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Meet Facebook's latest fake
Sep 21, 5:56PM
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, a 35-year-old billionaire who keeps refusing to sit in front of international parliamentarians to answer questions about his ad business’ impact on democracy and human rights around the world, has a new piece of accountability theatre to sell you: An “Oversight Board“. Not of Facebook’s business itself. Though you’d be forgiven […]
Here are the 22 companies from Alchemist Accelerator's Demo Day XXII
Sep 21, 5:39PM
Alchemist Accelerator, a startup incubator which focuses on enterprise companies, held a demo day yesterday for its 22nd batch. Each company got 5 minutes to tell a theater full of investors who they are, what they're building, and why they might be the best to build it. We saw companies working on everything from industrial […]
Zoox CEO Aicha Evans to talk self-driving cars at Disrupt SF 2019
Sep 21, 2:22PM
Aicha Evans, CEO of self-driving startup Zoox, is joining us at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco in just two short weeks. Evans came on board to Zoox earlier this year following the unexpected firing of co-founder and former CEO Tim Kentley-Klay in August. At the time of the announcement, Zoox co-founder and CTO Jesse Levinson told […]
Startups Weekly: Upfront Ventures bets on a bus service
Sep 21, 12:00PM
In this week's newsletter: Airbnb, WeWork and Postmates prep IPOs.
Want to crush competitors? Forget SoftBank, Blackstone suggests; it can write $500 million checks, too
Sep 21, 12:49AM
Back in January, Blackstone — the investment firm whose assets under management surpassed a jaw-dropping half a trillion dollars earlier this year — quietly began piecing together a new, growth equity platform called Blackstone Growth, or BXG. Step one was hiring away Jon Korngold from General Atlantic, where he’d spent the previous 18 years, including […]
Chef CEO says he'll continue to work with ICE in spite of protests
Sep 20, 10:27PM
Yesterday, software development tool maker Chef found itself in the middle of a firestorm after a Tweet called them out for doing business with DHS/ICE. Eventually it led to an influential open-source developer removing a couple of key pieces of software from the project, bringing down some parts of Chef’s commercial business. Chef intends to […]
Get advice on the latest growth tactics from Demand Curve at Disrupt SF
Sep 20, 9:45PM
We’re going to try something new at Disrupt this year, based on the great response we’ve been getting to our startup how-to coverage. We’re going to put service provider experts on our Q&A stage, where you can talk to them directly in-person about key topics like growth, fundraising and recruiting. To help kick off this […]
Matchstick Ventures raises $30M to back startups in the northern US and the Rockies
Sep 20, 9:41PM
Matchstick Ventures, a seed-stage firm that says it invests in “rapidly growing, yet underserved startup ecosystems,” announced this week that it has raised $30 million for its second fund. That’s a lot more money than the firm’s $5 million seed round. This time, Matchstick says it will write initial checks of around $500,000, and in […]
Take cover, it's a drone with a nail gun!
Sep 20, 9:09PM
The FAA has warned against equipping your drone with weapons such as flamethrowers and handguns. But can a nail gun really be considered a weapon — that is, outside of Quake? Let's hope not, because roboticists at the University of Michigan have made a roofing drone that uses that tool to autonomously nail shingles into place.
Publicis Sapient's John Maeda explains how big companies can think like startups
Sep 20, 9:07PM
John Maeda has been a professor at the MIT Media Lab, president of the Rhode Island School of Design, designer partner at venture firm Kleiner Perkins and most recently served as the head of computational design and inclusion at Automattic. So perhaps it’s no surprise that he made another big leap with his latest job, […]
YouTube CEO says it 'missed the mark' with verification overhaul
Sep 20, 8:14PM
Less than 24 hours after YouTube announced that it would be changing its creator verification process, CEO Susan Wojcicki admitted that the news hasn’t gone over very well. “To our creators & users – I'm sorry for the frustration & hurt that we caused with our new approach to verification,” Wojcicki tweeted. “While trying to […]
Here are the security sessions you can't miss at Disrupt SF
Sep 20, 8:02PM
Security is in everything, it’s everywhere and it’s everyone’s responsibility. What part are you playing? At TechCrunch Disrupt SF on October 2-4, we’re proud to have onstage some of the smartest security executives and highest-ranking officials ready to talk shop. Security will be front and center of Disrupt SF, with our panels and experts ready […]
'Am I as brave as I think I am?' MIT Media Lab student Arwa Mboya on the aftermath of a scandal
Sep 20, 7:57PM
It's been another hard week at MIT. Our campus has been divided by revelations of inappropriate fundraising, coverups, and the harboring of far too many tech geniuses who seemingly put their own interests and careers over the safety of women, among other marginalized groups. As a chaplain to students and faculty at the Institute, but […]
Tinder's interactive series 'Swipe Night' could bring a needed boost to user engagement
Sep 20, 7:16PM
On Sundays in October, Tinder is launching in its dating app an “interactive adventure” called “Swipe Night” that will present a narrative where users make a series of choices in order to proceed. This sort of choose-your-own-adventure format has been more recently popularized by Netflix and others as a new way to engage with digital […]
Ten questions for 2020 presidential candidate Tom Steyer
Sep 20, 7:07PM
In November 2020, America will go to the polls to vote in perhaps the most consequential election in a generation. The winner will lead the country amid great social, economic and ecological unrest. The 2020 election will be a referendum on both the current White House and the direction of the country at large. Nearly […]
Update: Walmart is pulling electronic cigarettes from store shelves
Sep 20, 7:05PM
Walmart is planning to pull electronic cigarettes from its stores. “Given the growing federal, state and local regulatory complexity and uncertainty regarding e-cigarettes, we plan to discontinue the sale of electronic nicotine delivery products at all Walmart and Sam's Club U.S. locations,” a company spokesman said in an email. “We will complete our exit after […]
Amazon Prime adds free mobile game content to its perks, starting with PUBG Mobile
Sep 20, 7:01PM
Amazon today is introducing a new perk for Prime members: free mobile game content. The company, which already offers Twitch Prime benefits through its subsidiary, will now give its Prime members various in-game items for PUBG Mobile, the popular battle royale title from Tencent. The items launching today include an exclusive Infiltrator Mask, Infiltrator Jacket, […]
Facebook has suspended 'tens of thousands' of apps suspected of hoarding data
Sep 20, 6:11PM
Facebook has suspended “tens of thousands” of apps connected to its platform which it suspects may be collecting large amounts of user profile data. That’s a sharp rise from the 400 apps flagged a year ago by the company’s investigation in the wake of Cambridge Analytica, a scandal that saw tens of millions of Facebook […]
Fujifilm's upcoming X-Pro3 camera has a unique design sure to appeal to film photographers
Sep 20, 4:56PM
Fujifilm is teasing its forthcoming X-Pro3, the successor to its popular digital rangefinder mirrorless camera, ahead of its official full introduction on October 23. During its X Summit event going on today, the company showed off the X-Pro3 in detailed images (via Fujirumors), revealing for the first time its innovative new rear-display design. The X-Pro3 […]
How Kobalt is betting on music's middle class and DIY stars
Sep 20, 4:18PM
Streaming services have made music ubiquitous, driving more exploration by consumers who don't have to pay for each song or album individually. Musicians are correspondingly able to find their own niche of fans scattered around the world. (This is the third installment of our EC-1 series on Kobalt Music Group and changes in the music […]
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