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  • Have I Been Pwned is looking for a new owner
• 20th Century Fox
  • India’s largest video streaming service, owned by Disney, breaks Safari compatibility to fix security flaw
• 21st century fox
  • Hotstar, Disney’s Indian streaming service, sets new global record for live viewership
• 3d printing
  • Relativity is building a 3D-printing rocket manufacturing hub in Mississippi
  • Market map: the 200+ innovative startups transforming affordable housing
  • Startups Weekly: All these startups are raising big rounds
• 500 startups
  • Diving deep into Africa’s blossoming tech scene
• 58.com
  • China’s used car marketplace Uxin to raise 0M via convertible notes
• 5g
  • China grants first 5G licenses amid Huawei global setback
  • US/China trade uncertainty adds to global smartphone growth woes
  • China says it will ‘soon grant’ 5G licenses for commercial use
  • Internet connectivity projects unite as Alphabet spinout Loon grabs 5M from SoftBank’s HAPSMobile
• 5g network
  • Uber and AT&T team up for always-on connectivity for Uber Copter and Uber Air
• 7-eleven
  • Why Luckin’s ultimate target may not be Starbucks
• a.i.
  • Microsoft aims to train and certify 15,000 workers on AI skills by 2022
  • Walmart unveils an AI-powered store of the future, now open to the public
• A123
  • CFIUS Cometh: What this obscure agency does and why it matters to your fund or startup
• Aaron Levie
  • Get your tickets to the TechCrunch 14th Annual Summer Party
• Aaron PAtzer
  • Mint founder Aaron Patzer launches Vital, an ER management tool that integrates with electronic health records
• Acast
  • Acast launches Acast Access to make paywalled podcasts available on any player
• Accel
  • VCs bet M on Troops, a Slackbot for sales teams
  • Slack narrows losses, displays healthy revenue growth
  • Startups Weekly: There’s an alternative to raising VC and it’s called revenue-based financing
  • Accel closes 5M fund to double down on European and Israeli Series A deals
  • Slack to live-stream pitch to shareholders on Monday ahead of direct listing
• Accel Partners
  • The curious case of Slack’s missing 2 million
• Accelerator
  • Diving deep into Africa’s blossoming tech scene
  • Fundraising 101: How to trigger FOMO among VCs
  • Delane Parnell’s plan to conquer amateur esports
  • These startups are locating in SF and Africa to win in global fintech
  • Y Combinator promotes Geoff Ralston to president, while Sam Altman shifts to advisor role
  • MIT and US Air Force team up to launch AI accelerator
  • Unveiling its latest cohort, Alchemist announces million in funding for its enterprise accelerator
  • Beyond costs, what else can we do to make housing affordable?
  • Market map: the 200+ innovative startups transforming affordable housing
  • Innovations in inclusive housing
• Accenture
  • The startup behind that deep-fake David Beckham video just raised M
• Access Industries
  • Startups Weekly: All these startups are raising big rounds
• accessibility
  • Apple puts accessibility features front and center
  • Apple’s global accessibility head on the company’s new features for iOS 13 and macOS Catalina
  • Apple & Google celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day with featured apps, new shortcuts
  • ObjectiveEd is building a better digital curriculum for vision-impaired kids
  • Live transcription and captioning in Android are a boon to the hearing-impaired
  • An Xbox controller with a built-in Braille display is Microsoft’s latest gaming accessibility play
  • LEGO Braille bricks are the best, nicest and, in retrospect, most obvious idea ever
• aclima
  • Google offers new treasure trove of air quality data to researchers
• acquisition
  • Getaround acquires European car rental platform Drivy for 0 million
• Activision Blizzard
  • Activision Blizzard has five franchises lined up for its new Call of Duty esports league
• activism
  • How to think about inclusion in tech, with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (Part 2)
  • Decolonization and intersectionality in tech, with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
• actors
  • New ‘Black Mirror’ trailer features Miley Cyrus, Anthony Mackie… and more dystopia
• Acuity Scheduling
  • Squarespace makes its first acquisition with Acuity Scheduling
• ad tech
  • GDPR adtech complaints keep stacking up in Europe
• Adam Zbar
  • As meal-kit melee stretches on, Sun Basket whips up M Series E
• Addison Lee
  • Uber rival Bolt returns to London 21 months after a TfL investigation shut it down
• Adidas
  • Startups Weekly: All these startups are raising big rounds
• adobe marketing cloud
  • Adobe brings new Amazon and Google integrations to Magento
• adsense
  • Google appeals
    .7BN EU AdSense antitrust fine
  • How to see another company’s growth tactics and try them yourself
• Adtech
  • Targeted ads offer little extra value for online publishers, study suggests
  • Google’s lead EU regulator opens formal privacy probe of its adtech
  • GDPR adtech complaints keep stacking up in Europe
• Advanced Micro Devices
  • AMD unveils the 12-core Ryzen 9 3900X, at half the price of Intel’s competing Core i9 9920X chipset
• adventure capital
  • Nigeria’s Gokada raises .3M round for its motorcycle ride-hail biz
• Advertising Tech
  • Google appeals
    .7BN EU AdSense antitrust fine
  • Is your event strategy paying off? How to calculate your event ROI
  • Targeted ads offer little extra value for online publishers, study suggests
  • Amazon confirms acquisition of Sizmek’s ad server
  • Foursquare buys Placed from Snap Inc. on the heels of 0M in new funding
  • How to see another company’s growth tactics and try them yourself
  • Google’s lead EU regulator opens formal privacy probe of its adtech
  • Roku launches new ad tool to compare linear and streaming audiences
  • GDPR adtech complaints keep stacking up in Europe
  • How startups can use Amazon’s SEO best practices to dominate new shopping verticals
  • Measured promises a smarter approach to ad attribution
  • CEO Howard Lerman on building a public company and the future of Yext
  • Looking back at Zoom’s IPO with CEO Eric Yuan
  • Mailchimp’s Ben Chestnut on bootstrapping a startup to 0M in revenue
  • Mailchimp expands from email to full marketing platform, says it will make 0M in 2019
  • YouTube’s Bumper Machine offers an automated way to create six-second ads
  • Clean.io raises .5M to fight malicious advertising
  • Keyword research in 2019: Modern tactics for growing targeted search traffic
  • Takeaways from F8 and Facebook’s next phase
  • Diving into TED2019, the state of social media and internet behavior
  • Talk key takeaways from Facebook’s F8 with TechCrunch writers
  • Facebook broke Canadian privacy law, joint probe finds
  • You might hate it, but Facebook Stories now has 500M users
  • Facebook reserves B for FTC fine, but keeps growing with 2.38B users in Q1
  • Snapchat revives growth in Q1 beat with 190M users
  • Chive Media’s out-of-home TV spinoff Atmosphere raises M
  • Talk media and TED2019 key takeaways with TechCrunch’s Anthony Ha
• advisor
  • Meet ‘The Prepared,’ the media company pitching disaster preparedness for everyone
• aerion
  • Boom wants to build a supersonic jet for mainstream passengers; here’s its game plan
• aerovironment
  • Seraphim Space Camp launches its latest mission, with 7 SpaceTech startups
  • Internet connectivity projects unite as Alphabet spinout Loon grabs 5M from SoftBank’s HAPSMobile
• affordable housing
  • Beyond costs, what else can we do to make housing affordable?
  • Market map: the 200+ innovative startups transforming affordable housing
  • Innovations in inclusive housing
• afghanistan
  • Dear Hollywood, here are 5 female founders to showcase instead of Elizabeth Holmes
• africa
  • Uber rival Bolt returns to London 21 months after a TfL investigation shut it down
  • Fintech platform Synapse raises M to build ‘the AWS of banking’
  • Google offers new treasure trove of air quality data to researchers
  • Diving deep into Africa’s blossoming tech scene
  • Nigeria’s Gokada raises .3M round for its motorcycle ride-hail biz
  • These startups are locating in SF and Africa to win in global fintech
  • Zipline’s new 0 million funding means it’s the newest billion dollar contender in the game of drones
  • Thunes raises M to make financial services more accessible in emerging markets
  • Africa Roundup: Jumia’s IPO, DHL launches Africa e-Shop, Cathay’s 8M VC fund, ConnectMed acquired
• africa's talking
  • Diving deep into Africa’s blossoming tech scene
• Aggregate IQ
  • Facebook broke Canadian privacy law, joint probe finds
• agriculture
  • Bringing tech efficiencies to the agribusiness market, Silo harvests million
  • Grainchain, a blockchain-based platform for commodity sales, launches in Mexico
• AI
  • TC Sessions: Mobility announces its July 10 agenda
  • Iguazio brings its data science platform to Azure and Azure Stack
  • Word’s new AI editor will improve your writing
  • Facebook updates PyTorch with a focus on production use
  • Facebook open-sources Ax and BoTorch to simplify AI model optimization
• Aicha Evans
  • Zoox co-founder Jesse Levinson is coming to TC Sessions: Mobility
• Aileen Lee
  • Startups Weekly: Will the real unicorns please stand up?
• Aion Network
  • Aion Network introduces first blockchain virtual machine for Java developers
• Air France KLM
  • KLM Airlines wants to help build a more efficient jet with in-wing seating
• air pollution
  • Google offers new treasure trove of air quality data to researchers
  • This is one smart device that every urban home could use
• air purifier
  • This is one smart device that every urban home could use
• air travel
  • KLM Airlines wants to help build a more efficient jet with in-wing seating
• Airbnb
  • Slack narrows losses, displays healthy revenue growth
  • How to trigger FOMO among VCs, plus PMs, SoftBank, and cheese
  • The Exit: Getaround’s 0M roadtrip
  • Airbnb adds former Apple retail chief Angela Ahrendts to board
  • Beyond costs, what else can we do to make housing affordable?
  • Market map: the 200+ innovative startups transforming affordable housing
  • Meet Bobbie, a baby formula delivery startup promising healthier ingredients
  • Printify raises M to expand its marketplace for custom printing
  • Mint House raises M to give business travelers a better hotel
  • Thunes raises M to make financial services more accessible in emerging markets
  • Some reassuring data for those worried unicorns are wrecking the Bay Area
  • Startups Weekly: All these startups are raising big rounds
  • Airbnb wants to get into streaming media… because why not?
• airbus
  • KLM Airlines wants to help build a more efficient jet with in-wing seating
  • Internet connectivity projects unite as Alphabet spinout Loon grabs 5M from SoftBank’s HAPSMobile
• Aircraft
  • KLM Airlines wants to help build a more efficient jet with in-wing seating
• airline
  • KLM Airlines wants to help build a more efficient jet with in-wing seating
  • Yes, Americans can opt-out of airport facial recognition — here’s how
• Airlines
  • Yes, Americans can opt-out of airport facial recognition — here’s how
• AirPods
  • Powerbeats Pro are the Bluetooth earbuds to beat
• airport
  • Yes, Americans can opt-out of airport facial recognition — here’s how
• Airtable
  • A new era for enterprise IT
• alan turing
  • Bidding for this like-new Enigma Machine starts at 0,000
• Alaska
  • Brand new fiber link from Alaska to US will carry 100 terabits over the Yukon
• alchemist accelerator
  • Unveiling its latest cohort, Alchemist announces million in funding for its enterprise accelerator
• alcohol
  • Nectar’s sonar bottle caps could save B in stolen booze
• Aleksandr Kogan
  • Facebook accused of blocking wider efforts to study its ad platform
• alex
  • Equity Shot: Uber’s IPO terms and Slack’s S-1
• Alex Danco
  • Social Capital reincarnated
• Alex Jones
  • Pepe the Frog creator reaches settlement over Infowars usage
• alex ljung
  • SoundCloud buys artist distribution platform Repost Network
• Alex Stamos
  • Protecting the integrity of US elections will require a massive regulatory overhaul, academics say
• alex wilhelm
  • Startups Weekly: The Peloton IPO (bull vs. bear)
  • Startups Weekly: Will the real unicorns please stand up?
  • Is the tech press too positive in its coverage of startups?
  • Startups Weekly: VCs are drunk on beverage startups
  • Startups Weekly: There’s an alternative to raising VC and it’s called revenue-based financing
  • Equity Shot: Judging Uber’s less-than-grand opening day
  • Startups Weekly: Will the Seattle tech scene ever reach its full potential?
