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Unity bets on cloud testing with new Simulation product
Sep 23, 8:29PM
For the past several years, Unity’s valuation has ballooned alongside their public ambitions to become essential to customers beyond game developers. One of the more interesting use cases of the real-time rendering game engine, had been helping companies train their systems inside a virtual environment. This has become a key part of the workflows for […]
Five (more) reasons to come to Disrupt SF next week
Sep 23, 7:47PM
Disrupt SF will light up on San Francisco on Oct. 2-4, and as usual we've designed the show to be unmissable for founders, investors and just about anyone in the global startup scene. In a post two weeks ago, we spelled out five of the best reasons to attend, including the amazing speaker agenda, the […]
Amazon might reveal fitness-tracking Alexa wireless earbuds, Echo with better sound this week
Sep 23, 7:27PM
Amazon is building wireless earbuds that offer Alexa voice assistant access, and fitness tracking for use during activities, according to a new report from CNBC. These earbuds, combined with a new, larger Echo designed to provide more premium sound, could feature into Amazon’s hardware event taking place this Wednesday in Seattle, though the outlet is […]
Twitter details new policies designed to crack down on financial scams
Sep 23, 6:22PM
Twitter today says it’s expanding its policies to prohibit financial scams on its platform — something you’d think would have already been banned, but apparently was never directly addressed through Twitter’s policy documentation. Instead, financial scams until now have been handled through Twitter’s spam reporting tool which was expanded last year to specifically identify what […]
Daily Crunch: WeWork CEO faces investor pressure
Sep 23, 5:22PM
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. As Adam Neumann reportedly faces pressure to step down; it's looking like a fight for life between WeWork and SoftBank Members […]
Amazon's Echo Show can now identify household pantry items held in front of its camera
Sep 23, 5:09PM
Amazon is introducing a new feature to its Alexa Show device designed to help blind and other low-vision customers identify common household pantry items by holding them in front of Alexa’s camera and asking what it is. The feature uses a combination of computer vision and machine learning techniques in order to recognize the objects […]
Hear about being ethical in tech with Ellen Pao, Tracy Chou and Harry Glaser
Sep 23, 4:38PM
Running an ethical tech company is underrated. From fostering a diverse and inclusive company to examining your technology's impact on society, it all comes down to ethics. Ellen Pao, who previously served as CEO at Reddit and sued her former employer Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers for gender discrimination, has made it her life’s work […]
Apple confirms it will build the new Mac Pro in the US
Sep 23, 4:27PM
After several months of speculation, Apple today confirmed that it will be manufacturing the latest version of the Mac Pro in the United States. The move is in keeping with earlier versions of the high-end, pro-focused desktop. In June, The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple would move production of the long-awaited desktop to a […]
Chef CEO does an about face, says company will not renew ICE contract
Sep 23, 4:09PM
After stating clearly on Friday that he would honor a $95,000 contract with ICE, CEO Barry Crist must have had a change of heart over the weekend. In a blog post this morning he wrote that the company would not be renewing the contract with ICE after all. “After deep introspection and dialog within Chef, […]
Google Play Pass launches with 350+ premium apps and games, initially for $1.99 per month
Sep 23, 4:00PM
Following the well-received launch of Apple Arcade, Google today is officially introducing its own take on subscription-based access to premium mobile games — or, in Google’s case, premium mobile apps, too. The new Google Play Pass subscription, arriving this week, will offer more than 350 apps and games that are completely unlocked, with no upfront […]
Oprah's Book Club comes to Apple TV+
Sep 23, 3:15PM
Apple and Oprah will be working together to bring Oprah’s Book Club to the Apple TV+ streaming service. In a new series, the talk show host and producer will interview the authors of her book club picks, starting with Ta-Nehisi Coates, the author of “The Water Dancer.” A new episode will then be available every […]
Five months later, Samsung's Galaxy Fold arrives this week
Sep 23, 3:10PM
There's fashionably late and then there's the Galaxy Fold. Initially scheduled for an April 22 launch, the device was delayed after multiple reviews returned broken devices. Samsung was quick to blame users, only to ultimately go back to the drawing board. A few months later, the company offered a broad September time frame. Samsung hit […]
Customer marketing platform Ometria raises $21M Series B round led by Octopus Ventures
Sep 23, 2:04PM
Back in 2017 Ometria, an "AI-powered" customer marketing platform, raised $6 million in Series A funding to add to the $11 million it had already raised. Its platform is all about allowing retailers to send individually personalized marketing messages across several brand touchpoints. Today it announced that it has raised $21 million in a Series […]
GoPro teases next-generation action camera announcement for October 1
Sep 23, 1:49PM
GoPro’s successor to the Hero 7 is likely coming on October 1, as the action camera maker has posted to its official website a teaser with the date. The tagline “This is Action.” appears over a fast-cut mash-up of a variety of shots, including off-road racing, underwater diving and what looks like close-up footage of […]
Programmer who took down open-source pieces over Chef ICE contract responds
Sep 23, 1:49PM
On Friday afternoon Chef CEO Barry Crist and CTO Corey Scobie sat down with TechCrunch to defend their contract with ICE after a firestorm on social media called for them to cut ties with the controversial agency. On Sunday, programmer Seth Vargo, the man who removed his open-source components, which contributed to a partial shutdown […]
SpaceX to share Starship progress update Saturday as it continues prototype construction
Sep 23, 1:10PM
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk was in Boca Chica, Texas over the weekend to oversee key construction activities in the assembly of the company’s newest Starship prototype. Musk will deliver an update on Starship, which will likely recap progress to date and provide a more detailed road map of SpaceX’s plans for the future of its […]
Cloudflare has a new plan to fight bots — and climate change
Sep 23, 1:00PM
Cloudflare is ratcheting up its fight against bots with a new “fight mode,” which it says will frustrate and disincentivize bot operators from their malicious activity. Bots are notorious for scraping websites and abusing developer access to download gobs of user data. All too often bots try to game the system by scraping concert or […]
Entrepreneur First, the 'talent investor,' to launch in Toronto, Canada early next year
Sep 23, 12:40PM
Entrepreneur First (EF), the London-headquartered "talent investor" that recruits and backs individuals pre-team and pre-idea to enable them to found startups, has announced its plans to expand to Canada. It marks the first time EF has entered North America. Along with London, EF currently operates in Berlin, Paris, Singapore, Hong Kong and Bangalore. The new […]
The latest version of Yahoo Mail helps users find attachments and deals
Sep 23, 12:32PM
Yahoo Mail is getting a mobile update, with new versions of the iOS and Android app launching today. Many of you probably haven’t tried out Yahoo Mail in years, but Senior Director of Product Management Josh Jacobson noted that it’s one of the top productivity apps in the Apple App Store, where it has been […]
Kabbage founders raise $11M for Drum, an SMB marketplace for sourcing salespeople, goods and services
Sep 23, 11:51AM
It’s often said that smaller businesses get the short end of the stick when it comes to technology solutions: they are more high-maintenance than consumers, but not as lucrative as larger enterprises, leaving them caught somewhere in an unsatisfying middle. But today, two serial entrepreneurs who have already built one big startup catering to SMBs […]
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