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Served a summons via tweet? It just happened to one allegedly elusive VC
Jan 05, 6:42AM
Jonathan Teo, long a Bay Area venture capitalist, might be regretting having a Twitter account tonight. The reason: it was used to serve a summons to Teo by the law firm Baker Curtis & Schwartz, which represents a former employee of the early-stage venture firm Teo had cofounded in 2014, Binary Capital. The plaintiff is […]
Disney's Star Wars Land could open in June, says CEO Bob Iger
Jan 05, 12:25AM
We know Disney’s Star Wars Land (or “Galaxy’s Edge,” if we’re being formal) is opening sometime in summer 2019. But that’s about as exact as anyone at Disney would get. The rumors said June. Now, it seems, so does Disney CEO Bob Iger. Iger casually dropped the June target in an interview with Barron’s (as […]
Elon Musk angles to keep his ex and '420' Twitter drama out of lawsuit
Jan 05, 12:22AM
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is looking to keep his ex-girlfriend Grimes and alleged acquaintance Azealia Banks out of the official record of a lawsuit concerning his "420" "joke" that brought the SEC down on him. An attempt to subpoena both Grimes and Banks was met with stiff opposition by Musk's lawyer, who accused the plaintiffs of attempting to sensationalize the case.
Another day, another reversal in the stock market
Jan 04, 11:34PM
Signs that the Federal Reserve could hold off on further interest rate hikes coupled with a booming jobs report sent stocks on Wall Street surging to close a volatile first trading week for the New Year. After yesterday’s Apple-induced slide, and in the face of economic indicators that signaled a potential slowdown in global and […]
Swarms of tiny satellites could act like one giant space telescope
Jan 04, 11:17PM
It won’t be long before the James Webb Space Telescope is launched, an enormous and complex feat of engineering — but all one piece. That’s a good thing for now, but new research suggests that in the near future giant telescopes like the Webb might be replaced (or at least augmented) by swarms of tiny […]
Up to $818 million deal between J&J and Locus Biosciences points to a new path for CRISPR therapies
Jan 04, 10:26PM
The up to $818 million deal between Locus Biosciences and Janssen Pharmaceuticals (a division of Johnson & Johnson) that was announced yesterday points toward a new path for CRISPR gene editing technologies and (potentially) the whole field of microbiome-targeted therapies. Based in Research Triangle Park, N.C., Locus is commercializing research initially developed by scientists at […]
More than 100 million Alexa devices have been sold
Jan 04, 10:10PM
More than 100 million devices with Amazon’s Alexa assistant pre-installed have been sold, the company said Friday. The new metric, revealed by Amazon devices SVP Dave Limp in an interview with The Verge, showcases just how quickly the company has crammed the voice assistant into disparate hardware devices and shoved them out the door. The […]
New Apple voice phishing scam looks just like a real support call
Jan 04, 8:16PM
A new voice phishing scam is going after iPhone users in a clever new way: by making calls seem like they are coming directly from Apple Support. Brian Krebs reported today that a user, Jody Westby, got a call from Apple Support asking for her to call back. The contact information that came along with […]
Taylor Swift's mobile app, The Swift Life, is the latest celebrity app to shutter
Jan 04, 8:09PM
Glu Mobile is mourning the loss of one of its celebrity-branded apps, Taylor Swift's The Swift Life.
