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India's Ola spins out a dedicated EV business — and it just raised $56M from investors
Mar 01, 6:50AM
Ola, Uber’s key rival in India, is doubling down on electric vehicles after it span out a dedicated business, which has pulled in $56 million in early funding. The unit is named Ola Electric Mobility and it is described as being an independent business that’s backed by Ola. TechCrunch understands Ola provided founding capital, and […]
Tesla delivers big price cuts to Model S and Model X vehicles
Mar 01, 4:10AM
Tesla made a flurry of announcements this afternoon with the highlight being the company’s reveal of its $35k Model 3. That reveal grabbed the most headlines, but updates to the Model S and Model X lines brought the costs of high-end models down with maxed out Performance + Ludicrous Mode versions of the S and […]
Tiger Global and Ant Financial lead $500M investment in China's shared housing startup Danke
Mar 01, 1:02AM
A Chinese startup that’s taking a dorm-like approach to urban housing just raised $500 million as its valuation jumped over $2 billion. Danke Apartment, whose name means “eggshell” in Chinese, closed the Series C round led by returning investor Tiger Global Management and newcomer Ant Financial, Alibaba’s e-payment and financial affiliate controlled by Jack Ma. […]
Tesla closing retail stores in shift to online-only sales strategy
Feb 28, 11:40PM
Tesla is moving all of its sales online, a dramatic shift in its sales strategy that will result in the closure of stores and some layoffs as the automaker looks for ways to reduce costs in order to bring a cheaper Model 3 to market. Tesla CEO Elon Musk didn’t say how many stores would […]
Cherry lets startup employees choose their own office perks
Feb 28, 11:37PM
Forget the office ping pong table, Cherry, a startup in Y Combinator’s latest batch, wants to let employees take company perks into their own hands. Cherry co-founders (and sisters) Gillian and Emily O’Brien say their Slackbot marketplace will let employees completely personalize the lifestyle benefits they get from their company, allowing them to set up a […]
Facebook admits 18% of Research spyware users were teens, not
Feb 28, 11:36PM
Facebook has changed its story after initially trying to downplay how it targeted teens with its Research program that a TechCrunch investigation revealed was paying them gift cards to monitor all their mobile app usage and browser traffic. “Less than 5 percent of the people who chose to participate in this market research program were […]
A nanoparticle injection is all it takes to let these mice see in infrared
Feb 28, 11:33PM
I know it's everyone's dream to see outside the wavelengths allotted to our visual systems. Well, as usual, mice have gotten there first, with the help of some clever scientists. By injecting specialized light-tweaking nanoparticles into a mouse's retina, that mouse is suddenly and clearly able to perceive near-infrared light — suggesting the same could be possible for us, assuming you don't mind a needle in the eye.
CEO Richard Plepler is leaving HBO
Feb 28, 11:21PM
Richard Plepler, who’s been at HBO since 1992 and served as CEO since 2013, is leaving the network. In a staff memo, Plepler didn’t offer specific reasons for his departure but said, “Hard as it is to think about leaving the company I love, and the people I love in it, it is the right […]
The $35,000 Tesla Model 3 has arrived — but it comes with a price
Feb 28, 10:18PM
The long-awaited $35,000 Tesla Model 3 has finally arrived, three years after CEO Elon Musk promised to bring the electric vehicle to market at that price point. But that cheaper Model 3 comes with a dramatic shift for Tesla. Tesla said that to achieve this lower price it will shift all sales globally to online […]
Skyrim mod drama gets ugly with allegations of stolen code and misappropriated donations
Feb 28, 10:13PM
The people who volunteer their time modifying and updating old games are among the most generous of developers. So when drama erupts there's not just irritation and testy emails but a sense of a community being betrayed or taken advantage of. A recent conflict over work on the perennially renewed classic Skyrim may seem small but for those involved, it's a huge upset.
It's a new era for fertility tech
Feb 28, 9:10PM
We explored venture capitalists' latest bets on fertility and contraception tech, including Modern Fertility, Extend Fertility, Natural Cycles, Nurx, Clue and more.
This robot automatically sorts and prices cards from Magic: The Gathering
Feb 28, 9:06PM
If you’ve ever dabbled in collectible card games — Magic: The Gathering, Pokémon, etc. — you know how quickly collections can grow. One pack turns into two. Two turns into five. Then they release some new set and… screw it, why not buy a whole box? Card resellers have the same problem, just magnified to […]
Tesla halts online sales ahead of Elon Musk announcement
Feb 28, 8:52PM
Tesla buyers might have a hard time ordering a vehicle through its website for the next several hours. The “order” webpages for the Model 3, Model S and Model X vehicle all redirect to show a nebulous message that reads “The wait is almost over.” Below the main message, it reads “Great things are launching […]
Uber and Lyft are reportedly giving drivers cash to buy shares in their respective IPOs
Feb 28, 8:47PM
Uber and Lyft are reportedly going to give money to some of its drivers to enable them to buy stock in the transportation companies’ respective initial public offerings, The Wall Street Journal reported earlier today. Citing people familiar with the matter, the WSJ says both Uber and Lyft will reward some of their more active […]
Zero Motorcycles leads in electric motorcycles as BRP scoops up Alta's remains
Feb 28, 8:35PM
As the mobility world awaits Harley Davidson's EV debut, there's plenty of motion in the e-moto startup space. Zero Motorcycles unveiled its new 110 horsepower SR/F model in New York this week, offering a 200 mile range, one hour charge capability, and top speed of 124 mph. The California based startup—whose investors include New York […]
Twitter confirms it's working on a 'Hide Tweet' feature
Feb 28, 8:32PM
Twitter today confirmed it’s developing a new “Hide Tweet” feature, which it says will give users another option to protect their conversations. The option, spotted in Twitter’s code, is available from a list of moderation choices that appear when you click the “Share” button on a tweet — a button whose icon has also been […]
Sequoia-backed Medallia raises $70M at a $2.4B valuation
Feb 28, 8:05PM
Regulatory filings suggest the pre-IPO business has priced its shares at $15 apiece.
YouTube disables comments on videos with kids after reports of predatory behavior
Feb 28, 7:59PM
YouTube will shut off comments on videos featuring “younger minors and videos with older minors at risk of attracting predatory behavior,” according to a statement from the company. It’s an effort to stamp out predatory behavior from viewers that included salacious notes in the comments section of videos featuring underage kids. Last week, TechCrunch confirmed […]
Justin Caldbeck sues Binary Capital co-founder Jonathan Teo for breach of contract and fiduciary duty, fraud and more
Feb 28, 7:07PM
Justin Caldbeck, angry the Binary Capital co-founder couldn't save the firm following his own sexual harassment scandal, alleges breach of contract and fraud in the lawsuit.
Facebook says that Workplace now has 2M paying users
Feb 28, 7:04PM
With Slack gearing up to go public and now seeing daily active users of 10 million with 85,000 organizations using it to help employees communicate with each other, Facebook today released some updated numbers of its own for Workplace, its enterprise-focused platform: the company says that there are now 2 million paid users on the […]
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