fridge, and wondered where it actually comes from. Now urban farming incubator Square Roots is introducing a new way for you to check full history of the produce that you’re about to purchase. […]
Using Facebook's latest privacy stumble, lawmakers push for strong FTC oversight
Dec 19, 11:33PM
Lawmakers are again unhappy with Facebook after the latest big story again portraying Facebook’s failure to protect the private data of its users. Yesterday, the New York Times reported that the company had special relationships with a handful of major tech companies, including Amazon, Microsoft and Spotify. The report alleges that Facebook allowed those partners forms […]
Did unicorns like Lyft and Uber wait too long?
Dec 19, 10:42PM
It was several years ago, at a tech conference in Laguna Beach, Calif., that the venture capitalist Bill Gurley issued one of what would become repeated warnings that startups were staying private too long. Comparing companies that refuse to go public to undergrads whose college careers extend several years past the point that they should, […]
Listen to a Tesla make 6 farting noises on demand
Dec 19, 10:06PM
One of Tesla’s big selling points is the company’s ability to wirelessly push software updates to its electric vehicles. It’s what allows these vehicles to improve over time long after they’ve been purchased by customers. This week, one of those improvements was to deliver a few Easter eggs — as promised by CEO Elon Musk […]
WhatsApp makes group calls easier, but calls still limited to four people
Dec 19, 10:01PM
WhatsApp is making group calls easier with a change to the way its mobile app works. Before, users would have to start a 1:1 video call, then add participants — there wasn’t an option to begin a group call at once, the company says. Now, the design has been updated so you can start group […]
Crew, a Workplace and Slack messaging rival for shift workers, raises $35M, adds enterprise version
Dec 19, 9:28PM
When it comes to shift workers communicating with each other in the workplace when they are not face-to-face, gone are the days of cork announcement boards. Now, the messaging app is the medium, and today one of the startups tackling that opportunity in a unique way has raised a round of funding to get to […]
These 10 enterprise M&A deals totaled over $87 billion this year
Dec 19, 9:18PM
M&A activity was brisk in the enterprise market this year, with 10 high-profile deals totaling almost $88 billion. Companies were opening up their wallets and pouring money into mega acquisitions. It’s worth noting that the $88 billion figure doesn’t include Dell paying investors more than $23 billion for VMware tracking stock to take the company […]
Report: Pinterest may go public as soon as April
Dec 19, 9:16PM
Pinterest may follow Lyft and Uber to the public markets in the first half of 2019.
Snapchat takes on TikTok with launch of Lens Challenges
Dec 19, 8:16PM
Snapchat is looking to increase user engagement with the app with the launch of a new feature called Lens Challenges. Users can opt to participate in the challenges by creating a snap with a Lens that’s themed to a particular song, dance, holiday, event and more, the company explains. For example, one of the first […]
This project is mapping every solar panel in the country using machine learning
Dec 19, 8:11PM
Renewable energy is the future, but at present no one is tracking just who's got solar panels on their roof, in their back yard, or a shared neighborhood installation. Fortunately, solar panels generally work best when exposed to the light. That makes them easy to spot, and count, from orbit — which is just what the DeepSolar project is doing.
Coinbase's Earn.com becomes a crypto webinar with crypto rewards
Dec 19, 8:03PM
Coinbase acquired Earn.com for at least $120 million back in April. And the company now plans to transform Earn.com into Coinbase Earn, a website with educational content to learn more about cryptocurrencies. Users who complete those classes will earn tokens. Coinbase bought Earn.com partly so that it could appoint Earn.com co-founder and CEO Balaji Srinivasan […]
With today's IPO sinking, a year of highs and lows for SoftBank
Dec 19, 7:49PM
If there was a word that dominated startup and tech news coverage this year, it was SoftBank. The Japanese telecom conglomerate's Vision Fund pushed out a prodigious amount of capital this year — quite literally billions of dollars — into companies as diverse as a molecular manufacturer (Zymergen) and a robotic pizza delivery business (Zume Pizza). […]
Microsoft launches a new app to make using Office easier
Dec 19, 7:35PM
Microsoft today announced a new Office app that’s now available to Windows Insiders and that will soon roll out to all Windows 10 users. The new Office app will replace the existing My Office app (yeah, those names…). While the existing app was mostly about managing Office 365 subscriptions, the new app provides significantly more […]
MoviePass's film studio signed a three-year deal with Bruce Willis
Dec 19, 7:26PM
Say what you will about MoviePass (and there's plenty to be said), the company doesn't give up. The theater ticket subscription service's production wing has dried the ink on a three-picture deal with John McClane himself, Bruce Willis. Deadline, which first broke the news, notes that Willis has a longstanding relationship with Randall Emmett and […]
Help TechCrunch find the best lawyers for startups
Dec 19, 7:07PM
TechCrunch is working on a new project to help you build a better company. We're looking for the great service providers in the startup world: the lawyers, accountants, recruiters, human resource managers, project managers and other experts you need to help you succeed. We're putting together detailed lists of experts based on recommendations from our […]
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