  • Starbucks CEO says Chinese rival Luckin’s ‘heavy discount’ strategy isn’t sustainable
  • Startups Weekly: All these startups are raising big rounds
• Alexa
  • Startups net more than capital with NBA players as investors
  • Amazon adds ‘Alexa, delete what I said today’ command
  • Amazon is reportedly working on an emotion-tracking Alexa wearable
  • Alexa in-skill purchasing, which lets developers make money from voice apps, launches internationally
• Alexis Ohanian
  • Delane Parnell’s plan to conquer amateur esports
  • Crowned by Burger King, meat replacement company Impossible Foods raises 0 million
• alibaba
  • Luxembourg to get €100M investment from Chinese payments startup Pingpong
  • Alibaba, Mail.Ru, Megafon form AliExpress Russia JV to double down on e-commerce in CIS
  • With iOS 13, Apple delivers new features to court users in India
  • Alibaba pumps 0 million into Vmate to grow its video app in India
  • Alibaba reportedly mulling to raise B through a second listing in Hong Kong
  • TikTok parent Bytedance is reportedly working on its own smartphone
  • Tencent’s latest education push is a nod to new collaborative structure
  • A young entrepreneur is building the Amazon of Bangladesh
  • China overtakes US in smart speaker market share
  • TikTok owner ByteDance’s long-awaited chat app is here
  • Alibaba invests about 5M in Red Star Macalline, one of China’s largest furniture sellers
  • Alibaba returns to growth with revenue up 51% to .9 billion
  • Tencent’s mixed bag for Q1: record profit despite weakest revenue growth yet
  • How the trade war with China hit Uber’s public offering
  • Security lapse exposed a Chinese smart city surveillance system
  • Starbucks CEO says Chinese rival Luckin’s ‘heavy discount’ strategy isn’t sustainable
  • AWS wants a bigger share of Asia following Hong Kong launch
• Alibaba Cloud
  • Alibaba returns to growth with revenue up 51% to .9 billion
  • Security lapse exposed a Chinese smart city surveillance system
  • AWS wants a bigger share of Asia following Hong Kong launch
• alibaba group
  • Alibaba reportedly mulling to raise B through a second listing in Hong Kong
  • Tencent’s latest education push is a nod to new collaborative structure
  • A young entrepreneur is building the Amazon of Bangladesh
  • Alibaba invests about 5M in Red Star Macalline, one of China’s largest furniture sellers
  • Alibaba returns to growth with revenue up 51% to .9 billion
  • Tencent’s mixed bag for Q1: record profit despite weakest revenue growth yet
  • The misunderstandings of 18-month-old Luckin’s 0M IPO
  • Starbucks CEO says Chinese rival Luckin’s ‘heavy discount’ strategy isn’t sustainable
  • AWS wants a bigger share of Asia following Hong Kong launch
• Alicia Keys
  • Fitness startup Mirror nears 0M valuation with fresh funding
• AliExpress
  • Alibaba returns to growth with revenue up 51% to .9 billion
• alipay
  • TikTok owner ByteDance’s long-awaited chat app is here
• Alisyn Malek
  • Flash Sale! Buy a mobility startup package, get one for free at Disrupt SF
  • Demo your tech onstage at TC Sessions: Mobility 2019
  • Populus AI CEO, co-founder Regina Clewlow at TC Sessions: Mobility on July 10
• Aliyun
  • AWS wants a bigger share of Asia following Hong Kong launch
• allen institute for artificial intelligence
  • To detect fake news, this AI first learned to write it
• allergies
  • Mint founder Aaron Patzer launches Vital, an ER management tool that integrates with electronic health records
• allianz
  • Nigeria’s Gokada raises .3M round for its motorcycle ride-hail biz
• alpha
  • Microsoft makes a push for service mesh interoperability
  • Google brings release channels and Windows Container support to its Kubernetes Engine
• Alphabet
  • Targeted ads offer little extra value for online publishers, study suggests
  • The Slack origin story
  • Alphabet’s Wing drone deliveries are coming to Finland next month
  • YouTube’s Bumper Machine offers an automated way to create six-second ads
  • Eric Schmidt and Diane Greene are leaving Alphabet’s board of directors
  • Alphabet cites ‘headwinds’ in smartphone sales, teases I/O hardware announcement
  • Alphabet misses on Q1 revenues of .3B; EPS of .50 weighed down by the
    .7B European fine
  • Internet connectivity projects unite as Alphabet spinout Loon grabs 5M from SoftBank’s HAPSMobile
  • Alphabet’s Wing gets FAA permission to start delivering by drone
• altman
  • Lattice raises another M to improve performance reviews
• Altria
  • Former FDA chief Scott Gottlieb has rejoined the venture world — but he hasn’t forgotten Juul
• alven capital
  • Getaround, Facebook, AI chips, Nvidia, Africa, and immigration
  • The Exit: Getaround’s 0M roadtrip
• Alzheimer's
  • Using augmented reality, Altoida is identifying the likely onset of neurodegenerative diseases
• amazevr
  • Backed by LG, AmazeVR is hoping to resurrect virtual reality’s consumer dreams
• Amazon
  • Vuzix smart glasses get automatic facial recognition designed for law enforcement
  • Salesforce is officially making Seattle its second HQ after its Tableau acquisition
  • Luxembourg to get €100M investment from Chinese payments startup Pingpong
  • Fiat Chrysler partners with Aurora to develop self-driving commercial vans
  • Week-in-Review: Google makes a losing bet, Bezos plots his space take-over
  • India’s largest video streaming service, owned by Disney, breaks Safari compatibility to fix security flaw
  • FedEx ends express delivery contract with Amazon
  • Weighing Peloton’s opportunity and risks ahead of IPO
  • How Amazon’s delivery robots will navigate your sidewalk
  • Jeff Bezos wants to build the infrastructure for space startups
  • Amazon says it has deployed more than 200,000 robotic drives globally
  • Amazon will use AI to help you shop for clothes with StyleSnap
  • How Kubernetes came to rule the world
  • Aurora’s head of product is coming to TC Sessions: Mobility
  • Apple’s new Sidecar feature is great for users, but third-parties take a hit
  • Amazon sellers to hit UK high streets in year-long pop-up pilot
  • Amazon confirms acquisition of Sizmek’s ad server
  • Lack of leadership in open source results in source-available licenses
  • Delane Parnell’s plan to conquer amateur esports
  • Amazon adds ‘Alexa, delete what I said today’ command
  • MacKenzie Bezos pledges to give away more than half her B fortune to charity and philanthropy
  • Amazon defeated shareholder’s vote on facial recognition by a wide margin
  • Growth, Kubernetes, rocket launches, gender in tech, and more Luckin Coffee
  • Amazon finally supports Traditional Chinese books on Kindle
  • Fresh off a 0M round, Aurora acquires lidar startup Blackmore
  • Indian PM Narendra Modi’s reelection spells more frustration for US tech giants
  • Amazon is reportedly working on an emotion-tracking Alexa wearable
  • Amazon has turned warehouse tasks into a (literal) game
  • A young entrepreneur is building the Amazon of Bangladesh
  • Stein Mart embraces the enemy with installation of Amazon Lockers in nearly 200 stores
  • China overtakes US in smart speaker market share
  • Immigrant founders, smartphone growth, SEO tactics, SoftBank’s financials, and AR tech
  • Winter is coming for HBO NOW subscriber growth
  • Daily Crunch: Amazon backs Deliveroo
  • Amazon leads 5M investment in Deliveroo
  • How startups can use Amazon’s SEO best practices to dominate new shopping verticals
  • Amazon rolls out Alexa Guard, to help protect your home while you’re out
  • Daily Crunch: Amazon doubles down on its partner program
  • Adobe brings new Amazon and Google integrations to Magento
  • Amazon offers employees K and 3 months’ pay to start their own delivery businesses
  • Hotstar, Disney’s Indian streaming service, sets new global record for live viewership
  • Meet Bobbie, a baby formula delivery startup promising healthier ingredients
  • Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine to debut an exclusive lineup of Audible Originals
  • Jeff Bezos aims Blue Origin at the Moon
  • Bubble-driven boom in M&As hides steep costs long-term
  • Great teams, UBI, data retention policies, and Amazon HQ2
  • Startups Weekly: Will the Seattle tech scene ever reach its full potential?
  • How Amazon’s HQ2 could disrupt government IT, for the worse
  • Africa Roundup: Jumia’s IPO, DHL launches Africa e-Shop, Cathay’s 8M VC fund, ConnectMed acquired
  • Job recruitment site Ladders exposed 13 million user profiles
  • Alexa in-skill purchasing, which lets developers make money from voice apps, launches internationally
  • Amazon Pay launches peer-to-peer payments in India
  • As measles returns, Indiegogo joins other tech platforms in banning Anti-Vaccine campaigns
  • Amazon is pushing for one-day Prime shipping
  • AWS wants a bigger share of Asia following Hong Kong launch
  • Amazon is prepping a high-fidelity TIDAL competitor
• amazon alexa
  • Alexa in-skill purchasing, which lets developers make money from voice apps, launches internationally
• amazon fire tablet
  • Amazon finally supports Traditional Chinese books on Kindle
• Amazon HQ2
  • How Amazon’s HQ2 could disrupt government IT, for the worse
• Amazon Lockers
  • Stein Mart embraces the enemy with installation of Amazon Lockers in nearly 200 stores
• amazon pay
  • Amazon Pay launches peer-to-peer payments in India
• Amazon Prime
  • Amazon offers employees K and 3 months’ pay to start their own delivery businesses
• Amazon Prime Video
  • India’s largest video streaming service, owned by Disney, breaks Safari compatibility to fix security flaw
• amazon robotics
  • Amazon says it has deployed more than 200,000 robotic drives globally
• Amazon Web Services
  • EC-exclusive interview with Tim Cook, Slacklash, and tech inclusion
  • AWS remains in firm control of the cloud infrastructure market
  • AWS opens up its managed blockchain as a service to everybody
  • AWS wants a bigger share of Asia following Hong Kong launch
  • AWS expands cloud infrastructure offerings with new AMD EPYC-powered T3a instances
• Amazon.co.uk
  • Amazon sellers to hit UK high streets in year-long pop-up pilot
• Amazon.com
  • FedEx ends express delivery contract with Amazon
  • Amazon finally supports Traditional Chinese books on Kindle
• Ambassador
  • Protecting the integrity of US elections will require a massive regulatory overhaul, academics say
  • Use SocialLadder to earn a free pass to TC Sessions: Mobility 2019
• Amber Baldet
  • ‘Crypto exchange’ Goxtrade caught using other people’s photos on its staff page
• amd
  • This year’s Computex was a wild ride with dueling chip releases, new laptops and 467 startups
  • AMD unveils the 12-core Ryzen 9 3900X, at half the price of Intel’s competing Core i9 9920X chipset
  • AWS expands cloud infrastructure offerings with new AMD EPYC-powered T3a instances
• Amelia Dee
  • The 10 benefits and policies any modern workplace should have
• america
  • Providing supplemental educational videos online nets Osmosis million
  • The Stanford connections behind Latin America’s multibillion-dollar startup renaissance
  • Crowned by Burger King, meat replacement company Impossible Foods raises 0 million
  • Sharp will resume selling its smart TVs in the US this year
• american civil liberties union
  • Maine lawmakers pass bill to prevent ISPs from selling browsing data without consent
  • EU-US Privacy Shield complaint to be heard by Europe’s top court in July
  • Why carriers keep your data longer
• American Express
  • As Amex scoops up Resy, a look at its history of acquisitions
• amex
  • As Amex scoops up Resy, a look at its history of acquisitions
• Amnon Shashua
  • Zoox co-founder Jesse Levinson is coming to TC Sessions: Mobility
  • Aurora’s head of product is coming to TC Sessions: Mobility
  • Populus AI CEO, co-founder Regina Clewlow at TC Sessions: Mobility on July 10
  • Showcase your startup — buy a demo table at TC Sessions: Mobility 2019
  • Waymo CTO Dmitri Dolgov at TC Sessions: Mobility on July 10
• Amplifyher Ventures
  • MyndYou partners with Mizuho to expand senior care services assessing cognitive degeneration
• ampush
  • A16Z interview, 5G, Peloton, handling Big Tech issues, and offering better benefits
• amsterdam
  • A backdoor in Optergy tech could remotely shut down a smart building ‘with one click’
  • Google offers new treasure trove of air quality data to researchers
  • MIT’s robot boats can self-assemble to build bridges, stages or even markets
• analyst
  • Zoom outperforms in first-ever earnings report
  • Despite declines for the quarter, Tesla is bullish on its overall energy business
• analytics
  • Google continues to preach multi-cloud approach with Looker acquisition
• anchor
  • Anchor’s new feature lets listeners leave voice messages for podcast hosts
• Andre Iguodala
  • Startups net more than capital with NBA players as investors
• Andreessen Horowitz
  • A16Z interview, 5G, Peloton, handling Big Tech issues, and offering better benefits
  • Fintech platform Synapse raises M to build ‘the AWS of banking’
  • Unraveling the “Secrets of Sand Hill Road” and the VC thought process, with Andreessen Horowitz’s Scott Kupor
  • The Stanford connections behind Latin America’s multibillion-dollar startup renaissance
  • Slack narrows losses, displays healthy revenue growth
  • An insider’s look into venture with Andreessen Horowitz’s Scott Kupor
  • Famed founder Daphne Koller tells it straight: “With most drugs, we do not understand why they work”
  • These companies may smooth startups’ path to the public market — if they don’t kill each other first
  • Slack to live-stream pitch to shareholders on Monday ahead of direct listing
  • Carta was just valued at
    .7 billion by Andreessen Horowitz, in a deal some see as rich
  • Coinbase loses its first CTO after just one year in the job
  • Microbiome testing service uBiome puts its co-founders on administrative leave after FBI raid
• Andressen Horowitz
  • Andreessen pours M into PlanetScale’s database-as-a-service
• andrew braccia
  • The Slack origin story
• andrew rasiej
  • Beyond costs, what else can we do to make housing affordable?
• Andrew Yang
  • How tech entrepreneurs think of Universal Basic Income
• Android
  • Google Assistant comes to Waze navigation app
  • Weighing Peloton’s opportunity and risks ahead of IPO
  • Aptoide, a Play Store rival, cries antitrust foul over Google hiding its app
  • US/China trade uncertainty adds to global smartphone growth woes
  • Foxconn halts production lines for Huawei phones, according to reports
  • Google announces new privacy requirements for Chrome extensions
  • China’s largest chipmaker is delisting from the Nasdaq
  • China’s largest chipmaker is delisting from the NYSE
  • Trump’s Huawei ban also causing tech shocks in Europe
  • GDPR adtech complaints keep stacking up in Europe
  • Huawei responds to Android ban with service and security guarantees, but its future is unclear
  • Google says its app store will continue to work for existing Huawei smartphone owners
  • Google reportedly suspends select business with Huawei over U.S. ban
  • Apple & Google celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day with featured apps, new shortcuts
  • The Meizu 16s offers flagship features at a mid-range price
  • OpenFin raises million for its OS for finance
  • India is investigating Google over alleged Android abuse
  • Google Play is changing how app ratings work
  • Google launches new Assistant developer tools
  • Google launches Jetpack Compose, an open-source, Kotlin-based UI development toolkit
  • Android developers can now force app updates
  • Google’s latest Android Studio release focuses on speed and stability
  • Google refreshes Android Auto with new features and a darker look
  • Developers can now verify mobile app users over WhatsApp instead of SMS
• android apps
  • Answers to your burning questions about how ‘Sign In with Apple’ works
  • Indie travel app Lambus makes group trip planning easier
  • Microsoft’s new language learning app uses your phone’s camera and computer vision to teach vocabulary
  • TikTok tops the iOS App Store for the fifth quarter in a row
  • Spotify brings its slimmed-down ‘Lite’ app to India
  • Google to allow users to pay for Android apps using cash
  • Google Play is changing how app ratings work
• Android Auto
  • Google Assistant comes to Waze navigation app
  • Google refreshes Android Auto with new features and a darker look
• Android developers
  • Google’s latest Android Studio release focuses on speed and stability
• Android Q
  • Live transcription and captioning in Android are a boon to the hearing-impaired
• android studio
  • Google’s latest Android Studio release focuses on speed and stability
• Andy Jassy
  • AWS opens up its managed blockchain as a service to everybody
• Andy Wheeler
  • Robotics VCs on what’s real, what’s coming, and what to keep in mind
• Angel Investor
  • Seedlegals closes M Series A, led by Index Ventures, to automate startup fundraisings
• Angela Ahrendts
  • Airbnb adds former Apple retail chief Angela Ahrendts to board
• Angela Strange
  • Fintech platform Synapse raises M to build ‘the AWS of banking’
• Angry Birds
  • Netflix snags Ubisoft’s ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ adaptation starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Chastain
• Animal Crossing
  • Animal Crossing for Switch gets delayed
• Anki
  • Cozmo maker Anki is shutting its doors
• Ann Arbor
  • Clinc raises m Series B as it marches towards IPO
• anonymous apps
  • #1 app YOLO Q&A is the Snapchat platform’s 1st hit
• Ant Financial
  • CFIUS Cometh: What this obscure agency does and why it matters to your fund or startup
  • A young entrepreneur is building the Amazon of Bangladesh
• Anthemis Group
  • Slack’s hidden origins, cybersecurity, fintech, plus Africa’s startup growth
• anthony noto
  • Online lender SoFi has quietly raised 0 million in funding, led by Qatar
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  • Apple announces new MacBook Pros with a keyboard fix, oh, and more powerful processors
• Apple Maps
  • Apple starts collecting data for Apple Maps in Canada
• apple music
  • Every Final Fantasy soundtrack is now on Spotify and Apple Music
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  • Pandora slashes prices on its premium music streaming service for students and the military
• apple news
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• Apple Pay
  • With iOS 13, Apple delivers new features to court users in India
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  • Apple is now restricting Chinese language podcasts in China
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• applications performance monitoring
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  • Depop, a social app targeting millennial and Gen Z shoppers, bags M, passes 13M users
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  • YouTube will let bigot monetize if he removes link to homophobic merch
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  • Aptoide, a Play Store rival, cries antitrust foul over Google hiding its app
  • Apple announces its 2019 Design Award winners
  • With iOS 13, Apple delivers new features to court users in India
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  • Amazon defeated shareholder’s vote on facial recognition by a wide margin
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  • Luckin leaves bitter aftertaste, now trading below IPO price
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  • Microsoft’s new language learning app uses your phone’s camera and computer vision to teach vocabulary
  • Indian PM Narendra Modi’s reelection spells more frustration for US tech giants
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  • Nectar’s sonar bottle caps could save B in stolen booze
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  • Zendesk acquires Smooch, doubles down on support via messaging apps like WhatsApp
  • DefinedCrowd offers mobile apps to empower its AI-annotating masses
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  • Instagram’s IGTV copies TikTok’s AI, Snapchat’s design
  • Google says its app store will continue to work for existing Huawei smartphone owners
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  • Facebook changes algorithm to promote worthwhile & close friend content
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  • OpenFin raises million for its OS for finance
  • Uber Black launches Quiet Driver Mode
  • After year-long lockout, Twitter is finally giving people their accounts back
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  • Looking back at Zoom’s IPO with CEO Eric Yuan
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  • Uber offers shareable video of drivers’ ‘journey’
  • Spotify brings its slimmed-down ‘Lite’ app to India
  • Updated Apple TV app arrives ahead of Apple TV+’s fall launch
  • Supreme Court rules against Apple, allows an App Store antitrust case to proceed
  • Friend portability is the must-have Facebook regulation
  • Zuckerberg says breaking up Facebook “isn’t going to help”
  • India’s most popular services are becoming super apps
  • Facebook sues analytics firm Rankwave over data misuse
  • Tinder is preparing to launch a lightweight version of its dating app called ‘Tinder Lite’
  • Uber’s trading debut: who was (and wasn’t) at the opening bell
  • How to think about inclusion in tech, with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (Part 2)
  • Against the Slacklash
  • ‘Weird Cuts’ is Google’s new AR experiment that lets you cut out pieces of reality to make collages
  • Google to allow users to pay for Android apps using cash
  • #1 app YOLO Q&A is the Snapchat platform’s 1st hit
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  • Decolonization and intersectionality in tech, with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
  • Google expands digital wellbeing tools to include a new ‘Focus mode,’ adds improved parental controls to Android
  • Journey launches its real-time group ‘Peloton For Meditation’
  • Health coaching app Noom will expand its product team after raising M led by Sequoia
  • Uber is facing Australian class action suit alleging ‘unlawful conduct’
  • Spotify’s leanback instant listening app Stations hits iOS
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  • Plex adds more TIDAL-powered features, including ‘Artist TV’ for playing music videos
  • Twitter makes ‘likes’ easier to use in its twttr prototype app. (Nobody tell Jack.)
