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Original Content podcast: If you haven't watched 'Succession' yet, what are you even doing?
Oct 26, 6:57PM
You’ve probably already heard that HBO’s “Succession” (which recently completed its second season) is amazing. And as three East Coast tech reporters, we were probably the easiest targets for the show’s many charms. Still, we felt like we had to talk about it. In fact, our “Succession” review on this episode of the Original Content […]
The European SpaceTech industry is firing up its booster rockets
Oct 26, 5:28PM
A new space race is forming globally, energized by venture capital and the hype around companies like Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin. The privately-funded space industry is still in its infancy, but there has been an explosion of startups and investors in the sector, and the fever has, in the last few […]
This Week in Apps: TikTok security check, app store cleanups, GameClub takes on Apple Arcade
Oct 26, 5:00PM
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the Extra Crunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support, and the money that flows through it all. The app industry in 2018 saw 194 billion downloads and more than $100 billion in purchases. This past quarter, consumer spending exceeded $23 billion and installs topped […]
London's top consumer VCs share which trends they're tracking
Oct 26, 3:23PM
With 72 unicorns created since 2009 and $8.7 billion in venture funding last year, the UK is Europe’s leading startup hub. Although it remains uncertain how Brexit will impact startups’ ease of recruiting and rapid scaling, initial pains are unlikely to displace London from its position as a global center for finance, media, retail, and […]
Quantum computing's 'Hello World' moment
Oct 26, 2:15PM
Does quantum computing really exist? It’s fitting that for decades this field has been haunted by the fundamental uncertainty of whether it would, eventually, prove to be a wild goose chase. But Google has collapsed this nagging superposition with research not just demonstrating what’s called “quantum supremacy,” but more importantly showing that this also is […]
Startups Weekly: SoftBank is screwing up
Oct 26, 12:00PM
In this week's newsletter: Fair lays off 40% of staff, a mobile banking startup raises more VC and Bespoke Financial seeks to fund cannabis entrepreneurs.
Uber is testing selling foodie experiences via Uber Eats
Oct 26, 9:38AM
Uber is selling foodie experiences such as cooking classes and multi-course fine dining in its on-demand food delivery app, Uber Eats, under a new Moments tab, per Forbes, which reports on a small-scale test currently running in San Francisco. It says Uber Eats users in the city have received an email saying they can book […]
Don Valentine, who founded Sequoia Capital, has died at age 87
Oct 26, 3:40AM
Sequoia Capital founder Don Valentine passed way at his home in Woodside, Ca., today at age 87 of natural causes. Sequoia posted a tribute to Valentine shortly afterward, calling him “one of a generation of leaders who forged Silicon Valley.” A native of New York, Valentine majored in chemistry at Fordham University before joining Raytheon […]
VC Ben Horowitz on WeWork, Uber, and one cultural value his employees can't break
Oct 26, 1:10AM
Ben Horowitz, the co-founder of the venture firm Andreessen Horowitz, has a new book coming out this coming Monday titled “What You Do is Who You Are,” that takes a look at how to create “culture” at a company. It’s a word that’s thrown around a lot but that’s very hard to grasp, let alone […]
In a victory over Amazon, Microsoft wins $10B Pentagon JEDI cloud contract
Oct 25, 11:15PM
The U.S. Department of Defense today announced that Microsoft has won its Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud contract, worth up to $10 billion over a period of 10 years. With this, Microsoft will provide infrastructure and platform services for both the Pentagon’s business and mission operations. "The National Defense Strategy dictates that we must […]
NASA's VIPER lunar rover will hunt water on the Moon in 2022
Oct 25, 10:39PM
NASA is looking for liquid gold on the Moon — not oil, but plain-old water. If we’re going to have a permanent presence there, we’ll need it, so learning as much as we can about it is crucial. That’s why the agency is sending a rover called VIPER to the Moon’s south pole — its […]
Tesla's new Solar Roof costs less than a new roof plus solar panels, aims for install rate of 1K per week
Oct 25, 10:16PM
Tesla has launched the third iteration of its solar roof tile for residential home use, which it officially detailed in a blog post on Friday and in a call with media. Tesla CEO Elon Musk kicked off the call with some explanatory remarks on the V3 Solar Roof, and then took a number of questions. […]
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.
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