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Adopting a ratings system for social media like the ones used for film and TV won't work
Jun 30, 1:30PM
Gail Ann Hurd Contributor Share on Twitter Gale Anne Hurd is a producer of films and television shows, including the "Terminator" trilogy, "Aliens", "Armageddon", and "The Walking Dead". Ruth Vitale Contributor Share on Twitter Ruth Vitale, who has held top executive posts at indie film outfits including Paramount Classics, Fine Line Features, and New Line […]
It's the end of movies as we know them (and I feel fine)
Jun 30, 1:00PM
“How Will The Movies Survive The Next Ten Years?” demands the New York Times, in a series of interviews with 24 major Hollywood figures. Good question! I’ve been asking it myself, here, for six years now. Very unlike music, television, books, and home video, the theatrical movie experience has proved remarkably resistant to online disruption… […]
Cozycozy is an accommodation search service that works with hotels and Airbnb
Jun 30, 11:36AM
French startup Cozycozy.com wants to make it easier to search for accommodation across a wide range of services. This isn't the first aggregator in the space and probably not the last one. But this time, it isn't just about hotels. When you plan a trip with multiple stops, chances are you end up with a […]
Week-in-Review: Auditing a dark age in Apple design
Jun 30, 11:00AM
Hello, weekend readers. This is Week-in-Review where I give a heavy amount of analysis and/or rambling thoughts 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 talked about how YouTube was letting its commenting system […]
Equity transcribed: SoftBank-backed startup cracks under pressure to scale
Jun 29, 10:50PM
Welcome back to the transcribed edition of the popular podcast Equity. This week, TechCrunch writers Kate Clark and Connie Loizos were joined in the studio by Canvas Ventures’ general partner Rebecca Lynn. This week, the crew talked about the big rounds raised by shoe resale marketplace StockX, which raised $110 million at a $1 billion […]
Researchers developed a sensing system to constantly track the performance of workers
Jun 29, 8:01PM
Researchers have come up with a mobile-sensing system that can track and rate the performance of workers by combining a smartphone, fitness bracelets and a custom app. The mobile-sensing system, as the researchers call it, is able to classify high and low performers. The team used the system to track 750 U.S. workers for one […]
The IPO'd learn investing at First Round's Angel Track
Jun 29, 7:50PM
Startups depend on the angel lifecycle. A few flush post-exit individuals put the first cash into a fresh venture. With some skill and plenty of luck, the early team grows the company into a big success. It sells or goes public and those team members earn a fortune. They then pay it forward by investing […]
What's up with Lidar, crypto mafias, influencer marketing, Shuttl, and assistive tech
Jun 29, 6:34PM
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Softbank and Toyota-backed mobility venture gains five more automakers
Jun 29, 6:01PM
MONET Technologies, a joint venture launched by Softbank and Toyota to provide on-demand mobility services eventually with an autonomous module bus, has five new partners. Five Japanese automakers including Isuzu Motors, Suzuki Motor Corp., Subaru, Daihatsu and Mazda will each invest 2% in the venture. Softbank and Toyota each own 35% of the company. Honda […]
How a martial arts gym trained me to build an inclusive culture
Jun 29, 4:19PM
Ken Kao Contributor Share on Twitter Ken is an engineering manager at Airbnb building products that enable entrepreneurs to provide hospitality on the platform. Outside of work he enjoys Muay Thai, Pekiti Tirsia Kali (Filipino sticks & knives fighting), cooking, and writing. A wave of unease immediately swept through my body. Constant puffing and growling […]
Original Content podcast: 'I Think You Should Leave' brings deranged laughs to Netflix
Jun 29, 4:00PM
A sketch on Netflix’s “I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson” doesn’t just settle for one funny idea. As soon as you start to get comfortable and assume that you know where things are going, there’s usually a wild left turn, and sometimes a third and fourth for good measure. We review the new […]
Startups at the speed of light: Lidar CEOs put their industry in perspective
Jun 29, 3:41PM
As autonomous cars and robots loom over the landscapes of cities and jobs alike, the technologies that empower them are forming sub-industries of their own. One of those is lidar, which has become an indispensable tool to autonomy and spawned dozens of companies, which have in turn attracted hundreds of millions in venture funding.
With a single wiretap, police collected 9.2 million text messages
Jun 29, 3:35PM
For four months in 2018, authorities in Texas collected more than 9.2 million messages under a single court-authorized wiretap order, newly released figures show. The wiretap, granted by a federal judge in the Southern District of Texas, was granted as part of a narcotics investigation and became the federal wiretap with the most intercepts in […]
BMW's EV concept gets Blade Runner-style sound
Jun 29, 2:00PM
BMW Vision M NEXT, the electric vehicle concept that had its world debut June 25, won’t be in showrooms anytime soon, if ever. But let’s hope the sound of the vehicle, which was created by famous film score composer Hans Zimmer and Renzo Vitale, an acoustic engineer and sound designer at the BMW Group, makes […]
Unregulated facial recognition technology presents unique risks for the LGBTQ+ community
Jun 29, 1:30PM
Carlos Gutierrez Contributor Share on Twitter Carlos Gutierrez is deputy director and general counsel at LGBT Tech. It seems consumers today are granted ever-dwindling opportunities to consider the safety and civil liberties implications of a new technology before it becomes widely adopted. Facial recognition technology is no exception. The well-documented potential for abuse and misuse of these tools […]
Rocket Lab successfully launches seventh Electron rocket for 'Make It Rain' mission
Jun 29, 12:41PM
Private rocket launch startup Rocket Lab has succeeded in launching its ‘Make It Rain’ mission, which took off yesterday from the company’s private Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand. On board Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket (its seventh to launch so far) were multiple satellites flow for various clients in a rideshare arrangement brokered by Rocket […]
Startups Weekly: What's next for WeWork?
Jun 29, 12:00PM
In this week's newsletter: Postmates preps its IPO, Cameo gets $50M and Elizabeth Holmes gets a court date.
Huawei can buy from US suppliers again — but things will never be the same
Jun 29, 11:09AM
U.S. President Donald Trump has handed Huawei a lifeline after he said that U.S. companies are permitted to sell goods to the embattled Chinese tech firm following more than a month of uncertainty. It’s been a pretty dismal past month for Huawei since the American government added it and 70 of its affiliates to an […]
A rare glimpse into the sweeping — and potentially troubling — cloud kitchens trend
Jun 29, 3:06AM
Such is the conclusion of a growing chorus of observers who’ve been closely watching a new and powerful trend gain strength: that of cloud kitchens, or fully equipped shared spaces for restaurant owners, most of them quick-serve operations. While viewed peripherally as an interesting and, for some companies, lucrative development, the movement may well transform […]
Google finance head joins Postmates board ahead of anticipated IPO
Jun 29, 12:49AM
Google’s vice president of finance, has joined Postmates’ board of directors, the latest sign that the on-demand food delivery startup is prepping to take the company public. Postmates announced Friday that Kristin Reinke, vice president of Finance at Google, will join the San Francisco startup as an independent director. Reinke has been with Google since […]
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