  • Apple patches iOS App Store bug that was preventing app downloads
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  • You might hate it, but Facebook Stories now has 500M users
  • Facebook reserves B for FTC fine, but keeps growing with 2.38B users in Q1
  • Pinterest employee #1 launches blockchain art market MakersPlace
  • Snapchat revives growth in Q1 beat with 190M users
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• Argentina
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  • As measles returns, Indiegogo joins other tech platforms in banning Anti-Vaccine campaigns
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• artificial intelligence
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  • Amazon will use AI to help you shop for clothes with StyleSnap
  • Microsoft and Oracle link up their clouds
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  • Twitter bags deep learning talent behind London startup, Fabula AI
  • Teams autonomously mapping the depths take home millions in Ocean Discovery Xprize
  • Facial recognition startup Kairos settles lawsuits with founder and former CEO Brian Brackeen
  • Diving deep into Africa’s blossoming tech scene
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  • Machine learning startup Weights & Biases raises M
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  • Move over Ready Player One — the future of AR might be in furniture
  • Out of stealth, Stratio emerges with predictive AI to stop your bus from breaking down
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  • Ford CTO Ken Washington at TC Sessions: Mobility on July 10
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  • Microsoft aims to train and certify 15,000 workers on AI skills by 2022
  • Health at Scale lands M Series A to bring machine learning to healthcare
  • Baidu, China’s answer to Google, reports first quarterly loss since 2005
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  • Microsoft open-sources a crucial algorithm behind its Bing Search services
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  • TC Sessions: Mobility announces its July 10 agenda
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  • Mailchimp’s Ben Chestnut on bootstrapping a startup to 0M in revenue
  • India’s Locus raises million to expand its logistics management business
  • How to think about inclusion in tech, with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (Part 2)
  • UK tax office ordered to delete millions of unlawful biometric voiceprints
  • Sharp will resume selling its smart TVs in the US this year
  • Iguazio brings its data science platform to Azure and Azure Stack
  • Google launches new Assistant developer tools
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  • Populus AI CEO, co-founder Regina Clewlow at TC Sessions: Mobility on July 10
  • Microsoft launches a new platform for building autonomous robots
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  • Security lapse exposed a Chinese smart city surveillance system
  • Microsoft makes a push to simplify machine learning
  • Microsoft extends its Cognitive Services with personalization service, handwriting recognition APIs and more
  • Microsoft launches a drag-and-drop machine learning tool
  • Takeaways from F8 and Facebook’s next phase
  • Africa Roundup: Jumia’s IPO, DHL launches Africa e-Shop, Cathay’s 8M VC fund, ConnectMed acquired
  • Facebook updates PyTorch with a focus on production use
  • Facebook open-sources Ax and BoTorch to simplify AI model optimization
  • Showcase your startup — buy a demo table at TC Sessions: Mobility 2019
  • MuseNet generates original songs in seconds, from Bollywood to Bach (or both)
  • Kiwi’s food delivery bots are rolling out to 12 more colleges
  • Walmart unveils an AI-powered store of the future, now open to the public
  • The startup behind that deep-fake David Beckham video just raised M
  • 41% of voice assistant users have concerns about trust and privacy, report finds
  • Robotics VCs on what’s real, what’s coming, and what to keep in mind
  • Alphabet’s Wing gets FAA permission to start delivering by drone
  • India’s Mfine raises .2M for its digital healthcare service
  • Tesla vaunts creation of ‘the best chip in the world’ for self-driving
  • Security lapse at contract startup Evisort exposed sensitive data
• artist
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• Asana
  • A new era for enterprise IT
• ascii
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• ashkan soltani
  • Apple, Google, Microsoft, WhatsApp sign open letter condemning GCHQ proposal to listen in on encrypted chats
• ashley carroll
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• Asia
  • Luxembourg to get €100M investment from Chinese payments startup Pingpong
  • India’s largest video streaming service, owned by Disney, breaks Safari compatibility to fix security flaw
  • Fintech platform Synapse raises M to build ‘the AWS of banking’
  • This entrepreneur is donating unwanted bike-sharing cycles to underprivileged students in Myanmar
  • China grants first 5G licenses amid Huawei global setback
  • Google offers new treasure trove of air quality data to researchers
  • Alibaba, Mail.Ru, Megafon form AliExpress Russia JV to double down on e-commerce in CIS
  • Apple is now restricting Chinese language podcasts in China
  • With iOS 13, Apple delivers new features to court users in India
  • US/China trade uncertainty adds to global smartphone growth woes
  • China says it will ‘soon grant’ 5G licenses for commercial use
  • Key Vision Fund investors are reportedly lukewarm on a second fund
  • Science publisher IEEE lifts ban on Huawei reviewers
  • China lays out official stance on trade talks with U.S.
  • Following US Huawei ban, China threatens own blacklist for foreign firms
  • Alibaba pumps 0 million into Vmate to grow its video app in India
  • EV Growth closes 0M fund to cover Southeast Asia’s Series B funding gap
  • China’s used car marketplace Uxin to raise 0M via convertible notes
  • Indonesia’s vegetable hawkers are going digital thanks to a new startup
  • India’s Ather Energy raises million to grow its electric scooters business
  • Alibaba reportedly mulling to raise B through a second listing in Hong Kong
  • India’s FreshToHome raises million to expand its fish, meat, and vegetable e-commerce platform
  • TikTok parent Bytedance is reportedly working on its own smartphone
  • China’s largest chipmaker is delisting from the Nasdaq
  • China’s largest chipmaker is delisting from the NYSE
  • CFIUS Cometh: What this obscure agency does and why it matters to your fund or startup
  • Amazon finally supports Traditional Chinese books on Kindle
  • Luckin leaves bitter aftertaste, now trading below IPO price
  • Why Luckin’s ultimate target may not be Starbucks
  • Crypto exchange Binance prepares to add margin trading ‘soon’
  • Indian PM Narendra Modi’s reelection spells more frustration for US tech giants
  • Tencent’s latest education push is a nod to new collaborative structure
  • Review of Elon Musk’s DC-to-Baltimore ‘Loop’ system reveals safety concerns
  • These startups are locating in SF and Africa to win in global fintech
  • A young entrepreneur is building the Amazon of Bangladesh
  • Biofourmis raises M to develop smarter treatments for chronic diseases
  • Why startups need to be careful about export licenses and the Huawei ban
  • Smart TVs add fuel to Xiaomi’s Q1 earnings
  • Ikea invests in Livspace, a one-stop platform for interior design based in India
  • Huawei responds to Android ban with service and security guarantees, but its future is unclear
  • Google says its app store will continue to work for existing Huawei smartphone owners
  • TikTok owner ByteDance’s long-awaited chat app is here
  • At this point, SoftBank Group is really just its Vision Fund
  • Baidu, China’s answer to Google, reports first quarterly loss since 2005
  • YouTrip, a challenger bank in Southeast Asia, raises .5M for expansion
  • Alibaba returns to growth with revenue up 51% to .9 billion
  • Tencent’s mixed bag for Q1: record profit despite weakest revenue growth yet
  • The misunderstandings of 18-month-old Luckin’s 0M IPO
  • Crowned by Burger King, meat replacement company Impossible Foods raises 0 million
  • India’s Locus raises million to expand its logistics management business
  • Hotstar, Disney’s Indian streaming service, sets new global record for live viewership
  • India’s most popular services are becoming super apps
  • India is investigating Google over alleged Android abuse
  • Singapore’s Grain, a profitable food delivery startup, pulls in M for expansion
  • Sharp will resume selling its smart TVs in the US this year
  • India’s edtech startup CollegeDekho raises million to connect students with colleges
  • Luckin Coffee plans to raise over 0M in US IPO
  • Thunes raises M to make financial services more accessible in emerging markets
  • Security lapse exposed a Chinese smart city surveillance system
  • A mini-series on the Thai cave rescue is heading to Netflix
  • India unseats China as Asia’s top fintech funding source
  • Starbucks CEO says Chinese rival Luckin’s ‘heavy discount’ strategy isn’t sustainable
  • Startups Weekly: All these startups are raising big rounds
  • AWS wants a bigger share of Asia following Hong Kong launch
  • FT parent Nikkei confirms it has acquired new media startup Deal Street Asia
  • China is reportedly using US satellite technologies to bolster its surveillance capabilities
  • India’s Mfine raises .2M for its digital healthcare service
  • Why it’s so hard to know who owns Huawei
• asia pacific
  • Tinder is preparing to launch a lightweight version of its dating app called ‘Tinder Lite’
  • Starbucks CEO says Chinese rival Luckin’s ‘heavy discount’ strategy isn’t sustainable
  • AWS wants a bigger share of Asia following Hong Kong launch
• Aspect ventures
  • VCs bet M on Troops, a Slackbot for sales teams
  • Business author Julian Guthrie on the biggest difference between ‘alpha’ men and women
• assassin's creed
  • Netflix snags Ubisoft’s ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ adaptation starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Chastain
  • Assassin’s Creed Odyssey now offers a way for you to create your own quests
• assassins creed iii
  • Assassin’s Creed Odyssey now offers a way for you to create your own quests
• Assistant
  • Google Assistant comes to Waze navigation app
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• assistive technologies
  • Apple’s global accessibility head on the company’s new features for iOS 13 and macOS Catalina
• Asteroid
  • NASA and FEMA are contingency planning for a potential asteroid armageddon
• Asto
  • Asto, the bookkeeping app from Santander, adds invoice financing for freelancers and SMEs
• Astound
  • VCs bet M on Troops, a Slackbot for sales teams
• astronaut
  • NASA research crew embarks on mock mission to Mars moon
• astronomy
  • Astronomers fret over ‘debilitating threat’ of thousands of satellites cluttering the sky
  • NASA and FEMA are contingency planning for a potential asteroid armageddon
• asus
  • This year’s Computex was a wild ride with dueling chip releases, new laptops and 467 startups
  • ASUS leans into dual-screen laptops with the ZenBook Pro Duo, featuring two 4K touchscreen displays
• AT&T
  • Uber and AT&T team up for always-on connectivity for Uber Copter and Uber Air
  • AT&T’s WarnerMedia might be punting on its original streaming service plans
  • A year after outcry, carriers are finally stopping sale of location data, letters to FCC show
  • We are leaving older adults out of the digital world
  • Great teams, UBI, data retention policies, and Amazon HQ2
  • Why carriers keep your data longer
  • AWS opens up its managed blockchain as a service to everybody
  • With Kata Containers and Zuul, OpenStack graduates its first infrastructure projects
• Atlanta
  • Mercedes-Benz is expanding its luxury subscription service
  • Activision Blizzard has five franchises lined up for its new Call of Duty esports league
• Atlassian
  • How we scaled our startup by being remote first
  • Praqma puts Atlassian’s Data Center products into containers
  • A new era for enterprise IT
• ATM
  • YouTrip, a challenger bank in Southeast Asia, raises .5M for expansion
• Atmosphere TV
  • Chive Media’s out-of-home TV spinoff Atmosphere raises M
• atrium
  • Fundraising 101: How to trigger FOMO among VCs
• Audi
  • Review: The stunning 2019 Audi Q8 has a deal-breaking flaw
  • Audi proves two little screens are better than one big screen
  • Mercedes-Benz is expanding its luxury subscription service
  • Audi works with Fleetonomy to monitor and manage fleet utilization for its on-demand program
  • TC Sessions: Mobility announces its July 10 agenda
  • 2019 Audi RS 5 review: A bruising high-tech cruiser
• Audible
  • Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine to debut an exclusive lineup of Audible Originals
• audio
  • Spotify-owned Soundtrap launches a podcast studio in the cloud
  • Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine to debut an exclusive lineup of Audible Originals
• Augmented Reality
  • Vuzix smart glasses get automatic facial recognition designed for law enforcement
  • The Looking Glass Pro might be the weirdest all-in-one PC ever
  • VCs give failed AR startup Meta a do-over with new CEO, corporate entity
  • Move over Ready Player One — the future of AR might be in furniture
  • Apple starts collecting data for Apple Maps in Canada
  • Streem buys Selerio in effort to boost its AR teleconferencing tech
  • Modsy scores M to virtually redesign your home
  • Glass graduates from Alphabet’s X as it scores new hardware update
  • Magic Leap buys Belgian startup building hologram teleconferencing software
  • Under the hood on Zoom’s IPO, with founder and CEO Eric Yuan
  • With new raise, Unity could nearly double valuation to billion
  • ‘Weird Cuts’ is Google’s new AR experiment that lets you cut out pieces of reality to make collages
  • Microsoft announces the ,500 HoloLens 2 Development Edition
  • Microsoft brings Azure SQL Database to the edge (and Arm)
  • Takeaways from F8 and Facebook’s next phase
  • Africa Roundup: Jumia’s IPO, DHL launches Africa e-Shop, Cathay’s 8M VC fund, ConnectMed acquired
  • Nine lessons on how Niantic reached a B valuation
  • Why are people still giving Magic Leap money?
