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Someone is wrong on the Internet
Jul 07, 1:00PM
You wake up, and check your phone, and see a new condemnation. Some awful person has said something outrageously insulting. Something actually evil, if you think about it. Something that belittles, dehumanizes, and/or argues against the freedom and agency of a whole category of people. You add your voice to the furious chorus in response. […]
Week-in-Review: Alexa's indefinite memory and NASA's otherworldly plans for GPS
Jul 07, 10:00AM
Hello, weekenders. 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 the cult of Ive and the degradation of […]
Equity transcribed: Investing elsewhere with Revolution's Clara Sieg
Jul 06, 10:41PM
Welcome back to the transcribed edition of the popular podcast Equity. Kate Clark had the hosting reins this week and welcomed Revolution’s Clara Sieg to the studio. They discussed the trend of investors backing companies from “second-tier” markets like Austin, Atlanta, Denver, Philadelphia, Seattle, etc. Just how do cities become tech hubs? It’s a special […]
Original Content podcast: 'Stranger Things 3' has more monsters and more nostalgia
Jul 06, 4:00PM
While “Stranger Things” is one of Netflix’s biggest hits, we’ve remained immune to some of its charms. On the latest episode of the Original Content podcast, we review the third season of the series — a.k.a. “Stranger Things 3” — giving us an opportunity to hash out our general feelings about the show. Darrell, in […]
Startups Weekly: 2019 VC spending may eclipse 2018 record
Jul 06, 12:00PM
In this week's newsletter: When to seek VC backing, Lance Armstrong's VC career and Calm's big raise.
A 23-year-old B2B company has shown how keen India is for tech IPOs
Jul 06, 5:33AM
Away from the limelight of the press and the frenzy of fundraising, a tech startup in India has achieved a feat that few of its peers have managed: going public. IndiaMART, the country's largest online platform for selling products directly to businesses, raised nearly $70 million in a rare tech IPO for India this week. […]
Mario creator Miyamoto counters cloud gaming hype (but don't count Nintendo out)
Jul 06, 12:20AM
Cloud gaming — however a company chooses to define that — is shaping up to be a big part of the next generation of consoles and other platforms. But Mario creator and Nintendo veteran Shigeru Miyamoto says his company won't be so quick to jump on the bandwagon.
This drone swarm spray painted a jumbo-size graffiti mural
Jul 05, 9:30PM
It's Friday, so why not watch some good old-fashioned drone-powered graffiti? A design firm in Italy has put together a lovely little show that collected sketches from the art community and put them all together in a giant mural, painted over 12 hours by a team of drones.
Lance Armstrong's Next Ventures targets $75M
Jul 05, 8:42PM
Next Ventures' portfolio includes sleep and activity tracker Oura, smart muscle stimulation device PowerDot and others.
'Apollo: Missions to the Moon' brings the history of space exploration to life
Jul 05, 8:25PM
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing, National Geographic has plans for an entire Space Week of programming, kicking off Sunday night with the premiere of a new documentary called “Apollo: Missions to the Moon.” It’s a story that’s been told many times, including in last year’s Neil Armstrong biopic “First Man.” And of […]
Heat waves bring record-breaking temperatures on a geological scale
Jul 05, 8:15PM
>From Alaska to Europe, the world has spent the past few weeks roasting under temperatures never before seen in recorded history. In Alaska, all-time-high record temperatures were set across the state on July 4th, according to the National Weather Service. In Anchorage, the mercury soared to highs of 90 degrees, the highest temperature since recording […]
In addition to urban air mobility, why not rural air mobility?
Jul 05, 8:00PM
Let's explore a new form of connectivity for rural communities.
Watch a plane land itself truly autonomously for the first time
Jul 05, 7:09PM
A team of German researchers have created an automatic landing system for small aircraft that lets them touch down not only without a pilot, but without any of the tech on the ground that lets other planes do it. It could open up a new era of autonomous flight — and make ordinary landings safer to boot.
Daily Crunch: Layoffs at HQ Trivia
Jul 05, 5:54PM
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. HQ Trivia lays off ~20% as it preps subscriptions The cuts hit HQ's HR, marketing and product engineering teams, according to […]
Mozilla readies launch of news subscription service
Jul 05, 5:44PM
Way back in February, Mozilla announced an upcoming collaboration with Scroll aimed at finding a way to help fund news outlets. The organization appears ready to finally launch to the service, sending users a survey, along with invites to an upcoming beta launch of what it calls "Firefox Ad-free Internet." The service is one of […]
It was a really bad month for the internet
Jul 05, 5:28PM
If these past few weeks felt like the sky was falling, you weren’t alone. In the past month there were several major internet outages affecting millions of users across the world. Sites buckled, services broke, images wouldn’t load, direct messages ground to a halt and calendars and email were unavailable for hours at a time. […]
These humanoid robots can autonomously navigate cinder block mazes thanks to IHMC
Jul 05, 5:14PM
Programming robots to walk on flat, even ground is difficult enough, but Florida’s Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) is tackling the grander challenge of making sure bipedal robots can successfully navigate rough terrain. The research organization has been demonstrating its work in this area since 2016, but its latest video (via Engadget) shows […]
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 the Australian capital, Canberra. There, its service delivers food, coffee, pet supplies and more to area residents. Related to these […]
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 $560,000 round (€500,000) from Kima Ventures, Roxanne Varza, Thibaud Elzière and Oleg Tscheltzoff. Varza participates in the Atomico […]
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