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NASA awards $43.2M to Blue Origin, SpaceX and others for tech to take us to the Moon and Mars
Oct 01, 8:43PM
NASA has announced the total funding it will distribute to the 14 companies it’s chosen to work with on developing key, innovative technologies that will be instrumental in helping get the agency to the Moon through the Artemis program, and potential to Mars and beyond later on. The U.S. space agency is awarding $43.2 million […]
Where top VCs are investing in edtech
Oct 01, 8:10PM
Education is a $4 trillion market globally in urgent need of overall — so where within education are top venture capitalists optimistic about startups building large businesses by providing new solutions? According to EdSurge, $1.45 billion of venture capital (a mere 1.1% of the $130 billion in US venture funding) was invested in education startups […]
The future of sports tech: Here's where investors are placing their bets
Oct 01, 8:00PM
Sports have always been the ultimate unifier -- transcending geographic borders, rising above partisan politics and enabling multiple audiences to find alignment. The secret to this? Technology.
NASA launches a new Earth-like planet hunting telescope using a giant balloon
Oct 01, 7:59PM
A new telescope will seek out planets that resemble Earth from a height of around 125,000 feet, suing special optical technology that will filter out light from the stars they orbit to provide a better view. The telescope is the product of UMass Lowell, and took off on Tuesday morning from Fort Sumner, New Mexico […]
Here's what Microsoft will probably announce at tomorrow's Surface event
Oct 01, 6:52PM
It's hardware season, and now it's Microsoft's turn to deliver the goods. The company will be holding its big Surface event bright and early tomorrow morning in New York. If past years' events are any precedent (and they generally are), there's going to be a lot of stuff shown off in the Big Apple this […]
Elizabeth Warren bites back at Zuckerberg's leaked threat to K.O. the government
Oct 01, 6:33PM
Presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren has responded publicly to a leaked attack on her by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, saying she won’t be bullied out of taking big tech to task for anticompetitive practices. I'm not afraid to hold Big Tech companies like Facebook, Google, and Amazon accountable. It's time to #BreakUpBigTech: https://t.co/o9X9v4noOm — Elizabeth […]
China's growing digital influence in Africa
Oct 01, 6:29PM
There's been a heap of China in Africa coverage over the last decade, but very little of it is focused on tech. In part, because the country's engagement with African startups is light compared to its deal-making on infrastructure and commodities. Now, that all looks to be shifting. TechCrunch has tracked moves by a number […]
Salesforce is building an office tower in Sydney, pledging 1000 new jobs in next five years
Oct 01, 6:06PM
Salesforce announced this week that it’s building another shiny tower. This one will be in Sydney with views of the harbor and the iconic Sydney Opera House. The company has also committed to adding 1000 new jobs in the next five years and to building the tower in a sustainable fashion. In fact, Salesforce is […]
Coding training and outsourcing service Catalyte launches a toolkit for corporate 'up-skilling'
Oct 01, 6:05PM
Catalyte, the Baltimore-based coding training and placement service, has launched a new software service designed to take its machine learning-based skills-assessment and training program to companies around the country. With revenues already approaching nearly $100 million for its outsourced software development services, Catalyte is hoping to take the lessons and tools it has learned and […]
Defining micromobility and where it's going with business and mobility analyst Horace Dediu
Oct 01, 5:41PM
Micromobility has taken off over the last couple of years. Between electric bike-share and scooter-share, these vehicles have made their way all over the world. Meanwhile, some of these companies, like Bird and Lime, have already hit unicorn status thanks to massive funding rounds. Horace Dediu, the well-known industry analyst who coined the term micromobility […]
Unagi is the iPhone of scooters you actually buy
Oct 01, 5:39PM
Can you never find a scooter to rent when you need one? Here’s a radical idea. Buy one. While Bird, Lime, Skip, Scoot, Uber, Lyft and more compete for on-demand micromobility, a new startup invented a vehicle worthy of ownership. The Unagi looks downright futuristic with its classy paint jobs, foldable body, LED screen, and […]
GoPro launches new Hero8 Black and MAX action cameras
Oct 01, 5:38PM
GoPro has released new versions of both its hero line, and its newer 360-degree ruggedized action cameras. The $399 GoPro Hero8 Black’s most significant change is that it gains a new body design that incorporates GoPro’s signature mounting system right into the case, so that you no longer need add-on frames to attach it to […]
Daily Crunch: WeWork delays its IPO
Oct 01, 5:14PM
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. WeWork withdraws its S-1 filing, will delay its IPO The move was widely expected, but The We Company (which owns WeWork) […]
Apple launches Deep Fusion feature in beta on iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro
Oct 01, 5:11PM
Apple is launching an early look at its new Deep Fusion feature on iOS today with a software update for beta users. Deep Fusion is a technique that blends multiple exposures together at the pixel level to give users a higher level of detail than is possible using standard HDR imaging — especially in images […]
Skydio's second-gen 'self-flying' drone is faster, smaller and half the price
Oct 01, 5:01PM
There weren’t many scenarios where consumer were deciding between buying the original Skydio R1 autonomous drone and something from DJI. The R1 was the second drone in your arsenal, it was a couple grand and it gave users an experience that was technically impressive, occasionally useful and a little bizarre. It was exciting but it […]
Auto workers' strike pushes GM losses past $1 billion
Oct 01, 4:50PM
The workers strike against General Motors — now in its third week — has cost the automaker more than $1 billion during the third quarter, according to a research note from J.P. Morgan analyst Ryan Brickman. And those losses are accelerating with each passing week. GM lost about $480 million during the first week of […]
UPS gets FAA approval to operate an entire drone delivery airline
Oct 01, 4:33PM
UPS announced today that it is the first to receive the official nod from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate a full “drone airline,” which will allow it to expand its current small drone delivery service pilots into a country-wide network. In its announcement of the news, UPS said that it will start by […]
Streamlit launches open-source machine learning application development framework
Oct 01, 4:00PM
Streamlit, a new machine learning startup from industry veterans who worked at GoogleX and Zoox, launched today with a $6 million seed investment and a flexible new open-source tool to make it easier for machine learning engineers to create custom applications to interact with the data in their models. The seed round was led by […]
Knowable launches its 'not a podcast' $100 audio classes
Oct 01, 3:38PM
Books on tape were the lifeblood of self-help. But e-learning startups like Khan Academy and Coursera demanded our eyes, not just our ears. Then came podcasts that make knowledge accessible, yet rarely focus on you retaining and applying what they teach. Today, a new startup called Knowable is launching to provide gaze-free audio education at […]
Relativity, a new star in the space race, raises $140 million for its 3-D printed rockets
Oct 01, 2:01PM
With $140 million in new financing, Relativity Space is now one step closer to fulfilling its founders’ vision of making the first rockets on Mars. Tagging along for the ride are a motley assortment of millionaires and billionaires, movie stars and media moguls that are providing the money the rocket launch services provider and manufacturer […]
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