Engineers can now reverse-engineer 3D models
Jan 04, 7:57PM
A system that uses a technique called constructive solid geometry (CSG) is allowing MIT researchers to deconstruct objects and turn them into 3D models, thereby allowing them to reverse-engineer complex things. The system appeared in a paper entitled “InverseCSG: Automatic Conversion of 3D Models to CSG Trees” by Tao Du, Jeevana Priya Inala, Yewen Pu, […]
TikTok's quietly launched 'Lite' app has reached over 12 million downloads since August
Jan 04, 7:46PM
Short-form video app TikTok has been growing in popularity across international markets, including in the U.S. where a merger with Musical.ly has seen the app topping the App Store charts. Facebook and Snapchat have been hastily trying to copy TikTok’s features as a result. A part of TikTok’s ambitious global expansion plan has been its […]
Boom Supersonic nabs $100M to build its Mach 2.2 commercial airliner
Jan 04, 6:21PM
One Denver-based startup’s long-shot bid to move today’s commercial jets beyond supersonic speeds just got a big injection of cash. Boom Supersonic, which is building and designing what it calls the “world's first economically viable supersonic airliner,” announced today that they’ve closed a $100 million Series B funding round led by Emerson Capital. Other investors […]
Marriott now says 5 million unencrypted passport numbers were stolen in Starwood hotel data breach
Jan 04, 5:11PM
Starwood’s data breach just got both better and worse at the same time. Marriott, which owns hotel chain giant Starwood, said it has revised the number of customers affected by its recently disclosed data breach from 500 million to “fewer than 383 million unique guests.” That doesn’t mean all those 383 million guests are affected, Marriott […]
HTC had a truly terrible 2018
Jan 04, 4:44PM
If you think times are bad at Apple, spare a thought for HTC, the once king-of-the-hill phone maker that continues to struggle very badly. The Taiwanese smartphone company, which offloaded a portion of its business to Google for $1.1 billion and is pivoting to VR, laid off yet more staff in 2018 and had its worst […]
Amazon debuts Showroom, a visual shopping experience for home furnishings
Jan 04, 4:40PM
Amazon just over a year ago launched its first in-home furniture brands, with private labels Rivet and Stone & Beam. This past fall, it began experimenting with a new, more visual way to shop for furniture and other merchandise with its Pinterest-like recommendation service Scout. Now, Amazon is venturing further into home furnishings with the debut […]
DiscountMugs.com says four months of customer credit cards stolen by hackers
Jan 04, 4:08PM
DiscountMugs.com, a large online custom mug and apparel store, had a four-month-long data breach just before the busy Christmas holiday season. The company said in a letter to state attorneys general that hackers siphoned off credit card numbers from customers who made orders through its site between August 5 and November 16, 2018 using code injected […]
Hacker leaks data on Angela Merkel and hundreds of German lawmakers
Jan 04, 2:54PM
A hacker has targeted and released private data on German chancellor Angela Merkel and other senior German lawmakers and officials. The data was leaked from a Twitter account, since suspended, and included email addresses, phone numbers, photo IDs and other personal data on hundreds of senior political figures. According to a government spokesperson, there was […]
Trading app Robinhood is stealthily recruiting ahead of planned UK launch
Jan 04, 2:54PM
Robinhood, the U.S.-based “zero-fee” stock-trading app and cryptocurrency exchange, is stealthily recruiting for a new London office ahead of plans to eventually launch in the U.K., TechCrunch has learned. According to sources within London’s thriving fintech industry, Robinhood is hiring for multiple U.K. positions. These span recruitment, operations, marketing/PR and customer support. Notably, the company […]
Moesif raises $3.5M seed round to provide insight into API usage
Jan 04, 2:41PM
Today, many companies provide developer access to their services via APIs. Moesif, a San Francisco startup, wants to help these companies gain insight into their customer’s API usage patterns. Today, the company announced a $3.5 million seed round. The investment was led by Merus Capital, with participation by Heavybit, Fresco Capital and Zach Coelius, whose investments […]
Huawei reportedly punishes staff for New Year's Eve tweet sent from an iPhone
Jan 04, 1:43PM
As predicted, Twitter’s subtle new feature showing from which clients tweets are sent is already embarrassing brands. Following on from a Korean boy band sponsored by LG and Apple’s own Music staff, Huawei is the latest to be embarrassed after it sent a New Year’s Eve message using an iPhone. A since-deleted message included the embarrassing […]
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