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The Station: A new self-driving car startup, Inside Tesla's V10 software, Lilium's big round
Oct 15, 9:18PM
If you haven’t heard, TechCrunch has officially launched a weekly newsletter dedicated to all the ways people and goods move from Point A to Point B — today and in the future — whether it's by bike, bus, scooter, car, train, truck, flying car, robotaxi or rocket. Heck, maybe even via hyperloop. Earlier this year, […]
Flowhub raises $23 million for its retail management software for cannabis dispensaries
Oct 15, 8:59PM
As cannabis dispensaries flourish across the country alongside the push to legalize medicinal and recreational marijuana use, demand for tools to manage the specificities of the weed retail business continues to increase. Looking to address that need, Flowhub, a cannabis retail management software vendor, has raised $23 million from a consortium of investors including e.ventures, […]
Twitter says it will restrict users from retweeting world leaders who break its rules
Oct 15, 8:50PM
Twitter said it will restrict how users can interact with tweets from world leaders who break its rules. The social media giant said it will not allow users to like, reply, share or retweet the offending tweets, but instead will let users quote-tweet to allow ordinary users to express their opinions. The company said the […]
David Sacks's Craft Ventures just closed its second fund with $500 million
Oct 15, 8:40PM
Craft Ventures, the venture firm launched in 2017 by serial entrepreneur David Sacks, has closed its second fund with $500 million in capital commitments, an amount the firm was said to begin targeting roughly a year ago. Craft’s debut fund had closed with $350 million. The outfit — which Sacks runs with other serial entrepreneurs […]
With Alibaba, Pivotal and Lightbend on board, Reactive flexes its ROI muscle in the microservices world
Oct 15, 8:00PM
The Linux Foundation recently announced the launch of the Reactive Foundation. Its founding members are Alibaba, Lightbend, Pivotal and Netifi. So what exactly is this?
AMC Theatres launches its own on-demand streaming service
Oct 15, 7:40PM
AMC Theatres announced a new service today called AMC Theatres On Demand — a marketplace where members of AMC’s Stubs loyalty program can buy or rent individual movies to watch at home. The launch of an iTunes-style, Ã la carte movie marketplace seems almost quaint at a time when all the major media companies seem […]
Will unreliable research bury your healthcare startup?
Oct 15, 7:39PM
For healthtech founders and funders, scientific claims and conclusions are more than policy — business models depend upon the lucid appraisal of clinical problems, evaluating inadequacies in current standards of care, a clear understanding of disease pathways, and designing superior interventions. At each step along this value chain, founders stand on the shoulders of the […]
Hands-on with the new Pixel 4
Oct 15, 7:27PM
After the onstage presentation at Made by Google 2019, we got our hands on a Pixel 4. In this video, you can watch us do a quick run-through of the major new features — like Motion Sense, which provides gesture controls that don’t require you to touch your phone, and improved Night Sight, which allows […]
Product lessons from building our subscription service Extra Crunch
Oct 15, 7:01PM
Subscription has been all the rage in media circles as the industry searches for new, sustainable business models. We've seen companies from infrastructure plays like Substack and Pico to brand verticals like Holloway and The Athletic receive venture funding, all with the goal of changing the economics of news, information and entertainment. Every day, I […]
ZeroDown, valued at $150M, plans to take on Zillow
Oct 15, 6:49PM
ZeroDown launches a home search engine.
NASA's new Artemis spacesuits make it easier for astronauts of all sizes to move on the Moon
Oct 15, 6:42PM
NASA revealed new spacesuits, specifically created for the Artemis generation of missions, which aim to get the first American woman and the next American man to the surface of the Moon by 2024. The new design’s toppling feature is greater mobility and flexibility, in basically every respect. NASA unveiled both a full suit designed for […]
Walmart launches in-home grocery delivery in three cities: Kansas City, Pittsburgh & Vero Beach
Oct 15, 6:36PM
Walmart will bring your groceries to you and put them away in the fridge, with the launch of its new service, InHome. The retailer is today debuting its new in-home grocery delivery service in three cities: Kansas City, (Missouri and Kansas); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Vero Beach, Florida. Customers in these markets can subscribe to InHome […]
Up close with Google's budget Chromebook, the Pixelbook Go
Oct 15, 5:43PM
The Chromebook has been a marked hit for Google — well, for Google's hardware partners, at least. Low cost devices have flooded the market, with a stranglehold on the educational category in particular. Google's own first party offerings, on the other hand, have been a bit more curious. Devices like the Pixelbook and Pixel Slate […]
Thirty-one women who 'run the world' and what can be learned from them
Oct 15, 5:36PM
Today, a new book called “Girls Who Run the World” hits real and virtual bookshelves, and for anyone with a middle-school aged kid or looking to inspire a high-schooler, it might be worth checking out. Featuring 31 women who are the CEOs of companies that they have created themselves — think Spanx, Glossier, Caribou Sciences […]
How Lockheed Martin Ventures manages its early-stage $200M fund
Oct 15, 5:13PM
In niche markets like aerospace, where the traditional VC model might not yield an abundance of available funding, corporate venture funds can offer entrepreneurs an interesting alternative. Unlike traditional VCs, firms like Lockheed Martin Ventures are in constant contact with internal business units about challenges they need solved, or improvements they’re seeking that cannot be […]
Kabuto is building smart suitcases for geeks
Oct 15, 5:00PM
French company Kabuto is launching a Kickstarter campaign today for the second generation of its smart carry-on suitcase. The company was previously known as Xtend. If you think about smart suitcases, chances are you picture a suitcase with a battery pack in it and that's it. In other words, they are not that smart. Kabuto […]
TikTok taps corporate law firm K&L Gates to advise on its US content moderation policies
Oct 15, 4:16PM
As TikTok continues its rapid U.S. growth, the company is being challenged to better explain its content moderation choices. Why, for example, is the short-form video app censoring the Hong Kong protests but not U.S. political content? Why is it banning political ads, but supports hashtags like #trump2020 and #maga, each with millions, or even […]
Up close with Google's new Pixel 4
Oct 15, 4:04PM
This is the Pixel 4, the handset that literally everyone saw coming. Even by Google’s standards, the handset leaked like crazy. Some was almost certainly by design, as the company looked to hype its new flagship amid slowing smartphone sales. That said, showing up for pre-order on two different sites in the past few days […]
Watch OpenAI's 'human-like' robot solve a Rubik's Cube one-handed
Oct 15, 4:00PM
There’s always been something so annoying about people who found the need to stack additional challenges onto solving a Rubik’s Cube quickly, whether it was doing it blindfolded or while juggling or one-handed. While it might have just been a challenge for them, it also seemed like a need to show off. OpenAI is clearly […]
Uber, Lime and Spin scooters are now legal in SF
Oct 15, 4:00PM
Uber, Lime and Spin have officially deployed their electric scooters on the streets of San Francisco as part of the city’s permitting program. Last month, the city announced Uber’s JUMP, Lime, Ford’s Spin and Scoot were granted permits to operate the shared electric scooter services. Scoot, however, has operated in the city since last year. […]
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