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Watch ISRO's historic Chandrayaan-2 Moon mission rocket launch live
Jul 14, 4:52PM
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is set to run a historic launch later today, with the Chandrayaan-2 lunar mission, which will aim to put a rover on the Moon’s south pole to help study the celestial body’s origin. The launch is target for 2:51 AM India Standard Time (IST), which is 5:21 PM EST. […]
Kibus is like a Keurig for your pet
Jul 14, 1:03PM
In a pitch during a recent meeting at Brinc's Hong Kong headquarters, the Barcelona-based team behind Kibus Petcare was quick to point out that most millennials consider pets "a member of the family." That sort of statement manifests itself in various ways, of course, but for many, that means preparing home cooked meals for their […]
Don't blame flawed Silicon Valley for the rot of Wall Street and Washington
Jul 14, 1:00PM
The techlash is well underway. Blame Facebook! Blame Google! Blame Amazon! (Apple and Microsoft still seem relatively immune, for now.) And, I mean, there’s a lot of objectively blameworthy behavior there, especially in that first case. But I find myself wondering: why does the ire go beyond that, into irrational territory? What is it about […]
Week-in-Review: Google's never-ending autonomous road trip
Jul 14, 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 Alexa wasn’t forgetting what you requested […]
Phuture Foods is creating a plant-based pork substitute for the Asian market
Jul 14, 10:08AM
We met with a handful of Brinc's top startups earlier this week, during a visit to the accelerator's Hong Kong headquarters. The lion's share of the demos involved hardware products, which has long been the organization's core offering. Increasingly, however, food focused startups like Phuture Foods have become an important focus. Whereas stateside companies like […]
Roblox EC-1, immigration requirements doubling, grief in the workplace, and cannabis startups
Jul 13, 5:08PM
The Roblox EC-1 Following in the wake of our deep profiles of Patreon and Niantic, we have our next EC-1 package, this time on children's gaming platform Roblox . Extra Crunch writer Sherwood Morrison has covered gaming and startups for years, and he got an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the incredibly popular startup with interviews […]
Personality of things
Jul 13, 4:30PM
Tiffine Wang Contributor Share on Twitter Tiffine Wang is a senior investment manager at Singtel Innov8, the corporate venture capital arm of Singtel Group. Freddy Dopfel Contributor Share on Twitter Freddy Dopfel is a senior associate at Grishin Robotics. Humans are starting to get better acquainted with personal assistants such as Google Assistant, Siri, Cortana, […]
Is blitzscaling killing early employee equity opportunities?
Jul 13, 3:38PM
Silicon Valley has many dreams. One dream — the Hollywood version anyway — is for a down-and-out founder to begin tinkering and coding in their proverbial garage, eventually building a product that is loved by humans the world over and becoming a startup billionaire in the process. The more prosaic and common version of that […]
W(hy)TF are Japan and South Korea in a trade war?
Jul 13, 2:20PM
Another week, another trade war. And unlike most trade wars these days, this one didn't originate from the confines of the Rose Garden with the Marine One whirlybird in the background. No, like any Ice Bucket Challenge-worthy meme, others are getting in on the trade war bandwagon and making it their own. Cue Japan and […]
Startups Weekly: Zoom, Superhuman and small reactions to big scandals
Jul 13, 12:00PM
In this week's newsletter: An inside look at TechCrunch's Mobility Conference, Credita's big fundraise and Bumble's bad week.
Valkyrie Industries is building a haptic VR suit for industrial training
Jul 13, 9:12AM
Valkyrie Industries off-handedly refers to the current iteration of its VR suit as "Iron Man v. 1." It's a fitting reference. There's a very "first half of the superhero film" vibe to the prototype. There are exposed wires everywhere and large, clunky 3D printed pieces that clip onto various body parts. In a more finalized […]
As FTC cracks down, data ethics is now a strategic business weapon
Jul 12, 11:27PM
$5 billion. That's the apparent size of Facebook's latest fine for violating data privacy. While many believe the sum is a slap on the wrist, it's still the largest amount the FTC has ever levied on a tech company.
Archinaut snags $73 million in NASA funding to 3D-print giant spacecraft parts in orbit
Jul 12, 11:12PM
A project to 3-D print bulky components in space rather than bring them up there has collected a $73.7 million contract from NASA to demonstrate the technique in space. Archinaut, a mission now several years in development from Made In Space, could launch as soon as 2022.
These robo-ants can work together in swarms to navigate tricky terrain
Jul 12, 9:43PM
While the agility of a Spot or Atlas robot is something to behold, there's a special merit reserved for tiny, simple robots that work not as a versatile individual but as an adaptable group. These "tribots" are built on the model of ants, and like them can work together to overcome obstacles with teamwork.
Facebook reportedly gets a $5 billion slap on the wrist from the FTC
Jul 12, 9:10PM
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has reportedly agreed to end its latest probe into Facebook‘s privacy problems with a $5 billion payout. According to The Wall Street Journal, the 3-2, party-line vote by FTC commissioners was carried by the Republican majority and will be moved to the Justice Department’s civil division to be finalized. A $5 […]
Minimum investment for EB-5 investor green card expected to more than double
Jul 12, 9:06PM
While not a startup visa, the EB-5 investor green card offers many entrepreneurs a path to a green card by investing money and creating jobs in the U.S. Under the EB-5 program, an entrepreneur's family is also eligible for green cards. Imminent regulatory changes to the EB-5 program are expected to make obtaining an EB-5 […]
With so much late-stage money available, why are tech companies going public now?
Jul 12, 9:00PM
What's best for one company isn't necessarily what's best for another. Going public -- or not -- is a choice that lies squarely where it should: in the hands of founders.
Bird has 'positive unit economics' with its custom scooter model, CEO says
Jul 12, 8:30PM
Bird has positive unit economics, CEO Travis VanderZanden said Friday in a fiery response to a report from The Information that the scooter startup was seeking $300 million in new funding, had lost nearly $100 million and saw its revenue shrink to about $15 million. VanderZanden did not disclose Bird’s revenue. However, in a series […]
Behold, the mid-engine 2020 C8 Corvette's steering wheel
Jul 12, 7:25PM
The new 2020 C8 Corvette won’t be revealed for six more days. But to hold us over, Chevrolet is showing off the steering wheel of the eighth-generation vehicle. The photo, which Chevy teased Friday, is just the steering wheel. But there are hints and insights that even this single photo provides. For one, this new […]
Watch Katee Sackhoff deal with space bugs in the trailer for Netflix's 'Another Life'
Jul 12, 7:17PM
Netflix has a new sci-fi series coming in hot on July 25, and it’s got Battlestar Galactica’s Katee Sackhoff in the lead role, with Selma Blair and Justin Chatwin supporting. The show focuses on Sackhoff’s Captain Niko Breckenridge and her crew of space explorers as they track down the origins of a mysterious alien artifact […]
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