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Amazon Spark, the retailer's two-year-old Instagram competitor, has shut down
Jun 15, 12:18AM
Amazon’s two-year-old Instagram competitor, Amazon Spark, is no more. Hoping to capitalize on the social shopping trend and tap into the power of online influencers, Amazon in 2017 launched its own take on Instagram with a shoppable feed of stories and photos aimed at Prime members. The experiment known as Amazon Spark has now come […]
This neural network detects whether faces have been Photoshopped
Jun 14, 11:52PM
Using Photoshop and other image manipulation software to tweak faces in photos has become common practice, but it's not always made clear when it's been done. Berkeley and Adobe researchers have made a tool that not only can tell when a face has been Photoshopped, but can suggest how to undo it.
Walmart Grocery is now offering a $98 per year 'Delivery Unlimited' subscription
Jun 14, 11:22PM
Walmart is taking aim at Instacart, Target’s Shipt and Amazon Prime Now/Whole Foods with a new grocery delivery subscription service called simply, “Delivery Unlimited.” Before, Walmart shoppers could order groceries online and pick them up at their local store for free or they could opt to pay the $9.95 (or sometimes less) per-order delivery fee. […]
Days after pledging to expand internet, Ethiopia's government shuts it off
Jun 14, 9:45PM
Days after Ethiopian ICT officials made public pledges to improve net access, the government began playing on-again, off-again with the internet — shutting it down (almost completely) to coincide with the country's national exams. Data provided to TechCrunch from Oracle's Internet Intelligence confirmed intermittent net blackouts from June 11 to 14, with connectivity returning for brief […]
>From Project Scarlett to Gooigi: The best of E3 2019
Jun 14, 8:43PM
Every story about E3 has opened with a mention of Sony's absence, and this one's no different. The lack of one of gaming's "big three" loomed large over the show, right down to a strange sense of space on the showroom floor. Even Xbox chief Phil Spencer mourned the absence of the company's biggest competitor, […]
ThinkGeek.com to close, replaced as a section of GameStop
Jun 14, 8:42PM
Sad news for anyone who loves geeky goods and top-notch April Fools’ jokes: ThinkGeek.com, the 20-year-old online retailer known for selling more geek-centric gadgets and peripherals than you could fit in a TARDIS, is going away. According to an FAQ sitting at the top of its site, ThinkGeek isn’t “shutting down,” it just won’t continue […]
NASA asks private companies to share how they might supply the Lunar Gateway
Jun 14, 8:42PM
NASA’s stated goal of sending the first woman ever, and the first man since the Apollo program, to the Moon involves setting up a new space station that will orbit the Moon, which is supposed to begin being built by the end of 2022, per current timelines. Today, the U.S. space agency issued an open […]
Price tag to return to the Moon could be $30 billion
Jun 14, 8:35PM
NASA's ambitious plan to return to the moon may cost as much as $30 billion over the next five years, the agency's administrator, Jim Bridenstine, indicated in an interview this week. This is only a ballpark figure, but it's the first all-inclusive one we've seen and, despite being a large amount of money, is lower than some might have guessed.
You won the H-1B lottery: Don't lose your ticket when changing jobs
Jun 14, 7:15PM
Getting an H-1B skilled-worker visa is like winning the lottery — literally: With the number of new visas issued each year capped at 85,000, most of this year's over 200,000 applicants face disappointment. But if you're already working in the United States, then you've already won the H-1B lottery, and that makes you a hot commodity.
No, I'm not selling TechCrunch stories for $20 on Fiverr
Jun 14, 6:57PM
You weren't going to try to buy a place on TechCrunch for $20. You, dear reader, are smarter than that. But that doesn't make it any less concerning when a reader emails you in the middle of the night to let you know that someone's posing as you on Fiverr, name, biography, picture and all. […]
Black Hat scraps Rep. Will Hurd as keynote speaker amid voting record controversy
Jun 14, 6:49PM
Rep. Will Hurd will no longer give the keynote address at the Black Hat security conference amid questions about his voting record on women’s rights. Hurd, a Texas Republican congressman, was scheduled to headline the conference later this year, but the organizers decided to walk back the decision a day later. “Black Hat has chosen […]
VCs are failing diverse founders; Elizabeth Warren wants to step in
Jun 14, 6:36PM
The presidential candidate outlines plans to provide capital to 100,000 new minority-owned businesses.
Fiverr CEO says he's building the 'everything store for digital services'
Jun 14, 6:36PM
Freelance marketplace Fiverr has become closely associated with the gig economy, but Micha Kaufman argued that not all gig economy companies are created equal. I spoke to Kaufman yesterday afternoon, after Fiverr debuted on the New York Stock Exchange and spent the day climbing to 90% above the IPO price. As we talked about Fiverr’s […]
Alexa's voice apps for kids can now offer purchases that parents approve
Jun 14, 6:25PM
Amazon will now allow developers to offer premium content for purchase in Alexa skills aimed at children. The company on Friday introduced new tools for building skills with in-app purchases that requires the Amazon account holder — typically mom or dad — to approve or decline the requested purchase via a text or email. In-skill […]
The electric scooter wars won't end
Jun 14, 5:18PM
On the heels of unveiling its pink-wheeled e-bikes for the San Francisco Bay Area, Lyft is doing the same for its electric scooters in Denver, Colo. Lyft says these scooters are designed to be more durable, and feature a more powerful battery and a hand brake. Upon first look, however, these scooters don’t appear particularly […]
How to make remote work work
Jun 14, 5:05PM
Every time I see a “the future of work is remote” article, I think to myself: “How backwards! How retro! How quaint!” That future is now, for many of us. I’ve been a fully remote developer-turned-CTO for a full decade. So I’m always baffled by people still wrestling with whether remote work is viable for […]
Daily Crunch: Fiverr goes public
Jun 14, 5:01PM
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. Fiverr shares climb 90% in first day of trading Freelance marketplace Fiverr had a good first day on the New York […]
Microsoft makes getting started with Java and VS Code easier
Jun 14, 5:00PM
After only a few years, Microsoft’s free Visual Studio Code has become one of the most popular code editors on the market. One of VS Code’s advantages is its flexibility. This flexibility does come with some complexity when it comes to getting everything set up. Today, the company launched a new project that makes it […]
Thousands of medical injury claim records exposed by ad agency
Jun 14, 5:00PM
An internet advertising company specializing in helping law firms sign up potential clients has exposed close to 150,000 records from a database that was left unsecured. The database contained submissions as part of a lead-generation effort by X Social Media, a Florida-based ad firm that largely uses Facebook to advertise various campaigns for its law […]
Rivian and 'Free Solo' star Alex Honnold team up to build solar microgrid with used EV batteries
Jun 14, 4:59PM
Rivian, the once secretive company that made its public debut in November with an electric pickup truck and SUV, plans to give its batteries a second life and put them to work in a solar microgrid project in Puerto Rico. The automaker is teaming up with The Honnold Foundation, an organization started by Alex Honnold, […]
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