• August Capital
  • As meal-kit melee stretches on, Sun Basket whips up M Series E
• Auris Health
  • Robotics VCs on what’s real, what’s coming, and what to keep in mind
• aurora
  • Fiat Chrysler partners with Aurora to develop self-driving commercial vans
  • Aurora’s head of product is coming to TC Sessions: Mobility
  • Automakers have a choice: Become data companies or become irrelevant
  • Fresh off a 0M round, Aurora acquires lidar startup Blackmore
• austin
  • Part fund, part accelerator, Contrary Capital invests in student entrepreneurs
  • Meet ‘The Prepared,’ the media company pitching disaster preparedness for everyone
  • Some reassuring data for those worried unicorns are wrecking the Bay Area
• Austin Jones
  • Former YouTube star sentenced to ten years in prison for child porn
• Australia
  • Tinder adds sexual orientation and gender identity to its profiles
  • Australia’s design unicorn, Canva, picks up two free image-sharing services, and launches new photo product
  • Amazon leads 5M investment in Deliveroo
  • White House refuses to endorse the ‘Christchurch Call’ to block extremist content online
  • Uber is facing Australian class action suit alleging ‘unlawful conduct’
  • Spotify’s leanback instant listening app Stations hits iOS
  • FutureLearn takes M from Seek Group for 50% stake in UK online degree platform
  • Internet connectivity projects unite as Alphabet spinout Loon grabs 5M from SoftBank’s HAPSMobile
• auth0
  • A16Z interview, 5G, Peloton, handling Big Tech issues, and offering better benefits
  • Why identity startup Auth0’s founder still codes: It makes him a better boss
• authentication
  • Developers can now verify mobile app users over WhatsApp instead of SMS
• Authenticator
  • Google’s own data proves two-factor is the best defense against most account hacks
• author
  • As Quibi reportedly seeks another
    billion, Fiction Riot fills the programming slate for its rival service
• autism
  • As measles returns, Indiegogo joins other tech platforms in banning Anti-Vaccine campaigns
• automated workflows
  • Tray.io hauls in million Series B to keep expanding enterprise automation tool
• Automation
  • Aurora’s head of product is coming to TC Sessions: Mobility
  • Aptiv’s self-driving BMWs have made more than 50,000 rides on the Lyft app in Las Vegas
  • Automakers have a choice: Become data companies or become irrelevant
  • Cruise says its AV successfully completed 1,400 unprotected left-hand turns
  • Consumer Reports knocks Tesla’s Navigate on Autopilot feature
  • Reserve your demo table for TC Sessions: Mobility 2019
  • Locus Robotics raises million for warehouse automation
• Automotive
  • Over 1,400 self-driving vehicles are now in testing by 80+ companies across the US
  • Tesla’s shareholder meeting: How to watch and what to expect
  • Google Assistant comes to Waze navigation app
  • Review: The stunning 2019 Audi Q8 has a deal-breaking flaw
  • Fiat Chrysler partners with Aurora to develop self-driving commercial vans
  • On the road to self-driving trucks, Starsky Robotics built a traditional trucking business
  • Audi proves two little screens are better than one big screen
  • Zoox co-founder Jesse Levinson is coming to TC Sessions: Mobility
  • Google offers new treasure trove of air quality data to researchers
  • Review: The 2019 Bentley Continental GT is beautiful, excessive and totally worth it
  • Aurora’s head of product is coming to TC Sessions: Mobility
  • Mercedes-Benz is expanding its luxury subscription service
  • Aptiv’s self-driving BMWs have made more than 50,000 rides on the Lyft app in Las Vegas
  • GM and Fiat Chrysler are buying Tesla’s regulatory credits
  • Ferrari’s first plug-in hybrid is here — and it’s faster than ever
  • Audi works with Fleetonomy to monitor and manage fleet utilization for its on-demand program
  • Is your autonomous vehicle Sally the sports car or blood-thirsty Christine?
  • Aptiv’s Karl Iagnemma at TC Sessions: Mobility July 10 in San Jose
  • The all-electric Honda e is bringing its side view mirrors inside
  • Out of stealth, Stratio emerges with predictive AI to stop your bus from breaking down
  • Fiat Chrysler proposes 50-50 merger with Renault
  • Traffic on Memorial Day: Here’s what 37.6 million road trippers can expect
  • Fiat Chrysler-Renault tie up: What the maker of Jeep could gain
  • The savage genius of SoftBank funding competitors
  • Automakers have a choice: Become data companies or become irrelevant
  • Fresh off a 0M round, Aurora acquires lidar startup Blackmore
  • Cruise says its AV successfully completed 1,400 unprotected left-hand turns
  • Consumer Reports knocks Tesla’s Navigate on Autopilot feature
  • Udacity, Mercedes-Benz create sensor fusion nanodegree as demand for self-driving car engineers rises
  • The Exit: Getaround’s 0M roadtrip
  • Lyft adds more safety features including in-app emergency assistance, reminders to check the plate
  • In-car commerce startup Cargo extends Uber partnership to Brazil
  • Ford CTO Ken Washington at TC Sessions: Mobility on July 10
  • Tesla issues battery software update after Hong Kong vehicle fire
  • Musk’s new lawyer fights ‘pedo guy’ defamation lawsuit claims, questions motive
  • TC Sessions: Mobility announces its July 10 agenda
  • Uber launches PIN feature to cut wait times at U.S. airports, starting in Portland
  • Elon Musk’s ‘pedo guy’ defamation case is going to trial
  • Uber’s trading debut: who was (and wasn’t) at the opening bell
  • VW’s new electric hatchback receives 10,000 pre-orders in first 24 hours
  • Google refreshes Android Auto with new features and a darker look
  • Populus AI CEO, co-founder Regina Clewlow at TC Sessions: Mobility on July 10
  • Tesla’s Autopilot off course
  • Tesla bumps up its capital raise by 0 million, with Elon Musk taking an additional million
  • Tesla is raising up to
    .5 billion through convertible note and share sale
  • Tesla sued in wrongful death lawsuit that alleges Autopilot caused crash
  • Daimler pulls the plug on electric smart car sales in US, Canada
  • Elon Musk, SEC agree to guidelines on Twitter use
  • Tesla to open up Model 3 orders in UK
  • Waymo CTO Dmitri Dolgov at TC Sessions: Mobility on July 10
  • Tesla plans to launch an insurance product ‘in about a month’
  • Tesla vaunts creation of ‘the best chip in the world’ for self-driving
  • Tesla’s full self-driving computer is now in all new cars and a next-gen chip is already ‘halfway done’
• automotive industry
  • Fiat Chrysler partners with Aurora to develop self-driving commercial vans
  • GM and Fiat Chrysler are buying Tesla’s regulatory credits
  • Ford CTO Ken Washington at TC Sessions: Mobility on July 10
• autonomous car
  • Over 1,400 self-driving vehicles are now in testing by 80+ companies across the US
  • Zoox co-founder Jesse Levinson is coming to TC Sessions: Mobility
• autonomous driving
  • Tesla’s Autopilot off course
• autonomous systems
  • Microsoft launches a new platform for building autonomous robots
• autonomous vehicles
  • Is your autonomous vehicle Sally the sports car or blood-thirsty Christine?
  • Tesla vaunts creation of ‘the best chip in the world’ for self-driving
  • Tesla’s full self-driving computer is now in all new cars and a next-gen chip is already ‘halfway done’
• Autopilot
  • Consumer Reports knocks Tesla’s Navigate on Autopilot feature
  • Tesla’s Autopilot off course
  • Tesla sued in wrongful death lawsuit that alleges Autopilot caused crash
  • Tesla’s full self-driving computer is now in all new cars and a next-gen chip is already ‘halfway done’
• AV
  • Over 1,400 self-driving vehicles are now in testing by 80+ companies across the US
  • Aptiv’s Karl Iagnemma at TC Sessions: Mobility July 10 in San Jose
  • TC Sessions: Mobility announces its July 10 agenda
• Avaaz
  • Facebook found hosting masses of far right EU disinformation networks
  • When it comes to elections, Facebook moves slow, may still break things
• Avatars
  • Snapchat will let you play as your Bitmoji in video games
• Avengers
  • Spoiler-heavy Spider-Man trailer establishes a way forward for Disney’s Marvel Universe
  • Avengers: Endgame becomes the first film to break
    billion in an opening weekend
  • Thanos will snap away your Google search results
• Avengers: Endgame
  • Spoiler-heavy Spider-Man trailer establishes a way forward for Disney’s Marvel Universe
  • Original Content podcast: The battle of opinions over ‘Game of Thrones’ and the Battle of Winterfell
  • ‘Avengers: Endgame’ is a very silly movie, but it ends in exactly the right way
• Avengers: Infinity War
  • Avengers: Endgame becomes the first film to break
    billion in an opening weekend
• aviation
  • KLM Airlines wants to help build a more efficient jet with in-wing seating
  • Yes, Americans can opt-out of airport facial recognition — here’s how
• Aviva Ventures
  • Biofourmis raises M to develop smarter treatments for chronic diseases
• awair
  • Awair raises M to help customers like WeWork monitor their office environments
• AWS
  • Jeff Bezos wants to build the infrastructure for space startups
  • How Kubernetes came to rule the world
  • Lack of leadership in open source results in source-available licenses
  • When will customers start buying all those AI chips?
  • Job recruitment site Ladders exposed 13 million user profiles
  • AWS expands cloud infrastructure offerings with new AMD EPYC-powered T3a instances
• aws lambda
  • New Relic takes a measured approach to platform overhaul
• Aydin Senkut
  • Providing supplemental educational videos online nets Osmosis million
• Azure
  • Microsoft aims to train and certify 15,000 workers on AI skills by 2022
  • Iguazio brings its data science platform to Azure and Azure Stack
  • Red Hat and Microsoft are cozying up some more with Azure Red Hat OpenShift
  • Microsoft and GitHub grow closer
• Azure machine learning
  • Microsoft launches a drag-and-drop machine learning tool
• Azure Stack
  • Iguazio brings its data science platform to Azure and Azure Stack
• baby food
  • Meet Bobbie, a baby formula delivery startup promising healthier ingredients
• backstage capital
  • Getting a seat at the VC table
• Bacteria
  • Sequoia-backed Whole Biome wants to heal your gut with medical-grade probiotics
• Baidu
  • The Stanford connections behind Latin America’s multibillion-dollar startup renaissance
  • China overtakes US in smart speaker market share
  • Baidu, China’s answer to Google, reports first quarterly loss since 2005
  • Tencent’s mixed bag for Q1: record profit despite weakest revenue growth yet
• Baillie Gifford
  • Groupon co-founder Eric Lefkofsky just raised another 0 million for his newest company, Tempus
  • Zipline’s new 0 million funding means it’s the newest billion dollar contender in the game of drones
• Bain Capital
  • Reserve your demo table for TC Sessions: Mobility 2019
  • TC Sessions: Mobility announces its July 10 agenda
• bain capital ventures
  • Legacy, a sperm testing and freezing service, raises
    .5M
  • Lime’s founding CEO steps down as his co-founder takes control
  • OpenFin raises million for its OS for finance
• baltimore
  • Review of Elon Musk’s DC-to-Baltimore ‘Loop’ system reveals safety concerns
  • Market map: the 200+ innovative startups transforming affordable housing
• Bandersnatch
  • New ‘Black Mirror’ trailer features Miley Cyrus, Anthony Mackie… and more dystopia
• bangalore
  • Diving deep into Africa’s blossoming tech scene
  • India’s Mfine raises .2M for its digital healthcare service
• bangkok
  • Singapore’s Grain, a profitable food delivery startup, pulls in M for expansion
• bangladesh
  • A young entrepreneur is building the Amazon of Bangladesh
• Bank
  • Fintech platform Synapse raises M to build ‘the AWS of banking’
• Banking
  • Fintech platform Synapse raises M to build ‘the AWS of banking’
  • First American site bug exposed 885 million sensitive title insurance records
  • These startups are locating in SF and Africa to win in global fintech
  • OpenFin raises million for its OS for finance
  • Openfinance opens up US trading of third-party digital assets
  • YouTrip, a challenger bank in Southeast Asia, raises .5M for expansion
  • Google launches new Assistant developer tools
  • A quiet London-based payments startup just raised among the biggest Series A rounds ever in Europe
• barcelona
  • PropTech startup Kodit.io raises M to automate house buying and selling
  • YouTuber gets 15 month prison sentence, ,000 fine for toothpaste-filled Oreos
• Barclays
  • OpenFin raises million for its OS for finance
• barcode
  • Ticketmaster put an end to screenshots with new digital ticket technology
• bare metal
  • With Kata Containers and Zuul, OpenStack graduates its first infrastructure projects
• barnes & noble
  • Barnes & Noble’s Nook e-reader returns with a larger screen
• Barney Harford
  • Uber’s COO and chief marketing officer are out
• Bars
  • Nectar’s sonar bottle caps could save B in stolen booze
• bartender
  • Nectar’s sonar bottle caps could save B in stolen booze
• BAseline Ventures
  • As meal-kit melee stretches on, Sun Basket whips up M Series E
• basf
  • Unveiling its latest cohort, Alchemist announces million in funding for its enterprise accelerator
• basketball
  • Startups net more than capital with NBA players as investors
• battery ventures
  • Get your tickets to the TechCrunch 14th Annual Summer Party
• battle royale
  • Fallout 76 is getting a 52-player battle royale mode
• Battlefield
  • DefinedCrowd offers mobile apps to empower its AI-annotating masses
  • Ticketmaster put an end to screenshots with new digital ticket technology
  • N26 opens tech hub in Vienna with a focus on security
• BBM
  • Goodbye BlackBerry Messenger
• Beat Games
  • VR’s most popular game is getting more features (and more expensive)
  • How Beat Saber beat the odds
• Beat Saber
  • VR’s most popular game is getting more features (and more expensive)
  • How Beat Saber beat the odds
• Beats
  • Powerbeats Pro are the Bluetooth earbuds to beat
  • Beats’ AirPods alternative start shipping May 10
• bedroom
  • Ori Living partners with IKEA to bring robotic furniture to customers by 2020
• beenext
  • India’s Mfine raises .2M for its digital healthcare service
• behavioral advertising
  • Targeted ads offer little extra value for online publishers, study suggests
  • GDPR adtech complaints keep stacking up in Europe
• Beijing
  • China grants first 5G licenses amid Huawei global setback
  • China lays out official stance on trade talks with U.S.
