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After Equifax breach, US watchdog says agencies aren't properly verifying identities
Jun 16, 2:01PM
A federal watchdog says the government should stop relying on the credit agencies to verify the identifies of those using government services. In a report out this week, the the Government Accountability Office said several government departments still rely on the credit agencies — Equifax, Experian and TransUnion — to check if a person is […]
Week-in-Review: E3's forever franchises and Elon Musk's submersible Tesla
Jun 16, 10:00AM
Hey, weekend readers. This is Week-in-Review where I get hopped up on caffeine and give a heavy amount of analysis on one story while scouring the rest of the hundreds of stories that emerged on TechCrunch this week to surface my favorites for your reading pleasure. Last week, I railed on Google’s new Stadia game […]
Shyp is preparing for a comeback under new management
Jun 16, 1:54AM
Fifteen months after shutting down, Shyp is getting ready to launch again. The startup tweeted today that "We are back! We're hard at work to rebuild an unparalleled shipping experience. Before we begin operations again, we'd love to hear your feedback in this quick survey. We look forward to working with you and can't wait […]
Getting remote work working, A16Z in LatAm, transferring H-1Bs, and Uber Air taxis
Jun 15, 7:53PM
How to make remote work work TechCrunch columnist Jon Evans has an Extra Crunch-exclusive look on what it takes to get remote work working within an organization. Evans, who has been the remote CTO of technology consulting firm HappyFunCorp for many years, finds that "you need decisive confidence, clear direction, iterative targets, independent responsibilities, asynchronous […]
Equity transcribed: Silicon Valley's founder fetish infantilizes public companies
Jun 15, 6:35PM
Welcome back to this week’s transcribed edition of Equity. This was a big week of news that the Equity duo had to cover. Kate was at the Code Conference, Fortnite maker, Epic Games bought Houseparty, and a bit more on the Bird-Scoot deal. Then came talk of the CrowdStrike IPO, which gave way to a […]
Meet TezLab, the Fitbit for Tesla vehicles
Jun 15, 4:07PM
Some of the best real-time insights into Tesla and its global fleet of electric vehicles — outside the confines of its Silicon Valley headquarters — might be through the lens of TezLab, a tiny upstart in Brooklyn. Now, a little more than two years after its founding, TezLab is on the verge of hitting what […]
Original Content podcast: 'Black Mirror' returns with one of its strongest seasons
Jun 15, 4:00PM
Less than six months after releasing the disappointing interactive experiment “Bandersnatch,” Netflix’s science fiction anthology series “Black Mirror” is back with three traditionally-structured episodes. On the latest installment of the Original Content podcast, we weigh in with our thoughts on the new season. We didn’t entirely agree on which episodes were strongest, but we agreed […]
Startups Weekly: #CodeCon, the 'techlash' and ill-prepared CEOs
Jun 15, 12:00PM
In this week's newsletter: Epic Games throws a houseparty, CrowdStrike soars and a VR startup raises fresh funds.
Where is the EU going on tech and competition policy?
Jun 15, 10:46AM
Huge technology policy questions are looming for whoever takes the top jobs at the European Union in the coming months. Decisions that could radically reshape tech business models, reconfigure the competitive landscape and change the relationship between Internet users and the content and services they consume. In short, the entire future of the tech industry […]
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 […]
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