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Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey are starting a weekly podcast about The Office

Sep 11, 7:43PM

Oh, be still my heart. It’s not The Office reunion special/season/complete series everyone wants, but it’ll do for now: Jenna Fischer (Pam) and Angela Kinsey (… Angela) are setting up to release a podcast together. Called “Office Ladies” (though I hope “Party Planning Committee” was at least in the running), they’re going to rewatch the […]


Tech startups want to destigmatize sex

Sep 11, 7:01PM

Sex, despite being one of the most fundamental human experiences, is still one of those businesses that some advertisers reject, banks are hesitant to financially support and some investors don't want to fund. Given how sex is such a huge part of our lives, it’s no surprise founders are looking to capitalize on the space. […]


5 reasons to attend Disrupt SF this October 2-4

Sep 11, 6:54PM

In little more than three weeks, San Francisco will be all aglow with TechCrunch's Disrupt SF (October 2-4) at the Moscone Center. If you're a part of the startup scene, or plan to be, there is a long list of reasons why you should join the event. (And there is a pass priced for most […]


Hubble spots liquid water on a 'super-Earth' 110 light-years away

Sep 11, 6:42PM

Water is not uncommon to find in our galaxy in ice or gaseous form, but liquid water is quite rare — and liquid and gaseous water on an Earth-like exoplanet? That's never been observed... until now. Astronomers spotted this celestial unicorn, called K2-18 b, using the venerable Hubble space telescope.


Brexit means clear your cookies for democracy

Sep 11, 6:35PM

Brexit looks set to further sink the already battered reputation of tracking cookies after a Buzzfeed report yesterday revealed what appears to be a plan by the UK’s minority government to use official government websites to harvest personal data on UK citizens for targeting purposes. According to leaked government documents obtained by the news site, […]


Trump administration is readying tighter regulations on e-cigarettes, including ban on flavorings

Sep 11, 6:28PM

The Department of Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration are readying tough new requirements on e-cigarettes — including a potential ban on flavorings for vaping products. The FDA compliance policy would mean that all non-tobacco flavored e-cigarettes would have to be cleared by the FDA before they could be sold. The […]


Apple hid a secret message in its latest YouTube video

Sep 11, 6:16PM

Shortly after Apple's iPhone 11 event yesterday, the company posted a drastically condensed "supercut" of everything they announced. Taking the two hour event and boiling it down to a little over two minutes, they still manage to cover just about everything — from new iPads, to new Watches, to new iPhones. And they tucked a little Easter egg in there, while they were at it!


Apple's HomePod set to gain some long overdue functionality this fall

Sep 11, 6:07PM

It’s no secret that the HomePod’s software updates have been a bit sluggish, which made it all the more alarming that the device was barely touched on in yesterday’s Apple event. Well, even as pre-launch promises are still getting ironed out, by the fall Apple says that its home smart speaker will be gaining new […]


Daily Crunch: Apple unveils new iPhones

Sep 11, 4:11PM

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. Here's everything Apple announced today at the iPhone 11 event The biggest announcement was a new lineup of iPhones, including the […]


The weird things after closing a venture round, iPhone 11, AI ad errors, and Cloud Foundry

Sep 11, 4:05PM

Annual Extra Crunch members get 100,000 Brex Rewards points upon credit card signup We're excited to announce an addition to the Extra Crunch community perks. Starting today, annual Extra Crunch members can get 100,000 Brex Rewards points after signing up for a Brex corporate credit card. This offer is worth about $1,000 in credit card […]


Despite Brexit, UK startups can compete with Silicon Valley to win tech talent

Sep 11, 4:01PM

Brexit has taken over discourse in the UK and beyond. In the UK alone. The impact of Brexit has already rippled through industries all over the world. The UK's technology sector is no exception...


Theresia Gouw and Ann Miura-Ko are coming to Disrupt

Sep 11, 4:00PM

For a very long time, the venture industry was stubbornly resistant to change. The same people sat back in their chairs on Sand Hill Road while nervous founders made the rounds, hoping one of these firms would champion their cause. No longer. Since roughly the advent of Y Combinator, the landscape has seemed to shift […]


AirDrop gets an upgrade in iPhone 11

Sep 11, 3:27PM

AirDrop, Apple’s proximity-based, built-in file sharing feature and home to teen meme exchanges, is getting an upgrade with the new iPhones. At Apple’s iPhone press event on Tuesday, the company introduced the iPhone 11 line of devices, which include a new Apple -designed U1 chip that uses Ultra Wideband technology for spatial awareness. This will […]


iFixit gives Fairphone 3 a perfect 10 for repairability

Sep 11, 3:15PM

Here’s something the hermetically sealed iPhone can’t do: Score a perfect 10 for repairability. Smartphone startup and social enterprise Fairphone’s latest repairable-by-design smartphone has done just that, getting 10/10 in an iFixit Teardown vs scores of just 6/10 for recent iPhone models. The Fairphone 3, which was released in Europe last week with an RRP […]


Google Express to close in a few weeks, will become part of Google Shopping

Sep 11, 2:15PM

Google’s failed online shopping service Google Express is closing in a few weeks, as its features will be merged into a revamped version of Google Shopping, Google says in an email sent to its customers this week. The company had already announced its plans to shutter the Google Express brand, as part of a wider […]


Kubernetes co-founder Craig McLuckie is as tired of talking about Kubernetes as you are

Sep 11, 2:05PM

“I’m so tired of talking about Kubernetes . I want to talk about something else,” joked Kubernetes co-founder and VP of R&D at VMware Craig McLuckie during a keynote interview at this week’s Cloud Foundry Summit in The Hague. “I feel like that 80s band that had like one hit song — Cherry Pie.” He doesn’t […]


Explorium reveals $19.1M in total funding for machine learning data discovery platform

Sep 11, 1:44PM

Explorium, a data discovery platform for machine learning models, received a couple of unannounced funding rounds over the last year — a $3.6 million seed round last September and a $15.5 million Series A round in March. Today, it made both of these rounds public. The seed round was led by Emerge with participation of […]


Web feature developers told to dial up attention on privacy and security

Sep 11, 1:20PM

Web feature developers are being warned to step up attention to privacy and security as they design contributions. Writing in a blog post about “evolving threats” to Internet users’ privacy and security, the W3C standards body’s technical architecture group (TAG) and Privacy Interest Group (PING) set out a series of revisions to the W3C’s Security […]


Kenshō, 'the antithesis of Goop,' launches a research-based guide to natural medicine

Sep 11, 1:00PM

Kenshō wants to become a holistic health "medical journal" with input from credible natural healthcare providers.


ScyllaDB takes on Amazon with new DynamoDB migration tool

Sep 11, 12:24PM

There are a lot of open source databases out there, and ScyllaDB, a NoSQL variety, is looking to differentiate itself by attracting none other than Amazon users. Today, it announced a DynamoDB migration tool to help Amazon customers move to its product. It’s a bold move, but Scylla, which has a free open source product […]



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