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Tesla is raising the price of its full self-driving option
Apr 13, 10:57PM
In a few weeks, Tesla buyers will have to pay more for an option that isn’t yet completely functional, but that CEO Elon Musk promises will one day deliver full autonomous driving capabilities. Musk tweeted Saturday that the price of its full self-driving option will “increase substantially over time” beginning May 1. Tesla vehicles are […]
Get ready for a new era of personalized entertainment
Apr 13, 10:30PM
Jarno M. Koponen Contributor Jarno M. Koponen is working on intelligent systems and human-centered personalization. He currently is product lead at Yle, one of the leading media houses in the Nordics. More posts by this contributor A new hope: AI for news media AI on your lock screen New machine learning technologies, user interfaces and […]
How do startups actually get their content marketing to work?
Apr 13, 7:54PM
Even the best growth marketers fail to get content marketing to work. Many are unwittingly using tactics from 4 years ago that no longer work today.
Equity transcribed: Digging into the Uber S-1
Apr 13, 7:30PM
Welcome back to this week's transcribed edition of Equity, TechCrunch's venture capital-focused podcast that unpacks the numbers behind the headlines. And because it’s another week, why not another emergency episode? This time Kate Clark and Alex Wilhelm popped in the studio an hour before they were due to record the regular episode in order to […]
Disney/Lucasfilm donates $1.5 million to FIRST
Apr 13, 6:00PM
A day after the big Episode IX reveal, Disney and subsidiary Lucas film announced that it will be donating $1.5 million to FIRST . The non-profit group was founded by Dean Kamen in 1989 to help teach STEM through initiatives like robotics competitions. Disney's money will go to provide education and outreach to the underserved […]
Unicorns, undercorns and horses: A guide to the nonsense
Apr 13, 5:30PM
This has now gone on so long that many of us in the tech-focused journalism space are sick of saying the word.
Niantic EC-1, Part 3 and what the data show are the best fundraising decks
Apr 13, 4:30PM
Harry Potter, the Platform, and the Future of Niantic After deep dives into the story of Niantic's spinout from Google and its creation and development of Pokémon GO, TechCrunch editor Greg Kumparak turns his attention to Niantic's future, looking at how Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is not just uniting wand-wielders, but also the company's ambitions […]
Original Content podcast: Making sense of the surreal terrors in Jordan Peele's 'Us'
Apr 13, 4:00PM
Jordan Peele fans who go to his latest film “Us” hoping to find another “Get Out” may be disappointed: Where Peele’s directorial debut lent itself to straightforward political allegory, the follow-up feels murkier and stranger. “Us” is a nightmarish journey into a world invaded by sinister doppelgangers. The film does, eventually, offer a rationale for […]
Twitch's first game, the karaoke-style 'Twitch Sings,' launches to public
Apr 13, 3:30PM
Amazon-owned game-streaming site Twitch is today publicly launching its first game. But it’s not a traditional video game — like those the site’s creators stream for their fans. Instead, the new game is called “Twitch Sings” and is a free karaoke-style experience designed for live streaming. The game, which was launched into beta last year, […]
Microsoft: Hackers compromised support agent's credentials to access customer email accounts
Apr 13, 2:43PM
On the heels of a trove of 773 million emails, and tens of millions of passwords, from a variety of domains getting leaked in January, Microsoft has faced another breach affecting its web-based email services. Microsoft has confirmed to TechCrunch that a certain “limited” number of people who use web email services managed by Microsoft […]
Startups Weekly: Lessons from a failed founder
Apr 13, 12:00PM
In this week's startups newsletter: Uber files its S-1, Defy Partners nabs $262M and the Vision Fund backs a travel business.
Spy on your smart home with this open source research tool
Apr 13, 10:16AM
Researchers at Princeton University have built a web app that lets you (and them) spy on your smart home devices to see what they’re up to. The open source tool, called IoT Inspector, is available for download here. (Currently it’s Mac OS only, with a wait list for Windows or Linux.) In a blog about […]
Did you fly a drone over Fenway Park? The FAA would like a chat
Apr 13, 12:29AM
Drones are great. But they are also flying machines that can do lots of stupid and dangerous things. Like, for instance, fly over a major league baseball game packed with spectators. It happened at Fenway Park last night, and the FAA is not happy.
Hackers publish personal data on thousands of US police officers and federal agents
Apr 13, 12:16AM
A hacker group has breached several FBI-affiliated websites and uploaded their contents to the web, including dozens of files containing the personal information of thousands of federal agents and law enforcement officers, TechCrunch has learned. The hackers breached three sites associated with the FBI National Academy Association, a coalition of different chapters across the U.S. […]
China's startup ecosystem is hitting back at demanding working hours
Apr 13, 12:07AM
In China, the laws limit work to 44 hours a week and require overtime pay for anything above that. But many aren’t following the rules, and a rare online movement puts a spotlight on extended work hours in China’s booming tech sector. People from all corners of society have rallied in support for improvements to […]
Data tells us that investors love a good story
Apr 12, 10:17PM
Here's how pitch decks are successfully bringing in funding today, according to DocSend.
Pitching your product will kill your fundraising
Apr 12, 10:16PM
Hint: investors want to know why you are the team to build your product now, and more data from DocSend.
Facebook spent $20 million last year on Zuckerberg's personal protection
Apr 12, 10:02PM
2018 was by all means a very rough year for Facebook . The company, which spent the year reeling from the Cambridge Analytica scandal and a general bubbling-up of public anger, also had to deal with animosity toward the company’s founder, and gave the executive a lot of cash to handle a full security detail […]
A focus on diversity reaps rewards for this Los Angeles investor
Apr 12, 10:00PM
The Los Angeles startup scene has come a long way in the three-and-a-half years since Marlon Nichols, Troy Carter and Trevor Thomas launched Cross Culture Ventures. The city and its surrounding Orange County exurbs were at the beginning of a venture capital surge that has seen invested capital in the region rise from $3.63 billion […]
Facebook taps Peggy Alford for its board, Reed Hastings and Erskine Bowles to depart
Apr 12, 9:34PM
Facebook’s board is undergoing its biggest shakeup in memory. On Friday, the company announced that Peggy Alford would be nominated to join the company’s board of directors. “Peggy is one of those rare people who’s an expert across many different areas — from business management to finance operations to product development,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg […]
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