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Mark Zuckerberg makes the case for Facebook News
Oct 25, 8:08PM
While Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg seemed cheerful and even jokey when he took the stage today in front of journalists and media executives (at one point, he described the event as “by far the best thing” he’d done this week), he acknowledged that there are reasons for the news industry to be skeptical. Facebook, after […]
Hyundai is launching BotRide, a robotaxi service in California with Pony.ai and Via
Oct 25, 7:24PM
A fleet of electric, autonomous Hyundai Kona crossovers — equipped with a self-driving system from Chinese autonomous startup Pony .ai and Via’s ride-hailing platform, will start shuttling customers on public roads next week. The robotaxi service called BotRide will operate on public roads in Irvine, California, beginning November 4. This isn’t a driverless service; there […]
Daily Crunch: Facebook launches its News section
Oct 25, 7:07PM
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. Facebook starts testing News, its new section for journalism Facebook's news section, which was previously reported to be imminent, is here: […]
Here's where top gaming VCs are looking for startup opportunities
Oct 25, 5:37PM
With cross-platform experiences like Fortnite and PUBG, in-game socializing environments, and subscription-based cloud gaming services from Playstation, Google, Amazon, and others, the gaming industry is entering a new era beyond mobile.
Google brings in BERT to improve its search results
Oct 25, 5:07PM
Google today announced one of the biggest updates to its search algorithm in recent years. By using new neural networking techniques to better understand the intentions behind queries, Google says it can now offer more relevant results for about one in 10 searches in the U.S. in English (with support for other languages and locales […]
Meet Bespoke Financial, a lender for cannabis companies backed by Snoop Dogg's Casa Verde Capital
Oct 25, 4:46PM
Bespoke Financial wants to provide cannabis businesses with the same kind of financial services that other businesses get, but that dispensaries and growers can’t yet access. The regulations around cannabis operations are so stringent at the local level — and so nebulous at the federal level — that national banks won’t give businesses in the […]
>From the NBA to Sequoia to TikTok and more, a week of national security concerns with China
Oct 25, 3:11PM
It has been a tough week for China-U.S. relations. Vice President Mike Pence ratcheted up the administration's rhetoric yesterday, calling the NBA "a wholly owned subsidiary of the authoritarian regime" in China while the league's commissioner Adam Silver continued to try to tamp down the intensity of criticism over the league's business, saying in an […]
Growth is out, profitability is in
Oct 25, 1:00PM
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch's venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.
NASA's Mars 2020 rover rests on its own six wheels for the first time
Oct 25, 12:54PM
NASA’s Mars 2020 rover will have to operate on its own in a harsh environment, hundreds of millions of miles from the nearest mechanic. But for now, it’s still in development at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab — and every milestone is an important one. Including supporting its own weight, fully assembled and resting on its […]
Airstream's new Astrovan II is ready to move the first Boeing commercial crew astronauts
Oct 25, 12:30PM
NASA and its commercial astronaut program partners are laser-focused on getting crew into space. But to get to space you first have to get to the rocket, and that’s where the Airstream Astrovan II comes in. This vehicle, which is the sequel to the original Astrovan that brought America’s astronauts to the launch pad in […]
SpaceX wants to land Starship on the Moon before 2022, then do cargo runs for 2024 human landing
Oct 25, 11:17AM
Speaking at a quick series of interviews with commercial space companies at this year’s annual International Astronautical Congress, SpaceX president and COO Gwynne Shotwell shed a little more light on her company’s current thinking with regards to the mission timelines for its forthcoming Starship spacefaring vehicle. Starship, currently in parallel development at SpaceX’s South Texas […]
Facebook starts testing News, its new section for journalism
Oct 25, 10:00AM
Facebook’s news section, which was previously reported to be imminent, is here: The company is rolling out Facebook News in a limited test in the U.S. as a home screen tab and bookmark in the main Facebook app. In a blog post, Facebook’s Campbell Brown (vice president of global news partnerships) and Mona Sarantakos (product manager, […]
Workplace learning platform HowNow scores $3M funding
Oct 25, 8:15AM
HowNow, the workforce learning platform, has raised $3 million (£2.4 million) in a “pre-series A” funding round. The round is led by Mark Pearson’s Fuel Ventures and brings the total raised by the startup to $4.5 million. Other investors include Andy Murray OBE; Michael Whitfield and Chris Bruce (founders of Thomsons Online Benefits); Bernie Sinniah […]
StepLadder, the collaborative deposit saving platform for first-time buyers, raises £1.5M
Oct 25, 8:00AM
StepLadder, another London-based startup aiming to help so-called “generation rent” get onto the housing ladder, has raised £1.5 million in seed funding. Backing the round is Spanish banking giant BBVA and fintech VC Anthemis via the London-based venture studio on which the pair have partnered. Early investor Seedcamp also followed on, in addition to unnamed […]
Pixelbook Go review: A Chromebook in search of meaning
Oct 25, 7:01AM
Few, if any, saw coming the Chromebook's utter dominance of the K-8 category. In hindsight, it's easy to see why the systems have been such a success story, of course: low prices, coupled with ease of wide-scale deployment and lockdown make them a perfect fit for the classroom. Fifteen million Chromebooks were sold in 2018 […]
Why the Facebook News tab shouldn't be trusted
Oct 25, 1:29AM
Are we really doing this again? After the pivot to video. After Instant Articles. After news was deleted from the News Feed. Once more, Facebook dangles extra traffic, and journalism outlets leap through its hoop and into its cage. Tomorrow, Facebook will unveil its News tab [Update: Here's the announcement and our coverage]. About 200 […]
Ford's electric Mustang-inspired SUV will finally get its debut
Oct 25, 12:21AM
Ford provided its first peek of a Mustang-inspired electric crossover nearly 14 months ago. Now, it’s ready to show the world what “Mustang-inspired” means. The automaker said Thursday it will debut the electric SUV on November 17 ahead of the LA Auto Show. Not much is known about the electric SUV that is coming to […]
SpaceX intends to offer Starlink satellite broadband service starting in 2020
Oct 25, 12:08AM
SpaceX will look to launch its Starlink service for consumers sometime next year, SpaceX president and COO Gwynne Shotwell confirmed at a media roundtable meeting at the company’s offices in Washington during the International Astronautical Congress this week (via SpaceNews). Shotwell, who also appeared onstage at the event to share some updates around SpaceX’s recent […]
The SaaS gold rush will become the 'Hunger Games'
Oct 24, 10:01PM
SaaS has been the motherlode of enterprise software investing for two decades now. Venture investors, entrepreneurs, and Wall Street have all learned to pile on, leading to a shared consensus that cloud investing is "a sure thing."
After its first earnings miss in two years, Amazon shares get walloped in after-hours trading
Oct 24, 9:31PM
Amazon shares fell by nearly 7%, or $118.38, in after-hours trading on Thursday after the company reported its first earnings miss in two years. Financial analysts had predicted that the launch of one-day shipping would eat into Amazon’s earnings, but even with the forewarning investors pummeled the stock after the market closed. It didn’t help […]
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