  • TikTok parent Bytedance is reportedly working on its own smartphone
  • Security lapse exposed a Chinese smart city surveillance system
  • AWS wants a bigger share of Asia following Hong Kong launch
  • China is reportedly using US satellite technologies to bolster its surveillance capabilities
• belgium
  • GDPR adtech complaints keep stacking up in Europe
• belkin wemo
  • Google launches new Assistant developer tools
• Ben Chestnut
  • Mailchimp’s Ben Chestnut on bootstrapping a startup to 0M in revenue
• Ben Lerer
  • Group Nine hires Brian Lee to lead its commerce business
• ben ling
  • Printify raises M to expand its marketplace for custom printing
• Ben Silbermann
  • Pinterest delivers first earnings report as a public company
• Benchmark
  • How to trigger FOMO among VCs, plus PMs, SoftBank, and cheese
  • Fundraising 101: How to trigger FOMO among VCs
• benchmark capital
  • EV Growth closes 0M fund to cover Southeast Asia’s Series B funding gap
  • Fundraising 101: How to trigger FOMO among VCs
  • Getting a piece of Uber
• bentley
  • Review: The 2019 Bentley Continental GT is beautiful, excessive and totally worth it
• berkeley skydeck
  • Kiwi’s food delivery bots are rolling out to 12 more colleges
• berlin
  • SoundCloud buys artist distribution platform Repost Network
• Bern
  • Using augmented reality, Altoida is identifying the likely onset of neurodegenerative diseases
• bernie sanders
  • How tech entrepreneurs think of Universal Basic Income
• best practices
  • Nine lessons on how Niantic reached a B valuation
• Best-Buy
  • Best Buy cancels Samsung Galaxy Fold pre-orders
  • How startups can use Amazon’s SEO best practices to dominate new shopping verticals
• BetaWorks
  • Streem buys Selerio in effort to boost its AR teleconferencing tech
  • Where top VCs are investing in media, entertainment & gaming
• bethesda
  • Doom, Fallout and the rest of the trailers from Bethesda’s E3 press conference
  • Fallout 76 is getting a 52-player battle royale mode
• beyonce
  • Original Content podcast: ‘Game of Thrones’ delivers one of its best episodes yet
• bEYOND meat
  • How to trigger FOMO among VCs, plus PMs, SoftBank, and cheese
  • Crowned by Burger King, meat replacement company Impossible Foods raises 0 million
  • Beyond Meat rockets in early trading on Nasdaq, reaching a valuation of over billion
• Bezos Expeditions
  • Famed founder Daphne Koller tells it straight: “With most drugs, we do not understand why they work”
• bicycle
  • This entrepreneur is donating unwanted bike-sharing cycles to underprivileged students in Myanmar
• big data
  • With Tableau and Mulesoft, Salesforce gains full view of enterprise data
  • Automakers have a choice: Become data companies or become irrelevant
• big tech
  • Tackling ‘big tech’ issues through storytelling, with Jessica Powell
• BigBasket
  • India’s FreshToHome raises million to expand its fish, meat, and vegetable e-commerce platform
  • India’s Locus raises million to expand its logistics management business
• bikes
  • Uber Eats, micromobility services are growing faster than Uber’s core ride-hailing business
• bikeshare
  • Lyft sues SF over bike-share program
• billionaires
  • MacKenzie Bezos pledges to give away more than half her B fortune to charity and philanthropy
• BIME Analytics
  • The Exit: Getaround’s 0M roadtrip
• Bin Lin
  • Oppo and Xiaomi tease under-screen selfie cameras for smartphones
• Binance
  • Crypto exchange Binance prepares to add margin trading ‘soon’
  • Binance pledges to ‘significantly’ increase security following M Bitcoin hack
• Bing
  • Microsoft open-sources a crucial algorithm behind its Bing Search services
• Bio
  • Sequoia-backed Whole Biome wants to heal your gut with medical-grade probiotics
• biodegradable
  • These ‘microbe-grown’ headphones could be the future of sustainable electronics
• Biofourmis
  • Biofourmis raises M to develop smarter treatments for chronic diseases
• bioinformatics
  • Sequoia-backed Whole Biome wants to heal your gut with medical-grade probiotics
• biology
  • Sequoia-backed Whole Biome wants to heal your gut with medical-grade probiotics
  • DNA Script picks up .5 million to make DNA production faster and simpler
  • Microbiome testing service uBiome puts its co-founders on administrative leave after FBI raid
• biometrics
  • UK tax office ordered to delete millions of unlawful biometric voiceprints
• bioplastics
  • These ‘microbe-grown’ headphones could be the future of sustainable electronics
• Biotech
  • Sequoia-backed Whole Biome wants to heal your gut with medical-grade probiotics
  • Groupon co-founder Eric Lefkofsky just raised another 0 million for his newest company, Tempus
  • Famed founder Daphne Koller tells it straight: “With most drugs, we do not understand why they work”
• biotechnology
  • Where are all the biotech startups raising?
  • DNA Script picks up .5 million to make DNA production faster and simpler
• bird
  • Bird is launching a two-seater electric vehicle to become more than a kick scooter startup
  • Ford CTO Ken Washington at TC Sessions: Mobility on July 10
  • Unpacking Away’s
    .4B valuation, the startup studio model and CrowdStrike’s S-1
  • Bird is now selling its electric scooters directly to consumers
• Bitcoin
  • CoinBits launches as a passive investment app for bitcoin
  • Crypto exchange Binance prepares to add margin trading ‘soon’
  • ‘Crypto exchange’ Goxtrade caught using other people’s photos on its staff page
  • Binance pledges to ‘significantly’ increase security following M Bitcoin hack
  • How German and US authorities took down the owners of darknet drug emporium Wall Street Market
  • AWS opens up its managed blockchain as a service to everybody
• Bitmoji
  • Snapchat will let you play as your Bitmoji in video games
• bitnami
  • GitHub hires former Bitnami co-founder Erica Brescia as COO
  • VMware acquires Bitnami to deliver packaged applications anywhere
• biz stone
  • Startups Weekly: VCs are drunk on beverage startups
• black mirror
  • New ‘Black Mirror’ trailer features Miley Cyrus, Anthony Mackie… and more dystopia
• BlackBerry
  • Goodbye BlackBerry Messenger
• blackbird ventures
  • Australia’s design unicorn, Canva, picks up two free image-sharing services, and launches new photo product
• Blackmore
  • Fresh off a 0M round, Aurora acquires lidar startup Blackmore
• BlackRock
  • Postmates taps longtime Apple engineer to boost autonomous delivery efforts
  • Luckin Coffee plans to raise over 0M in US IPO
  • Starbucks CEO says Chinese rival Luckin’s ‘heavy discount’ strategy isn’t sustainable
• Blindness
  • ObjectiveEd is building a better digital curriculum for vision-impaired kids
  • An Xbox controller with a built-in Braille display is Microsoft’s latest gaming accessibility play
  • LEGO Braille bricks are the best, nicest and, in retrospect, most obvious idea ever
• Bling Capital
  • Printify raises M to expand its marketplace for custom printing
• Blip.tv
  • YouTube’s bully problems prove that community doesn’t scale
• Blockchain
  • Is there potential for blockchain in copyright and licensing applications?
  • Aion Network introduces first blockchain virtual machine for Java developers
  • Salesforce’s first blockchain plunge will involve development tools
  • IBM-Maersk blockchain shipping consortium expands to include other major shipping companies
  • These startups are locating in SF and Africa to win in global fintech
  • ‘Crypto exchange’ Goxtrade caught using other people’s photos on its staff page
  • Openfinance opens up US trading of third-party digital assets
  • HTC introduces a cheaper blockchain phone, opens Zion Vault SDK
  • Binance pledges to ‘significantly’ increase security following M Bitcoin hack
  • Facebook stops blocking some blockchain ads
  • Coinbase loses its first CTO after just one year in the job
  • How German and US authorities took down the owners of darknet drug emporium Wall Street Market
  • Microsoft launches a fully managed blockchain service
  • Grainchain, a blockchain-based platform for commodity sales, launches in Mexico
  • How a blockchain startup with 1M users is working to break your Google habit
  • Pinterest employee #1 launches blockchain art market MakersPlace
  • R/GA Ventures incubator to nurture enterprise blockchain startups in Portland, OR
• blockchain network
  • AWS opens up its managed blockchain as a service to everybody
• blockchains
  • Microsoft launches a fully managed blockchain service
  • Grainchain, a blockchain-based platform for commodity sales, launches in Mexico
  • AWS opens up its managed blockchain as a service to everybody
• blogs
  • Get your tickets to the TechCrunch 14th Annual Summer Party
  • Biofourmis raises M to develop smarter treatments for chronic diseases
• bloomberg terminal
  • OpenFin raises million for its OS for finance
• Blue Apron
  • As meal-kit melee stretches on, Sun Basket whips up M Series E
• blue moon
  • Blue Moon Brewing is capitalizing on Bezos’ news with a lunar lander keg
  • Watch Jeff Bezos unveil his grand space plans here
• Blue Origin
  • Jeff Bezos wants to build the infrastructure for space startups
  • Blue Origin and SpaceX get million-dollar NASA nod to test Moon lander tech
  • Blue Moon Brewing is capitalizing on Bezos’ news with a lunar lander keg
  • Watch Jeff Bezos unveil his grand space plans here
  • Blue Origin launches ‘Club for the Future’ to inspire a new generation of space exploration
  • Blue Origin unveils its lunar lander, Blue Moon
  • Jeff Bezos aims Blue Origin at the Moon
  • Jeff Bezos reportedly set to unveil Moon plans today
  • Blue Origin lofts NASA and student experiments in New Shepard tomorrow morning
• Bluetooth
  • Weighing Peloton’s opportunity and risks ahead of IPO
  • Roland’s tiny R-07 recorder is better than your phone’s recorder app
  • Google discloses security bug in its Bluetooth Titan Security Keys, offers free replacement
• bluevoyant
  • Startups Weekly: Will the real unicorns please stand up?
• blume ventures
  • India’s Locus raises million to expand its logistics management business
• BNSG Capital
  • VCs give failed AR startup Meta a do-over with new CEO, corporate entity
• Bob Greenblatt
  • AT&T’s WarnerMedia might be punting on its original streaming service plans
• bobby kotick
  • Activision Blizzard has five franchises lined up for its new Call of Duty esports league
• Boeing
  • NASA’s Space Launch System passes key milestone for Moon mission
  • Blue Origin and SpaceX get million-dollar NASA nod to test Moon lander tech
  • Jeff Bezos aims Blue Origin at the Moon
  • The demise and rebirth of the ethical engineer
• Bolt
  • Uber rival Bolt returns to London 21 months after a TfL investigation shut it down
• bolt capital
  • Meet Bobbie, a baby formula delivery startup promising healthier ingredients
• bonsai
  • Microsoft launches a new platform for building autonomous robots
• Book Review
  • Tackling ‘big tech’ issues through storytelling, with Jessica Powell
  • Unraveling the “Secrets of Sand Hill Road” and the VC thought process, with Andreessen Horowitz’s Scott Kupor
• booking holdings
  • China’s Ctrip now owns half of India’s MakeMyTrip following share swap with Naspers
• Booking.com
  • Mint House raises M to give business travelers a better hotel
• BookingBug
  • BookingBug relaunches as JRNI, as founder Shoosmith switches to chief architect role
• boom
  • Boom wants to build a supersonic jet for mainstream passengers; here’s its game plan
• Boomerang
  • With antitrust investigations looming, Apple reverses course on bans of parental control apps
• Boost Mobile
  • Boost Mobile says hackers broke into customer accounts
• bose
  • Select Bose smart speakers get Google Assistant
• boston
  • Where are all the biotech startups raising?
  • Biofourmis raises M to develop smarter treatments for chronic diseases
  • Bringing tech efficiencies to the agribusiness market, Silo harvests million
  • Startups Weekly: Will the Seattle tech scene ever reach its full potential?
  • Shellbot malware evolves to spread and shuts down other cryptominers
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• boston dynamics
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  • Check out all the demos from TC Sessions: Robotics + AI
• boxgroup
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• Bozoma Saint John
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• Bradley Tusk
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• Braille
  • An Xbox controller with a built-in Braille display is Microsoft’s latest gaming accessibility play
• branch international
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• Brand Designers
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• Brand strategy
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• branding
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• Brazil
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• Breast Cancer
  • These Johns Hopkins students are slashing breast cancer biopsy costs
• breeze automation
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• Bret Taylor
  • Salesforce’s first blockchain plunge will involve development tools
• Brex
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• Brian Acton
  • Social Capital reincarnated
• brian brackeen
  • Facial recognition startup Kairos settles lawsuits with founder and former CEO Brian Brackeen
• Brian Lee
  • Group Nine hires Brian Lee to lead its commerce business
• Brian Wong
  • Delane Parnell’s plan to conquer amateur esports
• brick-and-mortar
  • Amazon sellers to hit UK high streets in year-long pop-up pilot
• brigade
  • Sean Parker’s Brigade/Causes acquired by govtech app Countable
• british council
  • FutureLearn takes M from Seek Group for 50% stake in UK online degree platform
• broadband
  • FCC’s broadband deployment report called ‘fundamentally at odds with reality’
  • We are leaving older adults out of the digital world
  • Brand new fiber link from Alaska to US will carry 100 terabits over the Yukon
• broadband deployment
  • FCC’s broadband deployment report called ‘fundamentally at odds with reality’
• Broadcom
  • Salesforce’s Tableau acquisition is huge, but not the hugest
  • CFIUS Cometh: What this obscure agency does and why it matters to your fund or startup
  • Huawei responds to Android ban with service and security guarantees, but its future is unclear
  • Several chip companies, including Qualcomm and Intel, have reportedly stopped supplying Huawei after blacklist
  • Unveiling its latest cohort, Alchemist announces million in funding for its enterprise accelerator
• broadway angels
  • Business author Julian Guthrie on the biggest difference between ‘alpha’ men and women
• bruce schneier
  • Apple, Google, Microsoft, WhatsApp sign open letter condemning GCHQ proposal to listen in on encrypted chats
• bruce willis
  • NASA and FEMA are contingency planning for a potential asteroid armageddon
• Brynn Putnam
  • Fitness startup Mirror nears 0M valuation with fresh funding
• buddy media
  • VCs bet M on Troops, a Slackbot for sales teams
• buenos aires
  • The Stanford connections behind Latin America’s multibillion-dollar startup renaissance
  • Mejuri raises M Series B to serve women buying jewelry for themselves
• bug
  • Apple patches iOS App Store bug that was preventing app downloads
• Bugcrowd
  • Slack’s hidden origins, cybersecurity, fintech, plus Africa’s startup growth
  • Security startup Bugcrowd on crowdsourcing bug bounties: ‘Cybersecurity is a people problem’
• build
  • Microsoft launches a drag-and-drop machine learning tool
• Build 2019
  • Microsoft wants to reinvent documents and collaboration with its new Fluid Framework
  • Microsoft brings Plug and Play to IoT
  • Microsoft launches a fully managed blockchain service
  • Microsoft launches a drag-and-drop machine learning tool
• bumble
  • Tinder adds sexual orientation and gender identity to its profiles
• Bungie
  • Destiny 2 goes free to play and gains cross-saving on all platforms
• Burger King
  • Unpacking Away’s
    .4B valuation, the startup studio model and CrowdStrike’s S-1
  • Crowned by Burger King, meat replacement company Impossible Foods raises 0 million
  • Beyond Meat rockets in early trading on Nasdaq, reaching a valuation of over billion
  • Burger King will roll out the Impossible Burger nationwide by the end of the year
• business
  • Why identity startup Auth0’s founder still codes: It makes him a better boss
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  • Canopy’s upscale co-working business adds a new location in SF on the heels of strategic funding
  • Getting a seat at the VC table
  • Freshworks acquires customer success service Natero
  • Market map: the 200+ innovative startups transforming affordable housing
• business incubators
  • Seedlegals closes M Series A, led by Index Ventures, to automate startup fundraisings
• business intelligence
  • Mailchimp’s Ben Chestnut on bootstrapping a startup to 0M in revenue
• business process management
  • A new era for enterprise IT
• Buzzfeed
  • Musk’s new lawyer fights ‘pedo guy’ defamation lawsuit claims, questions motive
  • Elon Musk’s ‘pedo guy’ defamation case is going to trial
• byju's
  • India’s edtech startup CollegeDekho raises million to connect students with colleges
• bytedance
  • Alibaba pumps 0 million into Vmate to grow its video app in India
  • TikTok parent Bytedance is reportedly working on its own smartphone
  • Indian PM Narendra Modi’s reelection spells more frustration for US tech giants
  • TikTok owner ByteDance’s long-awaited chat app is here
• c
  • Microsoft’s IntelliCode for AI-assisted coding comes out of preview
• Cabify
  • The Stanford connections behind Latin America’s multibillion-dollar startup renaissance
• cable TV
  • YouTube’s bully problems prove that community doesn’t scale
• Cadence
  • Unveiling its latest cohort, Alchemist announces million in funding for its enterprise accelerator
• CafePress
  • Printify raises M to expand its marketplace for custom printing
• california
  • Google offers new treasure trove of air quality data to researchers
  • YouTube’s bully problems prove that community doesn’t scale
  • Fitness startup Mirror nears 0M valuation with fresh funding
  • Use SocialLadder to earn a free pass to TC Sessions: Mobility 2019
  • Which public US universities graduate the most funded founders?
