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Google Assistant gets NYC subway arrival times ahead of MTA Google Pay support

May 23, 2:19PM

Next week, New York City's Metro Transit Authority will be adding contactless payment support for Google Pay. In the meantime, Google's getting ready by bringing a key new commuting feature to Android. Starting today, NYC straphangers can use Google Assistant to find out the ETA of the next train. Saying, "Hey Google, when is the […]


Sarah Connor returns in the teaser trailer for 'Terminator: Dark Fate'

May 23, 2:17PM

Oh boy, there’s another Terminator movie on its way. I haven’t watched any of the franchise’s big-screen installments since “Terminator 2” — not “Rise of the Machines,” “Salvation” or the hilariously-named “Genisys.” But I remember the hype cycle around the latter films, with the excitement that maybe this time we’d see a return to the […]


Tencent's latest education push is a nod to new collaborative structure

May 23, 2:07PM

When Tencent announced it had formed a new education brand this week, the internet giant wasn’t just flexing the muscles to conquer China’s booming online education sector. The new initiative is also an early result of Tencent’s long plan to foster more internal collaboration at a time when its core businesses, the lucrative video gaming […]


Indiegogo hires Reddit's Andy Yang as new CEO

May 23, 2:05PM

Indiegogo has a new chief. Andy Yang will take over for outgoing CEO David Mandelbrot who is stepping down. According to sources close to the company, several other Indiegogo employees are also leaving. Indiegogo has yet to confirm this claim or state the number or reason for their departure. Mandelbrot announced the move on LinkedIn, […]


Zenkit redesigns its project management app, adds public API and more

May 23, 2:00PM

There’s no darth of Trello-style project management services, but while the core of Zenkit is exactly that, it’s also far more flexible than most and offers plenty of ways to adjust the service to your style of work (and beyond Kanban). Today, the company is launching version 3.0 of its service and with that, it’s […]


Hunters.ai raises $5.4M for its autonomous threat hunting solution

May 23, 2:00PM

Hunters.ai, a Tel Aviv-based startup that built an AI-based threat hunting solution, today announced that it has raised a $5.4 million seed funding round led by YL Ventures and Blumberg Capital. Threat hunting has traditionally been a rather manual practice, where analysts try to actively identify potential threats to their systems. This has always been […]


Fika Ventures raises $76M to fund the growing LA tech ecosystem

May 23, 12:59PM

Investment in LA tech startups is on the rise.


Serverless and containers: Two great technologies that work better together

May 23, 12:58PM

Cloud native models using containerized software in a continuous delivery approach could benefit from serverless computing where the cloud vendor generates the exact amount of resources required to run a workload on the fly. While the major cloud vendors have recognized this and are already creating products to abstract away the infrastructure, it may not […]


Future launches $150/mo exercise app where real coaches nag you

May 23, 10:34AM

The only way to beat laziness is with guilt, so that’s what Future sells. It assigns you an actual human trainer who builds personalized workout plans and messages you throughout the day to make sure you’re doing them. It even gives you an Apple Watch to track your activity and ensure you’re not lying. Future […]


A cryptocurrency stealing app found on Google Play was downloaded over a thousand times

May 23, 9:30AM

Researchers have found two apps masquerading as cryptocurrency apps on Android’s app store, Google Play. One of them was largely a dud. The second was designed to steal cryptocurrency, the researchers said. Security firm ESET said one of the two fake Android apps impersonated Trezor, a hardware cryptocurrency wallet. The good news is that app […]


GitHub launches Sponsors, lets you pay your favorite open source contributors

May 23, 8:30AM

GitHub today launched Sponsors, a new tool that lets you give financial support through recurring monthly payments to open source developers. Developers will be able to opt into having a “Sponsor me” button on their GitHub repositories and open source projects will also be able to highlight their funding models, no matter whether that’s individual […]


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May 23, 8:00AM

Savvy early-stage startuppers of every stripe have their sights set on attending TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin 2019 on 11-12 December. Why? This showcase event draws the most innovative startups, technologists, founders and investors across Europe and beyond. Registration doesn't open until June, but we have a way for you to save big right now. All you […]


Beautystack raises £4M seed to help beauty professionals become financially independent

May 23, 8:00AM

Beautystack, the London startup that’s creating a beauty professional booking app with heavy focus on social, has quietly picked up £4 million in seed funding led by Index Ventures. The company had previously raised pre-seed funding from LocalGlobe (led by Suzanne Ashman) and counts David Rowan (ex-Wired), Julien Codorniou (Facebook Workplace) and Audrey Gelman (The […]


Semiconductor startup CNEX Labs alleged Huawei's deputy chairman conspired to steal its intellectual property

May 23, 6:01AM

A San Jose-based semiconductor startup being sued by Huawei for stealing trade secrets has hit back in court documents, accusing the Chinese firm's deputy chairman of conspiring to steal its intellectual property, reports the Wall Street Journal. In court filings, CNEX Labs, which is backed by the investment arms of Dell and Microsoft, alleges that […]


Revolut launches Group Vaults as an alternative to joint accounts

May 23, 6:01AM

Fintech startup Revolut is making vaults collaborative. You can now create a vault with someone else and use it like a normal vault. Originally, vaults were an alternative to savings accounts without any interest rate. You could create vault in any currency (including supported cryptocurrencies) and set some money aside. You can round up your […]


Elon Musk's Boring Company lands $48.7M contract for underground "people mover" in Las Vegas

May 23, 1:07AM

The Boring Company, Elon Musk’s tunneling and transportation startup, has landed a $48.7 million project to shuttle people in an underground Loop system around the Las Vegas Convention Center. This is the company’s first commercial contract. The initial design for the project, dubbed Campus Wide People Mover or CWPM, will focus on the Las Vegas […]


Boom wants to build a supersonic jet for mainstream passengers; here's its game plan

May 22, 11:06PM

While much of the world remains fixated on the competition to build autonomous cars, there’s another race that’s gaining momentum fast. It centers on supersonic jets that can fly faster than the speed of sound, or 767 miles per hour. Indeed, while most commercial airliners today fly at between 400 and 650 miles per hour […]


Mona Lisa frown: Machine learning brings old paintings and photos to life

May 22, 10:41PM

Machine learning researchers have produced a system that can recreate lifelike motion from just a single frame of a person's face, opening up the possibility of animating not just photos but also of paintings. It's not perfect, but when it works, it is — like much AI work these days — eerie and fascinating.


Spotify resets some account passwords citing 'suspicious activity'

May 22, 10:19PM

Music streaming giant Spotify has notified an unspecified number of users that the company has reset their account password, but has left dozens of users asking why. In an email, some Spotify users were told their password was reset “due to detected suspicious activity,” but gave no further details. Anyone else getting emails from Spotify […]


Google's Duplex calls still frequently require human intervention

May 22, 10:15PM

When Google launched Duplex with a demo at I/O last year, the audience was left wondering how much of the call was staged. The AI-based reservation booking service seemed almost too impressive to be a machine. Now that it's been used for real-world reservations, Google has revealed that it frequently isn't. The company recently told […]



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