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Tesla brings back free unlimited supercharging for the Model S and X
Aug 03, 4:36PM
Tesla is resurrecting a popular benefit that CEO Elon Musk once called “unsustainable” as it attempts to boost sales of its more expensive electric vehicles. Tesla announced Saturday that all new Model S sedans and Model X SUVs will come with free unlimited access to its network of electric vehicle chargers known as superchargers. The […]
Ethical fashion is on the rise
Aug 03, 4:30PM
Brian Kateman Contributor Share on Twitter Brian Kateman is President and Cofounder of the Reducetarian Foundation. More posts by this contributor Fish replacement may be the next big wave in alternative protein development The fashion industry has historically relied on exploitative, unsustainable and unethical labor practices in order to sell clothes — but if recent trends […]
Apple Card can't be used to buy crypto
Aug 03, 4:02PM
Cryptocurrency fans who were hoping to use Apple’s forthcoming credit card to splash on coin are out of luck. You also won’t be able to use the Apple Card to buy lottery tickets, casino gambling chips in any form, physical or virtual, or foreign currency or travelers checks. Reuters spotted the detail in a customer […]
StockX was hacked, exposing millions of customers' data
Aug 03, 4:00PM
It wasn’t “system updates” as it claimed. StockX was mopping up after a data breach, TechCrunch can confirm. The fashion and sneaker trading platform pushed out a password reset email to its users on Thursday citing “system updates,” but left users confused and scrambling for answers. StockX told users that the email was legitimate and […]
E3's organizer apologizes after revealing information for thousands of journalists
Aug 03, 3:18PM
The Entertainment Software Association issued an apology of sorts after making available the contact information for more than 2,000 journalists and analysts who attended this year's E3. "ESA was made aware of a website vulnerability that led to the contact list of registered journalists attending E3 being made public," the organization said via statement. "Once […]
Amazon quietly adds 'no human review' option to Alexa settings as voice AIs face privacy scrutiny
Aug 03, 12:46PM
Amazon has tweaked the settings for its Alexa voice AI to allow users to opt out of their voice recordings being manually reviewed by the company’s human workers. The policy shift took effect Friday, according to Bloomberg, which reports that Alexa users will now find an option in the settings menu of the Alexa smartphone […]
Startups Weekly: DoorDash gets a taste of Caviar
Aug 03, 12:00PM
In this week's newsletter: Lux Capital raises $1 billion, Compass is worth a whole lot of money and Vacasa goes shopping.
Elon Musk says The Boring Company will launch in China this month
Aug 03, 11:15AM
Elon Musk wants to drill holes in China. The Tesla founder has tweeted to reveal that his tunnelling and transportation startup, The Boring Company, will be launch in China later this month. Musk is due to speak at an AI conference, called the World Artificial Intelligence Conference, taking place in Shanghai on August 29-31. Replying […]
Facebook to admit ownership of Instagram, WhatsApp in barely visible small-print
Aug 03, 10:04AM
For the first time in more than half a decade, Facebook wants to inform you that it owns Instagram, the hyper-popular rival social networking app it acquired for a $1BN steal back in 2012. Ditto messaging platform WhatsApp — which Mark Zuckerberg splurged $19BN on a couple of years later to keep feeding eyeballs into […]
MaC Ventures, the brainchild of Adrian Fenty and Marlon Nichols, is quietly making its first investments
Aug 02, 11:26PM
MaC Ventures, the new Los Angeles-based investment firm formed from the merger of Cross Culture Ventures and M Ventures, has quietly started deploying capital from its fund. One of the firm’s first disclosed investments is Edge Delta, which announced a $3 million seed round earlier this week. The Seattle-based company, which has a tool to […]
The SEC wants disgraced VC Mike Rothenberg to cough up more than $30 million
Aug 02, 8:09PM
Nearly three years ago, TechCrunch reported on suspected fraud committed by Mike Rothenberg, a self-described “millennial venture capitalist” who’d made a name for himself not only by eponymously branding his venture firm but for spending lavishly to woo startup founders, including on Napa Valley wine tours, at luxury boxes at Golden State Warriors games and, […]
United Airlines CISO Emily Heath joins TC Sessions: Enterprise this September
Aug 02, 8:00PM
In an era of massive data breaches, most recently the Capital One fiasco, the risk of a cyberattack and the costly consequences are the top existential threat to corporations big and small. At TechCrunch’s first-ever enterprise-focused event (p.s. early-bird sales end August 9), that topic will be front and center throughout the day. That’s why […]
Nyca Partners raises $210M to invest in fintech startups
Aug 02, 7:56PM
VCs double down on fintech.
Northrup Grumman is among the companies tapped to make the US Army's drone-killing lasers
Aug 02, 7:46PM
Northrop Grumman is going to be working on the U.S. Army’s long-planned drone-killing lasers. The Army wants to mount 50 kilowatt laser systems on top of its General Dynamics-designed Stryker vehicle as part of its U.S. Army Maneuver Short Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD) directed energy prototyping initiative. Basically, the army wants to use these lasers […]
Daily Crunch: Apple responds to Siri privacy concerns
Aug 02, 6:26PM
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 suspends Siri response grading after privacy concerns After The Guardian ran a story last week about how Siri recordings are […]
Early-bird pricing ends next week for TC Sessions: Enterprise 2019
Aug 02, 6:00PM
Here are five words you'll never hear spring from the mouth of an early-stage startupper. "I don't mind paying more." We feel you, and that's why we're letting you know that the price of admission to TC Sessions Enterprise 2019, which takes place on September 5, goes up next week. Our $249 early-bird ticket price […]
Don't miss this epic Twitter fight between the IAB's CEO and actual publishers
Aug 02, 5:38PM
Grab popcorn. As internet fights go, this one deserves your full attention — because the fight is over your attention. Your eyeballs and the creepy ads that trade data on you to try to swivel ’em. In the blue corner, the Internet Advertising Association’s CEO, Randall Rothenberg, who has been taking to Twitter increasingly loudly […]
The evolving airspace ecosystem
Aug 02, 5:30PM
Potential drone applications are limited only by our imaginations... and our ability to operate them safely.
What to expect from Samsung's Galaxy Note event
Aug 02, 5:28PM
Samsung's never been particularly good at keeping things under wraps. That's no doubt, at least in part, by design. The company loves priming the rumor pump ahead of product announcements, and like clockwork, we've already seen plenty of what we expect is planned for next Wednesday's Unpacked event in Brooklyn. Samsung targets iPad Pro with […]
Journalist behind Cambridge Analytica story launches crowd-funder after libel threat
Aug 02, 5:15PM
There have been millions of words written about the story of how Cambridge Analytica (CA) was employed by the Trump campaign to affect the 2016 U.S. election and the U.K.'s Brexit referendum via the use of millions of Facebook profiles it had illegally bought, not least our recent review and analysis of the recent Netflix […]
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