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Telegram introduces new feature to prevent users from texting too often in a group
Aug 10, 6:34PM
Telegram, a popular instant messaging app, has introduced a new feature to give group admins on the app better control over how members engage, the latest in a series of interesting features it has rolled out in recent months to expand its appeal. The feature, dubbed Slow Mode, allows a group administrator to dictate how […]
Kobalt, Apple and smartwatches, Hadoop, customer support, and social work and AI
Aug 10, 1:59PM
The Kobalt EC-1: How a Swedish saxophonist built Kobalt, the world's next music unicorn My favorite pieces we host on Extra Crunch are our EC-1 series of in-depth profiles and analyses of high-flying, fascinating startups. We launched Extra Crunch with a multi-part series on Patreon, and then we covered augmented reality and Pokémon Go creator […]
We're all doomed, 2019 edition
Aug 10, 1:00PM
Every year the great and good (and bad) of the hacker/information-security world descend on Las Vegas for a week of conferences, in which many present their latest discoveries, and every year I try to itemize the most interesting (according to me) Black Hat talks for TechCrunch. Do not assume I attended all or even most […]
Most EU cookie 'consent' notices are meaningless or manipulative, study finds
Aug 10, 1:00PM
New research into how European consumers interact with the cookie consent mechanisms which have proliferated since a major update to the bloc’s online privacy rules last year casts an unflattering light on widespread manipulation of a system that’s supposed to protect consumer rights. As Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force in May […]
Startups Weekly: Angel vs. VC
Aug 10, 12:00PM
In this week's newsletter: A WeWork IPO update, the investment opportunity in healthcare and an electric bus unicorn.
How safe are school records? Not very, says student security researcher
Aug 10, 12:00AM
If you can’t trust your bank, government or your medical provider to protect your data, what makes you think students are any safer? Turns out, according to one student security researcher, they’re not. Eighteen-year-old Bill Demirkapi, a recent high school graduate in Boston, Massachusetts, spent much of his latter school years with an eye on […]
How a Swedish saxophonist built Kobalt, the world's next music unicorn
Aug 09, 8:09PM
You may not have heard of Kobalt before, but you probably engage with the music it oversees every day, if not almost every hour. Combining a technology platform to better track ownership rights and royalties of songs with a new approach to representing musicians in their careers, Kobalt has risen from the ashes of the […]
Adobe's Amit Ahuja will be talking customer experience at TechCrunch Sessions: Enterprise
Aug 09, 8:00PM
As companies collect increasingly large amounts of data about customers, the end game is about improving the customer experience. It’s a term we’re hearing a lot of these days, and we are going to be discussing that very topic with Amit Ahuja, Adobe’s vice president of ecosystem development, next month at TechCrunch Sessions: Enterprise in […]
Biotech researchers venture into the wild to start their own business
Aug 09, 7:30PM
Much of Silicon Valley mythology is centered on the founder-as-hero narrative. But historically, scientific founders leading the charge for bio companies have been far less common.
Car2go hikes hourly rental rates by as much as a third
Aug 09, 6:23PM
By-the-minute car rental service Car2go is raising its rates for short trips under the guise of variable pricing, the company announced to its users today. As we've seen with other variably priced services like delivery and ride hailing, in practice this means you never really know what it will cost but will have little choice but to pay.
Apple starts selling Mophie's take on AirPower
Aug 09, 6:00PM
There's no shortage of AirPower knockoffs on the market. Many have been in the works since Apple took the wraps off its in-house version, positioned as more affordable alternatives. Since the company unceremoniously pulled the plug on the project, however, they’re the only game in town. We reviewed a $99 one a while ago. It […]
Reports say White House has drafted an order putting the FCC in charge of monitoring social media
Aug 09, 6:00PM
The White House is contemplating issuing an executive order that would widen its attack on the operations of social media companies. The White House has prepared an executive order called “Protecting Americans from Online Censorship” that would give the Federal Communications Commission oversight of how Facebook, Twitter and other tech companies monitor and manage their […]
Hundreds of exposed Amazon cloud backups found leaking sensitive data
Aug 09, 6:00PM
How safe are your secrets? If you used Amazon’s Elastic Block Storage snapshots, you might want to check your settings. New research just presented at the Def Con security conference reveals how companies, startups and governments are inadvertently leaking their own files from the cloud. You may have heard of exposed S3 buckets — those […]
Daily Crunch: Uber reports big losses and slowing growth
Aug 09, 5:36PM
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. Uber lost more than $5B last quarter Uber reported earnings for the second time as a public company, posting its largest-ever […]
Why AI needs more social workers, with Columbia University's Desmond Patton
Aug 09, 5:32PM
Sometimes it does seem the entire tech industry could use someone to talk to, like a good therapist or social worker. That might sound like an insult, but I mean it mostly earnestly: I am a chaplain who has spent 15 years talking with students, faculty, and other leaders at Harvard (and more recently MIT […]
Proterra, the Tesla of electric buses, closes in on $1 billion valuation
Aug 09, 4:51PM
Proterra has authorized shares to raise $75 million, a new round of funding that would push the electric bus maker’s valuation past $1 billion, TechCrunch has learned. The company authorized the sale of 10,857,762 shares at a price of $6.91 in a Series 8 round, according to a securities filing that was obtained by the […]
Last chance for early-bird tickets to TC Sessions: Enterprise 2019
Aug 09, 4:00PM
It's down to the wire folks. Today's the last day you can save $100 on your ticket to TC Sessions: Enterprise 2019, which takes place on September 5 at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco. The deadline expires in mere hours — at 11:59 p.m. (PT). Get the best possible price and buy your early-bird ticket […]
Preclusio uses machine learning to comply with GDPR, other privacy regulations
Aug 09, 3:52PM
As privacy regulations like GDPR and the California Consumer Privacy Act proliferate, more startups are looking to help companies comply. Enter Preclusio, a member of the Y Combinator Summer 2019 class, which has developed a machine learning-fueled solution to help companies adhere to these privacy regulations. “We have a platform that is deployed on-prem in […]
Robocall blocking apps caught sending your private data without permission
Aug 09, 3:09PM
Robocall-blocking apps promise to rid your life of spoofed and spam phone calls. But are they as trustworthy as they claim to be? One security researcher said many of these apps can violate your privacy as soon as they are opened. Dan Hastings, a senior security consultant at cybersecurity firm NCC Group, analyzed some of […]
Skip scooters are returning to Washington, DC after battery fires
Aug 09, 3:00PM
Following battery issues and a single-alarm fire caused by improperly disposed of batteries in Washington, D.C., Skip has been given the green light to resume operations in Washington, D.C. and the surrounding areas of Alexandria and Arlington. The plan is to redeploy the scooters in the coming weeks. In June, a battery on one of […]
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