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BuzzFeed News employees vote to unionize
Feb 13, 3:29AM
Shortly after BuzzFeed News employees revealed that they had voted to unionize, its editor-in-chief said the company wants to meet with them to discuss voluntarily recognition. Employees announced today that they are organizing as BuzzFeed News Union under the NewsGuild of New York. "Our staff has been organizing for several months, and we have legitimate […]
It isn't just apps. China's cinemas broke records during Lunar New Year
Feb 13, 2:32AM
China celebrated Lunar New Year last week as hundreds of millions of people travelled to their hometowns. While many had longed to see their separated loved ones, others dreaded the weeklong holiday as relatives awkwardly caught up with them with questions like: “Why are you not married? How much do you earn?” Luckily, there are […]
DoorDash subsidizes driver wages with tips
Feb 13, 1:14AM
It’s true that DoorDash offsets the amount it pays its drivers with customer tip, according to an FAQ page on its own site. “For each delivery, you will always receive at least $1 from DoorDash plus 100% of the customer tip,” DoorDash states on a Dasher FAQ page. “Where that sum is less than the guaranteed […]
No, your tweets aren't awful. Twitter's Likes are currently borked.
Feb 13, 12:59AM
If you have been experiencing issues with the Like or Retweet count on Twitter and are desperately seeking validation, here it is: yes, it's Twitter, not you (probably). The company confirmed today that it is working on a fix for a problem with notifications that’s been messing with Like counts. Some people around the world […]
Jim Steyer runs the powerful nonprofit Common Sense Media; now he's using his influence to battle big tech
Feb 13, 12:38AM
California Governor Gavin Newsom earlier today proposed a so-called digital dividend that would let consumers share in the profits generated by California-based tech companies that have been “collecting, curating and monetizing” their users’ personal data. Newsom added that he has asked his administration to develop a proposal for a “new data dividend for Californians, because we […]
Investors are still failing to back founders from diverse backgrounds
Feb 13, 12:30AM
The large majority of venture dollars are invested in companies run by white men with a university degree, according to a new report by RateMyInvestor and Diversity VC. This new data reveals that despite the lip service investors have paid to backing founders from diverse backgrounds, much, much, more work needs to be done to actually […]
Tim Cook-backed shower startup Nebia shows off a warmer, water-saving shower head
Feb 12, 10:42PM
I’m not in the habit of getting naked during meetings at startup offices, but this time it felt appropriate. Nebia, a shower startup that has attracted investments from the likes of Apple CEO Tim Cook and former Google chairman Eric Schmidt’s foundation is back with some new cash (though it won’t divulge how much) and a […]
Google expands partnership with Founder Gym to support underrepresented founders
Feb 12, 10:30PM
Google for Startups has expanded a partnership with startup training program Founder Gym to better serve underrepresented founders through a new scholarship program. The program typically charges $396 to participate, but thanks to this partnership with Google for Startups, Google will cover the costs for select scholarship recipients to participate in the six-week program. This partnership […]
Google and IBM still trying desperately to move cloud market share needle
Feb 12, 10:14PM
When it comes to the cloud market, there are few known knowns. For instance, we know that AWS is the market leader with around 32 percent of market share. We know Microsoft is far back in second place with around 14 percent, the only other company in double digits. We also know that IBM and […]
In healthcare, better data demands better privacy protections
Feb 12, 10:00PM
The use of big data and its analysis by machine learning and artificial intelligence offer unparalleled prospects for improving medical care. However...
Donde Search picks up $6 million to help fashion retailers with visual search
Feb 12, 10:00PM
Donde Search has just closed a $6 million Series A investment led by Matrix Partners, with participation from previous investors such as senior leaders from AliExpress, Google and Waze. Donde first launched in 2014 as a consumer-facing app that helped users search and discover apparel items based on visual characteristics rather than text-based searches. In […]
Sixteen percent of US adults own a smartwatch
Feb 12, 8:17PM
The latest figures out of NPD show a continued uptick in smartwatch sales here in the States. The category has been a rare bright spot in an overall flagging wearable space, and the new numbers show gains pretty much across the board. In fact, the study puts smartwatch ownership at 16 percent among U.S. adults […]
Instagram is now testing a web version of Direct messages
Feb 12, 8:11PM
Insta-chat addicts, rejoice. You could soon be trading memes and emojis from your computer. Instagram is internally testing a web version of Instagram Direct messaging that lets people chat without the app. If, or more likely, when this rolls out publicly, users on a desktop or laptop PC or Mac, a non-Android or iPhone or […]
Facebook and Google still offer the best value for mobile advertisers (Singular report)
Feb 12, 7:52PM
Among mobile ad networks, Facebook and Google remain the best bet for advertisers, according to the latest ROI Index from marketing startup Singular. To pull together this year’s index, Singular says it sampled $1.5 billion in ad spending (from the $10 billion in spending that the company optimizes annually) and measured which networks are delivering […]
DARPA wants smart bandages for wounded warriors
Feb 12, 7:06PM
Nowhere is prompt and effective medical treatment more important than on the battlefield, where injuries are severe and conditions dangerous. DARPA thinks that outcomes can be improved by the use of intelligent bandages and other systems that predict and automatically react to the patient's needs.
Ubisoft and Mozilla team up to develop Clever-Commit, an AI coding assistant
Feb 12, 7:00PM
Game developer Ubisoft today announced that it has partnered with Mozilla to develop Clever-Commit, an AI-based coding assistant that learns from your code base’s bug and regression data to analyze and flag potential new bugs as new code is committed. Ubisoft already uses this tool internally and Mozilla says that it will deploy it to spot […]
Massless raises $2M to build an Apple Pencil for virtual reality
Feb 12, 6:59PM
Despite all of the VR over-hyping, for those observing from the inside, the capabilities are still uncharted. VR as a creative medium has probably been one of the more entrancing use cases since the first high-end headsets launched. Products like Google’s Tilt Brush isolated impossible use cases, where VR was the only way to experience […]
Report: Voice assistants in use to triple to 8 billion by 2023
Feb 12, 6:42PM
The use of voice assistants is set to triple over the next few years, according to a new forecast from the U.K.-based analysts at Juniper Research. The firm estimates there will be 8 billion digital voice assistants in use by 2023, up from the 2.5 billion assistants in use at the end of 2018. The […]
Mental health startup Lantern will continue to live through IP licensing deals
Feb 12, 6:38PM
After winding down its consumer-oriented operations last July, mental health startup Lantern has partnered with larger mental health providers to license its IP. In addition to licensing its IP to Omada Health, Lantern has licensed its tech to Spring Health, Ginger and two others. Spring Health, which offers mental health benefits for large employers, provides personalized, […]
Daily Crunch: Amazon acquires Eero
Feb 12, 6:26PM
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. Amazon is buying home mesh router startup, Eero It's a pretty clear fit for Amazon as it pushes to make Alexa […]
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