  • Review of Elon Musk’s DC-to-Baltimore ‘Loop’ system reveals safety concerns
  • Reserve your demo table for TC Sessions: Mobility 2019
  • A young entrepreneur is building the Amazon of Bangladesh
  • Ford CTO Ken Washington at TC Sessions: Mobility on July 10
  • Google’s own data proves two-factor is the best defense against most account hacks
  • These Johns Hopkins students are slashing breast cancer biopsy costs
  • DNA Script picks up .5 million to make DNA production faster and simpler
  • Part fund, part accelerator, Contrary Capital invests in student entrepreneurs
  • White House refuses to endorse the ‘Christchurch Call’ to block extremist content online
  • Demo your tech onstage at TC Sessions: Mobility 2019
  • After criticism over moderator treatment, Facebook raises wages and boosts support for contractors
  • Boost Mobile says hackers broke into customer accounts
  • Crowned by Burger King, meat replacement company Impossible Foods raises 0 million
  • CO2 in the atmosphere just exceeded 415 parts per million for the first time in human history
  • Showcase your startup — buy a demo table at TC Sessions: Mobility 2019
  • A mini-series on the Thai cave rescue is heading to Netflix
  • Hackers went undetected in Citrix’s internal network for six months
  • Some reassuring data for those worried unicorns are wrecking the Bay Area
  • Waymo CTO Dmitri Dolgov at TC Sessions: Mobility on July 10
  • Network with CrunchMatch at TC Sessions: Mobility 2019
• call of duty
  • Activision Blizzard has five franchises lined up for its new Call of Duty esports league
• calm
  • Journey launches its real-time group ‘Peloton For Meditation’
• cambridge
  • DNA Script picks up .5 million to make DNA production faster and simpler
  • Dear Hollywood, here are 5 female founders to showcase instead of Elizabeth Holmes
• Cambridge Analytica
  • Protecting the integrity of US elections will require a massive regulatory overhaul, academics say
  • EU-US Privacy Shield complaint to be heard by Europe’s top court in July
  • Facebook sues analytics firm Rankwave over data misuse
  • Diving into TED2019, the state of social media and internet behavior
  • Facebook accused of blocking wider efforts to study its ad platform
  • Facebook broke Canadian privacy law, joint probe finds
• camera+
  • Oppo and Xiaomi tease under-screen selfie cameras for smartphones
• cameroon
  • These startups are locating in SF and Africa to win in global fintech
• Campaign
  • When it comes to elections, Facebook moves slow, may still break things
• Canaan Partners
  • Journey launches its real-time group ‘Peloton For Meditation’
  • Luxury consignment e-tailer The RealReal to enter the unicorn club with new funding
• Canada
  • Fintech platform Synapse raises M to build ‘the AWS of banking’
  • Tinder adds sexual orientation and gender identity to its profiles
  • The Slack origin story
  • Delane Parnell’s plan to conquer amateur esports
  • White House refuses to endorse the ‘Christchurch Call’ to block extremist content online
  • Daimler pulls the plug on electric smart car sales in US, Canada
  • Facebook broke Canadian privacy law, joint probe finds
• canalys
  • US/China trade uncertainty adds to global smartphone growth woes
  • Smartphone shipments hit a five-year low in North America
  • iPhone hard hit as global smartphone shipments continue nosedive
• cancer
  • Using full-body MRIs, Ezra can now detect 11 cancers in men and 13 in women
  • These Johns Hopkins students are slashing breast cancer biopsy costs
• cannabis
  • Distru, a maker of supply chain software for the cannabis industry, has raised million led by Felicis
  • Where cannabis investors see the next big wave? In precision dosing
• Canopy
  • Canopy’s upscale co-working business adds a new location in SF on the heels of strategic funding
• canva
  • Australia’s design unicorn, Canva, picks up two free image-sharing services, and launches new photo product
• Canvas Technology
  • FedEx ends express delivery contract with Amazon
• Canvas Ventures
  • Social Capital reincarnated
• cap table
  • Fundraising 101: How to trigger FOMO among VCs
• capital markets
  • Under the hood on Zoom’s IPO, with founder and CEO Eric Yuan
• car
  • Audi works with Fleetonomy to monitor and manage fleet utilization for its on-demand program
• car dealership
  • Automakers have a choice: Become data companies or become irrelevant
• car ownership
  • Audi works with Fleetonomy to monitor and manage fleet utilization for its on-demand program
  • Beyond costs, what else can we do to make housing affordable?
• car rental
  • The Exit: Getaround’s 0M roadtrip
• car sharing
  • Beyond costs, what else can we do to make housing affordable?
• car2go
  • Daimler pulls the plug on electric smart car sales in US, Canada
• carbon dioxide
  • CO2 in the atmosphere just exceeded 415 parts per million for the first time in human history
• card payments
  • Payment card startup Marqeta confirms 0M round at close to B valuation
• cards
  • Payment card startup Marqeta confirms 0M round at close to B valuation
• cargo
  • In-car commerce startup Cargo extends Uber partnership to Brazil
• carl sparks
  • Mint House raises M to give business travelers a better hotel
• Carlos Ghosn
  • Fiat Chrysler proposes 50-50 merger with Renault
• Carmelo Anthony
  • Startups net more than capital with NBA players as investors
• carnegie mellon
  • Unveiling its latest cohort, Alchemist announces million in funding for its enterprise accelerator
• carnegie mellon university
  • Diving deep into Africa’s blossoming tech scene
  • CMU uses knitting machines to make soft robots that hug
• CarPlay
  • Google refreshes Android Auto with new features and a darker look
• cars
  • Ferrari’s first plug-in hybrid is here — and it’s faster than ever
  • The all-electric Honda e is bringing its side view mirrors inside
  • Tesla issues battery software update after Hong Kong vehicle fire
  • VW’s new electric hatchback receives 10,000 pre-orders in first 24 hours
  • Daimler pulls the plug on electric smart car sales in US, Canada
  • 2019 Audi RS 5 review: A bruising high-tech cruiser
• carsharing
  • Uber and AT&T team up for always-on connectivity for Uber Copter and Uber Air
  • Uber rival Bolt returns to London 21 months after a TfL investigation shut it down
  • The Stanford connections behind Latin America’s multibillion-dollar startup renaissance
  • Is the tech press too positive in its coverage of startups?
  • Susan Fowler’s memoir has a title and a release date
  • Uber’s first employee Ryan Graves resigns from board
  • Nigeria’s Gokada raises .3M round for its motorcycle ride-hail biz
  • A young entrepreneur is building the Amazon of Bangladesh
  • The Exit: Getaround’s 0M roadtrip
  • Slack aims to be the most important software company in the world, says CEO
  • Equity Shot: Judging Uber’s less-than-grand opening day
  • Uber’s first day as a public company didn’t go so well
  • Uber’s trading debut: who was (and wasn’t) at the opening bell
  • How the trade war with China hit Uber’s public offering
  • Lyft lost
    .14B in Q1 2019 on 6M in revenue
  • Startups Weekly: Will the Seattle tech scene ever reach its full potential?
  • Uber is facing Australian class action suit alleging ‘unlawful conduct’
  • Equity Shot: Uber’s IPO terms and Slack’s S-1
• Carta
  • Unraveling the “Secrets of Sand Hill Road” and the VC thought process, with Andreessen Horowitz’s Scott Kupor
  • These companies may smooth startups’ path to the public market — if they don’t kill each other first
  • Carta was just valued at
    .7 billion by Andreessen Horowitz, in a deal some see as rich
• Casa Verde Capital
  • Where cannabis investors see the next big wave? In precision dosing
• cash
  • Google to allow users to pay for Android apps using cash
• cat
  • Cat vs best and worst robot vacuum cleaners 
• catapult
  • Seraphim Space Camp launches its latest mission, with 7 SpaceTech startups
• causes
  • Sean Parker’s Brigade/Causes acquired by govtech app Countable
• cb insights
  • India unseats China as Asia’s top fintech funding source
• CBS
  • Here’s the first teaser trailer for the new Star Trek: Picard series
  • Winter is coming for HBO NOW subscriber growth
  • CBS says streaming services & Super Bowl helped it achieve record revenues in Q1
• CBS All Access
  • CBS says streaming services & Super Bowl helped it achieve record revenues in Q1
• cdc software
  • Bubble-driven boom in M&As hides steep costs long-term
• censorship
  • White House refuses to endorse the ‘Christchurch Call’ to block extremist content online
• Center for Democracy & Technology
  • Why carriers keep your data longer
• Cento Ventures
  • Singapore’s Grain, a profitable food delivery startup, pulls in M for expansion
• Central Intelligence Agency
  • The Pentagon and CIA have a secret missile that shreds targets with giant flying knives
• ceo
  • Why identity startup Auth0’s founder still codes: It makes him a better boss
  • Jeff Bezos wants to build the infrastructure for space startups
  • EV Growth closes 0M fund to cover Southeast Asia’s Series B funding gap
  • SoundCloud buys artist distribution platform Repost Network
  • Uber’s first employee Ryan Graves resigns from board
  • Crypto exchange Binance prepares to add margin trading ‘soon’
  • Ikea invests in Livspace, a one-stop platform for interior design based in India
  • YouTrip, a challenger bank in Southeast Asia, raises .5M for expansion
  • Alibaba returns to growth with revenue up 51% to .9 billion
  • Apple CEO Tim Cook talks WWDC student program, coding initiatives and SAP
  • Tesla is raising up to
    .5 billion through convertible note and share sale
  • Africa Roundup: Jumia’s IPO, DHL launches Africa e-Shop, Cathay’s 8M VC fund, ConnectMed acquired
  • Starbucks CEO says Chinese rival Luckin’s ‘heavy discount’ strategy isn’t sustainable
  • Startups Weekly: All these startups are raising big rounds
• CFIUS
  • CFIUS Cometh: What this obscure agency does and why it matters to your fund or startup
• Chair
  • YouTube’s bully problems prove that community doesn’t scale
  • Getting a seat at the VC table
• chairman
  • Maine lawmakers pass bill to prevent ISPs from selling browsing data without consent
  • Use SocialLadder to earn a free pass to TC Sessions: Mobility 2019
  • Avengers: Endgame becomes the first film to break
    billion in an opening weekend
  • FT parent Nikkei confirms it has acquired new media startup Deal Street Asia
• challenger banks
  • Online bank Simple makes things harder by removing bill pay
• Chamath Palihapitiya
  • Social Capital reincarnated
• Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
  • EC-exclusive interview with Tim Cook, Slacklash, and tech inclusion
  • How to think about inclusion in tech, with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (Part 2)
• Change.org
  • Game of Thrones petition reaches 1M signatures ahead of finale
• charging station
  • VW’s new electric hatchback receives 10,000 pre-orders in first 24 hours
• charles hudson
  • Stripe and Precursor lead .5M seed into media CRM startup Pico
  • Where top VCs are investing in media, entertainment & gaming
• chat
  • Facebook Messenger will get desktop apps, co-watching, emoji status
• check.in
  • Yes, Americans can opt-out of airport facial recognition — here’s how
• cheetah mobile
  • The Exit: Getaround’s 0M roadtrip
• Chelsea manning
  • Chelsea Manning released from jail as grand jury expires
  • Julian Assange jailed for 50 weeks for breaching UK bail conditions
• chicago
  • Meet ‘The Prepared,’ the media company pitching disaster preparedness for everyone
• chicago ventures
  • VCs bet M on Troops, a Slackbot for sales teams
• chief executive officer
  • Uber’s first employee Ryan Graves resigns from board
  • Startups Weekly: Will the Seattle tech scene ever reach its full potential?
• chief people officer
  • The 10 benefits and policies any modern workplace should have
  • 8 benefits and policies that are making your company seem outdated
• child pornography
  • Former YouTube star sentenced to ten years in prison for child porn
• children
  • Eyeing an entry into China, Roblox enters strategic partnership with Tencent
  • Google’s latest app, Rivet, uses speech processing to help kids learn to read
• China
  • Uber rival Bolt returns to London 21 months after a TfL investigation shut it down
  • Luxembourg to get €100M investment from Chinese payments startup Pingpong
  • This entrepreneur is donating unwanted bike-sharing cycles to underprivileged students in Myanmar
  • China grants first 5G licenses amid Huawei global setback
  • Alibaba, Mail.Ru, Megafon form AliExpress Russia JV to double down on e-commerce in CIS
  • The Stanford connections behind Latin America’s multibillion-dollar startup renaissance
  • Apple is now restricting Chinese language podcasts in China
  • Aptoide, a Play Store rival, cries antitrust foul over Google hiding its app
  • US/China trade uncertainty adds to global smartphone growth woes
  • China says it will ‘soon grant’ 5G licenses for commercial use
  • China lays out official stance on trade talks with U.S.
