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Report: Amazon Prime Day 2019 will push U.S. e-commerce sales to over $2 billion
Jul 15, 5:13PM
A report from Adobe’s analytics arm predicts Amazon’s Prime Day 2019 sales event, which began today, to have another sizable impact on the U.S. e-commerce market. The company expects a revenue lift for top retailers — those with over $1 billion in online sales — to reach 79% this year, up from the 60% lift […]
Twitter rolls out its redesigned desktop website with simplified navigation, more features
Jul 15, 5:00PM
Twitter’s website is getting a major overhaul. The company has been testing a new version of its desktop website since the beginning of the year, and today the final product is rolling out to the public. The upgraded experience simplifies navigation with a new — and fairly large — left-hand sidebar that directs you to […]
The mid-engine 2020 Chevrolet Corvette has been given a name
Jul 15, 4:48PM
The first mid-engine Chevrolet Corvette will have a familiar name. The 2020 Chevrolet Corvette will debut as a “Stingray” when it’s revealed July 18. If that sounds familiar, it is. Numerous Corvette model years have been dubbed Stingray, beginning in 1963 with the second generation of the sports car. The Stingray nameplate ran until 1976. […]
Brave Care, backed by Y Combinator, is an urgent care clinic just for kids
Jul 15, 4:40PM
Brave Care is an urgent care facility for pediatric care that costs, on average, about 80% less than a pediatric ER visit. Darius Monsef and his co-founder came up with the idea shortly after a fateful week for the Monsef family, during which their four-year-old dove off a bike ramp and their one-year-old started having […]
'The Operators': Understanding your user – The art and science of UI/UX behind Facebook, Google, Mint, and Edmodo
Jul 15, 4:28PM
The Operators highlights the experts building the products and companies that drive the tech industry. Speaking from experience at companies like AirBnB, Brex, Docsend, Edmodo, Facebook, Google...
Facebook's testimony to congress: Libra will be regulated by Swiss
Jul 15, 4:12PM
The head of Facebook’s blockchain subsidiary Calibra David Marcus has released his prepared testimony before congress for tomorrow and Wednesday, explaining that the Libra Association will be regulated by the Swiss government since that’s where it’s headquartered. Meanwhile, he says the Libra Association and Facebook’s Calibra wallet intend to comply will all US tax, anti-money […]
48-hour, buy-one-get-one free — TC Sessions: Enterprise 2019
Jul 15, 4:00PM
Every startupper we've ever met loves a great deal, and so do we. That's why we're celebrating Prime day with a 48-hour flash sale on tickets to TC Sessions: Enterprise 2019, which takes place September 5 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. We're talking a classic BOGO — buy-one-get-one — […]
Online shopping guide SMZDM surges 44% on China stock market debut
Jul 15, 3:03PM
When Chinese internet companies seek initial public offerings, they tend to look to the United States where rules for profitability are less strict. SMZDM, an online shopping guide that few people outside China have heard of, has joined a small rank of internet startups that are trading on public markets in mainland China. SMZDM, short […]
Uber finally sets diversity, inclusion and equity goals
Jul 15, 2:00PM
Within the sphere of diversity, inclusion and equity, it’s common knowledge that companies are unlikely to achieve meaningful progress unless they put goals in place. Uber has finally gotten the memo. Today, as part of its third diversity report, Uber committed to two three-year goals, as well as broke out the stats around intersectionality. Today, […]
Waze now shows road toll prices along your driving route
Jul 15, 1:16PM
Navigation app Waze is making getting to where you’re going even easier – or at least more transparent. A new feature rolling out today will show you any tolls along your route, including the actual amount you’re going to pay, across both the U.S. and Canada. This is above and beyond what you’ll get in […]
No technical reason to exclude Huawei as 5G supplier, says UK committee
Jul 15, 12:59PM
A UK parliamentary committee has concluded there are no technical grounds for excluding Chinese network kit vendor Huawei from the country’s 5G networks. In a letter from the chair of the Science & Technology Committee to the UK’s digital minister Jeremy Wright, the committee says: “We have found no evidence from our work to suggest […]
Petcube's Bites 2 and Play 2 amuse pets and humans alike with Alexa built-in
Jul 15, 12:46PM
Petcube’s original Bites smart treat dispenser and Play pet camera with a built-in laser pointer were great for pet parents who couldn’t always be around to hang out with their furry charges, but the new Bites 2 and Play 2 come with one big new upgrade that make them far more versatile than the original: […]
Serena Williams, Mark Cuban invest $3 million in Mahmee, a digital support network for new moms
Jul 15, 12:00PM
Tennis superstar and mom to a 22-month-old, Serena Willams has joined Mark Cuban to invest $3 million seed funding in Mahmee, a startup working toward filling the critical care gap in postpartum care. For those who’ve never given birth or who (count your blessings!) never had any mishaps in the hospital or afterwards, the weeks […]
48-hours only: 2-for-1 sale on passes to Disrupt Berlin 2019
Jul 15, 11:32AM
We're in a celebratory mood here at TechCrunch — it's Prime day after all. So we're setting you up for serious savings on passes to Disrupt Berlin 2019, which takes place on 11-12 December. Das ist wunderbar! Jump on this classic buy-one-get-one — BOGO — deal that starts today and ends tomorrow, July 16, at […]
Customer data management company Amperity raises $50M
Jul 15, 11:00AM
Amperity is announcing that it has raised $50 million in Series C funding. The company offers what co-founder and CEO Kabir Shahani said is the ability to “ingest every piece of atomic-level data remotely related to a customer and assemble it into a customer 360.” To illustrate how Amperity can help businesses use their customer […]
The Dreamlight Zen uses lights and music to help wearers relax
Jul 15, 10:49AM
Every time I'm back in Asia, it seems like I'm meeting with another sleep mask company. And every time, I wonder aloud about how the technology might ease the soul-grinding 16-hour flight home. Last year, Brinc-backed Silentmode lent me a unit for the long flight, along with a final night in Hong Kong's notorious Chung […]
Canal+ acquires Nollywood studio ROK from IROKOtv to grow African film
Jul 15, 10:00AM
French television company Canal+ has acquired the ROK film studio from VOD company IROKOtv for an undisclosed amount. Founded by Jason Njoku in 2010 — and backed by $45 million in VC — IROKOtv boasts the largest online catalog of Nollywood film content in the world. Nollywood is a movie genre popularized in Nigeria that […]
Sutro's smart pool-monitoring device arrives next month
Jul 15, 9:40AM
Sutro's device has changed a lot since the company appeared as a contestant in our Hardware Battlefield way back in 2015. But who hasn't, really? The startup happened to be in town as TechCrunch paid a visit to SSV's Shenzhen headquarters. Turns out it's a good place to be six weeks ahead of your product's […]
Cambridge Uni graphene spin-out bags $16M to get its first product to market
Jul 15, 9:29AM
Cambridge, UK based graphene startup, Paragraf, has closed a £12.8 million (~$16M) Series A round of funding led by early stage VC Parkwalk. Also investing this round: IQ Capital Partners, Amadeus Capital Partners and Cambridge Enterprise, the commercialisation arm of the University of Cambridge, plus several unnamed angel investors. The funding will be used to […]
Yandex-Uber JV MLU acquires regional rival Vezet for shares and $71.5M in cash
Jul 15, 8:44AM
On-demand transportation giant Uber made its name in part by aggressively entering new markets on a path of organic growth, but in recent times, it has shown itself more amenable to the concept of expansion through acquisition. Today, MLU, Uber’s ridesharing and food delivery JV with Yandex (by way of Yandex .taxi) covering cities in […]
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