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Hulu will adapt Margaret Atwood's sequel to 'The Handmaid's Tale'
Sep 04, 7:44PM
MGM and Hulu announced today that they will be adapting “The Testaments,” Margaret Atwood’s sequel to her novel “The Handmaid’s Tale.” The series has been key in establishing Hulu’s reputation as a home for original content. It was the first streaming original to win an Emmy for Best Drama, and was recently renewed for a […]
Amazon unveils a new Fire TV Cube, soundbar, and over a dozen Fire TV Edition products
Sep 04, 7:00PM
At the big European tech trade show, IFA 2019, Amazon today announced over 20 new Fire TV-branded devices, including a next-generation Fire TV Cube, Fire TV Edition soundbar from Anker — its first foray into Fire TV Edition audio products — and 15 new Fire TV Edition products, including the first OLED Fire TV Edition […]
A huge database of Facebook users' phone numbers found online
Sep 04, 7:00PM
Hundreds of millions of phone numbers linked to Facebook accounts have been found online. The exposed server contained over 419 million records over several databases on users across geographies, including 133 million records on U.S.-based Facebook users, 18 million records of users in the U.K., and another with more than 50 million records on users […]
Ashton Kutcher, Ann Miura-Ko and Mamoon Hamid are coming to Disrupt!
Sep 04, 6:14PM
The Disrupt Battlefield is one of the best parts of the conference. Twenty+ startups step on to the Disrupt Main Stage with a product, a pitch, and a dream. They have six minutes to convey how they’re going to fundamentally disrupt their industry, and six minutes of Q&A with world-renowned judges from the VC world. […]
Why Walmart's Flipkart is betting heavily on Hindi
Sep 04, 6:01PM
Flipkart, the largest e-commerce platform in India, said Tuesday it has concluded the roll-out of a range of features to its shopping app in what is its biggest update in recent years. Chief among these new features is access to Flipkart in Hindi language. Prior to the revamp of the app, Flipkart was available only […]
Trump not interested in talking Huawei with China
Sep 04, 5:56PM
During an Oval Office press conference this week, the President told reports that the United States is currently not interesting in broaching the subject of Huawei as part of increasingly heated trade conversations with China. The statement appears to run counter to pat suggestions that he was willing to discuss the U.S. government's blacklist of […]
Daily Crunch: Google reaches $170M settlement with FTC
Sep 04, 5:49PM
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. Children's privacy costs just $170 million for Google in settlement with the FTC The complaint from the Federal Trade Commission and […]
YouTube to spend $100M on original children's content
Sep 04, 5:48PM
Creators of child-directed content will be financially impacted by the changes required by the FTC settlement, YouTube admitted today. The settlement will end the use of children’s personal data for ad-targeting purposes, the FTC said. To address creators’ concerns over their businesses, YouTube also announced a $100 million fund to invest in original children’s content. […]
Tesla Autopilot design combined with driver inattention caused crash, NTSB says
Sep 04, 5:40PM
The National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday that a combination of factors that included driver inattention, the design of Tesla’s advanced driver assistance system Autopilot and an over reliance on the feature caused the January 2018 crash of a Model S into a parked fire truck on a highway in Southern California. The NTSB filed […]
'Mental fitness' startup Elevate Labs launches a personalized meditation app called Balance
Sep 04, 5:37PM
While investors are already writing big checks for meditation startups, Elevate Labs founder and CEO Jesse Pickard said that none of the existing meditation apps can replace the experience of working with a human coach. “This experience where you have somebody that meets with you is wildly better than any digital product that's out there,” […]
YouTube creators may also be held liable for COPPA violations, following FTC settlement
Sep 04, 5:30PM
The FTC is imposing a historic fine of $170 million for YouTube’s violation of the U.S. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule. The settlement agreement will put increased responsibility on both YouTube and the content creators themselves to properly identify any child-directed content on the platform, as YouTube is now prohibited from collecting personal […]
Apple could release an update to the Apple TV
Sep 04, 5:06PM
All eyes are on the next iPhone, but Apple could also be working on a new Apple TV. The device could be announced next week, or maybe later this fall. The anonymous Twitter account @never_released shared the codename of a new Apple TV — AppleTV11,1 or J305AP. They have been accurate when it comes to […]
Endurance events startup Let's Do This raises seed cash from Serena Williams, Usain Bolt
Sep 04, 5:05PM
Let's Do This is a Y Combinator alumni startup from 2018 which is a marketplace for endurance events, from a 5K fun run to an Ironman triathlon. It has now raised a $5 million seed round, with Serena Williams and Usain Bolt participating. The round was led by Pete Flint (partner at NFX, formerly of […]
We Company adds a director, ditches its $5.9 million naming deal with its CEO, remains a governance nightmare
Sep 04, 4:29PM
The company formerly known as WeWork, in an amendment to the S-1 that launched dozens of critical headlines, says it has added a new director to its board and unwound the $5.9 million payout to chief executive Adam Neumann over the name “We.” The new board member is Frances Frei, a professor of technology and […]
Betaworks' next startup camp is focused on audio
Sep 04, 4:16PM
Startup studio Betaworks is putting out a call for audio-focused startups. Specifically, it’s announcing Audiocamp, the latest in its “camp” programs, where it makes a pre-seed investment in a handful of early-stage startups, all around a specific theme. (The last one was focused on synthetic media.) “When we make these calls for a camp around […]
The best mouse you can buy finally gets USB-C with Logitech's new MX Master 3
Sep 04, 4:03PM
Logitech has delivered a new version of its popular MX Master mouse — the MX Master 3. This brand new iteration of the wireless mouse finally adds USB-C charging, which brings it in line with the charging standards used on most modern smartphones and computer accessories. Along with the MX Master 3, Logitech also debuted […]
Only 3 days left on early-bird pricing to Disrupt SF 2019
Sep 04, 4:00PM
The early-bird countdown clock just keeps spinning, folks, and once it ticks over to 11:59 p.m. (PST) on September 6, your chance to save up to $1,300 on passes to Disrupt SF 2019 disappears once and for all. Save your money to feather your nest; buy your early-bird passes right now. Our flagship Disrupt kicks […]
Fleet Space Technologies raises $7.35M for its space-based IoT tech
Sep 04, 4:00PM
Australian satellite startup Fleet Space Technologies has raised a $7.35 million round of funding to help launch its next generation of nanosatellites, extremely small satellites it employs to deliver Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity to customers globally. Fleet’s satellites are roughly the size of shoe boxes, which are much cheaper and easier to launch than […]
Cowboy recruits Sunrise co-founder Jeremy Le Van as VP of Product
Sep 04, 3:50PM
Electric-bike maker Cowboy has recruited a well-known name when it comes to mobile app design. Jeremy Le Van co-founded Sunrise, a well-designed calendar app that was acquired by Microsoft back in 2015. Le Van will become VP of Product and lead the development of Cowboy's mobile app. Following Sunrise's acquisition, Le Van worked for Microsoft. […]
Top EC articles in August, Apple privacy woes, autonomous delivery robotics Starship, and Zhihu
Sep 04, 2:57PM
Top Articles in August We are back from Labor Day (which an ironically somewhat unkind Canadian EC subscriber noted also takes place up north). August was the most successful month for Extra Crunch since our launch about six months ago — so thank you to the thousands of new and continuing members that help us […]
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