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5G phones are here but there's no rush to upgrade
Mar 02, 6:00PM
This year’s Mobile World Congress — the CES for Android device makers — was awash with 5G handsets. The world’s No.1 smartphone seller by marketshare, Samsung, got out ahead with a standalone launch event in San Francisco, showing off two 5G devices, just before fast-following Android rivals popped out their own 5G phones at launch […]
2019 US VC funds take a more boutique approach
Mar 02, 5:55PM
Ever since the rollout of the $100 billion SoftBank Vision Fund, established VCs have been outdoing each other to raise ever-bigger funds. But let's not write the epitaph on smaller funds.
Silicon Valley's inequality machine: a conversation with Anand Giridharadas
Mar 02, 5:42PM
Editor's Note: Technology, startups, entrepreneurship, unicorns, S-1s. Silicon Valley has created an economic engine unlike any other in the world over the past few decades. That success has come with incredible influence over our society, politics, and economy, an influence that is increasingly under the microscope. Our industry has gained outsized power, and now it […]
Samsung finally gets Bluetooth earbuds right
Mar 02, 5:31PM
Granted, this news is maybe a bit too late. Samsung's already sold out of the free Galaxy Buds it was throwing in with S10 pre-orders. That said, the new Bluetooth earbuds are worth the $129 asking price, especially for Galaxy device owners. As with many fellow S10 reviewers, I've been using the Buds for about […]
Come to TechCrunch's SXSW panels and party
Mar 02, 4:10PM
Meet TechCrunch’s writers at our annual Crunch By Crunch Fest party in Austin, Texas. RSVP here to join us on Sunday March 10th from 1pm to 4pm at the Swan Dive at 615 Red River St @ E.7th st, just 3 blocks from the convention center. Hang out with TechCrunchers and fellow readers, enjoy free […]
SpaceX launches first Crew Dragon capsule mission in preparation for astronaut flights
Mar 02, 1:21PM
SpaceX caught itself a “W” early this morning with a successful launch of the Falcon 9 rocket with Crew Dragon capsule. Crew Dragon represents SpaceX’s first spacecraft meant to transfer humans to and from the International Space Station. This flight is the final test check for the spacecraft, and will include launch, docking with the […]
Startups Weekly: Lyft's S-1, cash for fertility startups and litigious VCs
Mar 02, 1:00PM
In this week's newsletter: Justin Caldbeck battles Jonathan Teo, venture capital flows to mental health and some tips on term sheets.
Equity Shot: Lyft files to go public and we're stoked
Mar 02, 2:41AM
Hello and welcome back to Equity. Guess what we're talking about today! It's Lyft. You guessed correctly.
Facebook sues four Chinese companies over trademark infringement
Mar 02, 2:30AM
Facebook is taking legal action against a cluster of Chinese websites that sell fake accounts, likes and followers both on Facebook itself and on Instagram. The company announced the legal action in a short blog post late Friday afternoon (a move unusual enough to pique our curiosity a little). Of course, the fact that Facebook […]
NEA is raising its biggest fund ever – – again
Mar 02, 2:17AM
New Enterprise Associates, the 41-year-old venture firm with offices in Menlo Park; San Francisco; Boston; New York; Chevy Chase, Md.; and Washington, D.C., is raising its biggest fund ever, shows a new SEC filing that shows target of $3.6 billion. The fund, its seventeenth, is just slightly bigger than the $3.3 billion fund the firm […]
Ava Duvernay releases the first trailer for her Netflix series about the Central Park Five
Mar 02, 2:14AM
Celebrated director Ava DuVernay has released a harrowing first teaser trailer for her highly anticipated Netflix series about the Central Park rape case from the 1980s. The true story of the five African American and Hispanic teens who were wrongfully accused and convicted of the rape of a jogger in Central Park made headlines in […]
Koala-sensing drone helps keep tabs on drop bear numbers
Mar 02, 12:33AM
It's obviously important to Australians to make sure their koala population is closely tracked — but how can you do so when the suckers live in forests and climb trees all the time? With drones and AI, of course.
WeWork confirms it has laid off 300 employees
Mar 01, 11:24PM
The well-funded co-working giant says the cuts were routine. The company plans to add an additional 6,000 employees in 2019.
Alpha, the geek-friendly streaming service from Nerdist and Geek & Sundry, is shutting down
Mar 01, 10:13PM
Another overly niche streaming service is closing up shop. On Friday, Alpha – a geek-friendly streaming service that focused on TV, pop-culture, sci-fi, comics, video games and more – announced it was shutting down. The subscription-based streaming service had been a joint venture between Nerdist and Geek & Sundry, and offered $4.99-per-month access to a […]
Rackspace announces it has laid off 200 workers
Mar 01, 9:42PM
Rackspace, the hosted private cloud vendor, let go around 200 workers or 3 percent of its worldwide workforce of 6,600 employees this week. The company says that it’s part of a recalibration where it is trying to find workers who are better suited to their current business approach. A Rackspace spokesperson told TechCrunch that it […]
How I podcast: Effectively Wild's Ben Lindbergh
Mar 01, 7:52PM
Last month, Spotify announced that it had paid $340 million for Gimlet and Anchor in a push to make its mark on podcasting. But while it's encouraging to see media giants throw weight and money behind the medium, the beauty of the format has always been its accessibility. It's the rare form of entertainment that's […]
Canadian government allows Huawei CFO's US extradition case to proceed
Mar 01, 7:20PM
Late last year, Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Vancouver, Canada over alleged violations of U.S. trade sanctions with Iran. This week, the Canadian government announced it will allow for the executive's extradition to proceed. Officials in the Department of Justice Canada have issued an Authority to Proceed, a proclamation that officially begins the […]
WSJ: Amazon to open new US grocery chain separate from Whole Foods
Mar 01, 7:18PM
A report from The Wall St. Journal today claims Amazon is preparing to open a new chain of grocery stores across the U.S. that won’t be associated with Whole Foods. The retailer is expected to open the first of these stores in L.A., possibly by the end of 2019, and has signed leases for at […]
Verified Expert Lawyer: Sam Angus
Mar 01, 7:18PM
Sam Angus has been a lawyer in Silicon Valley since the 1990s. Today, he represents some of the biggest names in the startup world, from their earliest days through acquisitions and IPOs, and including four acquisitions last year: TSheets, GitHub, Glint and HelloSign. But his startup experience actually goes back to the 1980s, when he […]
SpaceX's Crew Dragon makes its first orbital launch tonight
Mar 01, 6:51PM
After years of development and delays, SpaceX's Crew Dragon is ready to launch into orbit. It's the first commercially built and operated crewed spacecraft ever to do so, and represents in many ways the public-private partnership that could define the future of spaceflight.
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