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No one knows how to hire, plus brand design and African tech
Apr 20, 9:01PM
Editor's Note: No one knows how to hire Hiring is the lifeblood of the world. Few people do truly singular work; instead, nearly every facet of our civilization is built by groups of humans (and increasingly machines) working in tandem. That presents quite the puzzle though: if teamwork is so critical to the functioning of, […]
Original Content podcast: On 'Guava Island,' Donald Glover mixes music and politics
Apr 20, 5:33PM
It was hard to know what to expect from “Guava Island.” Last year, Donald Glover and Rihanna filmed the mysterious project with director Hiro Murai (who’s also directed multiple episodes of “Atlanta” and the music video for “This is America”, then they said almost nothing about it until debuting the film at Coachella and releasing […]
>From lab-grown meat to fermented fungus, here's what corporate food VCs are serving up
Apr 20, 5:30PM
We put together a list of venture funds operated by some of the larger food and beverage producers, covering literally everything from soup to nuts (plus lunch meat and soda, too!).
Acquisitions, more than IPOs, will create Africa's early startup successes
Apr 20, 5:08PM
Africa has made its global IPO debut. Pan-African e-commerce company Jumia—a $1 billion-valued company—began trading live on the NYSE last week. The stock offering made Jumia the first upstart operating in Africa to list on a major global exchange. This raises expectations for unicorns and IPOs to create the continent's first wave of startup moguls. […]
3 fixes for Netflix's "What to watch?" problem
Apr 20, 2:51PM
Wasting time every night debating with yourself or your partner about what to watch on Netflix is a drag. It burns people's time and good will, robs great creators of attention, and leaves Netflix vulnerable to competitors who can solve discovery. A ReelGood study estimated that the average user spends 18 minutes per day deciding. […]
Startups Weekly: Zoom CEO says its stock price is 'too high'
Apr 20, 12:00PM
In this week's newsletter: More IPOs, Boston Dynamics dog-like robot makes its debut and Ro raises $85M.
Notes from the Samsung Galaxy Fold: day four
Apr 20, 1:31AM
Apologies for skipping day three. This kept me extremely busy yesterday. Though the Galaxy Fold remained a constant companion. Before you ask (or after you ask on Twitter without having read beyond the headline), no it's hasn't broken yet. It’s actually been fairly robust, all things considered. But here's the official line from Samsung on […]
Boston Dynamics showcases new uses for SpotMini ahead of commercial production
Apr 20, 12:54AM
Last year at our TC Sessions: Robotics event, Boston Dynamics announced its intention to commercialize SpotMini. It was a big step for the secretive company. After a quarter of century building some of the world's most sophisticated robots, it was finally taking a step into the commercial realm, making the quadrupedal robot available to anyone […]
If you watch one celebrity-filled, anally obsessed charity video before Earth Day, make it this one
Apr 19, 11:43PM
Lil Dicky, the white comedy rapper with questionable taste but an impressive rolodex, has come up with a millennial’s Earth Day answer to the 80s celebrity-studded, charity hit “We are the World“. Dicky isn’t tackling African famine, instead he’s come up with an oddly anally-fixated paean to the Earth’s climate and the disaster the world […]
Caterina Fake is known for her trend-spotting; here's some of what she's chasing now
Apr 19, 11:04PM
Roughly a year ago, entrepreneurs Caterina Fake and Jyri Engeström decided to form a traditional venture outfit called Yes VC. Fast forward, and the duo has nearly closed on $50 million for their debut fund, including backing from Supercell founder Ilkka Paananen, former Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson and the family office of Nokia Chairman Risto […]
Tesla's board is about to get a lot smaller
Apr 19, 10:46PM
Tesla is cutting its board down by more than one-third, to seven directors, by 2020, a move that includes the loss of some of CEO Elon Musk’s early advisers and allies, according to regulator filings posted Friday. The filing comes days before a busy week for Tesla that will include an April 22 event meant […]
Fastly, the content delivery network, files for an IPO
Apr 19, 10:31PM
Fastly, the content delivery network that’s raised $219 million in financing from investors (according to Crunchbase), is ready for its close up in the public markets. The eight-year-old company is one of several businesses that improve the download time and delivery of different websites to internet browsers and it has just filed for an IPO. […]
Equity Shot: Pinterest zooms into the public markets (and yet another tech company files for an IPO)
Apr 19, 10:09PM
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch's venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.
Malware researcher Marcus Hutchins pleads guilty, ending his legal case
Apr 19, 8:52PM
Malware researcher Marcus Hutchins has pleaded guilty to two counts of creating and selling a powerful banking malware, ending a long and protracted battle with U.S. prosecutors. Hutchins, a British national who goes by the online handle MalwareTech, was arrested in August 2017 as he was due to fly back to the U.K. following the […]
Prosper is the latest Silicon Valley company to get dinged by, and settle charges with, the SEC
Apr 19, 7:39PM
Another Silicon Valley company is settling with the SEC: the online lending company Prosper, which the SEC had accused of “miscalculating and materially overstating annualized net returns to retail and other investors.” Prosper has agreed to pay $3 million as part of the settlement, in which it has neither admitted nor denied the agency’s allegations. […]
Hacker dumps thousands of sensitive Mexican embassy documents online
Apr 19, 6:09PM
A hacker stole thousands of documents from Mexico’s embassy in Guatemala and posted them online. The hacker, who goes by the online handle @0x55Taylor, tweeted a link to the data earlier this week. The data is no longer available for download after the cloud host pulled the data offline, but the hacker shared the document […]
Apply now to be a TC Top Pick at Disrupt San Francisco 2019
Apr 19, 6:00PM
Psst! We're looking at you, early-stage startup founders. How would you like your startup to be a media and investor darling at Disrupt San Francisco 2019? If you think your startup has what it takes to make the cut, apply to be a TC Top Pick. The application process is super easy, free and potentially […]
Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs is developing visual cues to indicate when their tech is monitoring you
Apr 19, 4:56PM
Alphabet’s subsidiary focused on urban tech development, Sidewalk Labs, is now trying to reinvent signage for smart cities. These signs aren’t to direct the flow of traffic, or to point the way to urban landmarks — they’re designed to let citizens know when they’re being monitored. The proposal is part of a push by the […]
Netflix says it's testing a shuffle feature for when you don't know what to watch
Apr 19, 4:19PM
Netflix is testing a new feature that can help you start streaming when you don’t know what to watch. The company confirmed it’s testing a shuffle mode of sorts, which will allow you to easily click on a popular show to start playing a random episode. The idea with the feature is to offer an […]
Daily Crunch: Zoom and Pinterest go public
Apr 19, 4:15PM
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. Zoom pops 81 percent in Nasdaq debut Thursday was a big day for tech IPOs, with Zoom opening trading at $65 […]
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