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How to meet attendees at Disrupt SF with CrunchMatch
Sep 12, 7:55PM
Ready to squeeze every bit of opportunity out of Disrupt SF this October 2-4? With more than 10,000 attendees, networking might seem like quite the daunting task. Which is why we've got your back with TechCrunch's attendee networking platform, CrunchMatch, that helps you to zero in on the people and connections that matter most to […]
Walmart's Vudu adds Family Play feature so viewers can skip sex, violence and substance abuse
Sep 12, 7:13PM
Vudu, the streaming service owned by Walmart, announced a new feature today that will make it easier for viewers to avoid sex and violence in movies. Anyone who’s watched an R-rated movie on broadcast television or on an airplane is probably familiar with films that have been “edited for content,” but Vudu’s new Family Play […]
How the Valley can get philanthropy right with former Hewlett Foundation president Paul Brest
Sep 12, 6:50PM
Paul Brest didn't set out to transform philanthropy. A constitutional law scholar who clerked for Supreme Court Justice John Harlan and is credited with coining the term "originalism," Brest spent twelve years as dean of Stanford Law School. But when he was named president of the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, one of the country's […]
Max Levchin's Affirm seeks capital amid surge in fintech funding
Sep 12, 6:30PM
Fintech investment is expected to reach new highs in 2019.
Voyage raises $31 million to bring driverless taxis to communities
Sep 12, 6:14PM
Voyage, the autonomous vehicle startup that spun out of Udacity, announced Thursday it has raised $31 million in a round led by Franklin Templeton. Khosla Ventures, Jaguar Land-Rover's InMotion Ventures, and Chevron Technology Ventures also participated in the round. The company, which operates a ride-hailing service in retirement communities using self-driving cars supported by human […]
Shape Security hits $1B valuation with $51M Series F
Sep 12, 6:00PM
Anti-fraud startup Shape Security has tipped over the $1 billion valuation mark following its latest Series F round of $51 million. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company announced the fundraise Thursday, bringing the total amount of outside investment to $173 million since the company debuted in 2011. C5 Capital led the round along with several other […]
Nintendo shows off exercise-powered RPG for Switch, Ring Fit Adventure
Sep 12, 5:28PM
Nintendo has been at the crossroads of video games and fitness since the famous Power Pad for the NES, and the Switch is the latest to receive a game powered by physical activity: Ring Fit Adventure. And it actually looks fun!
Sidewalk Labs spins out urban data-gathering tool Replica into a company
Sep 12, 4:55PM
Replica, the data-gathering tool created within Sidewalk Labs that maps the movement of people in cities, is now a company. The newly formed company, which is headed by Nick Bowden, also announced Thursday it has raised $11 million in a Series A funding round from investors Innovation Endeavors, Firebrand Ventures, and Revolution's Rise of the […]
Patreon sells product curation site Kit to GeniusLink
Sep 12, 4:50PM
Patreon, the platform for independent content creators to operate membership businesses for their core fans, announced it is selling the assets of Kit.com to localized affiliate link service GeniusLink. Founded in 2015, Kit is a social-shopping platform where influencers curate bundles of products ("kits") they recommend. When their fans buy products they featured in a […]
Daily Crunch: Uber resists California gig worker bill
Sep 12, 4:39PM
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 plans to keep defending independent contractor model for drivers Despite California lawmakers passing a bill designed to turn gig workers […]
SmileDirectClub makes its debut on the public market
Sep 12, 4:13PM
SmileDirectClub rang the opening bell earlier today, marking its first day of trading as a public company. The teeth-straightening company is now trading on the NASDAQ under the symbol “SDC.” Already, the stock is trading down 11% at $20.36 per share. SmileDirectClub kicked off its IPO hoping to raise up to $1.3 billion at an […]
Pandora debuts a desktop app for Windows
Sep 12, 4:08PM
Pandora today is launching a desktop app for Windows users following its debut of a native Mac app earlier this year. On Mac, Pandora offers a variety of features for desktop users like on-screen notifications, keyboard controls, and a way to select listening “modes” and more. It didn’t, however, include support for streaming podcasts. The […]
Patch Homes locks in $5M Series A to give homeowners financial freedom without debt
Sep 12, 4:01PM
Home ownership has long been touted as the American dream. But rising rates of mortgage debt and student loan debt are making the pursuit of home ownership a nightmare. Debt-burdened individuals or those with inconsistent or tight cash flow can not only struggle to get credit loan approval when buying a home but also struggle to […]
Google says it will do more to prioritize original reporting in search
Sep 12, 4:00PM
Google says it’s taking new steps to ensure that original reporting gets prioritized in its search results. In other words, articles that kick off a major news cycle should have a prominent place in search results for a longer time, rather than getting buried under more recent coverage (some of which may just summarize the […]
Incredible Health's hiring platform for nurses gets $15M led by Andreessen Horowitz
Sep 12, 4:00PM
Andreessen Horowitz has led a $15 million Series A in US-based job matching platform for nursing vacancies, Incredible Health. Other investors in the funding round include NFX, Obvious Ventures, Precursor Ventures and Gingerbread Capital. To date the recruitment startup has raised a total of $17M. The California startup’s pitch to nursing professionals and hospitals is […]
Google Photos adds a time-traveling version of Stories, plus more sharing and printing options
Sep 12, 3:59PM
Google Photos is getting its own version of Stories. But instead of focusing on what you’re doing now, as Stories on other platforms like Instagram and Snapchat offer, Google Photos is adopting the format to help you take a trip down memory lane. The feature is one of several updates coming to the photo-sharing service […]
Google to pay $549 million fine and $510 million in back taxes in France
Sep 12, 3:45PM
After years of back and forth with tax authorities in France, Google has settled a fiscal fraud probe, as the financial prosecutor's office told Reuters and AFP. Overall, Google will pay a $549 million fine as well as $510 million in back taxes (€500 million and €465 million, respectively). This is a settlement, which means […]
Y Combinator's Michael Seibel, Ali Rowghani to reveal new YC top 100 list, talk startups at Disrupt SF
Sep 12, 3:41PM
Y Combinator has become its own economy since its founding in 2005, as the formative seed-stage venture fund has nurtured leading startups across industries. Today, you’ll often see newer YC startups get started by providing services to larger YC companies — and then become the larger companies themselves (Stripe and Gusto are two of the […]
Amazon's crowdsourced Q&A community Alexa Answers goes live for all
Sep 12, 3:08PM
In December, Amazon launched a crowdsourced Q&A platform into beta with the goal of improving Alexa’s ability to answer questions. That feature, Alexa Answers, is now live to all. Amazon says the feature was well-received by the early community of invite-only participants, who have since contributed hundreds of thousands of answers that have been shared […]
Apple tweaks App Store rule changes for children's apps and sign-in services
Sep 12, 3:01PM
Originally announced in June, changes to Apple's App Store policies on its Sign in with Apple service and the rules around children's app categories are being tweaked. New apps must comply right away with the tweaked terms, but existing apps will have until early 2020 to comply with the new rules. The changes announced at […]
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