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Revolut tweaks business accounts with new pricing structure
Jul 24, 5:39PM
Fintech startup Revolut announced changes to its business accounts this week. The good news is that if you were thinking about trying Revolut for your business needs, it's now cheaper to get started. But there are some limits. While Revolut is better known for its regular consumer accounts that let you receive, send and spend […]
Occipital's Structure Sensor Mark II is a smaller and much improved 3D scanner for your iPad
Jul 24, 4:09PM
Back in 2013, Occipital (a company then best known for making the RedLaser barcode scanning app) released the Structure Sensor, a device that turned any iPad you strapped it to into a portable 3D scanner. Six years later, they’re back with the next one: Structure Sensor Mark II. It’s about half the size, but […]
What lower Netflix pricing tells us about competing in India
Jul 24, 4:05PM
At a conference in New Delhi early last year, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings was confronted with a question that his company has been asked many times over the years. Would he consider lowering the subscription cost in India? It's a tactic that most Silicon Valley companies have adapted to in the country over the years. […]
Benchling's software for managing biotech research nabs $34.5 million
Jul 24, 4:02PM
In a field where the laboratory notebook is still considered the state of the art, it’s no wonder a company like Benchling, which provides software for managing life sciences research was able to nab $34.5 million. Considering how much detailed technical work goes into the research that produces all of our great leaps forward in […]
Duo's Wendy Nather to talk security at TC Sessions: Enterprise
Jul 24, 4:00PM
When it comes to enterprise security, how do you move fast without breaking things? Enter Duo’s Wendy Nather, who will join us at TC Sessions: Enterprise in San Francisco on September 5, where we will get the inside track on how to keep enterprise networks secure without slowing growth. Nather is head of advisory CISOs […]
Hear Hans Vestberg talk about the 5G opportunity at Disrupt SF 2019
Jul 24, 3:48PM
The promise of 5G is staggering. With its ultra-high bandwidth and low latency, it has the potential to alter how consumers interact with technology. However, questions remain around its deployment, use cases, and marketing. We’re excited to have Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg sit down for a fireside chat at Disrupt SF to talk about the […]
Tinder's new personal security feature can protect LGBTQ+ users in hostile nations
Jul 24, 3:41PM
A new security feature rolling out on Tinder will help to protect LBGTQ+ users who travel to dozens of nations, which still criminalize same-sex acts or relationships. As part of the update, users who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer on the app will no longer automatically appear on Tinder when they arrive […]
Why do media companies struggle to produce anything of value?
Jul 24, 3:23PM
It's the absolute best economy the United States has seen in decades, and yet, you wouldn't know it from looking at the employee rolls at major news and media outlets. Thousands of journalists have lost their jobs this year through restructurings and layoffs while cities like Youngstown, Ohio have lost their one and only daily […]
Fintech mega rounds, Gogoro scooters, Waymo, Shift, Microsoft, and employee engagement
Jul 24, 3:05PM
Final Reminder: Extra Crunch Event Discount for Tomorrow's Summer Party TechCrunch's annual Summer Party is tomorrow — come meet all the staff at the Park Chalet beer garden on the Pacific Coast in San Francisco. If you want to join us, be sure to use your event discount (part of the annual EC subscription offering) […]
Raena raises $1.82 million to help influencers in Southeast Asia launch their own consumer brands
Jul 24, 3:00PM
Raena, an Indonesian startup that helps social media influencers launch their own e-commerce brands, announced today that it has raised $1.82 million in seed funding. The round was led by Beenext, with participation from Beenos, Strive and the personal offices of Shailesh Rao, a partner with TPG Growth, and Sanjay Nath, managing partner of Blume […]
Cryptocurrency loan site YouHodler exposed unencrypted user credit cards and transactions
Jul 24, 3:00PM
A cryptocurrency loan startup exposed reams of customer credit cards and user transactions for almost a month — because it forgot to protect the server with a password. Security researchers Noam Rotem and Ran Locar found the database belonging to YouHodler, a lending platform designed for cryptocurrency, which claims to have processed $10 million in […]
RED is working on a Hydrogen Two smartphone
Jul 24, 2:29PM
In a post on RED's message board, founder Jim Jannard reasserted the company's commitment to the disappointing Hydrogen One handset. It's a distant memory now, but the pricey niche device was teased and delayed for months, only to be generally run through the ringer in reviews. The camera module was one of various complaints with […]
SpaceX's CRS-18 mission delivers a new automated docking adapter to the ISS – here's why that matters
Jul 24, 2:22PM
SpaceX is set to fly its CRS-18 resupply mission for the International Space Station later today (or tomorrow depending on weather). One big, important part of its cargo is the new International Docking Adapter built by Boeing, otherwise known as IDA-3. This new docking station will offer new types of standard ports that are designed […]
FTC also sues Cambridge Analytica, settles with former CEO and app developer
Jul 24, 1:49PM
As part of the investigation against Facebook's privacy lapses, the FTC announced today that it is suing Cambridge Analytica. The agency has already agreed to settlement with former Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix as well as app developer Aleksandr Kogan. The Federal Trade Commission described the administrative complaint in a press release. It alleged that […]
Google intros Gallery Go offline photo editor
Jul 24, 1:42PM
At an event this week in Nigeria, Google introduced Gallery Go, a photo management and editing tool designed for offline use. The new offering joins a suite of Google apps created specifically for users in development markets, where solid online connections aren't always a given. Gallery Go works with devices running Android 8.1 (Oreo) and […]
Adam Nelson joins FirstMark Capital
Jul 24, 1:22PM
Adam Nelson, an early Dropbox employee and partner at Social Capital, has today announced that he’s joined New York-based FirstMark Capital as a partner. Nelson was actually born and raised here in New York City on the Upper East Side and moved out to the West Coast when he attended Stanford for his MBA. It […]
Facebook ends friend data access for Microsoft and Sony, the last 2 of its legacy partners, under FTC deal
Jul 24, 1:21PM
One more consequence of the FTC’s investigation of Facebook, which culminated in a record $5 billion settlement announced today: it’s finally tightening another string in its privacy policy by cutting off access to friend data for Microsoft and Sony, the company announced today. It described having allowed them access up to now as “our mistake” […]
New THC and CBD infused beverage company, Cann, joins the race to replace booze
Jul 24, 1:03PM
Cann, a Los Angeles-based purveyor of CBD and THC-infused intoxicants, is rolling out its first major distribution through the venture-backed delivery service Eaze as it begins to hit the streets in California. The company founded by two former Bain consultants is the latest to take on the growing market for non-alcoholic intoxicants that use a […]
With $160 million in new funding, Freenome looks to commercialize its blood test to detect colorectal cancer
Jul 24, 1:02PM
One of the major problems that technology companies working to find a cure for cancer need to solve is finding a safe, minimally invasive way to detect cancers early. Almost all cancer screening will eventually require a biopsy, but determining whether that’s necessary in the early stages of cancer can mean the difference between life […]
Watch SpaceX launch its CRS-18 Dragon mission to the International Space Station live
Jul 24, 1:00PM
SpaceX is currently set to launch its eighteenth commercial resupply mission (CRS-18) for the International Space Station at 6:24 PM ET (3:24 PM PT) on Wednesday, from LC-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The mission will carry equipment for experiments and scientific research, as well as supplies for ISS astronauts, and a […]
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