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Tesla to recall 14,000 Model S cars in China over faulty Takata airbags
Jan 18, 4:36AM
China’s top market regulator said on Friday that Tesla will recall a total of 14,123 imported Model S vehicles in the country over potentially deadly airbags. The recall is part of an industry-wide crackdown on Takata-made front passenger airbags, which involves roughly 37 million vehicles including more mainstream brands such as Toyota and Ford, as […]
Coinstar machines will start selling Bitcoin at the grocery store
Jan 18, 12:58AM
You know those machines at the grocery store that transform your gallon jugs worth of change into more usable currency? They’re about to start selling Bitcoin . To make this impulse shopping dream come true, Coinstar, the company behind those ubiquitous change-counting kiosks, has partnered with Coinme, a startup that operates a small network of cryptocurrency-dispensing […]
Nike's auto-laced future
Jan 17, 10:57PM
Why does the world need a self-lacing shoe? Haven't you heard of Velcro? How will you tie your shoes when the Wi-Fi is down? That's the gist of the instant response I got when I mentioned the new Adapt BB, a shoe from Nike with, yes, powered laces that tighten to a wearer's foot automatically. […]
Here's how SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule will look motoring in from sea
Jan 17, 10:51PM
If you're coming back from space at high speeds, it's generally safer to descend over water than land, for a number of reasons. Certainly SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule will do so, and this is how it'll look when it comes back to land aboard the Go Searcher retrieval ship. Expect a bit more of a hero's welcome, though.
Judge orders net neutrality lawsuit to go ahead despite shutdown
Jan 17, 10:41PM
This week the possibility emerged that the ongoing government shutdown could delay net neutrality's day in court — but the court was not sympathetic to the FCC's request that the lawsuit be put off. Oral arguments for this major challenge to the agency's rollback of 2015's internet regulations will go ahead as planned on February 1.
Tesla will end its buyer referral program for 'adding too much cost'
Jan 17, 10:09PM
At the end of the month, Tesla will end a long-running referral program that offered incentives for existing Tesla owners to help drive sales. In its recent iterations, the referral system gifted new buyers who found their way to a Tesla through a friend with six months of free charging at Supercharger stations. Most recently, […]
VC funding of cybersecurity companies hits record $5.3B in 2018
Jan 17, 10:05PM
2018 wasn’t all bad. It turned out to be a record year for venture capital firms investing in cybersecurity companies. According to new data out by Strategic Cyber Ventures, a cybersecurity-focused investment firm with a portfolio of four cybersecurity companies, more than $5.3 billion was funneled into companies focused on protecting networks, systems and data across […]
Google remains the top open-source contributor to CNCF projects
Jan 17, 10:04PM
According to the latest data from Stackalytics, a project founded by Mirantis and hosted by the OpenStack Foundation that visualizes a company’s contribution to open-source projects, Google remains the dominant force in the CNCF open-source ecosystem. Indeed, according to this data, Google is responsible for almost 53 percent of all code commits to CNCF projects. […]
Netflix adds 8.8M paid subscribers globally, says it now accounts for 10 percent of US TV screen time
Jan 17, 9:50PM
Netflix just released its fourth quarter earnings report, which looks mixed compared to Wall Street expectations. The company added 8.8 million subscribers, well above the 7.6 million that it had predicted at the beginning of the quarter. It also beat estimates for earnings per share — analysts had predicted EPS of 24 cents, but actual […]
How Lyft envisions bringing VR and AR to your ride
Jan 17, 9:05PM
Lyft is exploring ways to integrate virtual reality and augmented reality into your Lyft rides, according to a couple of patent applications TechCrunch came across today. The first, filed in July 2017, is for “providing a virtual reality transportation experience” that would respond to real-world forces and events that happen during your ride, like sudden […]
In defense of screen time
Jan 17, 9:00PM
Silicon Valley engineers who design our tech gadgets won't let their kids anywhere near those devices -- they're convinced too much time in front of smartphones and iPads is rotting kids' brains.
Walmart adds four grocery delivery partners
Jan 17, 8:14PM
Walmart has partnered with Point Pickup, Skipcart, AxleHire and Roadie to expand its grocery delivery program across four states. Walmart’s grocery delivery is currently available in more than 800 stores, and plans to be in 800 more this year. To use Walmart’s delivery program, customers go online, place an order and then select a delivery […]
A look at Birdies, the popular slipper shoe startup that just raised $8 million more from investors
Jan 17, 8:13PM
Bianca Gates is a first-generation American, her parents having immigrated to the U.S. from Latin America. As such, she says, after graduating from UC Irvine, she was expected to get a safe job with a 401(k) plan and to live with her parents until she was married. Things haven’t gone exactly that way, but one can […]
Redpoint Ventures is raising another $400M to invest in Chinese companies
Jan 17, 7:55PM
Redpoint Ventures is doubling down on China. The firm, headquartered in Menlo Park, has filed documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to raise $400 million across two new China-focused funds. The firm has set a $300 million target for its second flagship China fund, a significant increase from the $180 million it garnered […]
Amazon shareholders want the company to stop selling facial recognition to law enforcement
Jan 17, 7:40PM
Amazon shareholders are demanding the company stop selling Rekognition, the company’s facial recognition software, to law enforcement. Unless the board of directors determines the technology “does not cause or contribute to actual or potential violations of civil and human rights,” shareholders want Amazon to stop selling the software to government agencies. Rekognition, which is part […]
'Star Wars' returns: Trump calls for space-based missile defense
Jan 17, 7:38PM
The President has announced that the Defense Department will pursue a space-based missile defense system reminiscent of the one proposed by Reagan in 1983. As with Reagan's ultimately abortive effort, the technology doesn't actually exist yet and may not for years to come.
Dolby quietly preps augmented audio recorder app "234″
Jan 17, 7:37PM
Dolby is secretly building a mobile music production app it hopes will seduce SoundCloud rappers and other musicians. Codenamed “234” and formerly tested under the name Dolby Live, the free app measures background noise before you record and then nullifies it. Users can also buy “packs” of audio effects to augment their sounds with EQs settings […]
NPR turns comedy game show 'Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me!' into an Alexa and Google voice app
Jan 17, 7:26PM
NPR is turning its popular game show program “Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me!” into a voice application for smart speakers, including both Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant-powered devices. The new app lets listeners play along at home by answering the fill-in-the-blank questions from this week’s news — just like the players do on the NPR podcast […]
Facebook says it will ask employees to take down glowing Portal reviews on Amazon
Jan 17, 7:10PM
The reception to Facebook Portal has been, at best, a mixed bag. Between the company’s ongoing privacy woes and a lackluster response, Facebook likely didn’t get the response it was anticipating for its first in-house hardware creation. Still, both the Portal and Portal Plus are floating around the four-star mark over on Amazon. Not too […]
Slack's product chief is out ahead of direct listing
Jan 17, 6:45PM
Slack's chief product officer April Underwood is stepping down to focus on investing full time.
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