  • Twitter takes down ‘a large number’ of Chinese-language accounts ahead of Tiananmen Square anniversary
  • Following US Huawei ban, China threatens own blacklist for foreign firms
  • Eyeing an entry into China, Roblox enters strategic partnership with Tencent
  • China’s used car marketplace Uxin to raise 0M via convertible notes
  • Alibaba reportedly mulling to raise B through a second listing in Hong Kong
  • TikTok parent Bytedance is reportedly working on its own smartphone
  • China’s largest chipmaker is delisting from the Nasdaq
  • China’s largest chipmaker is delisting from the NYSE
  • CFIUS Cometh: What this obscure agency does and why it matters to your fund or startup
  • Amazon finally supports Traditional Chinese books on Kindle
  • Why Luckin’s ultimate target may not be Starbucks
  • Indian PM Narendra Modi’s reelection spells more frustration for US tech giants
  • Tencent’s latest education push is a nod to new collaborative structure
  • Semiconductor startup CNEX Labs alleged Huawei’s deputy chairman conspired to steal its intellectual property
  • A young entrepreneur is building the Amazon of Bangladesh
  • Biofourmis raises M to develop smarter treatments for chronic diseases
  • Trump’s Huawei ban also causing tech shocks in Europe
  • Smart TVs add fuel to Xiaomi’s Q1 earnings
  • Several chip companies, including Qualcomm and Intel, have reportedly stopped supplying Huawei after blacklist
  • Google says its app store will continue to work for existing Huawei smartphone owners
  • TikTok owner ByteDance’s long-awaited chat app is here
  • Startups Weekly: There’s an alternative to raising VC and it’s called revenue-based financing
  • As Quibi reportedly seeks another
    billion, Fiction Riot fills the programming slate for its rival service
  • Baidu, China’s answer to Google, reports first quarterly loss since 2005
  • Alibaba invests about 5M in Red Star Macalline, one of China’s largest furniture sellers
  • Alibaba returns to growth with revenue up 51% to .9 billion
  • Stocks gain back some ground as investors assess the trade war’s impact
  • Market map: the 200+ innovative startups transforming affordable housing
  • India’s most popular services are becoming super apps
  • Equity Shot: Judging Uber’s less-than-grand opening day
  • How the trade war with China hit Uber’s public offering
  • Justice Department charges Chinese hacker for 2015 Anthem breach
  • Sharp will resume selling its smart TVs in the US this year
  • Trump’s China tariffs are getting a major increase on Friday
  • Luckin Coffee plans to raise over 0M in US IPO
  • Thunes raises M to make financial services more accessible in emerging markets
  • Security lapse exposed a Chinese smart city surveillance system
  • Tesla’s Autopilot off course
  • India unseats China as Asia’s top fintech funding source
  • Daimler pulls the plug on electric smart car sales in US, Canada
  • Starbucks CEO says Chinese rival Luckin’s ‘heavy discount’ strategy isn’t sustainable
  • Avengers: Endgame becomes the first film to break
    billion in an opening weekend
  • Startups Weekly: All these startups are raising big rounds
  • AWS wants a bigger share of Asia following Hong Kong launch
  • China’s Ctrip now owns half of India’s MakeMyTrip following share swap with Naspers
  • China is reportedly using US satellite technologies to bolster its surveillance capabilities
  • Why it’s so hard to know who owns Huawei
  • Blueland launches with a suite of eco-friendly cleaning supplies designed to reduce plastic waste
• china eastern airlines
  • China’s Ctrip now owns half of India’s MakeMyTrip following share swap with Naspers
• China Mobile
  • China grants first 5G licenses amid Huawei global setback
  • With Kata Containers and Zuul, OpenStack graduates its first infrastructure projects
• china telecom
  • China grants first 5G licenses amid Huawei global setback
  • With Kata Containers and Zuul, OpenStack graduates its first infrastructure projects
• china unicom
  • China grants first 5G licenses amid Huawei global setback
  • With Kata Containers and Zuul, OpenStack graduates its first infrastructure projects
• chips
  • This year’s Computex was a wild ride with dueling chip releases, new laptops and 467 startups
  • Devices built with Intel’s Ice Lake and Project Athena specifications will be available in time for the holidays
  • AWS expands cloud infrastructure offerings with new AMD EPYC-powered T3a instances
• Chive Media
  • Chive Media’s out-of-home TV spinoff Atmosphere raises M
• choose your own adventure
  • New ‘Black Mirror’ trailer features Miley Cyrus, Anthony Mackie… and more dystopia
• ChooseCo
  • New ‘Black Mirror’ trailer features Miley Cyrus, Anthony Mackie… and more dystopia
• Chris Hughes
  • Friend portability is the must-have Facebook regulation
  • Zuckerberg says breaking up Facebook “isn’t going to help”
  • How tech entrepreneurs think of Universal Basic Income
• Chris Urmson
  • Fresh off a 0M round, Aurora acquires lidar startup Blackmore
• Chrome
  • Google rethinks navigation with launch of ‘Portals’ on Chrome Canary
• Chrome extensions
  • Google announces new privacy requirements for Chrome extensions
• chromium
  • What Chrome’s browser changes mean for your privacy and security
• chrysler
  • Fiat Chrysler-Renault tie up: What the maker of Jeep could gain
  • TC Sessions: Mobility announces its July 10 agenda
• cinemax
  • AT&T’s WarnerMedia might be punting on its original streaming service plans
• CISA
  • Hundreds of Orpak gas station systems can be easily hacked thanks to hardcoded passwords
• Cisco
  • Social Capital reincarnated
  • Diving deep into Africa’s blossoming tech scene
  • Unveiling its latest cohort, Alchemist announces million in funding for its enterprise accelerator
  • A new era for enterprise IT
• cisco systems
  • Unveiling its latest cohort, Alchemist announces million in funding for its enterprise accelerator
  • Stocks gain back some ground as investors assess the trade war’s impact
• cities
  • Innovations in inclusive housing
• citigroup
  • Tesla bumps up its capital raise by 0 million, with Elon Musk taking an additional million
• citizen science
  • Microbiome testing service uBiome puts its co-founders on administrative leave after FBI raid
• Citrix
  • Hackers went undetected in Citrix’s internal network for six months
• Citrix Systems
  • Hackers went undetected in Citrix’s internal network for six months
• civic tech
  • Sean Parker’s Brigade/Causes acquired by govtech app Countable
• Claire Stapleton
  • A Google Walkout organizer just left the company, saying ‘if they won’t lead, we will’
• clandescuento
  • The Stanford connections behind Latin America’s multibillion-dollar startup renaissance
• Clara Shih
  • A peek inside Sequoia Capital’s low-flying, wide-reaching scout program
• clark valberg
  • VCs bet M on Troops, a Slackbot for sales teams
• class action
  • Uber is facing Australian class action suit alleging ‘unlawful conduct’
• classpass
  • Printify raises M to expand its marketplace for custom printing
• Clean Creative
  • Clean.io raises .5M to fight malicious advertising
• clean.io
  • Clean.io raises .5M to fight malicious advertising
• Clearbanc
  • Which type of funding is actually best for your business?
• Cleveland
  • Student loan refinancing startup Splash Financial raises .3 million
• Clever
  • A peek inside Sequoia Capital’s low-flying, wide-reaching scout program
• climate change
  • CO2 in the atmosphere just exceeded 415 parts per million for the first time in human history
• clinc
  • Clinc raises m Series B as it marches towards IPO
• Cloud
  • GitHub hires former Bitnami co-founder Erica Brescia as COO
  • Salesforce’s Tableau acquisition is huge, but not the hugest
  • With Tableau and Mulesoft, Salesforce gains full view of enterprise data
  • Microsoft Power Platform update aims to put AI in reach of business users
  • Vectra lands 0M Series E investment for AI-driven network security
  • Salesforce is buying data visualization company Tableau for .7B in all-stock deal
  • Google continues to preach multi-cloud approach with Looker acquisition
  • Microsoft and Oracle link up their clouds
  • How Kubernetes came to rule the world
  • Security stays hot as Imperva grabs Distil Networks
  • Zuora Central lets developers build connected workflows across services
  • Salesforce’s first blockchain plunge will involve development tools
  • The challenges of truly embracing cloud native
  • IBM-Maersk blockchain shipping consortium expands to include other major shipping companies
  • Takeaways from KubeCon; the latest on Kubernetes and cloud native development
  • Andreessen pours M into PlanetScale’s database-as-a-service
  • Serverless and containers: Two great technologies that work better together
  • Microsoft makes a push for service mesh interoperability
  • Digital Ocean’s Kubernetes service is now generally available
  • Talk key takeaways from KubeCon 2019 with TechCrunch writers
  • Microsoft aims to train and certify 15,000 workers on AI skills by 2022
  • OpenFin raises million for its OS for finance
  • VMware acquires Bitnami to deliver packaged applications anywhere
  • Microsoft open-sources a crucial algorithm behind its Bing Search services
  • Solo.io wants to bring order to service meshes with centralized management hub
  • Egnyte brings native G Suite file support to its platform
  • New Relic takes a measured approach to platform overhaul
  • India’s most popular services are becoming super apps
  • AWS remains in firm control of the cloud infrastructure market
  • Iguazio brings its data science platform to Azure and Azure Stack
  • Red Hat and Microsoft are cozying up some more with Azure Red Hat OpenShift
  • Google’s newest Cloud TPU Pods feature over 1,000 TPUs
  • Microsoft aims to modernize and secure voting with ElectionGuard
  • Microsoft launches a new platform for building autonomous robots
  • Microsoft and GitHub grow closer
  • Microsoft wants to reinvent documents and collaboration with its new Fluid Framework
  • Sendbird snags additional M for messaging API tool, as it extends Series B to 2M
  • Microsoft launches a fully managed blockchain service
  • Docker updates focus on simplifying containerization for developers
  • With Kata Containers and Zuul, OpenStack graduates its first infrastructure projects
  • AWS wants a bigger share of Asia following Hong Kong launch
  • AWS expands cloud infrastructure offerings with new AMD EPYC-powered T3a instances
  • Slack to extend collaboration to folks who don’t want to give up email
• cloud computing
  • Why identity startup Auth0’s founder still codes: It makes him a better boss
  • Microsoft and Oracle link up their clouds
  • How Kubernetes came to rule the world
  • Google’s Cloud outage is resolved, but it reveals the holes in cloud computing’s atmosphere
  • Microsoft makes a push for service mesh interoperability
  • Google brings release channels and Windows Container support to its Kubernetes Engine
  • Digital Ocean’s Kubernetes service is now generally available
  • With Kata Containers and Zuul, OpenStack graduates its first infrastructure projects
  • A new era for enterprise IT
  • AWS wants a bigger share of Asia following Hong Kong launch
• cloud foundry
  • How Kubernetes came to rule the world
• cloud gaming
  • Week-in-Review: Google makes a losing bet, Bezos plots his space take-over
  • Watch Google unveil Stadia launch details live right here
• cloud infrastructure
  • Microsoft and Oracle link up their clouds
  • How Kubernetes came to rule the world
  • Google’s Cloud outage is resolved, but it reveals the holes in cloud computing’s atmosphere
  • Microsoft makes a push for service mesh interoperability
  • Google brings release channels and Windows Container support to its Kubernetes Engine
  • Digital Ocean’s Kubernetes service is now generally available
• cloud marketshare
  • AWS remains in firm control of the cloud infrastructure market
• cloud native
  • Takeaways from KubeCon; the latest on Kubernetes and cloud native development
  • Talk key takeaways from KubeCon 2019 with TechCrunch writers
• cloud native computing foundation
  • Takeaways from KubeCon; the latest on Kubernetes and cloud native development
• cloud services
  • Google’s Cloud outage is resolved, but it reveals the holes in cloud computing’s atmosphere
  • AWS wants a bigger share of Asia following Hong Kong launch
• cloud-native computing
  • The challenges of truly embracing cloud native
• cloudflare
  • ‘Crypto exchange’ Goxtrade caught using other people’s photos on its staff page
• CloudNativeCon
  • Takeaways from KubeCon; the latest on Kubernetes and cloud native development
• clutter
  • Clutter has picked up Omni’s storage business; Omni to focus on rentals
• cmu
  • CMU uses knitting machines to make soft robots that hug
• cncf
  • The challenges of truly embracing cloud native
  • Serverless and containers: Two great technologies that work better together
• CNEX Labs
  • Semiconductor startup CNEX Labs alleged Huawei’s deputy chairman conspired to steal its intellectual property
• Co-founder
  • Get your tickets to the TechCrunch 14th Annual Summer Party
  • The Stanford connections behind Latin America’s multibillion-dollar startup renaissance
  • Oppo and Xiaomi tease under-screen selfie cameras for smartphones
  • Startups Weekly: Will the real unicorns please stand up?
  • SoundCloud buys artist distribution platform Repost Network
  • Startups Weekly: VCs are drunk on beverage startups
  • These Johns Hopkins students are slashing breast cancer biopsy costs
  • ‘Crypto exchange’ Goxtrade caught using other people’s photos on its staff page
  • YouTrip, a challenger bank in Southeast Asia, raises .5M for expansion
  • TC Sessions: Mobility announces its July 10 agenda
  • Startups Weekly: Will the Seattle tech scene ever reach its full potential?
• coach
  • Fitness startup Mirror nears 0M valuation with fresh funding
  • Delane Parnell’s plan to conquer amateur esports
• Coatue Management
  • Machine learning startup Weights & Biases raises M
  • In-car commerce startup Cargo extends Uber partnership to Brazil
• Coffee
  • Why Luckin’s ultimate target may not be Starbucks
  • Starbucks’ Chinese nemesis surges 20% in public debut
• coinbase
  • Crypto exchange Binance prepares to add margin trading ‘soon’
  • Coinbase loses its first CTO after just one year in the job
  • Lattice raises another M to improve performance reviews
• CoinBits
  • CoinBits launches as a passive investment app for bitcoin
• Colin Carrier
  • In-car commerce startup Cargo extends Uber partnership to Brazil
• Collaborative Consumption
  • The savage genius of SoftBank funding competitors
• Collaborative Fund
  • Social Capital reincarnated
• CollegeDekho
  • India’s edtech startup CollegeDekho raises million to connect students with colleges
• Colombia
  • The Stanford connections behind Latin America’s multibillion-dollar startup renaissance
  • Facebook broke Canadian privacy law, joint probe finds
• Columbia University
  • Part fund, part accelerator, Contrary Capital invests in student entrepreneurs
• Columbus
  • Economic development organizations: good or bad for entrepreneurial activity?
• Column
  • Everyone loves pizza, including VCs
  • Economic development organizations: good or bad for entrepreneurial activity?
  • Is there potential for blockchain in copyright and licensing applications?
  • The 10 benefits and policies any modern workplace should have
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  • Apple’s global accessibility head on the company’s new features for iOS 13 and macOS Catalina
  • YouTube’s bully problems prove that community doesn’t scale
  • Which type of funding is actually best for your business?
  • Dilution: The good, the bad and the ugly
  • Is your event strategy paying off? How to calculate your event ROI
  • Where are all the biotech startups raising?
  • Startups net more than capital with NBA players as investors
  • Lack of leadership in open source results in source-available licenses
  • How we scaled our startup by being remote first
  • Is your autonomous vehicle Sally the sports car or blood-thirsty Christine?
  • As the term ‘unicorn’ goes broke from overuse, what’s actually rare?
  • Which public US universities graduate the most funded founders?
  • How to see another company’s growth tactics and try them yourself
  • CFIUS Cometh: What this obscure agency does and why it matters to your fund or startup
  • Automakers have a choice: Become data companies or become irrelevant
  • Getting a seat at the VC table
  • 10 immigration tips for love-struck tech workers
  • As Amex scoops up Resy, a look at its history of acquisitions
  • Big revenues, huge valuations and major losses: charting the era of the unicorn IPO
  • The case for corporates to fill the seed vacuum
  • How startups can use Amazon’s SEO best practices to dominate new shopping verticals
  • Beyond costs, what else can we do to make housing affordable?
  • Market map: the 200+ innovative startups transforming affordable housing
  • Innovations in inclusive housing
  • As a founder, I mistook my work for self-worth
  • Three ‘new rules’ worth considering for the internet
  • A beautiful duopoly
  • Bubble-driven boom in M&As hides steep costs long-term
  • Keyword research in 2019: Modern tactics for growing targeted search traffic
  • We are leaving older adults out of the digital world
  • Dear Hollywood, here are 5 female founders to showcase instead of Elizabeth Holmes
  • How Amazon’s HQ2 could disrupt government IT, for the worse
  • Solving tech’s stubborn diversity gaps
  • Why women are indefinitely sharing their locations
  • Autonomous vehicles make congestion pricing even more critical
  • Some reassuring data for those worried unicorns are wrecking the Bay Area
  • It’s open season for poaching talent in Silicon Valley
  • A new era for enterprise IT
• Comcast
  • We are leaving older adults out of the digital world
• Comcast Ventures
  • Blueland launches with a suite of eco-friendly cleaning supplies designed to reduce plastic waste
• comedian
  • Samantha Bee: Canadian, comedian, and defender of the free press
• comics
  • Spoiler-heavy Spider-Man trailer establishes a way forward for Disney’s Marvel Universe
• commercial crew
  • SpaceX’s Crew Dragon is having trouble — and that’s okay
• commercial crew program
  • SpaceX’s Crew Dragon is having trouble — and that’s okay
• commodity
  • Grainchain, a blockchain-based platform for commodity sales, launches in Mexico
• communication
  • Protecting the integrity of US elections will require a massive regulatory overhaul, academics say
• communications systems
  • Apple, Google, Microsoft, WhatsApp sign open letter condemning GCHQ proposal to listen in on encrypted chats
• communist party
  • China says it will ‘soon grant’ 5G licenses for commercial use
• commuting
  • Uber and AT&T team up for always-on connectivity for Uber Copter and Uber Air
  • Is the tech press too positive in its coverage of startups?
