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Microsoft gives 500 patents to startups
Mar 28, 10:00AM
Microsoft today announced a major expansion of its Azure IP Advantage program, which provides its Azure users with protection against patent trolls. This program now also provides customers who are building IoT solutions that connect to Azure with access to 10,000 patents to defend themselves against intellectual property lawsuits. What’s maybe most interesting here, though, […]
Dakar Network Angels begins startup investments in francophone Africa
Mar 28, 9:30AM
The Dakar Network Angels group launched this month, making its first investment in francophone Africa to cleantech venture Coliba. The Ivorian startup—that uses a mobile app to coordinate waste recycling—will receive mentorship and a minimum of $25K in seed funds. The deal is part of Dakar Network Angels' mission of convening experts and capital to […]
Rela, a Chinese lesbian dating app, exposed 5 million user profiles
Mar 28, 1:12AM
点击查看本文ä¸æ–‡ç‰ˆ。 Rela (çƒæ‹‰), a popular dating app for gay and queer women, has exposed millions of user profiles and private data because a server wasn’t protected with a password. Rela disappeared from app stores in May 2017 after it was reportedly shut down by Chinese regulators, though the government never confirmed it took action. But […]
Apple Watch ECG capabilities arrive for users across Europe and Hong Kong
Mar 28, 12:44AM
Apple’s latest-generation Apple Watch doesn’t just have a curved display and a new industrial design, one of the major features of the Watch when it launched last year were its advanced health-tracking capabilities, particularly in regards to heart health and AFib detection. Those features arrived in the US in December, but users abroad have had […]
Palantir wins $800 million contract to build the U.S. Army's next battlefield software system
Mar 28, 12:26AM
Palantir just landed a landmark contract with the U.S. Army worth north of $800 million. The Washington Posts reports that the Silicon Valley data analytics company was tapped over traditional defense contractor Raytheon on the project, which tasks Palantir with delivering a comprehensive combat intelligence hardware and software suite to replace the Army’s outdated system, […]
Apple 'sorry' for latest MacBook keyboard woes
Mar 27, 11:34PM
Apple's continued to improve the MacBook line's butterfly switch keyboards. In fact, the technology is on its third generation, which added a rubberized membrane designed to fix ongoing issues and reduce that loud clacking sound. But even the most devoted Apple fans have continued to have gripes, from stuck keys to random misfires. True story: […]
Before breaking up with Shopify, Mailchimp quietly acqui-hired LemonStand, a Shopify competitor
Mar 27, 9:22PM
Here’s an interesting twist on the story from last week about the break-up between Shopify and Mailchimp, after the two said they were at odds over how customer data was shared between the two companies. It turns out that before it parted ways with Shopify, Mailchimp quietly made an acquisition of LemonStand, one of the e-commerce […]
Lyft increases IPO price
Mar 27, 9:16PM
The ride-hailing giant may charge up to $10 more per share than originally planned.
FTC smacks down robocallers, but the penalties don't match their heinous crimes
Mar 27, 9:15PM
The fight against robocallers is just getting started, and the wheel of justice turns slowly, but the FTC just took down a handful of major operations responsible for billions of unwanted calls, some of them adding additional fraud to the mix. The money coming out of the cases is surprisingly small, however — but there's a reason for that.
Mattress startup Casper valued at $1.1B with new funding
Mar 27, 9:05PM
The direct-to-consumer mattress business has raised $100 million from Target, NEA and Norwest Venture Partners.
How to make sure that your product is accessible to all users
Mar 27, 8:47PM
Every founder wants an eye-catching website or app, but it's easy to overlook a basic fact: not all your potential visitors will experience your content with their eyes.
Digging into Apple's media transformation
Mar 27, 8:06PM
Extra Crunch offers members the opportunity to tune into conference calls led and moderated by the TechCrunch writers you read every day. This week, TechCrunch Editor-in-Chief, Matthew Panzarino, offered his analysis on the major announcements that came out of Apple’s keynote event this past Monday. Behind a series of new subscription and media products, Apple […]
Nuro CEO Dave Ferguson at TC Sessions: Mobility on July 10 in San Jose
Mar 27, 8:00PM
Autonomous delivery startup Nuro, fresh with nearly $1 billion in capital from SoftBank, is bursting with ideas — as some recent patent filings (and our recent deep dive into the company) suggest. And we can’t wait to learn more about what Nuro has planned. It’s only fitting that Nuro co-founder and CEO Dave Ferguson is […]
Asus was warned of hacking risks months ago, thanks to leaky passwords
Mar 27, 7:24PM
A security researcher warned Asus two months ago that employees were improperly publishing passwords in their GitHub repositories that could be used to access the company’s corporate network. One password, found in an employee repo on the code sharing, allowed the researcher to access an email account used by internal developers and engineers to share […]
Ocean drone startup merger spawns Sofar, the DJI of the sea
Mar 27, 7:22PM
What lies beneath the murky depths? SolarCity co-founder Peter Rive wants to help you and the scientific community find out. He’s just led a $7 million Series A for Sofar Ocean Technologies, a new startup formed from a merger he orchestrated between underwater drone maker OpenROV and sea sensor developer Spoondrift. Together, they’re teaming up […]
Lightspeed co-founder Chris Schaepe is out over college admissions scandal; a sports blogger exposed his son's involvement
Mar 27, 7:11PM
Silicon Valley venture capitalist Chris Schaepe is out at Lightspeed Venture Partners, after telling his partners about having hired Rick Singer, the Newport Beach, Calif., businessman in the middle of the college bribery scandal. According to Axios, which broke the news of Schaepe’s departure, Schaepe insists he didn’t knowingly participate in any bribery schemes, but […]
The most important developments in Crypto 2.0
Mar 27, 7:06PM
Something strange is happening in the world of cryptocurrencies. To the investor, the speculator, or the casual observer, the industry is in the midst of the “crypto winter” marked by dwindling public interest and stagnant prices after last year’s massive plunges. But to the engineer or the founder, it is an industry which has never […]
This self-driving AI faced off against a champion racer (kind of)
Mar 27, 6:01PM
Developments in the self-driving car world can sometimes be a bit dry: a million miles without an accident, a 10 percent increase in pedestrian detection range, and so on. But this research has both an interesting idea behind it and a surprisingly hands-on method of testing: pitting the vehicle against a real racing driver on a course.
Magic Leap's headset will go on sale at a few AT&T stores next week
Mar 27, 5:56PM
While Magic Leap’s first augmented reality headset launch wasn’t the earth-shattering drop they had sort of pitched the world on, the company is about to see a major corporate partnership push their device in front of more consumers’ eyes. Next week, the $2,295 headset will be going up for sale at flagship AT&T stores in […]
Twitch launches a four-person 'Squad Stream' feature to help creators get discovered
Mar 27, 5:38PM
Twitch today announced the launch of a new feature called “Squad Stream,” which offers a way for up to four creators to go live and stream together within one window. The feature will allow creators to grow their communities by teaming up with others, as it gives streamers increased exposure by playing to a wider […]
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