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Bandit opens a 'mobile-only' coffee shop in New York
Nov 20, 11:14PM
If you wander into the Bandit coffee shop in Midtown New York, you won’t be able to just walk up to the counter and order something. Instead, you’ll need to download a mobile app. I experienced it for myself yesterday afternoon, when I — along with several other customers — pulled out my phone, downloaded […]
SpaceX's Starship Mk1 fails during testing, next step will be to move to a newer design
Nov 20, 10:39PM
SpaceX’s Starship Mk1 prototype encountered an explosive failure during early testing in Texas on Wednesday — you can see exactly what happened in the video below, but basically it blew its lid during cryogenic testing — a standard test used to see if the vehicle can hold up to extreme cold temperatures, like those it […]
Sonos acquires voice assistant startup Snips, potentially to build out on-device voice control
Nov 20, 9:36PM
Sonos revealed during its quarterly earnings report that it has acquired voice assistant startup Snips in a $37 million cash deal, Variety reported on Wednesday. Snips, which had been developing dedicated smart device assistants that can operate primarily locally, instead of relying on consistently round-tripping voice data to the cloud, could help Sonos set up […]
Apple expands and updates its 'Everyone Can Code' program
Nov 20, 9:26PM
Apple announced today an expansion of its program designed to get more students coding. The company says it has redesigned the “Everyone Can Code” curriculum with a focus on introducing more elementary and middle school students to coding, while also adding more resources for teachers, a new student guide, and refreshed Swift Coding Club materials. […]
PayPal to acquire shopping and rewards platform Honey for $4B
Nov 20, 9:15PM
PayPal announced today it has agreed to acquire Honey Science Corporation, the makers of a deal-finding browser add-on and mobile application, for $4 billion, mostly cash. The acquisition, which is PayPal’s largest to date, will give the payments giant a foothold earlier in the customer’s shopping journey. Instead of only competing on the checkout page […]
Google Cloud launches Bare Metal Solution
Nov 20, 8:44PM
Google Cloud today announced the launch of a new bare metal service, dubbed the Bare Metal Solution. We aren’t talking about bare metal servers offered directly by Google Cloud here, though. Instead, we’re talking about a solution that enterprises can use to run their specialized workloads on certified hardware that’s co-located in the Google Cloud […]
Reimagine inside sales to ramp up B2B customer acquisition
Nov 20, 8:17PM
User-first products are driving rapid company growth in an era where individuals discover, adopt, and share software they like, but what if your company doesn't fit that profile?
Daily Crunch: Free Spotify comes to Alexa
Nov 20, 8:05PM
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. Spotify's free music service will now stream on Alexa devices, plus Bose and Sonos smart speakers Spotify has worked with Amazon […]
Mercedes prices its all-electric EQC SUV at $67,900
Nov 20, 7:45PM
The Mercedes-Benz EQC 400 4MATIC, the German automaker’s first all-electric vehicle under its new EQ brand, will start at $67,900 when it arrives in the U.S. early next year. Mercedes-Benz announced the price of the EQC 400 Wednesday at the LA Auto Show. The price, which doesn’t account for the $7,500 federal tax credit, is […]
Apple's iPhone 11 Pro battery case sports a new camera button
Nov 20, 7:24PM
Apple just released the iPhone 11 Pro’s battery case and it comes with a surprise: a button for the camera. This is a minor, but welcomed, addition to an otherwise standard battery case. The button is clever. It’s located on the bottom half of the case and is not a soft button that presses something […]
VEnvirotech transforms organic waste into bioplastics
Nov 20, 7:21PM
After a year of testing out environmental technologies for a private company, co-founder Patricia Ayma developed a process for bioplastic production using bacteria. The system turns organic matter, such as food waste, into a product that can be used as a biodegradable alternative to single-use plastics. "I realized that it was a simple technology for […]
Smart Compose is coming to Google Docs
Nov 20, 7:04PM
At its Cloud Next event in London, Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian today announced that Smart Compose, the AI-powered feature that currently tries to complete phrases and sentences for you in Gmail, is also coming to G Suite’s Google Docs soon. For now, though, your G Suite admin has to sign up for the beta […]
Announcing TechCrunch Early Stage, a new event series all about founders
Nov 20, 6:54PM
TechCrunch covers a lot of bases in the tech startup world, but none is more important than supporting founders — especially early-stage founders. That's what our new event series, TechCrunch Early Stage, is all about. These single-day events debuting next year will be highly interactive opportunities for founders to tap experts in the core startup […]
Circ, the Berlin-based e-scooter company, makes layoffs following 'operational learnings'
Nov 20, 6:06PM
Circ, the Berlin-based e-scooter rentals — or so-called micromobility — company founded by Lukasz Gadowski of Delivery Hero fame, has made a number of layoffs, TechCrunch has learned. This has seen a reduction in headcount in its HQ and other regional operations. The exact number isn’t clear, although one source placed it at around 50 […]
Uber reports a sharp rise in government demands for user data
Nov 20, 6:00PM
Uber says the number of legal demands for riders’ data made by U.S. and Canadian authorities has risen sharply in the past year. The ride-hailing company said the number of law enforcement demands for user data during 2018 are up 27% on the year earlier, according to its annual transparency report published Wednesday. Uber said […]
Kleiner Perkins joins $24.5M funding led by Blockchain Capital for Bison Trails
Nov 20, 5:27PM
Kleiner Perkins has joined a $24.5 million Series A funding round for Bison Trails, a provider of blockchain protocols, which was led by Blockchain Capital to develop the firm's infrastructure services. Other participants included Coinbase Ventures, ConsenSys, A Capital, Collaborative Fund and Sound Ventures as new investors. Galaxy Digital and Initialized, as early backers, joined […]
Cheq raises another $16M to fight ad fraud
Nov 20, 5:08PM
Cheq, a startup focused on preventing ad fraud and ensuring that ads run in brand-safe environments, has raised $16 million in Series B funding. When the company raised its $5 million Series A last year, CEO Guy Tytunovich contrasted Cheq’s approach with what he called “first generation solutions for ad verification” — rather than identifying […]
With echoes of Theranos, Truvian Sciences revives the dream of low-cost, accessible blood tests
Nov 20, 4:50PM
A little over a year after the dissolution of the once high-flying blood testing startup Theranos, another startup has raised more than $27 million to breathe new life into the vision of bringing low-cost blood tests to point-of-care medical facilities. Unlike Theranos, Truvian Sciences is not claiming that most of its blood tests do not […]
Front announces Front Calendar to integrate scheduling with shared inboxes
Nov 20, 4:30PM
Front, the company that lets you manage your inboxes as a team, acquired Meetingbird last year. So it shouldn't come as a surprise that Front is about to roll out its own calendar. This way, you can manage meetings within Front and find time that works for everyone. Integrating emails with your calendar makes a […]
Anyone can now create maps and stories on Google Earth
Nov 20, 4:02PM
Google Earth is making a significant change to its product, with the addition of content creation tools that allow anyone to create maps and stories for its platform. The feature is an expansion of the Voyager program, launched in 2017, which then introduced guided tours from top storytellers, scientists, and nonprofits, like BBC Earth, Jane […]
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