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Nintendo is bringing Zelda and Mario into virtual reality
Apr 05, 12:10PM
Nintendo’s Labo VR kit may be a little cardboard experiment, but Nintendo is taking a chance on throwing its most beloved titles into the headset. Today, the company announced that they will be adding support to play Though Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild seems to just be gaining VR viewer support, Super Mario […]
TikTok's next ambitious goal is to discover future music stars
Apr 05, 10:57AM
TikTok needs a lot of music. A lot. The short-form video service began life as a lip-synching app in China, where it’s called Douyin, and although other categories of content, like skits and life hacks, later took off, music remains a key element to the app as its users in the hundreds of millions grow […]
Samsung's upcoming Q1 earnings are going to be ugly
Apr 05, 6:05AM
It’s that time again folks, Samsung has reported guidance for its upcoming Q1 quarter — and things don’t look good. Samsung is forecasting that revenue for the quarter will reach 51-53 trillion KRW ($44.87-$46.63 billion), which would represent a drop of around 15 percent on one year previous. The Korean tech giant reported a record […]
Australia passes law to hold social media companies responsible for "abhorrent violent material"
Apr 05, 1:11AM
On Thursday, Australia lawmakers ushered through what is perhaps the toughest legal measures to hold social media companies accountable for the content they share. Only a few weeks after the massacre of 50 people at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, Australia’s House of Representatives passed a law requiring social media platforms to “expeditiously” remove content […]
Google pulls the plug on AI council that included Heritage Foundation leader
Apr 05, 12:32AM
Google has abandoned an advisory board on ethics in AI after critics questioned the inclusion of Kay Coles James, leader of the right-wing think tank the Heritage Foundation, on the 8-person panel. Google employees and thousands more concerned people called for this mistake to be corrected, and in response the company has apparently chosen to drop the whole thing.
Japan's Hayabusa 2 probe is blasting a hole in an asteroid tonight (and that's awesome)
Apr 04, 11:49PM
It's a big day for space: launches, tests, orbits, and now a distant probe is going to shoot an asteroid with its space gun and make a new crater to play in. It's Hayabusa 2, Japan's ambitious and so far highly successful sample return mission to an object called Ryugu.
Consolidation in Africa as classifieds player Jiji acquires their main competitor OLX
Apr 04, 11:32PM
As we saw from our recent TechCrunch Battlefield in Africa last year, the continent is producing bigger and bigger tech players, and one can see this in the consolidation in the market. Today Jiji, one of the largest marketplaces for classifieds in Africa, has acquired their main competitor on the African market, OLX, and their […]
Cannabis banking reform is smart, necessary and politically viable
Apr 04, 11:20PM
Pressure is steadily mounting on U.S. lawmakers to implement comprehensive cannabis banking reform at the federal level, and that pressure is coming from all directions.
Turing-winning AI researcher warns against secretive research and fake 'self-regulation'
Apr 04, 10:00PM
Yoshua Bengio, who last month won the prestigious Turing award, alongside Geoffrey Hinton and Yann LeCun, for his work on AI, is worried about what the technology is being made into behind closed doors. In an interview with Nature, he explains his concerns but takes care to avoid sounding like a doomsayer.
Amazon reportedly readying its Alexa-powered answer to AirPods
Apr 04, 9:29PM
Amazon is ready to challenge Apple with a cheaper, Alexa-powered set of wireless earbuds. If successful it would carve out a space for the popular digital assistant, and its deep connections to the rest of Amazon's ecosystem, in the mobile world Amazon has hitherto largely failed to penetrate. But that's a big if.
Mayor Bill de Blasio weighs in on BuzzFeed union dispute
Apr 04, 9:16PM
An apparent breakdown in talks between BuzzFeed management and the company’s newsroom union spurred expressions of solidarity from other unions — and even from New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. The employees of BuzzFeed News (the company’s journalistic arm) voted to unionize in February, following major layoffs. At the time, Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith reportedly […]
'This is Your Life in Silicon Valley': NYT's Mike Isaac discusses his upcoming Uber book, Leaks from Facebook and More
Apr 04, 9:00PM
Welcome to this week's transcribed edition of This is Your Life in Silicon Valley. We're running an experiment for Extra Crunch members that puts This is Your Life in Silicon Valley in words – so you can read from wherever you are. This is your Life in Silicon Valley was originally started by Sunil Rajaraman and […]
Judge to SEC and Elon Musk: Put your 'reasonableness pants on and work this out'
Apr 04, 8:49PM
Tesla, Elon Musk and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission have two weeks to work out their differences and come to a new resolution, a U.S. judge said Thursday at the conclusion of a hearing held to determine whether the automaker’s CEO should be held in contempt for his Twitter use. The SEC had asked […]
Trying out Beats' fully wireless Powerbeats Pro
Apr 04, 8:33PM
Beats took its time getting untethered. The last addition to the Powerbeats line arrived in late 2016, right around the same time as the original AirPods. The product shared Apple's W1 chip, further cementing its place as part of the company, with instant iOS syncing. But the products were once again yolked together with a […]
Startup Law A to Z: Regulatory Compliance
Apr 04, 7:17PM
Startups are but one species in a complex regulatory and public policy ecosystem. This ecosystem is larger and more powerfully dynamic than many founders appreciate, with distinct yet overlapping laws at the federal, state and local/city levels, all set against a vast array of public and private interests. Where startup founders see opportunity for disruption […]
Three keys to cultivating an effective product development culture
Apr 04, 6:28PM
This guest post is a part of our latest initiative to demystify design and find the best brand designers and agencies in the world who work with early-stage companies.
Bumble goes to print with its new lifestyle magazine, Bumble Mag
Apr 04, 6:22PM
Bumble is the latest digital brand to try to extend its reach through a print publication. The dating app maker today announced the launch of Bumble Mag, a lifestyle publication it produced in partnership with Hearst that offers stories and advice about dating, careers, friendship and more to Bumble’s over 50 million users. On the […]
Snapchat launches Mario Party-style multiplayer games platform
Apr 04, 6:20PM
Snap is unlocking a new revenue stream while giving you something to do between chats and Stories. Today Snapchat debuts its Snap Games platform that lets you play real-time, multiplayer games while texting and talking with your friends. The platform is based on Snap’s secret late-2017 acquisition of PrettyGreat, an Australian game studio with talent […]
Snapchat will power Stories & ads in other apps
Apr 04, 6:00PM
Snapchat has found an answer to the revenue problem stemming from its halted growth: it will show its ads in other apps with the launch of Snapchat Ad Kit and the Snapchat Audience Network. And rather than watching as other apps spin up their own knock-off versions of its camera and Stories, it will let […]
Snapchat launches Scan, its AR utility platform
Apr 04, 5:49PM
Point and shoot? No, point and interact. Snapchat can now help with your homework. The app's camera is becoming the foundation of an augmented reality developer platform known as "Scan." Snap today announced partnerships with Photomath to add the ability to solve math problems, and Giphy for detecting objects, which then spawn related GIFs onscreen. […]
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