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It's time to disrupt nuclear weapons
Mar 10, 1:08AM
Beatrice Fihn Contributor Share on Twitter Beatrice Fihn is the executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and the winner of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. “Atomic bombs are primarily a means for the ruthless annihilation of cities.” Those are the words of Leo Szilard, one of the scientists who pushed for […]
Elizabeth Warren also wants to break up Apple
Mar 10, 12:42AM
Massachusetts Senator and 2020 presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren made waves yesterday when she outlined her plan for breaking up big tech companies like Amazon, Google and Facebook. Now, The Verge reports Warren also wants to break up Apple. This, of course, makes sense given that Apple falls into the bucket of a platform utility with […]
My little robot dude
Mar 09, 9:05PM
It was only a matter of time before I let a robot enter my apartment and run wild. Roomba’s have been around since 2002, so it’s somewhat odd that it took me so long to get on board the robot vacuum train. But, alas, I’ve been testing the Roborock S5, a combo vacuum and mop, […]
Why Warriors' Andre Iguodala joined African unicorn Jumia's board of directors
Mar 09, 6:07PM
Andre Iguodala, a key member of the Golden State Warriors basketball team, is no stranger to the tech industry. He’s invested in Tristan Walker’s Walker & Company, which has since been acquired by Procter & Gamble, electric scooter startup Lime and many others. Now, he’s joined the board of directors over at Jumia, an African e-commerce […]
Did Sam Altman make YC better or worse?
Mar 09, 5:17PM
Y Combinator revealed yesterday that its president, Sam Altman, is stepping down from his role to become the accelerator program’s chairman. This change, said YC, will allow Altman to “spend more time focusing on OpenAI,” the San Francisco-based nonprofit that was cofounded by Altman and Elon Musk three years ago to get ahead of the […]
Small VC funds continue to raise, despite pressure from above
Mar 09, 5:09PM
Recently, we bore out with data what has been felt for several years in most U.S. tech scenes: a rising venture market raises funds of all sizes. But it's a trend that most favors entrenched firms.
Transportation Weekly: Waymo unleashes laser bear, Bird spreads its wings, Lyft tightens its belt
Mar 09, 5:02PM
Welcome back to Transportation Weekly; I’m your host Kirsten Korosec, senior transportation reporter at TechCrunch . This is the fifth edition of our newsletter and we love the reader feedback. Keep it coming. Never heard of TechCrunch’s Transportation Weekly? Catch up here, here and here. As I’ve written before, consider this a soft launch. Follow […]
Funerals are tough. Ever Loved helps you pay for them
Mar 09, 4:15PM
Alison Johnston didn’t plan to build a startup around death. An early employee at Q&A app Aardvark that was bought by Google, she’d founded tutoring app InstaEDU and sold it to Chegg. She made mass market consumer products. But then, “I had a family member who was diagnosed with terminal cancer and I thought about […]
The other smartphone business
Mar 09, 3:30PM
With the smartphone operating system market sewn up by Google’s Android platform, which has a close to 90% share globally, leaving Apple’s iOS a slender (but lucrative) premium top-slice, a little company called Jolla and its Linux-based Sailfish OS is a rare sight indeed: A self-styled ‘independent alternative’ that’s still somehow in business. The Finnish […]
Equity transcribed: Y Combinator, Airbnb and HotelTonight
Mar 09, 3:00PM
We’re starting an experiment for Extra Crunch members that puts the words of our wildly popular venture capital podcast, Equity, in your eyes instead of your ears. This week, the team discussed Y Combinator moving to San Francisco, Airbnb acquiring HotelTonight and an infusion of cash into the ride-hailing industry. But maybe you don’t like […]
Startups Weekly: What's up with YC? Plus, mobility layoffs and Airbnb's grand plans
Mar 09, 1:00PM
In this week's startups newsletter: Y Combinator president Sam Altman is stepping down, Marie Kondo is raising VC and Munchery has finally filed for bankruptcy.
Which types of startups are most often profitable?
Mar 08, 11:11PM
I co-run an agency that teaches a hundred startups per year how to do growth marketing. This gives me a unique vantage point: I know which types of startups most often reach profitability.
Venture investors and startup execs say they don't need Elizabeth Warren to defend them from big tech
Mar 08, 10:56PM
Responding to Elizabeth Warren’s call to regulate and break up some of the nation’s largest technology companies, the venture capitalists that invest in technology companies are advising the presidential hopeful to move slowly and not break anything. Warren’s plan called for regulators to be appointed to oversee the unwinding of several acquisitions that were critical […]
MLB exploring using tech to help call balls and strikes
Mar 08, 10:51PM
If you follow baseball with even a passing interest, you know that nearly everyone's got a way to "fix" the national pastime. Pitch clocks, moving the mound — there are a million ideas for how to curb waning interest in the sport. Robo umpires have long been on the list, as well, but given the […]
Tufts expelled a student for grade hacking. She claims innocence
Mar 08, 9:50PM
As she sat in the airport with a one-way ticket in her hand, Tiffany Filler wondered how she would pick up the pieces of her life, with tens of thousands of dollars in student debt and nothing to show for it. A day earlier, she was expelled from Tufts University veterinary school. As a Canadian, […]
Y Combinator president Sam Altman is stepping down amid a series of changes at the accelerator
Mar 08, 9:46PM
What's going on at Y Combinator?
'Fresh Prince' actor dismisses his Fortnite dance lawsuit
Mar 08, 9:30PM
“Fresh Prince” star Alfonso Ribeiro has dropped his lawsuit against Fortnite creator Epic Games for using without his permission his “Carlton” dance as an emote in the popular game. According to documents filed in an LA court, Ribeiro voluntarily dismissed the suit. He had already dropped a suit against Take-Two Interactive similarly related to his […]
Jeffrey Katzenberg's streaming service Quibi is doing a show about Snapchat's founding
Mar 08, 9:30PM
Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman today announced a slate of new series and projects heading to their forthcoming video streaming service, Quibi. The list includes an origin story to complement Telemundo's hit show "El Señor de los Cielos;" a music competition show produced by Justin Bieber manager and entertainment exec Scooter Braun; a show from […]
MyEquifax.com is yet another security disaster
Mar 08, 8:32PM
One would think that having one of the most high-profile breaches in recent memory would make a company take security to heart, but Equifax is full of surprises. The latest is that its MyEquifax.com site, to which the company invites those affected by its poor security practices to freeze and unfreeze their credit, itself has extremely poor security.
'Captain Marvel' never quite takes flight
Mar 08, 7:56PM
“Captain Marvel” isn’t a bad movie, exactly. It seems, at this point, that Marvel’s moviemaking machinery is incapable of producing a genuinely terrible film. There’s no “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice” or “Suicide Squad” in the Marvel filmography, just “Thor: The Dark World,” “Ant-Man” and “Doctor Strange” — movies that are fine but forgettable. Still, I […]
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