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Vimeo has acquired short-form video creation platform Magisto
Apr 15, 12:30PM
Vimeo, the IAC -owned platform for hosting, sharing and monetizing streamed video, has made an acquisition to expand into providing more creation and editing tools. The company has acquired Magisto, a startup founded in Israel that currently has over 100 million users that focuses on providing tools to create and edit short-form videos, providing not […]
Another day, another U.S. company forced to divest of Chinese investors
Apr 15, 11:30AM
Jeff Farrah Contributor Share on Twitter Jeff Farrah is the general counsel of the National Venture Capital Association. More posts by this contributor US rule changes could mean more startups would need government approval to hire immigrants Foreign investment scrutiny continues to creep into the startup world via a once obscure U.S. government agency that […]
Medbelle raises $7M to build out its 'digital hospital'
Apr 15, 8:00AM
Medbelle, the London and Berlin-based startup offering what it calls an “end-to-end platform” for medical procedures, has raised $7 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Signals Venture Capital — the VC fund of major German health insurer Signal Iduna — with partipation from Talis Capital, Mutschler Ventures, IBB and Cavalry Ventures. […]
Mutiny at HQ Trivia fails to oust CEO
Apr 15, 12:37AM
This week's banishment of host Scott Rogowsky was merely a symptom of the ongoing struggle to decide who will lead HQ Trivia. According to multiple sources, over half of the startup's staff signed an internal petition to depose CEO Rus Yusupov who they saw as mismanaging the company. But Yusupov then fired some core supporters […]
Ten steps to prepare for an exponential future
Apr 15, 12:30AM
Jamie Metzl Contributor Share on Twitter Jamie Metzl is a futurist and the author of Hacking Darwin: Genetic Enhancement and the Future of Humanity. More posts by this contributor Is America’s national security Facebook and Google’s problem? Homo Sapiens 2.0? We need a species-wide conversation about the future of human genetic enhancement If it feels […]
After its first attempt botched the landing, SpaceIL commits to second Beresheet lunar mission
Apr 15, 12:10AM
The minds behind Israel’s SpaceIL attempted lunar landing convened today to begin planning for a second lunar mission. In an announcement yesterday, the chairman of SpaceIL, Morris Kahn, said that the leaders of the group behind the Beresheet launch would begin meeting to find a new group of donors for another run at a lunar […]
Diving into Google Cloud Next and the future of the cloud ecosystem
Apr 14, 5:00PM
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 Frederic Lardinois and Ron Miller offered up their analysis on the major announcements that came out of Google’s Cloud Next conference this past week, as well as their opinions on […]
Whither native app developers?
Apr 14, 1:00PM
I’ve noticed something interesting lately. Five years ago, senior developers with significant iOS experience available for new work seemed approximately as easy to find as unicorns who also laid golden eggs. Even two years ago, they were awfully hard to unearth. This year, though? Maybe it’s just a random blip — but this year, like […]
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 […]
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