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Google's Pixel 4 briefly went up for preorder on Best Buy Canada
Oct 12, 7:28PM
The Pixel 4 is set to be unveiled at an event on Tuesday. This much we know for sure. We know a bunch more, too, (as outlined in this rumor roundup from yesterday), thanks to both official reveals and unofficial leaks. How much of this was planned is hard to say, but Google seemingly doesn't […]
Samsung's Galaxy Watch Active 2 is a solid smartwatch for Android users
Oct 12, 7:06PM
Samsung makes good, underrated smartwatches. It's just been difficult to get much attention in a category so utterly dominated by a single player. Even still, the company has managed to hold onto the number two spot in global market share, according to recentish numbers. At 11.1 percent, it's a little less than a third of […]
California's Privacy Act: What you need to know now
Oct 12, 5:00PM
This week California’s attorney general, Xavier Becerra, published draft guidance for enforcing the state’s landmark privacy legislation. The draft text of the regulations under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) will undergo a public consultation period, including a number of public hearings, with submissions open until December 6 this year. The CCPA itself will take […]
The Yeti X brings real-time level monitoring to the popular USB mic
Oct 12, 3:45PM
It's clear why Logitech bought Blue back in July 2018. The Southern Californian audio company (an acronym for "Baltic Latvian Universal Electronics," incidentally) has become synonymous with USB microphones since releasing the first Snowball back in 2005. What seemed like a niche at the time has since become a cultural touchstone, positioning the company well […]
Startups Weekly: YC grad Revel's plan to connect women over 50
Oct 12, 12:00PM
In this week's newsletter: Uber buys Cornershop and two startups named Revel raised VC dollars.
VC Brad Feld on WeWork, SoftBank, and why venture firms may have to slow down their pacing in 2020
Oct 12, 12:42AM
Yesterday, we had a chance to talk with longtime venture investor Brad Feld of Foundry Group, whose book “Venture Deals” was recently republished for the fourth time, and for good reason. It’s a storehouse of knowledge, from how venture funds really work to term sheet terms, from negotiation tactics to how to choose (and pay […]
Pegging Libra to just the $ could soothe regulators, a16z says
Oct 11, 11:53PM
What if Libra wasn’t backed by a basket of international currencies, but only the dollar? Regulatory pushback to the Facebook-led cryptocurrency Libra has caused major partners — including Visa, Mastercard, PayPal and eBay — to pull out of the Libra Association. But one of the remaining members has floated a major change to the stablecoin […]
Amid security concerns, the European Union puts 5G — and Huawei — under the microscope
Oct 11, 11:47PM
The European Union is putting under the microscope the rollout of new, high-speed mobile networking technologies known as 5G in a move that could affect the technology’s dominant company — Huawei. Regulators focused on specific security threats linked to technology providers headquartered in countries with “no democratic and legal restrictions in place,” according to a […]
Confirmed: Nike has picked up Russell Wilson's Tally/TraceMe in a rare acquisition
Oct 11, 10:47PM
Nike has long been synonymous with premium sneakers and other sports gear, but now the company could be extending its brand into another area — digital media — thanks to the rumored acquisition of a Seattle-based startup. TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that the multibillion-dollar sports giant has acquired TraceMe, which originally built an app […]
Apple creates its own TV studio, will produce WWII drama 'Masters of Air'
Oct 11, 10:03PM
While Apple has a long list of new programming lined up for its TV+ subscription streaming service, the company won’t actually own any of the announced shows — until now. That’s changing because Apple has formed its own in-house studio, which will produce “Masters of Air,” a follow-up to “Band of Brothers” and “The Pacific,” […]
Cryptocurrency's bad day continues as the SEC blocks Telegram's $1.7 billion planned token sale
Oct 11, 9:39PM
Cryptocurrency’s bad news day continues to get worse as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has said it has filed an emergency action and received a restraining order for the $1.7 billion planned token offering of Telegram’s blockchain. The move from the SEC follows the continued dissolution of the corporate alliance that was supporting Facebook’s […]
Why it might have been time for new leadership at SAP
Oct 11, 9:35PM
SAP CEO Bill McDermott announced he was stepping down last night after a decade at the helm in an announcement that shocked many. It’s always tough to measure the performance of an enterprise leader when he or she leaves. Some people look at stock price over their tenure. Some at culture. Some at the acquisitions […]
Alexa now speaks Spanish, including in multi-lingual mode
Oct 11, 9:09PM
At Amazon’s hardware event last month in Seattle, the company announced plans to launch multi-lingual modes for its Alexa devices in the U.S., Canada, and India, where the smart voice assistant would be able to speak a combination of English and Spanish, French and English, and Hindi and English, respectively. Today, Amazon says the multi-lingual […]
EBay, Stripe and Mastercard drop out of Facebook's Libra Association
Oct 11, 8:26PM
Oof — a week after PayPal announced plans to part ways with Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency project and the related association of the same name, three more names are reportedly breaking away: eBay, Stripe and Mastercard. (Update: and now Visa!) In a comment to TechCrunch, a Stripe spokesperson leaves the door open for them to potentially […]
Life with the Samsung Galaxy Fold
Oct 11, 8:16PM
Avoid pressing hard on the screen. Tap lightly to keep it safe. Your Galaxy Fold isn't water or dust resistant. Don't allow any liquids or foreign objects to enter it. Don't attach anything to the main screen, such as a screen protector. So begins your journey. It's the story of one of the most fascinating […]
Brad Feld: what founders need to know about recent changes in VC deal terms
Oct 11, 8:08PM
Extra Crunch offers members the opportunity to tune into conference calls led and moderated by the TechCrunch writers you read every day. This week, TechCrunch's Connie Loizos hopped on the line with prominent investor, entrepreneur, thought leader, and Techstars co-founder Brad Feld to chat about the latest edition of his book “Venture Deals,” his advice to […]
Electric moped startup Revel could expand to Texas next
Oct 11, 5:50PM
Revel, the New York-based shared electric moped startup, appears to be preparing to expand into Texas, according to job listings first spotted and reported by Thinknum Alternative Data. The expansion into Texas would be Revel’s fourth market and its first west of the Mississippi River, a move that would be consistent with comments CEO and […]
Instacart shoppers are organizing a nationwide protest
Oct 11, 5:19PM
Instacart has long been at odds with its shoppers — the people who go to the grocery store on behalf of customers. From November 3-5, thousands of Instacart shoppers plan to protest with three demands. They want Instacart to change the default tip amount to at least 10%, ditch the service fee and commit to […]
Polte raises $12.5 million to track devices using LTE signal
Oct 11, 4:18PM
Polte has raised another $12.5 million. The company is building a service that leverages 4G (and potentially 5G) signal to track things for commercial and industrial use cases. The main advantage is that using cellular signal uses a lot less battery than acquiring GPS location and transmitting it over cellular. Today's funding round is an […]
Waymo and Renault to explore autonomous mobility route in Paris region
Oct 11, 3:26PM
Waymo and Renault are working with the Paris region to explore the possibility of establishing an autonomous transportation route between Charles de Gaulle airport and La Défense, a neighborhood just outside of Paris city limits that plays host to a large number of businesses and skyscrapers, including a large shopping center. This is part of […]
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