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Uber reaches tentative settlement with drivers arbitrating over employment status and expense reimbursement
Dec 23, 2:19AM
Uber is reportedly on track to go public in the first quarter next year, and in the lead up to that, it’s sewing up some loose ends. TechCrunch has learned that Uber has offered a tentative settlement to pay out 11 cents for every mile driven for Uber (including adjacent services like Uber Eats) to […]
How Juul made vaping viral to become worth a dirty $38 billion
Dec 22, 6:58PM
A Juul is not a cigarette. It's much easier than that. Through devilishly slick product design I'll discuss here, the startup has massively lowered the barrier to getting hooked on nicotine. Juul has dismantled every deterrent to taking a puff. The result is both a new $38 billion valuation thanks to a $12.8 billion investment […]
Facebook's fact-checkers toil on
Dec 22, 6:21PM
Facebook is fielding so many problems, oversights, scandals, and other miscellaneous ills that it wouldn’t surprise anyone to hear that its fact-checking program, undertaken last year after the network was confronted with its inaction in controlling disinformation, is falling apart. But in this case the reason you haven’t heard much about it isn’t because it’s […]
The top smartphone trends to watch in 2019
Dec 22, 4:15PM
This was a bad year for the smartphone. For the first time, its seemingly unstoppable growth began to slow. Things started off on a bad note in February, when Gartner recorded its first year-over-year decline since it began tracking the category. Not even the mighty Apple was immune from the trend. Last week, stocks took […]
Twitter's newest feature is reigniting the 'iPhone vs Android' war
Dec 22, 4:14PM
Twitter’s newest feature is reigniting the flame war between iOS and Android owners. The U.S. social media company’s latest addition is a subtle piece of information that shows the client that each tweet is sent from. In doing so, the company now displays whether a user tweets from the web or mobile and, if they are on […]
Slack says it will comply with sanctions and block Iran-based activity, apologizes for botched first effort
Dec 22, 1:51PM
Slack has apologized after it shut down the accounts of users who have visited Iran following a poorly executed effort at complying with U.S. sanctions against the country. The company, which has eight million users of its productivity tool, has scrapped that first go at the policy. But it did confirm it will now block […]
Convo now lets you see which employees got the memo
Dec 22, 1:18AM
Convo, a tool perhaps best described as a real-time company message board, picked up a new trick this week: automated acknowledgements. It’s a pretty common thing in the corporate world: you need to send something out to all of the employees at your company, but you also need to know exactly who has seen it […]
An Apple event, but with Bad Lip Reading
Dec 22, 12:48AM
Bad Lip Reading has held a special place in my heart longer than just about any other YouTube channel. The formula is just too perfect: take a thing we know, blend it up in a stew of uncanny absurdity, and re-release it into the world. They’ve done it with The Hunger Games, the NFL, and […]
Crowdfunded developer of space sim Star Citizen takes on $46M in funding at nearly $500M valuation
Dec 21, 11:30PM
The story of the game Star Citizen and Cloud Imperium, the company developing it, is almost too ludicrous to believe: a crowdfunding effort to create a space sim of unparalleled size and realism, raising hundreds of millions, with backers paying thousands for ships and gear in a game that's years from release. Yet it's real enough that it just pulled in $42 million in private funding to help bring it closer to release.
Gaming chat startup Discord raises $150M, surpassing $2B valuation
Dec 21, 10:57PM
Chatty gamers are apparently worth billions. Discord, the gaming chat startup with more than 200 million active users, announced Friday that it had secured $150 million in funding at a $2.05 billion valuation. The round was led by Greenoaks Capital with participation from Firstmark, Tencent, IVP, Index Ventures and Technology Opportunity Partners. The company announced […]
NORAD Santa tracker will stay on even if the government shuts down
Dec 21, 10:52PM
For more than 60 years, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, better known as NORAD, and its predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) have tracked Santa’s flight around the world on December 24. And it will continue this year, even if there’s a government shutdown, the operations center said Friday in a tweet. In […]
JD.com's billionaire founder Richard Liu won't be charged in sexual misconduct case
Dec 21, 10:42PM
Roughly four months after JD.com's billionaire CEO Richard Liu was arrested and later released by Minneapolis police on suspicion of alleged sexual misconduct, local authorities say they will not be charging him in a sexual misconduct case. In a statement, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said it was not possible to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the […]
The Rodecaster Pro is a perfect centerpiece to a home podcasting studio
Dec 21, 10:16PM
My podcasting rig is simple: Two microphones, a Tascam recorder, two XLR cables. I've upgraded things a bit in the past year — improved the mics, bought some foam windscreens and bought a pair of tabletop, foldable mic stands. But the principle is the same: take nothing I can't fit into a laptop sleeve. It's […]
A runaway GoFundMe campaign to build Trumps' border wall raises questions about its funding — and the future
Dec 21, 9:54PM
Florida men are seemingly involved in so many strange happenings involving pythons, alligators and restaurant break-ins that when a parody “Florida Man” Twitter account surfaced back in 2013, it became an immediate sensation. But a five-day-old GoFundMe fundraiser for Donald Trump's border wall by a Florida man is starting to look anything like a joke. With ambitions […]
The Kardashian apps are dead
Dec 21, 9:52PM
In this app-laden world, there is now a void. One so large, it will be difficult to fill. Perhaps, the Kardashians will reconsider. The Kardashian sisters, specifically Kim Kardashian West, Khloé Kardashian and Kylie Jenner are shutting down their apps in 2019. Kendall Jenner stopped updating her app and website last year. The apps and accompanying websites […]
Self-driving car startup Zoox gets permit to transport passengers in California
Dec 21, 9:36PM
While more than 60 companies have received permits to test their driverless vehicles in California, Zoox has become the first permitted to actually transport people in those vehicles. The California Public Utilities Commission today granted Zoox a permit to participate in the state’s Autonomous Vehicle Passenger Service pilot. During the testing period, Zoox must have […]
Bellabeat's new hybrid smartwatch tracks your stress…and goes with your outfit
Dec 21, 9:09PM
Bellabeat, the company behind a variety of health and wellness wearable devices aimed at women, is now selling its first smartwatch. The device, which is simply called “Time,” was announced earlier this month right in the midst of holiday shopping season. Like other fitness trackers, the watch is capable of basic tasks like counting your […]
Bounce raises $1.2M to tap local retailers for short-term storage
Dec 21, 9:04PM
If you’ve ever found yourself lugging a big suitcase from meeting to meeting, a startup called Bounce could make your life easier. Using Bounce, you’ll be able to pay for short-term storage at hotels, dry cleaners and other local businesses. The San Francisco-based startup is announcing that it has raised $1.2 million in seed funding […]
Gift Guide: 13 last-minute gifts that you can still get in time
Dec 21, 8:50PM
Whoops. You goofed up. It seemed like you had plenty of time before Christmas was here and now there's four days left and all the shops are slammed and you've (mostly) missed the shipping window. It's okay! We've all been there.
SEC slaps startups Wealthfront and Hedgeable with fines for making false disclosures
Dec 21, 8:25PM
The Securities and Exchange Commission appears to be keeping a close eye on financial services startups, with today’s news that the agency has settled cases with two robo-advisory companies over allegations that they misled investors. Wealthfront Advisers, one of the darlings of the fintech investment sector with $11 billion under management and roughly $200 million […]
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