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Alphabet's Wing launches OpenSky, a safety app for Australian drone operators
Jul 05, 4:14PM
Drone delivery service Project Wing (or just Wing as it’s now called) graduated from Google X last year to become an independent Alphabet business, and recently won governmental approval to operate in the suburbs outside Australia capital, Canberra. There, its service delivers food, coffee, pet supplies, and more to area residents. Related to these efforts, […]
New LightSail 2 mission dashboard lets anyone check in on solar sail spacecraft's progress
Jul 05, 4:02PM
The Planetary Society has launched a new mission control dashboard for LightSail 2, a crowdfunded spacecraft currently in orbit that’s going to test the performance of a true solar sail that’s moved only by the force of photons from the sun bouncing off its fabric. The dashboard provides the most up-to-date information available for anyone […]
Karamel is an app to find activities for your kids
Jul 05, 3:33PM
French startup Karamel wants to help you find things to do for your kids. The company is launching a mobile app that lets you find and book kid-friendly activities around you. The startup also just raised a $450,000 round (€400,000) from Kima Ventures, Roxanne Varza and Thibaud Elzière. Varza participates in the Atomico Angel Programme, […]
Toyota testing improved solar roof for electric cars that can charge while driving
Jul 05, 3:13PM
Toyota is testing a new and improved version of the solar power cells it previously launched on the Japan-exclusive Prius PHV, in a pilot along with partners Sharp and Japanese national research organization NEDO. This demo car’s prototype cells can convert solar energy at 34% and up, which is much better than the existing commercial […]
Internet group brands Mozilla 'internet villain' for supporting DNS privacy feature
Jul 05, 2:14PM
An industry group of internet service providers has branded Firefox browser maker Mozilla an “internet villain” for supporting a DNS security standard. The U.K.’s Internet Services Providers' Association (ISPA), the trade group for U.K. internet service providers, nominated the browser maker for its proposed effort to roll out the security feature, which they say will […]
Investing elsewhere with Revolution's Clara Sieg
Jul 05, 1:00PM
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch's venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.
Sony's new wireless earbuds pack great noise-canceling and battery life
Jul 05, 12:00PM
I've got a 16-hour flight coming up in about a week, so I'm hoping our review units come through before then. For now, my time with the WF-1000XM3 has been limited to a few minutes in a conference room, but so far I like what I've heard. The sound on Sony's new fully wireless earbuds […]
Image recognition, mini apps, QR codes: how China uses tech to sort its waste
Jul 05, 10:24AM
China’s war on garbage is as digitally savvy as the country itself. Think QR codes attached to trash bags that allow a municipal government to trace exactly where its trash comes from. On July 1, the world’s most populated city (Shanghai) began a compulsory garbage-sorting program. Under the new regulations (in Chinese), households and companies […]
Clever Cloud launches GPU-based instances
Jul 05, 9:10AM
French startup Clever Cloud is a cloud-hosting company that operates a Platform-as-a-Service (or PaaS). The company just launched GPU-based instances for machine learning purposes under a new brand, Clever Grid. Behind the scene, the company uses Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070. You get billed by the minute and the most basic instance costs €0.42 per hour, […]
Smart scooter company Gogoro launches GoShare, an end-to-end vehicle-sharing platform
Jul 05, 7:00AM
Founded in 2011, Gogoro now makes the best-selling electric scooters in Taiwan, where it is headquartered. The startup has always seen itself as an end-to-end platform developer, however, and today it marked a major milestone with the announcement of a new vehicle sharing system. Called GoShare, the program will start operating with a pilot fleet […]
Waresix hauls in $14.5M to advance its push to digitize logistics in Indonesia
Jul 05, 2:48AM
Waresix, one of a handful of startups aiming to modernize logistics in Indonesia — the world’s fourth most populous country — has pulled in $14.5 million to grow its 18-month-old business. This new investment, Waresix’s Series A, is led by EV Growth — the growth-stage fund co-run by East Ventures — with participation from SMDV […]
PayU, Naspers' global fintech firm, enters Southeast Asia with acquisition of Red Dot Payment
Jul 05, 2:13AM
PayU, the Naspers-owned fintech firm that specializes in emerging markets, is broadening its global reach into Southeast Asia after it announced a deal to buy a majority stake in Singapore-based Red Dot Payment. Naspers is best known for its payments and fintech business in markets like India, Latin America, Africa and Eastern Europe, but now […]
Drifting champion tackles Goodwood with VR, 5G and one tiny startup's tech
Jul 04, 9:26PM
Stunt driver Vaughn Gittin Jr. took a Lincoln MKZ through its paces at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, drifting the vehicle and taking it up a signature hill climb. Except Gittin wasn’t in the car. Donning a Samsung VR headset, Gittin was controlling the vehicle miles away from the Goodwood arena using a teleoperation system […]
UnitedMasters releases iPhone app for DIY cross-service music distribution
Jul 04, 6:25PM
Alphabet-backed UnitedMasters, the music label distribution startup and record label alternative that offers artists 100% ownership of everything they create, launched its iPhone app today. The iPhone app works like the service they used to offer, only via the web, giving artists the chance to upload their own tracks (from iCloud, Dropbox or directly from […]
This solar array expands itself at the right temperature
Jul 04, 5:21PM
Wouldn't it be nice to have a solar panel that's only there when the sun shines on it? That's the idea behind this research project, which uses shape-shifting materials to make a solar panel grow from a compressed state to an expanded one with nothing more than a change in temperature.
HQ Trivia lays off ~20% as it preps subscriptions
Jul 04, 4:43PM
HQ Trivia is struggling after a mutiny failed to oust its CEO. Downloads per month are down 92% versus last June according to Sensor Tower. And now four sources confirm that HQ laid off staff members this week. One said about 20% of staff was let go, and another said six to seven employees were […]
An optimistic view of deepfakes
Jul 04, 4:30PM
The negative implications of deepfakes are troubling, and the better we understand them, the better we'll be able to prevent their worst consequences.
Watch how Tesla Model 3 earned its 5-star safety rating from Euro NCAP
Jul 04, 4:22PM
Tesla has extended its 5-star safety rating streak to Europe. In a new round of testing, the European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP) awarded the Model 3 its highest rating of five stars. You can watch a video of Euro NCAP’s crash test below. As fun as it is to watch a Tesla Model […]
Twelve South's HiRise Wireless is a super versatile wireless smartphone charger
Jul 04, 4:15PM
Wireless charging has been a wonderful addition to mainstream flagship smartphones including the iPhone, Samsung’s Galaxy lineup and Google’s Pixel phones. But there hasn’t been a really great option for bringing the benefits of wireless charging with you on the road, while keeping your desktop setup tidy until now, with TwelveSouth’s recently released HiRise Wireless. […]
Why you should naturalize — now, not later
Jul 04, 4:05PM
Three in five of the country's biggest tech companies — Apple, Facebook and Google among them — were founded by first- or second-generation immigrants.
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