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These are the games coming to Google Stadia
Aug 19, 6:30PM
Google's game streaming service isn't set to launch until November, but the company kept the hype train going through the mid-August doldrums with a Gamescom Stadia Connect livestream. As promised, the online press conference was "all about the games," featuring what looks to be a nearly complete list of launch (and some post-launch) titles. Here […]
Twitter says accounts linked to China tried to 'sow political discord' in Hong Kong
Aug 19, 6:28PM
Twitter says a significant information operation involving hundreds of accounts linked to China were part of an effort to deliberately “sow political discord” in Hong Kong after weeks of protests in the region. In a blog post, the social networking site said the 936 accounts it found tried to undermine “the legitimacy and political positions […]
After data incidents, Instagram expands its bug bounty
Aug 19, 6:00PM
Facebook is expanding its data abuse bug bounty to Instagram . The social media giant, which owns Instagram, first rolled out its data abuse bounty in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, which saw tens of millions of Facebook profiles scraped to help swing undecided voters in favor of the Trump campaign during the […]
Ally raises $8M Series A for its OKR solution
Aug 19, 5:40PM
OKRs, or Objectives and Key Results, are a popular planning method in Silicon Valley. Like most of those methods that make you fill in some form once every quarter, I’m pretty sure employees find them rather annoying and a waste of their time. Ally wants to change that and make the process more useful. The […]
Developers accuse Apple of anti-competitive behavior with its privacy changes in iOS 13
Aug 19, 5:18PM
A group of app developers have penned a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, arguing that certain privacy-focused changes to Apple’s iOS 13 operating system will hurt their business. In a report by The Information, the developers were said to have accused Apple of anti-competitive behavior when it comes to how apps can access user […]
'Breaking Into Startups': Torch CEO and Well Clinic founder Cameron Yarbrough on mental health & coaching
Aug 19, 4:07PM
There has long been a stigma associated with therapy and mental health coaching, a stigma that is even more pronounced in the business world, despite considerable evidence of the efficacy of services.
Shell's first electric vehicle fast charger lands in Singapore
Aug 19, 3:49PM
Royal Dutch Shell, the energy giant known for its fossil fuel production and hundreds of Shell gas stations, is creeping into the electric vehicle-power business. The company’s first DC fast charger launched Monday at a Shell gas station in Singapore. Greenlots, an EV charging startup acquired by Shell in January, installed the charger. This is […]
The five great reasons to attend TechCrunch's Enterprise show Sept. 5 in SF
Aug 19, 3:36PM
The vast enterprise tech category is Silicon Valley's richest, and today it's poised to change faster than ever before. That's probably the biggest reason to come to TechCrunch's first-ever show focused entirely on enterprise. But here are five more reasons to commit to joining TechCrunch's editors on September 5 at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center […]
MIT built a better way to deliver high-quality video streams to multiple devices at once
Aug 19, 3:33PM
Depending on your connection and the size of your household, video streaming can get downright post-apocalyptic — bandwidth is the key resource, and everyone is fighting to get the most and avoid a nasty, pixelated picture. But a new way to control how bandwidth is distributed across multiple, simultaneous streams could mean peace across the […]
Microsoft acquires jClarity, an open-source Java performance tuning tool
Aug 19, 3:26PM
Microsoft announced this morning that it was acquiring jClarity, an open-source tool designed to tune the performance of Java applications. It will be doing that on Azure from now on. In addition, the company has been offering a flavor of Java called AdoptOpenJDK, which they bill as a free alternative to Oracle Java. The companies […]
Trump and Tim Cook talked easing tariffs again
Aug 19, 3:08PM
On Friday night, the president once again tweeted about Apple . This time, however, things were a bit more positive. "Having dinner tonight with Tim Cook of Apple," he wrote in advance of the meeting. "They will be spending vast sums of money in the U.S. Great!" The pair had dinner at Trump's golf club […]
How healthtech startups can achieve true value
Aug 19, 3:06PM
Healthtech is apparently in a golden age. Just a few weeks ago, Livongo and Health Catalyst raised a combined $500 million through IPOs with a joint valuation reaching $3.5 billion...
Prices for passes to Disrupt SF 2019 increase next week
Aug 19, 3:00PM
Is it just us or is the summer disappearing faster than ever? Disrupt San Francisco 2019 is right around the corner (October 2-4) and the great early-bird migration is upon us. Your opportunity to save big bucks disappears on August 30. Depending on which pass you purchase, you can save up to a whopping $1,300. […]
An anonymous hentai porn site exposed over a million users' emails
Aug 19, 3:00PM
A popular hentai porn site that promises anonymity to its 1.1 million users left a user database exposed without a password, allowing anyone to identify users by their email addresses. You might not have heard of Luscious.net unless you’re into hentai and manga porn but it’s one of the most popular websites in the U.S., […]
Simon Data hauls in $30M Series C to continue building customer data platform
Aug 19, 2:25PM
As businesses use an increasing variety of marketing software solutions, the goal around collecting all of that data is to improve customer experience. Simon Data announced a $30 million Series C round today to help. The round was led by Polaris Partners . Previous investors .406 Ventures and F-Prime Capital also participated. Today’s investment brings […]
YouTube Originals become ad-supported and free after September 24th
Aug 19, 2:25PM
In an email distributed to YouTube Premium subscribers, the company confirmed that access to YouTube’s original programming will no longer be exclusive to Premium customers after September 24th, 2019. Instead, many of YouTube’s Originals series, movies and live events will be offered to all YouTube viewers for free, supported by ads. Premium members, however, can […]
Binance launches Venus, which it calls an 'independent, regional version' of Facebook's Libra
Aug 19, 2:15PM
Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, announced today that it will launch an open blockchain project called Venus to develop regional stablecoins pegged to fiat currencies (or traditional currencies usually issued and backed by a government). Based in Malta, Binance launched its decentralized trading service, Binance Chain, earlier this year, and since then has issued […]
Watch the trailer for the Apple TV+ drama 'The Morning Show'
Aug 19, 2:12PM
Apple is giving viewers their first extended look at “The Morning Show,” a drama starring Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and Steve Carell. Previously, all that we’d seen from the show were a few brief clips in a broader promo for Apple’s upcoming subscription service TV+, followed by an ominous teaser trailer that was literally just […]
YC's Earth AI closes funding for its platform to make mining less wasteful
Aug 19, 2:00PM
Discovering and drilling for the important minerals used for industry and the technology sector remains incredibly important as existing mines are becoming depleted. If the mining industry can't become more efficient at finding these important deposits, then more unnecessary, harmful drilling and exploration takes place. Applying AI to this problem would seem like a no-brainer […]
US Commerce Department adds 46 Huawei affiliates to entity list
Aug 19, 1:50PM
Update: Huawei has responded to the DoC’s move, We oppose the US Commerce Department’s decision to add another 46 Huawei affiliates to the Entity List. It’s clear that this decision, made at this particular time, is politically motivated and has nothing to do with national security. These actions violate the basic principles of free market […]
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