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Corporate, public investments spur interest in Pacific Northwest startups
Nov 07, 10:50PM
Why are businesses and government organizations investing so much into the the strip of land down the West Coast from Vancouver, Canada to Portland, Oregon?
Sinclair leads $10.3M investment in rideshare advertising startup Octopus
Nov 07, 10:25PM
Octopus Interactive, a startup bringing an interactive TV and ad experience into Uber and Lyft rides, has raised a $10.3 million funding round led by Sinclair Digital Group. Backseat TVs mixing show snippets and commercials have become a common part of the taxi experience in New York City and elsewhere. Octopus is offering something of […]
How Microsoft is trying to become more innovative
Nov 07, 9:52PM
Microsoft Research is a globally distributed playground for people interested in solving fundamental science problems. These projects often focus on machine learning and artificial intelligence, and since Microsoft is on a mission to infuse all of its products with more AI smarts, it’s no surprise that it’s also seeking ways to integrate Microsoft Research’s innovations […]
This robotic arm slows down to avoid the uncanny valley
Nov 07, 9:48PM
Robotic arms can move fast enough to snatch thrown objects right out of the air… but should they? Not unless you want them to unnerve the humans they’re interacting with, according to work out of Disney Research. Roboticists there found that slowing a robot’s reaction time made it feel more normal to people. Disney has, […]
Legislators from ten parliaments put the squeeze on Facebook
Nov 07, 9:47PM
The third meeting of the International Grand Committee on Disinformation and ‘Fake News’, a multi-nation body comprised of global legislators with concerns about the societal impacts of social media giants, has been taking place in Dublin this week — once again without any senior Facebook management in attendance. The committee was formed last year after […]
DNA testing startup Veritas Genetics confirms data breach
Nov 07, 9:13PM
Veritas Genetics, a DNA testing startup, has said a data breach resulted in the theft of some customer information. The Danvers, Mass.-based company said its customer-facing portal had “recently” been breached but did not say when. Although the portal did not contain test results or medical information, the company declined to say what information had […]
Libra's critics are missing the forest for the trees
Nov 07, 8:20PM
Critics of Facebook's proposed stablecoin are well-intentioned, but they're missing the forest for the trees.
iOS 13.2.2 fixes bug that kills your background apps prematurely
Nov 07, 8:00PM
Does it feel like your iPhone is being a little quick to shut down apps running in the background lately? Go update it. Apple has just released iOS 13.2.2, which patches up this issue (which caused background apps to “quit unexpectedly”), along with a handful of other annoyances. While it doesn’t offer up anything in […]
Daily Crunch: Former Twitter employees charged with spying
Nov 07, 7:57PM
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. Saudi Arabia reportedly recruited Twitter employees to steal personal data of activists Saudi Arabian officials allegedly paid at least two Twitter […]
T-Mobile sugar-coats Sprint merger with promises of free data — but only if it's approved
Nov 07, 7:52PM
The planned $26 billion merger between T-Mobile and Sprint has been approved by the Justice Department and the FCC, but it's not a sure thing yet. To sweeten the deal, T-Mobile is dangling three big free and cheap data initiatives that will only go through if the merger does. A little sugar helps the medicine go down.
Ubiquiti combines router and Wi-Fi access point with UniFi Dream Machine
Nov 07, 6:49PM
Ubiquiti is a well-known brand if you care about networking. Many companies, schools and public spaces use Ubiquiti access points to broadcast a Wi-Fi network across an entire building. Earlier this week, the company announced a new device called the UniFi Dream Machine. This new device is interesting as it addresses the prosumer segment directly. […]
Older Samsung smart TVs to lose Netflix support next month
Nov 07, 6:10PM
An unspecified number of smart TVs manufactured by Samsung will lose native support for Netflix next month, the companies said in an announcement this week. Netflix app-installed — or available for — Samsung smart TVs manufactured in 2010 and 2011 (C and D lineups) — and likely sold for many years after that — will […]
Ghost wants to retrofit your car so it can drive itself on highways in 2020
Nov 07, 6:01PM
A new autonomous vehicle company is on the streets — and unbeknownst to most, has been since 2017. Unlike the majority in this burgeoning industry, this new entrant isn’t trying to launch a robotaxi service or sell a self-driving system to suppliers and automakers. It’s not aiming for autonomous delivery, either. Ghost Locomotion, which emerged […]
MIT develops a robot that can grow like a plant when it needs some extra reach
Nov 07, 5:57PM
MIT has developed a new kind of robot that can essentially extend itself — “growing” in a way that’s surprisingly similar to how a young plant grows upward. The way researchers accomplished this uses a robot that is crucially not a soft robot, which means that it can both extend itself to reach up to […]
Capital One replaces security chief after data breach
Nov 07, 5:36PM
Capital One has replaced its cybersecurity chief four months after the company disclosed a massive data breach involving the theft of sensitive data on more than 100 million customers. A spokesperson for Capital One confirmed the news in an email to TechCrunch. "Michael Johnson is moving from his role as chief information security officer to […]
Spotify's podcasting app Anchor now helps you make trailers
Nov 07, 5:20PM
Spotify’s simple podcasting suite, Anchor, is today introducing a new feature designed to help creators promote their podcast: trailers. On the Anchor app for iOS and Android, podcasters will now be able to create a dedicated trailer for their podcast that combines an introduction and some background music, then turns it into an animated video […]
YouTube's homepage redesign focuses on usability, giving you control over recommendations
Nov 07, 5:00PM
YouTube’s homepage is getting a makeover. The company announced today an updated, cleaner design that does away with information density to instead give more room to the videos and their titles, plus other new features like an “Add to Queue” option on the desktop, a desktop version of YouTube’s stop suggesting feature and more. The […]
WhatsApp's latest feature, Catalogs, caters to small businesses skipping the web for mobile
Nov 07, 4:00PM
WhatsApp is expanding the capabilities of its dedicated app for business owners who want to reach their customers on smartphones. The Facebook-owned company is today introducing to the WhatsApp Business app a new “catalogs” feature that will allow the businesses to showcase and share their products and services to potential customers, who can browse photos, […]
AWS announces new savings plans to reduce complexity of reserved instances
Nov 07, 3:57PM
Reserved instances (RIs) have provided a mechanism for companies, which expect to use a certain level of AWS infrastructure resources, to get some cost certainty. But as AWS’ Jeff Barr points out, they are on the complex side. To fix that, the company announced a new method called Savings Plans. “Today we are launching Savings […]
Plant-based dairy replacements are coming to ice cream pints in San Francisco and New York
Nov 07, 3:28PM
Plant-based replacements are so hot right now, they’re even hitting the coolest thing in food — ice cream. The new plant-based dairy replacement maker, Eclipse Foods, has just signed a deal with hipster ice cream brands Humphry Slocombe and Oddfellows to put its dairy replacements into their mixes. Unlike other plant-based products, which provide an […]
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