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Security startup Bugcrowd on crowdsourcing bug bounties: 'Cybersecurity is a people problem'
May 31, 2:52PM
For a cybersecurity company, Bugcrowd relies much more on people than it does on technology. For as long as humans are writing software, developers and programmers are going to make mistakes, said Casey Ellis, the company’s founder and chief technology officer in an interview TechCrunch from his San Francisco headquarters. “Cybersecurity is fundamentally a people […]
If you use women as decorative objects, then I will assume your tech is from the 1950s, too
May 31, 2:30PM
Computex, which wrapped up today, is divided into two venues in Taipei. One, Nangang Exhibition Center, is where the big companies, including Asus and Microsoft, have their booths. The other, in Taipei World Trade Center, houses Innovex, the show's exhibit for startups. While walking around them, I realized that there are no "booth babes" at […]
Spotify is building shared queue Social Listening
May 31, 2:11PM
Want to rock out together even when you’re apart? Spotify has prototyped an unreleased feature called “Social Listening” that lets multiple people add songs to a queue they can all listen to. You just all scan one friend’s QR-style Spotify Social Listening code, and then anyone can add songs to the real-time playlist. Spotify could […]
Tinder launches a new a la carte option, Super Boost, only for subscribers
May 31, 2:11PM
Tinder this morning announced a second, more premium version of its most popular a la carte purchase, Boost, with the launch of Super Boost — an upgrade only offered to Tinder Plus and Tinder Gold premium subscribers. The idea with the new product is to extract additional revenues out of those users who have already […]
Microsoft warns users to patch as exploits for 'wormable' BlueKeep bug appear
May 31, 1:38PM
Microsoft has issued its second advisory this month urging users to update their systems to prevent a re-run of attacks similar to WannaCry. The software giant said Thursday that the recently discovered “wormable” vulnerability in Remote Desktop Services for Windows can allow attackers to remotely run code on a vulnerable computer — such as malware […]
Goodbye BlackBerry Messenger
May 31, 1:35PM
Just over a month ago, Emtek announced the end of BlackBerry Messenger for consumers. The once mighty messaging service had a good run, outstripping the popularity of its hardware namesake. Launched in 2005, licensing rights for the service were acquired by Indonesia-based tech conglomerate Emtek 11 years later. For many years, BBM was considered BlackBerry's […]
Is the tech press too positive in its coverage of startups?
May 31, 1:00PM
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch's venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.
Following US Huawei ban, China threatens own blacklist for foreign firms
May 31, 12:27PM
Odds of the U.S. and China cooling off their trade war further diminished on Friday after the world's most populous nation said it would create a list of "unreliable" foreign firms of its own. Gao Feng, a spokesman of China's commerce ministry, said today that the nation will create an "entity list" that will include, […]
Huawei bars staff from having technical meetings with US contacts
May 31, 9:11AM
Reeling from the ongoing U.S.-China trade war, Chinese technology giant Huawei has found itself in yet another dilemma: How to pursue internal communications with its own U.S. employees? For now, the company has ordered its Chinese employees to bar technical meetings with their U.S. contacts and sent home the American workers deployed in research and […]
Less than two weeks left: apply to Startup Battlefield at Disrupt SF 2019
May 31, 9:00AM
Would you like $100,000 to fatten the bottom line of your early-stage startup? Could your company benefit from global media coverage and investor attention? Do you have what it takes to compete against the very best early-stage startup founders? Take your resounding "yes" and act quickly, because you have less than two weeks to apply […]
Tibbits are colorful pre-programmed modules for building IoT devices
May 31, 8:40AM
At first glance, Tibbits look like building blocks, but each one is a module or a connector that makes it easier to build connected devices and systems. Tibbits were created by Tibbo Technology, a Taipei-based startup that exhibited at Computex this week (it showed off a humanoid robot built from various Tibbits). The heart of […]
Muro is a retro-style cylinder music box you control with an app
May 31, 8:13AM
The light twinkle of an old-fashioned cylinder music box evokes many things: nostalgia, childhood memories, sometimes even horror (they are a trope in scary movie soundtracks). Most music boxes play one tune, but with the Muro Box, which exhibited at Computex this week, you can use an app to pick different songs or even compose […]
Tesla's new China-made Model 3 opens for pre-order with a 13% price cut
May 31, 6:16AM
Tesla’s big bet on China-based production is key to a new effort to lure Chinese consumers with cheaper prices. Today the U.S. firm revealed that its incoming Model 3, which will be produced in China, will sell from 328,000 RMB — that’s around $47,500 and some 13 percent cheaper than its previous entry-level option. The […]
Foursquare buys Placed from Snap Inc. on the heels of $150M in new funding
May 31, 4:30AM
Foursquare just made its first acquisition. The location tech company has acquired Placed from Snap Inc on the heels of a fresh $150 million investment led by the Raine Group. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Placed founder and CEO David Shim will become President of Foursquare. Placed is the biggest competitor to […]
Once poised to kill the mouse and keyboard, Leap Motion plays its final hand
May 31, 1:13AM
The company sought to completely change how we interacted with computers, but now Leap Motion is selling itself off. Apple reportedly tried to get their hands on the hand-tracking tech which Leap Motion rebuffed, but now the hyped nine-year-old consumer startup is being absorbed into the younger, enterprise-focused UltraHaptics. The Wall Street Journal first reported […]
This longtime cannabis investor has funded Pax and Juul, among others; here's her approach
May 30, 9:34PM
If you’re a cannabis investor or a founder working on a cannabis-related startup, you’ve probably heard of Poseidon Asset Management. The San Francisco-based investment firm is one of very few that is focused narrowly on the industry, which remains fairly insular for now. Poseidon has also been at it longer than most outfits, having begun […]
Lack of leadership in open source results in source-available licenses
May 30, 9:00PM
Cloud infrastructure providers -- such as Amazon -- continue to pose an existential threat to the future of open source.
Uber Eats, micromobility services are growing faster than Uber's core ride-hailing business
May 30, 8:52PM
Uber’s ride-hailing business is growing more slowly than its newer bets. In Uber’s Q1 2019 earnings, the company reported gross bookings growth of 230% for its other bets, while ridesharing grew just 22% compared to the same quarter last year. Gross bookings are the revenue earned minus things like taxes, tolls, fees, wages paid to […]
Maine lawmakers pass bill to prevent ISPs from selling browsing data without consent
May 30, 8:13PM
Good news! Maine lawmakers have passed a bill that will prevent internet providers from selling consumers’ private internet data to advertisers. The state’s senate unanimously passed the bill 35-0 on Thursday following an earlier vote by state representatives 96-45 in favor of the bill. The bill, if signed into law by state governor Janet Mills, […]
What to expect from Apple's WWDC 2019
May 30, 8:09PM
Last year's WWDC was a rare step away from hardware for the company, without a single device announcement. In fact, Apple's gadget lines have largely been the subject of quiet releases over the past year. Ahead of the big Apple TV unveil, the company issued several press releases highlighting minor updates to flagship lines. Just […]
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