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The first spacecraft that can service satellites to extend their life launched today
Oct 09, 9:08PM
Up until now, commercial satellites have essentially been disposable. Even the massive, multi-ton ones that can have service lives spanning a decade or more eventually just become so much space trash once they’re out of fuel, or they experience some kind fo terminal mechanical failure. A new spacecraft built by Northrop Grumman and launched aboard […]
Facebook sure does love free $peech
Oct 09, 8:37PM
Ensuring politicians in the 2020 election stay truthful is hard work, so Facebook has decided it’s going to sit this one out. Biden’s campaign team had sent a letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, COO Sheryl Sandberg and global elections policy chief Katie Harbath that essentially called on the company to take down a Trump campaign […]
Virgin Orbit plans to launch first commercial small satellites to Mars
Oct 09, 7:20PM
The Richard Branson-backed small satellite launch operation Virgin Orbit wants to be the first to dedicate a mission to bringing commercial CubeSats to the “Red Planet,” the company announced today. Working with Polish satellite company SatRevolution, Virgin Orbit has established a consortium along with a group of Polish academic institutions to jointly work on at […]
Pinterest launches a new 'Lite' app for emerging markets
Oct 09, 6:37PM
Pinterest is the latest tech company to introduce a “Lite” version of its mobile application to meet the needs of users in emerging markets. With Pinterest Lite, launched on Monday, users will benefit from a faster download and an app that takes up less storage space on their mobile device, the company says. Pinterest previously […]
DHS cyber unit wants to subpoena ISPs to identify vulnerable systems
Oct 09, 6:13PM
Homeland Security’s cybersecurity division is pushing to change the law that would allow it to demand information from internet providers that would identify the owners of vulnerable systems, TechCrunch has learned. Sources familiar with the proposal say the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), founded just less than a year ago, wants the new administrative […]
Andreessen Horowitz hires Julie Yoo as general partner
Oct 09, 5:31PM
Julie Yoo will make investments out of the firm's bio fund.
Silicon Valley's competing philosophies on tech ethics with The New Yorker's Andrew Marantz
Oct 09, 5:30PM
"If Silicon Valley is going to keep telling itself the story that the only uses of their technology will be the most optimistic, the most hopeful, the most salubrious, the most prosocial," New Yorker staff writer Andrew Marantz told me in Part 1 of this recent conversation for Extra Crunch, "you can try to rebut […]
Daily Crunch: China pressures Apple
Oct 09, 5:05PM
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. China attacks Apple for allowing Hong Kong crowdsourced police activity app Apple's decision to greenlight an app called HKmaps, which is […]
Social Club, a 'censorship free' Instagram clone for pot, gets booted from the App Store
Oct 09, 4:50PM
Apple has booted from the App Store cannabis-promoting app Social Club after it devolved into a place where users were openly posting drugs for sale, and it became filled with photos of various drugs, guns and weaponry, racist content, memes, gore videos and adult and child pornography, according to its users. The app is inexplicably […]
Toys 'R' Us relaunches its website, where online sales are powered by Target
Oct 09, 3:19PM
Toys “R” Us is back online, thanks to a new deal with Target. Tru Kids, the parent company that acquired the defunct toy chain following its bankruptcy, has announced the relaunch of the ToysRUs.com website as it begins the process of opening its retail stores across the U.S. As a part of its comeback strategy, […]
Gnarbox 2.0 backup SSD is a photographer's best friend in the field and at home
Oct 09, 3:06PM
Working photographers, and enthusiasts who just love taking plenty of pictures, know that even the biggest SD cards can sometimes fill up, especially when you’re working with large file sizes, shooting both JPG and RAW, and shooting 4K video. The solution? A good mobile backup drive. There are a number of options out there that […]
European risk report flags 5G security challenges
Oct 09, 2:49PM
European Union Member States have published a joint risk assessment report into 5G technology which highlights increased security risks that will require a new approach to securing telecoms infrastructure. The EU has so far resisted pressure from the U.S. to boycott Chinese tech giant Huawei as a 5G supplier on national security grounds, with individual […]
Eureka Robotics' new robotic arm is designed for optical lenses and mirrors
Oct 09, 2:35PM
Last year, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore had a small viral sensation on its hands with the release of Ikea Bot. The robot did laps around its inept human counterparts by autonomously assembling an Ikea chair in less than nine minutes. That same team is behind NTU spin-off Eureka Robotics, which this morning debuted Archimedes, a […]
Walgreens partners with FedEx to accept online returns, print labels
Oct 09, 2:11PM
FedEx and Walgreens are partnering to make online returns more convenient, in a move that’s part of a growing trend where brick-and-mortar retailers cater to the needs of e-commerce shoppers in order to increase foot traffic at their stores. Under the new agreement, consumers will be able to drop off their online returns at thousands […]
Toyota, GM, Nvidia, Bosch and others form new autonomous driving tech consortium
Oct 09, 1:03PM
We're still very much in the collaboration phase of autonomous driving, since it's looking still quite a ways off from being anything consumers can use on the regular. That means there’s plenty of opportunity for things like the new “Autonomous Vehicle Computing Consortium” (AVCC) announced today. This industry group includes Arm, Bosch, Continental, GM, Toyota, […]
Uber's newest feature alerts drivers that pets will be joining the ride
Oct 09, 1:00PM
Uber is piloting a new feature that lets U.S. riders alert drivers that a pet will be coming along, the latest effort from the company to appeal to a broader audience and become the one-stop shop for transportation, meals and other services. The feature, called Uber Pet, will be available beginning October 16 in Austin, […]
China attacks Apple for allowing Hong Kong crowdsourced police activity app
Oct 09, 10:41AM
Apple’s decision to greenlight an app called HKmaps, which is being used by pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong to crowdsource information about street closures and police presence, is attracting the ire of the Chinese government. An article in Chinese state mouthpiece, China Daily, attacks the iPhone maker for reversing an earlier decision not to allow […]
Amazon, Walmart confront India's slowing economy as holiday season growth stalls
Oct 09, 10:15AM
Even India's biggest festive season, featuring blinding marketing blitzkrieg and heavy discounts from Amazon India and Walmart’s Flipkart, has failed to escape the pains of slowing economy. Online retailers in India sold goods worth $3 billion in the six-day festive sale that concluded last week, growing at an impressive 30% since last year, according to […]
3 days left to save on passes to Disrupt Berlin 2019
Oct 09, 9:07AM
What does Disrupt Berlin 2019 have in common with the movie "Three Days of the Condor?" Frankly, not much, except that there are only three days of the super early-bird special left before prices go up. The analogy may be a stretch, but the facts are real. Right now, you can save up to €600 […]
Tick-tock: Hurry and apply to TC Top Picks @ Disrupt Berlin 2019
Oct 09, 7:35AM
Early-stage startup founders know that M&Ms are essential ingredients for startup success. We're not talking about the melt-in-your-mouth-not-in-your-hand confection; we're talking money and media. Apply to be a TC Top Pick at Disrupt Berlin 2019 and — if you make the cut — you'll receive a free Startup Alley Exhibitor Package, the VIP treatment and plenty of […]
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