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Spacetech growth, the future of micromobility, and how to solve the hell of open offices
Jul 27, 5:46PM
Is space truly within reach for startups and VC? With the 50th anniversary of the moon landing taking place this past week, Darrell Etherington takes a temperature check of the current state of spacetech, chatting with startups like Wyvern and NSLComm. What he finds is actually a fairly positive picture — not only are there […]
The Great Hack tells us data corrupts
Jul 27, 5:00PM
This week professor David Carroll, whose dogged search for answers to how his personal data was misused plays a focal role in The Great Hack: Netflix’s documentary tackling the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal, quipped that perhaps a follow up would be more punitive for the company than the $5BN FTC fine released the same day. […]
Hit indie game Cuphead is headed to Tesla vehicles in August
Jul 27, 4:33PM
Tesla’s games library is getting bigger, and the latest announced title is probably a familiar one to gaming fans: Cuphead. This indie game was released in 2017 for Xbox One and Windows after making a big debut in 2013, attracting a lot of attention thanks to its hand-drawn, retro Disney-esque animation style. Tesla CEO Elon […]
Gatik's self-driving vans have started shuttling groceries for Walmart
Jul 27, 3:53PM
Gatik AI, the autonomous vehicle startup that’s aiming for the sweet middle spot in the world of logistics, is officially on the road through a partnership with Walmart . The company received approval from the Arkansas Highway Commissioner’s office to launch a commercial service with Walmart . Gatik’s autonomous vehicles (with a human safety driver […]
The scientist behind Juul launches a Juul alternative for China
Jul 27, 3:44PM
The chemist who helped create the magic sauce behind Juul, Xing Chenyue, unveiled the product of her new startup Myst Labs this week after two years of development: electronic cigarette alternatives designed for China’s 350 million smokers, the world’s biggest smoking population. This new contender makes for a potentially heated battlefield given that Juul will […]
Bellingcat journalists targeted by failed phishing attempt
Jul 27, 2:51PM
Investigative news site Bellingcat has confirmed several of its staff were targeted by an attempted phishing attack on their ProtonMail accounts, which the journalists and the email provider say failed. “Yet again, Bellingcat finds itself targeted by cyber attacks, almost certainly linked to our work on Russia,” wrote Eliot Higgins, founder of the investigative news […]
Startups Weekly: SoftBank's second act
Jul 27, 12:00PM
In this week's newsletter: Everything you need to know about the Vision Fund II.
Ethics in the age of autonomous vehicles
Jul 26, 10:51PM
Earlier this month, TechCrunch held its inaugural Mobility Sessions event, where leading mobility-focused auto companies, startups, executives and thought leaders joined us to discuss all things autonomous vehicle technology, micromobility and electric vehicles. Extra Crunch is offering members access to full transcripts of key panels and conversations from the event, such as Megan Rose Dickey‘s […]
Siri recordings 'regularly' sent to Apple contractors for analysis, claims whistleblower
Jul 26, 10:45PM
Apple has joined the dubious company of Google and Amazon in secretly sharing audio recordings of its users with contractors, confirming the practice to The Guardian after a whistleblower brought it to the outlet. The person said that Siri queries are routinely sent to human listeners for closer analysis, something not disclosed in Apple's privacy policy.
Lessons from the hardware capital of the world
Jul 26, 10:00PM
A week is obviously not enough time to truly understand a market as massive and fascinating as China. Hell, it's not really even enough time to adjust to the 12-hour time difference from New York. That said, each of the three visits I've taken to the country in the past two years has yielded some […]
Fintech decacorn Nubank raises $400M led by TCV
Jul 26, 8:46PM
Another day, another mega round for a fintech startup. And this one is mega-mega. Brazil-based Nubank, which offers a suite of banking and financial services for Brazilian consumers, announced today that it has raised a $400 million Series F round of venture capital led by Woody Marshall of TCV. The growth-stage fund is best known […]
How Microsoft turns an obsession with detail into micron-optimized keyboards
Jul 26, 6:51PM
Nestled among the many indistinguishable buildings of Microsoft's Redmond campus, a multi-disciplinary team sharing an attention to detail that borders on fanatical is designing a keyboard... again and again and again. And one more time for good measure. Their dogged and ever-evolving dedication to "human factors" shows the amount of work that goes into making any piece of hardware truly ergonomic.
How parking app SpotHero is preparing for an era of driverless cars
Jul 26, 6:50PM
On-demand parking app SpotHero wants to be ready for the day when autonomous vehicles are ubiquitous. Its strategy: target the human-driven car-sharing fleets today. The Chicago-based company, which has operations in San Francisco, New York, Washington, D.C. and Seattle, has launched a new service dubbed SpotHero for Fleets that targets shared mobility and on-demand services. […]
Old-school Doom and its sequels come to Switch, Xbox One and PS4
Jul 26, 6:16PM
Thinking about what to do this weekend? Think no more. Doom, Doom II, and Doom 3 have all just appeared on the Switch, Xbox One, and PS4, giving you no excuse not to play these classics. All the time. Over and over. Rip and tear!
Daily Crunch: Yep, Apple is buying Intel's modem business
Jul 26, 6:05PM
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. Apple acquiring most of Intel's smartphone modem business in $1B deal Apple has entered into a deal to acquire a majority […]
Tesla starts rolling out Chess to 'Tesla Arcade' in-car gaming app
Jul 26, 6:01PM
Tesla is making a new game available to its vehicle owners, with a roll-out starting today. The company started pushing out a new “Arcade” app for its in-car infotainment system back in June at the annual E3 gaming conference, and now it’s adding to the mix the most thrilling game around: Chess. This isn’t the […]
David and Goliath: Approaching the 'deal'
Jul 26, 5:51PM
How does a startup get from zero to execution when negotiating contracts with potential customers that are large enterprises?
Emergence's Jason Green joins TC Sessions: Enterprise this September
Jul 26, 5:45PM
Picking winners from the herd of early-stage enterprise startups is challenging — so much competition, so many disruptive technologies, including mobile, cloud and AI. One investor who has consistently identified winners is Jason Green, founder and general partner at Emergence, and TechCrunch is very pleased to announce that he will join the investor panel at […]
Using the same tactics as 'Big Tobacco,' Juul may have intentionally targeted teens
Jul 26, 5:39PM
After a hearing this week, members of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform said that Juul, the ultra-popular e-cigarette brand, may have intentionally targeted teens in schools and online. Based on 55,000 non-public documents out of Juul Labs, the subcommittee said that Juul’s Youth Prevention Plan recruited schools into a program that put […]
Marcus Hutchins, malware researcher and 'WannaCry hero,' sentenced to supervised release
Jul 26, 5:32PM
Marcus Hutchins, the malware researcher who became known as an “accidental hero” for stopping the WannaCry ransomware attack in 2017, has been sentenced to supervised release for one year on charges of making and selling the Kronos banking malware. Presiding Judge J. P. Stadtmueller described Hutchins, 25, as a “talented” but “youthful offender” in remarks […]
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