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Security flaw in French government messaging app exposed confidential conversations
Apr 19, 12:18PM
The French government just launched its own messaging app called Tchap in order to protect conversations from hackers, private companies and foreign entities. But Elliot Alderson, also known as Baptiste Robert, immediately found a security flaw. He was able to create an account even though the service is supposed to be restricted to government officials. […]
Sequoia reveals first cohort for its 'Surge' accelerator program in India and Southeast Asia
Apr 19, 11:19AM
Back in January, Sequoia India announced plans for its first early-stage startup accelerator program in India and Southeast Asia, and today the firm revealed the first cohort of 17 startups. To recap, the program — which is called Surge — gives each startup a $1.5 million check and participation in a four-month program that’s split […]
Uber's self-driving car unit raises $1B from Toyota, Denso and Vision Fund ahead of spin-out
Apr 19, 5:17AM
Uber’s has confirmed it will spin out its self-driving car business after the unit closed $1 billion in funding from Toyota, auto-parts maker Denso and SoftBank’s Vision Fund. The development has been speculated for some time — as far back as October — and it serves to both remove a deeply-unprofitable unit from the main […]
Boston Dynamics debuts the production version of SpotMini
Apr 18, 11:27PM
Last year at our TC Sessions: Robotics conference, Boston Dynamics announced that SpotMini will be its first commercially available product. A revamped version of the product would use the company's decades of quadrupedal robotics learnings as a basis for a robot designed to patrol office spaces. At today's event, founder and CEO Marc Raibert took […]
Netflix to open a production hub in New York and invest up to $100 million in the city
Apr 18, 10:36PM
Start spreading the news. Netflix is coming to New York City in a big way. The streaming media service has committed to invest up to $100 million to build a production hub and hire hundreds of new staffers in the Big Apple, according to a statement from Governor Andrew M. Cuomo. Netflix’s new production hub […]
Russian hacked 'at least one' Florida county prior to 2016 election
Apr 18, 10:27PM
Russian operatives successfully targeted and hacked “at least one” Florida county government in the run up to the 2016 U.S. presidential election, according to new findings by the Special Counsel Robert Mueller. The report, published Thursday by the Justice Department, said the county was targeted by the Russian intelligence service, known as the GRU. The hackers […]
Google's Ivan Poupyrev shows off Jacquard, which connects his Levi's jacket to the cloud
Apr 18, 10:23PM
Ivan Poupyrev, the technical projects lead at Google's Advanced Technology and Projects division, just gave a TED talk that was simultaneously a presentation and a demo of new technology. Poupyrev was showing off Jacquard, a device that allowed him to use the sleeve of his jacket as a controller for his presentation slides. Google has […]
Breeze Automation is building soft robots for the Navy and NASA
Apr 18, 10:20PM
San Francisco soft robotics startup Breeze Automation made its debut today onstage at TechCrunch's TC Sessions: Robotics + AI event at UC Berkeley. Co-founder and CEO Gui Cavalcanti joined us onstage at the event to showcase the contract work the company has been doing for organizations like NASA and the U.S. Navy. Cavalcanti last joined […]
'Child's Play' trailer gets a smart home makeover, giving Chucky control over connected devices
Apr 18, 9:57PM
Oh golly does the new trailer for “Child’s Play” look good. Not only does it have appearances by Aubrey Plaza, Mark Hamill (as the voice of Chucky) and Bryan Tyree Henry (who’s awesome in Atlanta), but it’s giving Chucky a smart home makeover. The demonically possessed doll now has the power to control networked devices […]
Index Ventures, Stripe back bookkeeping service Pilot with $40M
Apr 18, 9:18PM
The round values Pilot at $355 million.
Industrial robotics giant Fanuc is using AI to make automation even more automated
Apr 18, 9:13PM
Industrial automation is already streamlining the manufacturing process, but first those machines must be painstakingly trained by skilled engineers. Industrial robotics giant Fanuc wants to make robots easier to train, therefore making automation more accessible to a wider range of industries, including pharmaceuticals. The company announced a new artificial intelligence-based tool at TechCrunch’s Robotics + […]
Amazon's one-two punch: How traditional retailers can fight back
Apr 18, 9:00PM
The company's vast power in e-commerce is only the initial, quick jab to an opponent's face. Data-focused innovations in offline retail will be Amazon's second, much heavier cross.
Instagram hides Like counts in leaked design prototype
Apr 18, 8:57PM
“We want your followers to focus on what you share, not how many likes your posts get. During this test, only the person who share a post will see the total number of likes it gets.” That’s how Instagram describes a seemingly small design change test with massive potential impact on users’ well-being. Hiding Like […]
Mueller says use of encrypted messaging stalled some lines of inquiry
Apr 18, 8:47PM
A single paragraph in the Mueller report out Thursday offers an interesting look into how the Special Counsel’s investigation came head-to-head with associates of President Trump who used encrypted and ephemeral messaging to hide their activities. From the report: Further, the Office learned that some of the individuals we interviewed or whose conduct we investigated-including […]
How Squishy Robotics created a robot that can be safely dropped out of a helicopter
Apr 18, 8:35PM
If you want to build a robot that can fall hundreds of feet and be no worse the wear, legs are pretty much out of the question. The obvious answer, then, is a complex web of cable-actuated rods. Obvious to Squishy Robotics, anyway, whose robots look delicate but are in fact among the most durable out there.
Amazon launches ad-supported music service to Echo owners
Apr 18, 8:31PM
Amazon today announced the launch of a free, ad-supported music service in the U.S. that will be available to anyone who wants to play free music on their Echo speaker. Until today, Echo owners who wanted to stream music from Amazon could either pay for an annual Prime membership for access to Prime Music or […]
Sift's 'news therapy' app aims to promote understanding, not anxiety
Apr 18, 8:15PM
Is reading the news feeling a little stressful today? Can’t imagine why. Don’t worry: you’re not alone. A Pew Research study found that seven of 10 Americans today suffer from “news fatigue” — meaning they feel worn out and like they can’t keep up. Meanwhile, an APA survey found that 56 percent of Americans want […]
Mueller report details the evolution of Russia's troll farm as it began targeting US politics
Apr 18, 7:17PM
On Thursday, Attorney General William Barr released the long-anticipated Mueller report. With it comes a useful overview of how Russia leveraged U.S.-based social media platforms to achieve its political ends. While we’ve yet to find too much in the heavily redacted text that we didn’t already know, Mueller does recap efforts undertaken by Russia’s mysterious […]
Working backwards to uncover key success factors
Apr 18, 7:00PM
If you're a SaaS business, you're likely overwhelmed with data and an ever-growing list of acronyms that purport to unlock secret keys to your success. But like most things, tracking with you do has very little impact on what you actually do.
Add Craigslist to the tech platforms Russians used to manipulate the 2016 election
Apr 18, 6:33PM
In one of the weirder revelations to come out of the Mueller report released this morning, it seems that Craigslist was yet another tech platform used in Russia’s election influence campaign. Facebook? Sure. Instagram? Yup, that too. YouTube? Twitter? Oh my, yes. Even Tumblr makes an appearance (LOL. Tumblr). But Craigslist? Apparently the Russians used […]
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