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Tesla's Enhanced Summon set for a wider release to U.S. owners next week
Apr 06, 11:00PM
Tesla is preparing for a wider roll out a more capable and robust version of its “eventual” automated parking feature known as Enhanced Summon next week, CEO Elon Musk tweeted Saturday. The tweet comes just days after the company released a new version of Navigate on Autopilot, an advanced driving feature that is viewed as […]
GPS Rollover is today. Here's why devices might get wacky
Apr 06, 7:31PM
The Global Positioning System time epoch is ending and another one is beginning, an event that could affect your devices or any equipment or legacy system that relies on GPS for time and location. Most clocks obtain their time from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). But the atomic clocks on satellites are set to GPS time. The […]
Scooters, remote workers, ethics, the future of fintech, etc.
Apr 06, 6:55PM
Editor's Note: refocused newsletters It was another dizzying week here at Extra Crunch as you will shortly see in this newsletter. One change that we are making: we are simplifying our newsletters to keep you better informed on what is happening on Extra Crunch. We are merging the daily, weekly, and article editions of this […]
Space tech rockets higher
Apr 06, 4:59PM
Joanna Glasner Contributor More posts by this contributor Corporate biotech venture funding rises again 2019 US VC funds take a more boutique approach Venture investment in space technology is hitting stratospheric heights in recent quarters. But investors in the sector are betting it will rocket higher still. The latest example of high-velocity funding is satellite […]
Dissecting what Lyft's IPO means for Uber and the future of mobility
Apr 06, 3:00PM
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’s Kirsten Korosec and Kate Clark led a deep-dive discussion into Lyft’s IPO and the outlook for the business going forward. After skyrocketing nearly 10% on its first day hitting the […]
Startups Weekly: US companies raised $30B in Q1 2019
Apr 06, 12:00PM
In this week's startups newsletter: What's the deal with A16z? Why is Lyft's stock sinking? And what's ahead for the e-scooter industry?
VSCO sues PicsArt over photo filters that were allegedly reverse engineered
Apr 05, 9:46PM
Photo-editing app-maker VSCO has filed a lawsuit against competitor PicsArt. The suit focuses on 19 PicsArt filters that were supposedly “reverse engineered from VSCO's filters,” with VSCO alleging it has become a legal issue involving false advertising and violations of the app’s terms of service. “VSCO has invested significant time and resources in developing its presets […]
Uber IPO underwriter Morgan Stanley denies reports that it marketed a short-selling product to Lyft investors
Apr 05, 9:27PM
It’s getting bare-knuckled out there again in the ride-hailing wars. According to a report earlier today from The Information, newly public Lyft threatened Morgan Stanley with legal action earlier this week, demanding in a letter that the powerful investment bank stop marketing a short-selling product that it believed was disrupting trading in its stock. The […]
CMU's robotic arm attaches to a backpack to lend a helping hand
Apr 05, 8:50PM
Carnegie Mellon’s Biorobotics Lab is probably best known as the birthplace of the modular snake robot. Initially designed to squeeze into tight spots for search and rescue missions and infrastructure inspections, the lab's snake robot has given rise to an army of different projects, and at least one Pittsburgh-area startup. Several years ago, the robot […]
On balance, the cloud has been a huge boon to startups
Apr 05, 8:20PM
Today’s startups have a distinct advantage when it comes to launching a company because of the public cloud. You don’t have to build infrastructure or worry about what happens when you scale too quickly. The cloud vendors take care of all that for you. But last month when Pinterest announced its IPO, the company’s cloud […]
Apple Music cuts prices in India
Apr 05, 7:37PM
This morning, The WSJ reported Apple’s streaming music service overtook Spotify in paid subscribers in the U.S., and now it hopes to do the same in the Indian market by way of a big price cut. The company’s individual plan in India is now 99 rupees per month ($1.43 USD), versus the 120 rupees per […]
Falcon Heavy's first real launch on Sunday is the dawn of a new heavy-lift era in space
Apr 05, 7:12PM
The Falcon Heavy has flown before, but now it's got a payload that matters and competitors nipping at its heels. It's the first of a new generation of launch vehicles that can take huge payloads to space cheaply and frequently, opening up a new frontier in the space race. Watch it lift off Sunday (we'll post a reminder).
Snap is channeling Asia's messaging giants with its move into gaming
Apr 05, 5:59PM
Snap is taking a leaf out of the Asian messaging app playbook as its social messaging service enters a new era. The company unveiled a series of new strategies that are aimed at breathing fresh life into the service that has been ruthlessly cloned by Facebook across Instagram, WhatsApp and even its primary social network. […]
Cybercrime groups continue to flourish on Facebook
Apr 05, 5:55PM
You might be surprised what you can buy on Facebook, if you know where to look. Researchers with Cisco’s Talos security research team have uncovered a wave of Facebook groups dedicated to making money from a variety of illicit and otherwise sketchy online behaviors, including phishing schemes, trading hacked credentials and spamming. The 74 groups […]
The Roku Channel adds support for HBO just in time for 'Game of Thrones'
Apr 05, 5:06PM
Just days ahead of the return of “Game of Thrones,” Roku has forged a deal with HBO that now gives the media device maker the ability to sell the premium channel as a subscription through its dedicated content hub, The Roku Channel. Originally a destination for free and ad-supported movies and TV, The Roku Channel […]
Boomplay, a Spotify-style music and video streaming service for African music and Africa, raises $20M
Apr 05, 5:05PM
While Spotify dukes it out with Apple and other big tech names to target high-end users in mostly developed markets, a startup out of China has raised some money to expand its music streaming business in the massive but still nascent market of Africa. Boomplay, a service founded by Transsnet — a joint venture between […]
Daily Crunch: The corporate fallout of the Bezos divorce
Apr 05, 5:02PM
The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. MacKenzie Bezos giving ex-husband Jeff 75 percent of Amazon stock, voting control MacKenzie Bezos noted in a tweet that her 26-year […]
The Google Assistant on Android gets more visual responses
Apr 05, 5:00PM
About half a year ago, Google gave the Assistant on phones a major visual refresh. Today, the company is following up with a couple of small but welcome tweaks that’ll see the Assistant on Android provide more and better visual responses that are more aligned with what users already expect to see from other Google […]
Landed raises $7.5 million Series A to help teachers buy homes
Apr 05, 4:42PM
Teachers are notoriously underpaid, and buying homes is notoriously expensive. This is where Landed, which just raised a $7.5 million Series A round led by Initialized Capital, comes in. Landed helps educators buy homes by providing them with down-payment assistance. That’s because many teachers leave their jobs due to a lack of stable housing. In […]
Peter Kraus dishes on the market
Apr 05, 4:30PM
During my recent conversation with Peter Kraus, which was supposed to be focused on Aperture and its launch of the Aperture New World Opportunities Fund, I couldn't help veering off into tangents about the market in general. Below is Kraus' take on the availability of alpha generation, the Fed, inflation versus Amazon, housing, the cross-ownership […]
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