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Feel the beep: This album is played entirely on a PC motherboard speaker
Feb 09, 12:33AM
If you're craving a truly different sound with which to slay the crew this weekend, look no further than System Beeps, a new album by shiru8bit — though you may have to drag your old 486 out of storage to play it. Yes, this album runs in MS-DOS and its music is produced entirely through the PC speaker — you know, the one that can only beep.
Transportation Weekly: Amazon's secret acquisition and all the AV feels
Feb 08, 10:32PM
Welcome to Transportation Weekly; I’m your host Kirsten Korosec, senior transportation reporter at TechCrunch. I cover all the ways people and goods move from Point A to Point B — today and in the future — whether it’s by bike, bus, scooter, car, train, truck, robotaxi or rocket. Sure, let’s include hyperloop and eVTOLs, or […]
Waymo CTO on the company's past, present and what comes next
Feb 08, 10:22PM
A decade ago, about a dozen or so engineers gathered at Google’s main Mountain View campus on Charleston Road to work on Project Chauffeur, a secret endeavor housed under the tech giant’s moonshot factory X. Project Chauffeur — popularly know as the “Google self-driving car project” — kicked off in January 2009. It would eventually […]
Facebook picks up retail computer vision outfit GrokStyle
Feb 08, 10:05PM
If you've ever seen a lamp or chair that you liked and wished you could just take a picture and find it online, well, GrokStyle let you do that — and now the company has been snatched up by Facebook to augment its own growing computer vision department.
Lyft says it has more wheelchair accessible vehicles available in NYC
Feb 08, 9:27PM
Lyft, which has faced at least one lawsuit pertaining to its alleged discrimination against people with physical abilities, announced today it has expanded its wheelchair-accessible vehicle (WAV) service in New York City. Details on the blog are very scarce (we’ve reached out to Lyft for more info) but Lyft now has more than 20 partners in […]
FDA chief summons Altria and JUUL to Washington to discuss teen vaping
Feb 08, 7:55PM
The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is calling Altria and Juul to meet in Washington to discuss their tie-up and how it impacts the companies’ plans to combat teen vaping. Earlier this year, Altria invested $12.8 billion investment in Juul. “After Altria’s acquisition of a 35 percent ownership interest in JUUL Labs, Inc., […]
Athenascope nabs $2.5M seed led by First Round to bring gamers AI-edited highlight reels
Feb 08, 7:37PM
As massive cross-platform gaming titles become even larger time-sucks for a lot of people, it’s probably worth reflecting on how to savor your in-game accomplishments. Streaming of esports celebrities on sites like Twitch has taken off like no one imagined, but for the most part the toil-heavy editing process has left this attention largely focused […]
'Amazon Live' is the retailer's latest effort to take on QVC with live-streamed video
Feb 08, 7:05PM
Amazon is taking on QVC with the launch of Amazon Live, which features live-streamed video shows from Amazon talent as well as those from brands that broadcast their own live streams through a new app, Amazon Live Creator. On the live shows, hosts talk about and demonstrate products available for sale on Amazon, much like they do on QVC. […]
One of Tesla's biggest investors upped its stake by more than $30M
Feb 08, 6:58PM
Baillie Gifford & Co., the second-biggest shareholder of Tesla stock, has increased its stake in the electric automaker and energy storage company. A regulator filing posted Friday shows Baillie increased its stake in Tesla from 7.64 percent at the end of the third quarter to 7.71 percent at the end of the fourth quarter. That doesn’t sound like […]
OakNorth raises $440 million from SoftBank and Clermont
Feb 08, 6:26PM
British startup OakNorth has raised a $440 million funding round from SoftBank's Vision Fund as well as the Clermont Group. The company is creating a digital bank and focuses on loans for small and medium enterprises and the technology behind those loans. Today's funding round is the biggest funding round in a European fintech company. […]
Carbonite to acquire endpoint security company Webroot for $618.5M
Feb 08, 6:07PM
Carbonite, the online backup and recovery company based in Boston, announced late yesterday that it will be acquiring Webroot, an endpoint security vendor, for $618.5 million in cash. The company believes that by combining its cloud backup service with Webroot’s endpoint security tools, it will give customers a more complete solution. Webroot’s history actually predates the […]
Amazon may be rethinking its New York City headquarters
Feb 08, 6:01PM
Amazon's decision to open HQ2 in New York City has been a controversial decision since day one. The company has been championing the estimated 25,000 jobs the move could bring to the metropolitan area, while citizens and local government officials have balked at promised tax breaks and the added strain on housing and an aging infrastructure. […]
Daily Crunch: Bezos accuses National Enquirer of blackmail
Feb 08, 5:55PM
The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here: 1. Jeff Bezos accuses National Enquirer of blackmailing him — and publishes the details himself Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says he is […]
Item tracking startup Adero is laying off 45% of staff, just weeks after it pivoted
Feb 08, 5:06PM
Pivots can be the making of a startup, helping teams refocus on a good idea when previous things haven’t worked. But sometimes, they are just one more step on a difficult track. TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that Adero — an Amazon-backed maker of Bluetooth-enabled tracking tags that until last December was known as TrackR — is laying […]
Uber's JUMP bikes are seeing high utilization rates
Feb 08, 5:00PM
In the past year, more than 63,000 people took 625,000 rides on JUMP bikes in San Francisco, JUMP announced today. Each JUMP bike in San Francisco saw an average of seven rides per bike per day compared to the docked-bike industry average of one to two per day. JUMP initially launched 250 bikes at the […]
How to prepare for an investment apocalypse
Feb 08, 4:30PM
Unlike 2000 and 2008, everyone in the startup world is expecting a crash to come at any moment. But few are taking concrete steps to prepare for it.
Apple turns Ariana Grande and other musicians into Memoji for its latest ads
Feb 08, 3:36PM
Just in time for the Grammy Awards, Apple has unveiled three new ads for Apple Music, featuring new singles from Ariana Grande, Khalid and Florida Georgia Line. In each video, the musicians have been transformed in Memoji (the human-style Animoji variant that was announced last year), which lip synch to their latest songs. The ads probably […]
Mixtape podcast: Instacart's apologetic week
Feb 08, 3:33PM
It's that time of the week again when Megan Rose Dickey and I talk about the good and could-be-better tech companies. This week, we talked about Instacart getting caught shorting its shoppers out of dough they rightfully deserved. Of course, the company apologized for its "misguided" approach. Which at least sounds better than apologizing for getting caught […]
Luxury handbag marketplace Rebag raises $25M to expand to 30 more stores
Feb 08, 3:13PM
Rebag, an online resale marketplace for luxury handbags, is getting another infusion of capital as it prepares to expand its offline retail operations. The company this week announced $25 million in Series C funding, in a round led by private equity firm Novator, with participation from existing investors General Catalyst and FJ Labs. The round brings […]
Extend Fertility banks $15M Series A to help women freeze their eggs
Feb 08, 3:00PM
Regal Healthcare Capital Partners backs Extend Fertility with $15 million to help the egg-freezing service expand to new markets.
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