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How Facebook's Libra is similar in concept and motivation to Kik's Kin cryptocurrency
Jun 18, 3:42PM
Facebook unveiled its Libra cryptocurrency initiative today, which is part of an alternative financial system (including new subsidiary and wallet ‘Calibra‘) it aims to build alongside industry and academic partners including MasterCard, PayPal, Visa, Uber, Andreessen Horowitz and Creative Destruction Lab. Facebook’s plans for Libra sound ambitious, risky and novel – but a predecessor exists […]
Focals by North Review: The future is (almost) here
Jun 18, 3:38PM
The concept of an IRL heads-up display has been a part of science fiction since basically the beginning. Big players have tried their hand at it with less than stellar results — most notably Google with Glass, and more recently Intel’s Vaunt. But North may have cracked the nut on smart glasses with Focals. They […]
4 days left to score the best price on Disrupt SF 2019
Jun 18, 3:00PM
We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming to bring you an important message: You have just four days left to buy your pass to Disrupt San Francisco 2019 before the super early-bird price expires on June 21 at 11:59 p.m. (PT). There's a pass priced for every budget (even yours), and you can spread your payments […]
Google Calendar is down, it's not just you
Jun 18, 2:49PM
Snow day. All meetings are canceled until further notice. Google Calendar has been hit with what appear to be some pretty widespread issues. The company has confirmed service interruptions via its G Suite Status Dashboard, noting, “We’re investigating reports of an issue with Google Calendar. We will provide more information shortly. The affected users are […]
Orbit Fab becomes first startup to supply water to ISS, paving the way for satellite refueling
Jun 18, 2:38PM
Not even two years into its existence, orbital fuel supply startup Orbit Fab has chalked up a big win – successfully supplying the International Space Station with water, a first for any private company. It’s a big deal because providing water to the ISS involved a multi-day refueling process, done in microgravity, using processes and […]
Amazon expands air cargo fleet with 15 more planes, will have 70 planes by 2021
Jun 18, 2:19PM
Following news from earlier this month that FedEx was dumping Amazon from its air cargo service, Amazon this morning announced the expansion of its own air delivery network, Amazon Air. The retailer says it’s leasing an additional fifteen Boeing 737-800 cargo aircraft from partner GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS). These will join the five Boeing […]
Dr. Mario is in (on iOS and Android) July 10
Jun 18, 2:09PM
After years of heel dragging, Nintendo finally opened itself up to the smartphone world in late-2016. The gaming giant hasn't exactly opened the floodgates in the intervening years, but Fire Emblem Heroes, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp and Dragalia Lost have filled the void in some form or other. There's something to be said for the […]
NASA's best-yet photo of asteroid Bennu nails the dramatic lighting
Jun 18, 2:02PM
NASA has taking a breathtaking new image of near-earth asteroid Bennu, captured by its OSIRIS-REx spacecraft from its new, second orbit of the extraterrestrial object. The new picture, snapped on June 13, provides a pretty much full-length view of Bennu, with half of its surface lit by the sun and the other half in near-complete […]
GoTenna is ramping up public sector mesh networking with a $24M C round
Jun 18, 2:02PM
GoTenna is best known for its outdoors-oriented consumer products that let you text and share locations between smartphones off the grid. But the company has found that government work — military, fire, rescue — is the real market, and is pursuing it with a vengeance on the strength of a $24 million funding round.
Youper, a chatbot that helps users navigate their emotions, raises $3 million in seed funding
Jun 18, 2:00PM
Youper, a mental health app with a chatbot it calls an “emotional health assistant,” has raised $3 million in seed funding from Goodwater Capital. The funds will be used to accelerate development of Youper’s artificial intelligence-based capabilities and grow its user base. Based in San Francisco, Youper was co-founded in 2016 by Dr. Jose Hamilton. […]
Amazon's Twitch acquired social networking platform Bebo for under $25M to bolster its esports efforts
Jun 18, 1:32PM
While Facebook makes a bold move into cryptocurrency to capitalise on its multi-billion user base, a social network that was once a credible competitor to it has quietly been snapped up by a subsidiary of Amazon. TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that Bebo, one of the earlier platforms to let people share thoughts and media […]
New iOS feature prompts you to cancel subscriptions when uninstalling apps
Jun 18, 1:31PM
There are operating system updates that feel tacked on or otherwise not particularly useful. Then there are those that genuinely alter the way you interact with a device. This new addition by way of iOS 13's second beta falls firmly into the latter, prompting users to cancel a subscription upon uninstalling from an app. Spotted […]
Anti-spam service Truecaller adds free voice calling feature
Jun 18, 1:10PM
Truecaller, an app best known for helping users screen calls from strangers and spammers, is adding yet another feature to its service as it bolsters its super app status. The Stockholm-based firm said today that its app can now be used to place free VoIP-powered voice calls. The company told TechCrunch on Tuesday that it […]
MongoDB gets a data lake, new security features and more
Jun 18, 1:00PM
MongoDB is hosting its developer conference today and unsurprisingly, the company has quite a few announcements to make. Some are straightforward, like the launch of MongoDB 4.2 with some important new security features, while others, like the launch of the company’s Atlas Data Lake, point the company beyond its core database product. “Our new offerings […]
Dishcraft launches with a massive robotics-powered dishwashing system
Jun 18, 1:00PM
Bay Area-based robotics startup Dishcraft has unveiled a massive robotics and AI-powered dishwashing system. Like much of the rest of the industrial robotics industry, the company's looking to automate a dull task with a high turnover rate, which amounts to about a month of employment on average. It's a beast of a system from the […]
Carmen Sandiego returns to Google Earth with a new caper
Jun 18, 12:35PM
Google Earth first made use of its rich global 3D visualization as a backdrop for a Carmen Sandiego tie-in back in March, but today there’s a new adventure to explore. After solving The Crown Jewels Caper, amateur home gumshoes are now tasked with finding out the secrets of The Keys to the Kremlin Caper, which […]
Salesforce Customer Data Platform begins to take shape
Jun 18, 12:06PM
Salesforce announced it is making progress toward releasing a Customer Data Platform (CDP) this week at Salesforce Connections in Chicago. While the company is talking in greater detail about the platform, they are calling Customer 360, it won’t be available for pilot customers until this Fall. The idea behind the CDP isn’t all that different […]
Xiaomi's latest products for Russia include its smart TVs and flagship Mi 9T
Jun 18, 12:05PM
Xiaomi, best known for its smartphones, is making serious inroads into Russia as it launched a collection of products in the country where some 145 million people live. That includes its smart TVs featuring 700,000 hours of content, smart wristbands, wireless earbuds, and flagship phone Mi 9T, which is identical to its recently announced Redmi […]
Palm's tiny phone is available unlocked at $350
Jun 18, 12:00PM
The first time I showed the Palm phone to the TechCrunch staff, they were excited. At the very least, it was a unique take on the category, designed to be a second phone for those moments that didn't require a larger, bulkier device. But reality set in pretty quickly. The device's capabilities were severely limited […]
Two Sigma leads $12m series A for expert knowledge network NewtonX
Jun 18, 12:00PM
Knowledge is the fuel of business. Every decision requires a full understanding of the data underlying it, and that means reaching out not only to an organization's own staff for insight, but also to experts in the wider world. Management consultants, research agencies, and data providers make hundreds of billions of dollars per year attempting […]
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