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Daily Crunch: Instagram fights bullying

Jul 09, 4:51PM

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. New Instagram features flag potentially offensive comments, allow you to quietly 'restrict' users Instagram seems to be trying to find ways […]


Amazon seeks FCC approval to launch over three thousand broadband satellites

Jul 09, 4:43PM

Amazon revealed its ‘Project Kuiper’ plan to establish a constellation of broadband internet satellites in low-Earth orbit earlier this year, but now we know a bit more about the specifics of its plan thanks to an FCC filing first reported by Geekwire. The filing seeks permission from the U.S. communications regulator to launch a total […]


The Raspberry Pi 4 doesn't work with all USB-C cables

Jul 09, 4:36PM

The Raspberry Pi 4 is a great little beast, but Tyler Ward identified a flaw in the USB Type-C connector. The Raspberry Pi Foundation confirmed to TechRepublic that the design flaw is real, and that your Raspberry Pi 4 might not work with all USB-C cables. It's not really a dealbreaker, but you can expect […]


Stranger Things 3 racks up most viewers in first four days for a Netflix show ever

Jul 09, 4:22PM

Netflix’s most recent season (serialized sequel might actually be more accurate) of Stranger Things is breaking records: The streaming company shared that 40.7 million accounts have been watching the show since it became available on the service on July 4. That’s more than any other Netflix show or movie in its first four days of […]


Appeals court finds that President Trump cannot block his critics on Twitter

Jul 09, 3:36PM

The legal battle between President Donald Trump and his reply guys and Twitter critics is entering a new phase now that a New York-based appeals court has ruled that the President can’t block them from viewing his Twitter feed, according to multiple outlets. That decision upholds a previous ruling that the President violated the First […]


AppLovin acquires SafeDK to improve brand safety

Jul 09, 3:00PM

Mobile marketing company AppLovin is announcing that it has acquired SafeDK. While AppLovin started out as a mobile ad business, it now bills itself as “a comprehensive mobile gaming platform,” offering tools for game developers around user acquisition, monetization, analytics and (through Lion Studios, launched last year) publishing. SafeDK, meanwhile, allows developers to manage all […]


Hardware startups: Pitch to the world's top investors at Hardware Battlefield 2019

Jul 09, 3:00PM

Early-stage hardware startup founders, it's your turn to step into the spotlight and launch your innovative inventions to the world's top investors. We're inviting you to apply to compete in our hardware-focused pitch competition, Hardware Battlefield at TC Shenzhen on November 11-12. You might even walk away with $25,000 and a whole new business trajectory. This is our […]


Dr. Mario World now available on iOS

Jul 09, 2:42PM

Nintendo’s latest mobile game is now available for iOS devices, a day before its official target launch date. The game is based on the Nintendo game created in 1990 for the NES and Game Boy, and re-released/re-made a bunch of times over the years for various Nintendo consoles. Dr. Mario World, the iOS game available […]


Marriott to face $123 million fine by UK authorities over data breach

Jul 09, 2:36PM

The U.K. data protection authority said it will serve hotel giant Marriott with a £99 million ($123M) fine for a data breach that exposed up to 383 million guests. Marriott revealed last year that its acquired Starwood properties had its central reservation database hacked, including five million unencrypted passport numbers and eight million credit card […]


The News Project's publishing platform goes live with its first customer, CALmatters

Jul 09, 2:27PM

CEO Merrill Brown says he founded The News Project to address one of the big problems in the journalism business: “It costs too much to launch and operate news sites.” It’s an issue that Brown knows well — he’s a former journalist, journalism executive and educator who served as the founding editor in chief of […]


Apple stops selling the 12-inch MacBook, a computer you either loved or were confused by

Jul 09, 2:14PM

Apple officially stopped selling the 12-inch MacBook today, a computer that hasn’t had an update since June 2017 and that is also maybe one of the most contentious Macs in Apple’s lineup. The 12-inch MacBook at one time seemed like Apple’s path forward (plenty of Apple fans and analysts saw it as a sign of […]


Understanding mental health in Silicon Valley, with professional coach and former investor Jerry Colonna

Jul 09, 2:04PM

Extra Crunch offers members the opportunity to tune into conference calls led and moderated by the TechCrunch writers you read every day. TechCrunch's Connie Loizos recently sat down with VC-turned-professional coach Jerry Colonna for a chat about founder mental health, his less than predictable career path and his new book Reboot: Leadership and the Art […]


BMW is making it easier to charge electric vehicles near America's national parks

Jul 09, 2:00PM

BMW has finished a nearly two-year project to bring 100 electric vehicle charging stations to America’s national parks. The automaker partnered in 2017 with several U.S. agencies, including the National Park Foundation, National Park Service, and Department of Energy, to donate 100 electric vehicle charging stations in and near to national parks throughout the United […]


BMW unveils the first all-electric Mini with the Cooper SE

Jul 09, 1:49PM

The all-electric Mini Cooper was once just a demonstration car and a dream for EV fans, but now it’s a car people will actually be able to buy, with truly competitive range and a ground-up purely electric drivetrain. The new Mini Cooper SE is the brand’s first purely electric small car, with a range of […]


If you'll pay more, new Uber Comfort offers Quiet Rides

Jul 09, 1:40PM

You can get access to Uber’s controversial Quiet Ride button that lets you ask your driver for silence if you’ll pay a 20% to 40% premium atop the UberX price. Today the Uber Comfort tier launches in 43 cities and smaller states in the US plus Ottawa, offering those willing to pay the premium access […]


Glitch is bringing remix culture back to the web with a $30 million Series A round

Jul 09, 1:00PM

Building apps and tools on the web shouldn’t just be for the technically inclined. In the early days of the web, it was easy to make your MySpace account, for example, unique to your personal aesthetic. Glitch is doing that for the modern era. Glitch, formerly known as Fog Greek Software, is an online community […]


Facebook will start taking a cut of fan subscriptions in 2020

Jul 09, 1:00PM

Facebook will take a cut of up to 30% on fan subscriptions, beginning on January 1, 2020. The social network is revealing its plans as part of a broader slate of monetization-related announcements this week at VidCon. The news confirms a TechCrunch report earlier this year that Facebook would be taking a 30% share of subscription […]


Apple updates entry-level MacBook Air and Pro for back to school

Jul 09, 12:50PM

Apple just announced a handful of key updates to its most popular Mac devices, timed for back to school purchases. The entry-level MacBook Pro gets the biggest bump from the this update, bringing the TouchBar and TouchID do the low end model for the first time. The 13-inch system also gets the updated keyboards announced […]


Unmortgage, the 'part own, part rental' housing startup, has secured a £500M fund partnership with AllianzGI

Jul 09, 12:38PM

Unmortgage, the London-based startup that lets you buy as little as 5% of a home and rent the rest, has announced a partnership with Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) to create a new fund to be used to purchase properties offered via the platform. The AllianzGI-managed fund is targeting a size of £500 million, according to […]


Signpost nabs $52M to help SMBs collect reviews and marketing collateral like bigger rivals

Jul 09, 12:30PM

Creating products aimed at smaller business users is a promising but challenging category in the area of enterprise software — they make up the vast majority of businesses today, but collectively are a fragmented customer base that is price sensitive and individually represents small ARPU. Today, a company that has found a way to tap […]



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