Bringing micromobility to Africa
When you look at maps of micromobility across the world, it appears there’s not a ton of activity throughout Africa. Well, that’s because there’s not, Gura Ride founder and CEO…
Daily Crunch: Big tech responds to antitrust report
The major tech platforms push back against the House antitrust report, Google Assistant gets a “guest” mode and we interview a freshly minted Nobel laureate. This is your Daily Crunch…
Revealing Windows 10 Expert Sneak Peek Build 20231
Hi Windows Experts, today we're launching Windows 10 Expert Sneak Peek Build 20231 to Windows Experts in the Dev Network. What's brand-new in Build 20231. Improving relevance of first tool…
Instagram Threads is now basically a dedicated message app
Threads, Instagram‘s dedicated app for messaging your friends, is getting an update that makes it more useful. Specifically, Threads is now an Instagram Direct messaging app that you can use…
Startups joining SK Telecom’s accelerator include AI-driven mapping and vision for delivery robots
We don’t often cover telecom technology startups, but it’s periodically worth checking in to see what’s happening in that space. We can get a good indication from the latest cohort…
Facebook: Trump can’t recruit ‘army’ of poll watchers under new voter intimidation rules
In a blog post Wednesday, Facebook said it will no longer allow content that encourages poll watching that uses “militarized” language or intends to “intimidate, exert control, or display power…
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?! Out October 14 on Xbox One
SummaryTake a food truck road trip in the next chapter to the million-selling Cook, Serve, Delicious! series.Get cooking with friends with drop-in/drop-out couch co-op play at any time throughout your…
Xbox Insider Release Notes – Alpha (2010.201007-0059)
Hey Xbox Insiders! We have a new Xbox One update preview coming to the Alpha ring. It’s important we note that some updates made in these preview OS builds include…
Amazon sends legal notice to India’s Future Group over deal with Ambani’s Reliance Retail
Amazon has sent a legal notice to Future Retail, India’s second largest retail chain, for breaching the terms of its contract by selling a significant portion of the business to…
Grab Your Katana Sword with the the Ghostrunner Pre-order on Xbox One
SummaryGhostrunner is available to pre-order, offering exclusive katana swords and a discount to the first warriors to answer the call.Read on below to get even more details about Ghostrunner and…
Here’s the curtain raise on the Sight Tech Global agenda
The goal of Sight Tech Global, a virtual, global event on December 2-3, 2020, is to gather the world’s top experts who are applying advanced technologies, notably AI, to the…
Media roundup: Google to cut big checks for news publishers, Substack continues to draw top creators, more
Welcome back to Extra Crunch’s Media Roundup, where I round up the stories that entrepreneurs in the content and advertising business should be thinking about — trends, larger platform shifts,…
YouTube Premium subscribers get a new perk with launch of testing program
YouTube has long allowed its users to test new features and products before they go live to a wider audience. But in a recent change, YouTube’s latest series of experiments…
Decrypted: The major ransomware attack you probably didn’t hear about
Watching the news this past week was like drinking from a firehose. Speaking of which, you probably missed a busy week in cybersecurity, so here are the big stories from…
Transportation VCs suggest frayed US-China ties will impact mobility markets
On Tuesday, during TechCrunch’s annual Mobility event, we had the opportunity to interview three investors who spend much of their time focused narrowly on shifts in the transportation industry and…
New algorithm suggests horses and camels are susceptible to COVID-19
A new algorithm that predicts the susceptibility of different animals to COVID-19 suggests that horses and camels are at increased risk of catching the virus. The project was initiated by…
Adding Claire Díaz-Ortiz to its partnership, Magma Partners launches initiative to invest in female founders in LatAm
Claire Díaz-Ortiz has been many things over the course of her career — an angel investor, an early Twitter employee (who notably got the Pope on Twitter), the founder of…
Fight 100 Floors of Foes in The Division 2’s The Summit
100 floors of enemies from every faction are waiting for you in The Summit, a new mode available now in The Division 2 on Xbox One. Playable solo or in…
Tech-publisher coalition backs new push for browser-level privacy controls
Remember ‘Do Not Track‘? The tracker-loving adtech industry hopes you don’t recall that decade+ doomed attempt to bake user-friendly privacy controls into browsers. But a coalition of privacy-forward tech companies,…
Dear Sophie: Is it easier and faster to get an O-1A than an EB-1A?
