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Elon Musk, SEC agree to guidelines on Twitter use
Apr 27, 12:01AM
Tesla, Elon Musk and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reached an agreement Friday that will give the CEO freedom to use Twitter —within certain limitations — without fear of being held in contempt for violating an earlier court order. Musk can tweet as he wishes except when it’s about certain events or financial milestones. In […]
Equity Shot: Uber's IPO terms and Slack's S-1
Apr 26, 11:32PM
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch's venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.
Is the Samsung Galaxy Fold a bad omen for foldables?
Apr 26, 10:43PM
I wrote a lot about the Galaxy Fold here. After a week with the device, I was left with mixed feelings independent of the whole ongoing display saga. The TLDR; of it is the story of a first-generation device that's full of promise but still a bit clunky and prohibitively priced. Of course, the real […]
The FBI searched the offices of microbiome startup uBiome
Apr 26, 8:31PM
Earlier today, agents from the FBI searched the offices of uBiome, the medical testing company that sells analyses of an individual’s microbiome — the bacteria that live in the gut, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The FBI is reportedly investigating uBiome’s billing practices, the WSJ reported. “I can confirm that special […]
It's open season for poaching talent in Silicon Valley
Apr 26, 8:24PM
Several recent court decisions have changed the landscape of California's competition law, concluding that employee non-solicitation provisions are per se invalid. These cases have major implications both for mature companies relying on such provisions to preserve their talent pool, and for startups and other companies looking to attract the best people from their competitors.
Why are people still giving Magic Leap money?
Apr 26, 7:58PM
If Magic Leap fails, the skeptics will at least have to admire the AR startup’s keen ability to raise vast amounts of capital. The company announced today that it has locked down another $280 million in a deal with Japan’s largest mobile operator, Docomo. The deal brings the company’s ever-swelling total cash raised to $2.6 […]
PayPal makes a big marketplace play with its $500M investment in Uber
Apr 26, 7:55PM
Uber’s announcement of its IPO pricing earlier today came with a $500 million belated Easter egg. The payments giant PayPal is making a half-billion-dollar investment in the company, paying $47 per share, which gives the company a valuation of $78.8 billion (in the middle of the range of Uber’s IPO pricing of $44-$50 per share). […]
TurboTax and H&R Block hide their free tax filing tools from Google on purpose
Apr 26, 7:14PM
Low-income Americans can file their taxes for free, but odds are they ended up paying anyway. ProPublica found that tax-filing giant Intuit is deliberately concealing search results for its free filing service, instead pointing all consumers toward its paid products. While users visiting TurboTax’s homepage will be greeted with what looks like free tax software, […]
Daily Crunch: Facebook faces new privacy investigations
Apr 26, 5:55PM
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. Facebook hit with three privacy investigations in a single day First came a probe by the Irish data protection authority looking […]
Nintendo and Sony temper console expectations ahead of E3
Apr 26, 5:27PM
E3's just over a month away, and per usual, the news in the lead up has offered more insight into what we won't be hearing about at the big gaming show. Late last year, Sony announced that it would be skipping its big annual press conference at the event. The move marks a key absence […]
Plex adds more TIDAL-powered features, including 'Artist TV' for playing music videos
Apr 26, 5:16PM
Media center app Plex today is rolling out new features to expand upon its partnership with TIDAL, the streaming music service it began working with last November. Before, Plex subscribers could fill in the missing albums from artists in their library by way of TIDAL, but this option was only available within playlists. Now it’s […]
Zuckerberg warns of authoritarian data localization trend
Apr 26, 4:54PM
If free nations demand companies store data locally, it legitimizes that practice for authoritarian nations, which can then steal that data for their own nefarious purposes, according to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. He laid out the threat in a new 93-minute video of a discussion with Sapiens author Yuval Noah Harari released today as part […]
A new era for enterprise IT
Apr 26, 4:30PM
Amidst the newly minted scooter unicorns, ebbs and flows of bitcoin investments and wagers on the price of Uber's IPO, another trend has shaken up the tech industry: enterprise software successes.
Why your CSO, not your CMO, should pitch your security startup
Apr 26, 4:27PM
Whenever a security startup lands on my desk, I have one question: Who’s the chief security officer (CSO) and when can I get time with them? Having a chief security officer is as relevant today as a chief marketing officer (CMO) or chief revenue boss. Just as you need to make sure your offering looks […]
Thanos will snap away your Google search results
Apr 26, 4:07PM
Go to Google (don't worry, I'll wait). Type in "Thanos." Click the little cartoon Infinity Gauntlet on the right side. Now sit back in horror as Evil Space Grimace snaps half of your search results into dust in the wind. Call it an Easter egg or Snap Engine Optimization. It's a fun little promotion for the […]
Facebook says it's open to advertising u-turn for the EU elections, enabling cross-border campaigns
Apr 26, 4:06PM
Facebook’s VP of global affairs and communications, Nick Clegg, today said the social network — likely in response to pressure from European officials — is “open” to changing its rules on election advertising for European Union elections that will take place on May 23, by allowing cross-border campaigning rather than requiring those running ads in […]
Lattice raises another $15M to improve performance reviews
Apr 26, 4:00PM
Sam Altman's little brother Jack is an entrepreneur, too. And yes, his startup is a YC grad.
Twitter makes 'likes' easier to use in its twttr prototype app. (Nobody tell Jack.)
Apr 26, 3:21PM
On the one hand, you’ve got Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey lamenting the “like” button’s existence, and threatening to just kill the thing off entirely for incentivizing the wrong kind of behavior. On the other hand, you have twttr — Twitter’s prototype app where the company is testing new concepts including, most recently, a way to […]
Apply now to compete in Startup Battlefield at Disrupt SF 2019
Apr 26, 3:00PM
Is your early-stage startup ready for prime time? Do you have what it takes to step onto the Main Stage at Disrupt San Francisco 2019 and compete in Startup Battlefield? Show us what you've got and apply here today. In our premier startup pitch competition, you'll go up against some of the best early-stage startups and compete for […]
Amazon is pushing for one-day Prime shipping
Apr 26, 2:36PM
Yesterday Amazon managed to beat Wall Street's already optimistic expectations with another record quarterly revenue report. In amongst its victory laps, the company announced intentions to shift its free two-day Prime shipping to one day. The move has been a Holy Grail for the company, which has already pushed parcel services and its own fulfillment […]
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