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Indonesia unblocks Tumblr following its ban on adult content
Dec 28, 5:32AM
Indonesia, the world’s fourth largest country by population, has unblocked Tumblr nine months after it blocked the social networking site over pornographic content. Tumblr — which, disclaimer, is owned by Oath Verizon Media Group just like TechCrunch — announced earlier this month that it would remove all “adult content” from its platform. That decision, which angered […]
Porsche's top-of-the-line EV to get the Turbo name and a $130,000-plus price tag
Dec 28, 12:18AM
Porsche’s upcoming Taycan, which is expected to go on sale next year, will have at least three variants of the all-electric sports car, including an all-wheel drive version. But it’s the Taycan Turbo — the name Porsche is giving its top-of-the-line variant — that reveals the automaker’s strategy. The names — the Taycan for the […]
Watch the ANYmal quadrupedal robot go for an adventure in the sewers of Zurich
Dec 28, 12:01AM
There's a lot of talk about the many potential uses of multi-legged robots like Cheetahbot and Spot — but in order for those to come to fruition, the robots actually have to go out and do stuff. And to train for a glorious future of sewer inspection (and helping rescue people, probably), this Swiss quadrupedal bot is going deep underground.
Why your startup shouldn't rush to $1 million in revenue
Dec 27, 10:00PM
Your startup may have the coolest tech, be in the biggest market and have the smartest team, but no matter what your board says, revenue is not the primary indicator.
Iota Biosciences raises $15M to produce in-body sensors smaller than a grain of rice
Dec 27, 9:26PM
Fitness trackers and heart-rate monitors are all well and good, but if you want to track activity inside the body, the solutions aren’t nearly as convenient. Iota Biosciences wants to change that with millimeter-wide sensors that can live more or less permanently in your body and transmit wirelessly what they detect, and a $15 million […]
People lost their damn minds when Instagram accidentally went horizontal
Dec 27, 8:41PM
Earlier today, when Instagram suddenly transformed into a landscape-oriented Tinder-esque nightmare, the app’s dedicated users extremely lost their minds and immediately took to Twitter to be vocal about it. As we reported, the company admitted that the abrupt shift from Instagram’s well-established vertical scrolling was a mistake. The mea culpa came quickly enough, but Instagram’s […]
Reid Hoffman denies direct knowledge of funding disinformation in the Alabama Senate race
Dec 27, 7:35PM
One of Silicon Valley’s prominent billionaires is in hot water after funding deceptive social media campaigns with echoes of Russia’s own political playbook. Reid Hoffman, who co-founded LinkedIn in 2003 and is now a partner at Greylock, footed the bill for a small political project with the aim of getting Democrat Doug Jones elected in […]
TrueFacet, which sells pre-owned, authenticated watches and jewelry, is raising a $10 million round of funding
Dec 27, 7:18PM
The secondary luxury goods market has been growing wildly in recent years, with more shoppers opting to both sell their lightly used luxury goods like clothing and jewelry for cold, hard cash, as well as buying the pre-owned, authenticated luxury goods of others. One of the biggest beneficiaries of the trend is The RealReal, a […]
Elon Musk argues comments on Twitter are protected speech in request to dismiss 'pedo guy' lawsuit
Dec 27, 7:10PM
Elon Musk has filed a motion to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed against him by the British cave rescuer who sued the billionaire entrepreneur for calling him a pedophile. Musk’s motion presents numerous reasons to dismiss the defamation lawsuit, all of which come back to a two main points: Twitter is “infamous for invective and […]
Cap table management tool Carta valued at $800M with new funding
Dec 27, 6:30PM
Carta, formerly known as eShares, has raised $80 million from Meritech and Tribe Capital.
Elon Musk lays out ambitious plan for Tesla Supercharger network in Europe
Dec 27, 5:02PM
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is making some audacious promises again for the company’s network of electric fast chargers, known as Superchargers. This time, he’s aiming for 100 percent Tesla Supercharger coverage in Europe by next year. In response to a question on Twitter, Musk said Tesla’s Supercharger coverage will extend to 100 percent of Europe […]
Philips Hue has been having a holiday outage, too
Dec 27, 4:56PM
Alexa wasn’t the only thing that crashed over Christmas due to an influx of new users. Apparently, Philips Hue has been having an outage, as well. A multi-day outage, in fact. The company confirmed on Wednesday that customers were experiencing issues creating new accounts, logging in and linking their account to third parties. It blamed […]
Instagram accidentally rolled out tap-to-advance feed, removes it
Dec 27, 4:07PM
Instagram confirms that a bug this morning mistakenly rolled out a massive change to its feed that replaced the traditional scrolling with horizontal tap-to-advance, like with Stories. In October, TechCrunch reported Instagram was testing tap-to-advance for browsing through Explore posts. But many users woke up to a shock this morning when their familiar vertical swipe […]
Grove Collaborative, a subscription startup selling 'household essentials,' has been quietly raising a lot of moolah
Dec 27, 4:04PM
Grove Collaborative, a four-year-old, San Francisco-based startup that sells household, personal care, baby, children’s and pet products, has been busy raising money in 2018, shows two new SEC filings that lists representatives from the company’s earlier investors, including Mayfield, Norwest Venture Partners and MHS Capital, as well as apparent new investor General Atlantic, represented by partner Catherine […]
Gfycat's 'GIFs' can now keep the sound on
Dec 27, 3:50PM
Gfycat, a home for GIF-making tools and an online community, is rolling out a new way to create GIFs — it will now let you keep the sound on. With “Gfycat Sound,” as the feature is called, GIF makers will have the option to retain the audio from the video file they’re using to create […]
Epic Games, the creator of Fortnite, banked a $3 billion profit in 2018
Dec 27, 3:44PM
Epic Games had as good a year in 2018 as any company in tech. Fortnite became the world’s most popular game, growing the company’s valuation to $15 billion, but it has helped the company pile up cash, too. Epic grossed a $3 billion profit for this year fueled by the continued success of Fortnite, a […]
Netflix releases a trailer for 'Bandersnatch,' the mysterious new episode of 'Black Mirror'
Dec 27, 3:06PM
What the heck is “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch”? It’s probably not just a regular episode of the critically acclaimed science fiction anthology series. Netflix has been pretty cryptic about it, only announcing its existence last week, ahead of a December 28 release. Given the reported 5 hour, 12-minute runtime, “Bandersnatch” may be the choose-your-own-adventure episode that […]
Google & Facebook fed ad dollars to child porn discovery apps
Dec 27, 2:46PM
Google has scrambled to remove third-party apps that led users to child porn sharing groups on WhatsApp in the wake of TechCrunch's report about the problem last week. We contacted Google with the name of one of these apps and evidence that it and others offered links to WhatsApp groups for sharing child exploitation imagery. […]
Security flaws let anyone snoop on Guardzilla smart camera video recordings
Dec 27, 2:00PM
A popular smart security system maker has ignored warnings from security researchers that its flagship device has several serious vulnerabilities, including allowing anyone access to the company’s central store of customer-uploaded video recordings. The researchers at 0DayAllDay found that Guardzilla’s top-selling indoor wireless security system contains a set of hardcoded keys that can be easily […]
New e-commerce restrictions in India just ruined Christmas for Amazon and Walmart
Dec 27, 9:22AM
The Indian government is playing the role of festive party pooper for Walmart and Amazon after it announced new regulations that look set to impede the U.S. duo’s efforts to grow their businesses in India. Online commerce in the country is tipped to surpass $100 billion per year by 2022, up from $35 billion today, […]
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