Sophie Alcorn Contributor Share on Twitter Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in…
Xbox Insider Release Notes – Delta (2010.201004-1348)
Hey Xbox Insiders! We have a new Xbox One update preview coming to the Delta ring. It’s important we note that some updates made in these preview OS builds include…
Wait, we’re getting yet more Resident Evil movies?
Resident Evil is getting its hundredth film adaptation (or at least that’s what it feels like) and this time they’re adapting the game’s story, for better or for worse. Specifically, they’ll…
Google Assistant gets an incognito-like guest mode
Google is launching a few new privacy features today that include a refreshed Safety Center that’s now live in the U.S. and coming soon globally, as well as more prominent…
Former Apple engineer and autocorrect creator builds his first app, a word game called Up Spell
Former Apple software engineer and designer Ken Kocienda, whose work included the original iPhone and the development of touchscreen autocorrect, has created his first iOS app, Up Spell. The fast-paced,…
YC grad DigitalBrain snags $3.4M seed to streamline customer service tasks
Most startup founders have a tough road to their first round of funding, but the founders of Digital Brain had it a bit tougher than most. The two young founders…
Instagram’s Threads app now lets you message everyone, like its Direct app once did
Last year, Instagram announced it was ending support for its standalone mobile messaging app known as Direct, which had allowed users to quickly create and share messages with friends. Shortly…
Gears Tactics has Gone Gold for Xbox Consoles – New Achievements Boost Gamerscore to 1400
World on FireSecret Achievement5Hell of a shotSecret Achievement10The bigger they are, the harder they fallSecret Achievement10Maybe too much spine…Secret Achievement10Broken hand, broken heartSecret Achievement20Dead men tell no talesSecret Achievement20Champion of…
Esports and gaming stocks are returning more profit than Bitcoin
Investors seeking to capitalize on the world’s rising online presence found huge returns in esports and gaming stocks in the first three quarters of 2020. In fact, the two most…
Zira raises $3.1M for its shift-scheduling service that helps manage hourly workers
This morning Zira raised $3.1 million in a seed round. The startup provides software that helps businesses schedule their hourly workforce in a more intelligent manner. Software often fails to…
Here’s your first look at Boom Supersonic’s faster-than-sound XB-1 demonstrator aircraft
Boom Supersonic is closer than ever to its goal of introducing supersonic commercial aviation back tot he global stage – the Colorado-based startup unveiled the final design of its XB-1…
See what’s happening on day two of TC Sessions: Mobility 2020
Grab your caffeinated beverage of choice and get ready for Day Two of TC Sessions: Mobility 2020! Yesterday featured an incredible lineup packed with trends, insights and opportunities designed to…
Unqork’s $207M Series C underscores growing enterprise demand for no-code apps
This week, Unqork, a startup that helps other companies build business apps with a no-code platform, raised a $207 million Series C. The new capital valued the firm at around…
DoorDash introduces a new corporate product, DoorDash for Work
Delivery service DoorDash is giving employers a way to feed their remote employees through a new suite of products called DoorDash for Work. There are four main products, starting with…
Solvo raises $3M seed round to automatically manage cloud infrastructure permissions
Solvo, a Tel Aviv-based startup that promises to automatically generate cloud security permissions by analyzing a developer’s code, today announced that it has raised a $3 million seed funding round…
Someone let a GPT-3 bot loose on Reddit — it didn’t end well
A GPT-3-powered bot has been caught posing as a human on Reddit after more than a week of rampant posting on one of the site’s most popular subreddits. Under the username of thegentlemetre,…
Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna shares her perspective on COVID-19 and CRISPR
CRISPR co-discoverer Jennifer Doudna was named a Nobel laureate in Chemistry today, sharing the honour with Emmanuelle Charpentier . We had the opportunity to speak to Doudna recently at our…
European antitrust regulators settle with Broadcom a year after ‘interim measures’ flex
A European antitrust probe of chipmaker Broadcom has been settled at an impressive clip, a little over a year after formally kicking off. The Commission announced today it has accepted…
Uber still sees micromobility and AVs in its future, and could push Prop 22 beyond California
Uber made headlines earlier this year when it offloaded Jump, the shared bike and scooter unit that once appeared to be a critical piece of its transportation. Despite that move,…
IzzBie Smart Private Internet could be the service that makes VPNs obsolete
TLDR: IzzBie Smart Private Internet is a safe, fast, secure method to access home or office digital networks from anywhere in the world. For years, you’ve been hearing that having…
Apple brings Health Records to iPhone in the UK and Canada
Apple has added support for the Health Records feature of its Health app on iPhones in two new markets – the UK and Canada. The electronic medical records feature originally…