  • Susan Fowler’s memoir has a title and a release date
  • Uber’s first employee Ryan Graves resigns from board
  • Automakers have a choice: Become data companies or become irrelevant
  • Equity Shot: Judging Uber’s less-than-grand opening day
  • Uber’s first day as a public company didn’t go so well
  • How the trade war with China hit Uber’s public offering
  • Lyft lost
    .14B in Q1 2019 on 6M in revenue
  • Startups Weekly: Will the Seattle tech scene ever reach its full potential?
  • Equity Shot: Uber’s IPO terms and Slack’s S-1
• Companies
  • Google offers new treasure trove of air quality data to researchers
  • iOS 13 will let you limit app location access to ‘just once’
  • Key Vision Fund investors are reportedly lukewarm on a second fund
  • Google’s Cloud outage is resolved, but it reveals the holes in cloud computing’s atmosphere
  • Foxconn halts production lines for Huawei phones, according to reports
  • Susan Fowler’s memoir has a title and a release date
  • Use SocialLadder to earn a free pass to TC Sessions: Mobility 2019
  • China’s largest chipmaker is delisting from the Nasdaq
  • China’s largest chipmaker is delisting from the NYSE
  • How to avoid an IPO
  • Ikea invests in Livspace, a one-stop platform for interior design based in India
  • Amazon leads 5M investment in Deliveroo
  • Unveiling its latest cohort, Alchemist announces million in funding for its enterprise accelerator
  • Tencent’s mixed bag for Q1: record profit despite weakest revenue growth yet
  • India’s Locus raises million to expand its logistics management business
  • Apple CEO Tim Cook talks WWDC student program, coding initiatives and SAP
  • USV closes on 0M for new funds, adds two partners
  • Security giant FireEye’s Q1 earnings in line with expectations, but outlook light
  • Is this the vertical-folding Motorola Razr?
  • Some reassuring data for those worried unicorns are wrecking the Bay Area
  • Internet connectivity projects unite as Alphabet spinout Loon grabs 5M from SoftBank’s HAPSMobile
• competition
  • Aptoide, a Play Store rival, cries antitrust foul over Google hiding its app
• competition commission of india
  • India is investigating Google over alleged Android abuse
• competition law
  • Google appeals
    .7BN EU AdSense antitrust fine
• Computer Hardware
  • Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla release patches for ZombieLoad chip flaws
• computer security
  • A backdoor in Optergy tech could remotely shut down a smart building ‘with one click’
  • Security startup Bugcrowd on crowdsourcing bug bounties: ‘Cybersecurity is a people problem’
  • Why ICS security startup Dragos’ CEO puts a premium on people not profits
  • Apple, Google, Microsoft, WhatsApp sign open letter condemning GCHQ proposal to listen in on encrypted chats
  • Google’s own data proves two-factor is the best defense against most account hacks
  • After breach, Stack Overflow says some user data exposed
  • Google discloses security bug in its Bluetooth Titan Security Keys, offers free replacement
  • Boost Mobile says hackers broke into customer accounts
  • ‘Unhackable’ encrypted flash drive eyeDisk is, as it happens, hackable
  • Flaws in a popular GPS tracker leak real-time locations and can remotely activate its microphone
  • Cybersecurity insurance startup Coalition raises M in Series B funding
  • Hundreds of Orpak gas station systems can be easily hacked thanks to hardcoded passwords
  • Job recruitment site Ladders exposed 13 million user profiles
  • Shellbot malware evolves to spread and shuts down other cryptominers
  • Why your CSO, not your CMO, should pitch your security startup
• computers
  • This year’s Computex was a wild ride with dueling chip releases, new laptops and 467 startups
  • Apple announces new MacBook Pros with a keyboard fix, oh, and more powerful processors
• Computex
  • This year’s Computex was a wild ride with dueling chip releases, new laptops and 467 startups
  • Muro is a retro-style cylinder music box you control with an app
  • Ducky’s new limited-edition mechanical keyboard pays tribute to Taiwan’s Paiwan community
  • ASUS leans into dual-screen laptops with the ZenBook Pro Duo, featuring two 4K touchscreen displays
  • Devices built with Intel’s Ice Lake and Project Athena specifications will be available in time for the holidays
  • Qualcomm and Lenovo reveal the first Snapdragon-powered 5G PC
  • Nvidia announces its Studio line of laptops to compete against the MacBook Pro
  • AMD unveils the 12-core Ryzen 9 3900X, at half the price of Intel’s competing Core i9 9920X chipset
• Computex 2019
  • This year’s Computex was a wild ride with dueling chip releases, new laptops and 467 startups
  • Muro is a retro-style cylinder music box you control with an app
  • Ducky’s new limited-edition mechanical keyboard pays tribute to Taiwan’s Paiwan community
  • ASUS leans into dual-screen laptops with the ZenBook Pro Duo, featuring two 4K touchscreen displays
  • Devices built with Intel’s Ice Lake and Project Athena specifications will be available in time for the holidays
  • Qualcomm and Lenovo reveal the first Snapdragon-powered 5G PC
  • Nvidia announces its Studio line of laptops to compete against the MacBook Pro
  • AMD unveils the 12-core Ryzen 9 3900X, at half the price of Intel’s competing Core i9 9920X chipset
• computing
  • Google Assistant comes to Waze navigation app
  • Why identity startup Auth0’s founder still codes: It makes him a better boss
  • Zoox co-founder Jesse Levinson is coming to TC Sessions: Mobility
  • Microsoft and Oracle link up their clouds
  • How Kubernetes came to rule the world
  • Google’s Cloud outage is resolved, but it reveals the holes in cloud computing’s atmosphere
  • The Slack origin story
  • Facebook releases community standards enforcement report
  • Backed by LG, AmazeVR is hoping to resurrect virtual reality’s consumer dreams
  • Microsoft makes a push for service mesh interoperability
  • Unveiling its latest cohort, Alchemist announces million in funding for its enterprise accelerator
  • Microsoft open-sources a crucial algorithm behind its Bing Search services
  • Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla release patches for ZombieLoad chip flaws
  • GitHub gets a package registry
  • Apple CEO Tim Cook talks WWDC student program, coding initiatives and SAP
  • Binance pledges to ‘significantly’ increase security following M Bitcoin hack
  • Microsoft’s IntelliCode for AI-assisted coding comes out of preview
  • Windows gets a new terminal
  • Microsoft wants you to work less
  • Microsoft extends its Cognitive Services with personalization service, handwriting recognition APIs and more
  • Microsoft launches a drag-and-drop machine learning tool
  • Microsoft announces the ,500 HoloLens 2 Development Edition
  • Microsoft brings Azure SQL Database to the edge (and Arm)
  • AWS opens up its managed blockchain as a service to everybody
  • Hackers went undetected in Citrix’s internal network for six months
  • With Kata Containers and Zuul, OpenStack graduates its first infrastructure projects
  • A new era for enterprise IT
  • Why your CSO, not your CMO, should pitch your security startup
  • AWS wants a bigger share of Asia following Hong Kong launch
  • The new new web
• concerts
  • The Ticket Fairy is tech’s best hope against Ticketmaster
• conference
  • Takeaways from KubeCon; the latest on Kubernetes and cloud native development
• conference call
  • An insider’s look into venture with Andreessen Horowitz’s Scott Kupor
  • Takeaways from KubeCon; the latest on Kubernetes and cloud native development
  • Talk key takeaways from KubeCon 2019 with TechCrunch writers
  • Under the hood on Zoom’s IPO, with founder and CEO Eric Yuan
  • Looking back at Zoom’s IPO with CEO Eric Yuan
  • Takeaways from F8 and Facebook’s next phase
  • Talk key takeaways from Facebook’s F8 with TechCrunch writers
  • Talk media and TED2019 key takeaways with TechCrunch’s Anthony Ha
• conference call transcript
  • Takeaways from KubeCon; the latest on Kubernetes and cloud native development
• conference call transcripts
  • Under the hood on Zoom’s IPO, with founder and CEO Eric Yuan
  • Diving into TED2019, the state of social media and internet behavior
• confluence
  • How we scaled our startup by being remote first
• congestion pricing
  • Autonomous vehicles make congestion pricing even more critical
• Congress
  • Protecting the integrity of US elections will require a massive regulatory overhaul, academics say
  • Maine lawmakers pass bill to prevent ISPs from selling browsing data without consent
  • CFIUS Cometh: What this obscure agency does and why it matters to your fund or startup
• connie loizos
  • An insider’s look into venture with Andreessen Horowitz’s Scott Kupor
  • Startups Weekly: Will the Seattle tech scene ever reach its full potential?
  • Startups Weekly: All these startups are raising big rounds
• conservation
  • Teams autonomously mapping the depths take home millions in Ocean Discovery Xprize
• construction
  • Beyond costs, what else can we do to make housing affordable?
  • Innovations in inclusive housing
• consumer electronics
  • Upsie nabs M to build a direct-to-consumer warranty service
  • Sharp will resume selling its smart TVs in the US this year
• consumer internet
  • A new era for enterprise IT
• consumer reports
  • Consumer Reports knocks Tesla’s Navigate on Autopilot feature
• Contacts
  • Vignette is a handy new app that keeps your iOS contact photos up to date
• container
  • Takeaways from KubeCon; the latest on Kubernetes and cloud native development
• container management
  • How Kubernetes came to rule the world
• Containerization
  • Takeaways from KubeCon; the latest on Kubernetes and cloud native development
• containers
  • Serverless and containers: Two great technologies that work better together
  • Red Hat and Microsoft are cozying up some more with Azure Red Hat OpenShift
  • Docker updates focus on simplifying containerization for developers
  • Blueland launches with a suite of eco-friendly cleaning supplies designed to reduce plastic waste
• content creators
  • Backed by LG, AmazeVR is hoping to resurrect virtual reality’s consumer dreams
• content delivery network
  • The new new web
• content management systems
  • The new new web
• contents
  • This entrepreneur is donating unwanted bike-sharing cycles to underprivileged students in Myanmar
  • NSA says warrantless searches of Americans’ data rose in 2018
  • The startup behind that deep-fake David Beckham video just raised M
• Contractor
  • NASA’s Space Launch System passes key milestone for Moon mission
• Contrary Capital
  • Part fund, part accelerator, Contrary Capital invests in student entrepreneurs
• controller
  • Ori Living partners with IKEA to bring robotic furniture to customers by 2020
• cookies
  • Google strengthens Chrome’s privacy controls
• Copenhagen
  • Google offers new treasure trove of air quality data to researchers
• copyrights
  • Is there potential for blockchain in copyright and licensing applications?
• cord cutting
  • NBC targets millennials with launch of a new streaming news service
  • Sports streamer fuboTV to expand into ad-supported free streaming, original content
  • CBS says streaming services & Super Bowl helped it achieve record revenues in Q1
• core innovation capital
  • Fintech platform Synapse raises M to build ‘the AWS of banking’
• cornell
  • Unveiling its latest cohort, Alchemist announces million in funding for its enterprise accelerator
• correlation ventures
  • As meal-kit melee stretches on, Sun Basket whips up M Series E
• Countable
  • Sean Parker’s Brigade/Causes acquired by govtech app Countable
• countries
  • Key Vision Fund investors are reportedly lukewarm on a second fund
  • Nigeria’s Gokada raises .3M round for its motorcycle ride-hail biz
• courier services
  • Why Luckin’s ultimate target may not be Starbucks
• Coursera
  • FutureLearn takes M from Seek Group for 50% stake in UK online degree platform
• courts
  • Supreme Court rules against Apple, allows an App Store antitrust case to proceed
• coworking
  • Canopy’s upscale co-working business adds a new location in SF on the heels of strategic funding
• cox enterprises
  • Activision Blizzard has five franchises lined up for its new Call of Duty esports league
• Cozmo
  • Cozmo maker Anki is shutting its doors
• Craftory
  • D2C underwear brand TomboyX raises million from Craftory
• Craig McLuckie
  • How Kubernetes came to rule the world
• Craig Newmark
  • The Markup faces staff exodus and funder scrutiny following ouster of Julia Angwin
• craigslist
  • China’s used car marketplace Uxin to raise 0M via convertible notes
• crane venture partners
  • Out of stealth, Stratio emerges with predictive AI to stop your bus from breaking down
• cray
  • HPE is buying Cray for
    .3 billion
• Creators
  • Maisie Williams’ talent discovery startup Daisie raises .5 million, hits 100K members
  • Spotify-owned Soundtrap launches a podcast studio in the cloud
• Credder
  • Credder offers Rotten Tomatoes-style ratings for the news
• credential stuffing
  • Password manager Dashlane raises 0M in Series D, adds CMO
• credit
  • Student loan refinancing startup Splash Financial raises .3 million
• credit cards
  • Payment card startup Marqeta confirms 0M round at close to B valuation
• credit suisse
  • Meet ‘The Prepared,’ the media company pitching disaster preparedness for everyone
• Credo Ventures
  • Using full-body MRIs, Ezra can now detect 11 cancers in men and 13 in women
• crew dragon
  • SpaceX’s Crew Dragon is having trouble — and that’s okay
• cricket
  • Hotstar, Disney’s Indian streaming service, sets new global record for live viewership
• crime
  • Justice Department charges Chinese hacker for 2015 Anthem breach
• CRISPR
  • DNA Script picks up .5 million to make DNA production faster and simpler
• CRM
  • Salesforce is buying data visualization company Tableau for .7B in all-stock deal
  • VCs bet M on Troops, a Slackbot for sales teams
  • Startups Weekly: Will the real unicorns please stand up?
  • Mailchimp’s Ben Chestnut on bootstrapping a startup to 0M in revenue
• Cross Culture Ventures
  • Blueland launches with a suite of eco-friendly cleaning supplies designed to reduce plastic waste
• Crowdfunding
  • Beyond costs, what else can we do to make housing affordable?
  • Market map: the 200+ innovative startups transforming affordable housing
  • Innovations in inclusive housing
  • ‘Unhackable’ encrypted flash drive eyeDisk is, as it happens, hackable
  • India unseats China as Asia’s top fintech funding source
• crowdsourcing
  • Security startup Bugcrowd on crowdsourcing bug bounties: ‘Cybersecurity is a people problem’
• crowdstrike
  • Startups Weekly: The Peloton IPO (bull vs. bear)
  • Startups Weekly: Will the real unicorns please stand up?
  • Is the tech press too positive in its coverage of startups?
  • CrowdStrike sets terms for 8M Nasdaq IPO
  • Startups Weekly: There’s an alternative to raising VC and it’s called revenue-based financing
  • Unpacking Away’s
    .4B valuation, the startup studio model and CrowdStrike’s S-1
• cruise
  • Cruise says its AV successfully completed 1,400 unprotected left-hand turns
• CrunchBase
  • Where are all the biotech startups raising?
  • Which public US universities graduate the most funded founders?
  • How to see another company’s growth tactics and try them yourself
  • Startups Weekly: Will the Seattle tech scene ever reach its full potential?
  • Some reassuring data for those worried unicorns are wrecking the Bay Area
  • Equity Shot: Uber’s IPO terms and Slack’s S-1
• CrunchMatch
  • CrunchMatch returns to simplify networking at Disrupt SF 2019
• crypto
  • How a blockchain startup with 1M users is working to break your Google habit
• crypto wars
  • Apple, Google, Microsoft, WhatsApp sign open letter condemning GCHQ proposal to listen in on encrypted chats
• cryptocurrencies
  • CoinBits launches as a passive investment app for bitcoin
  • Crypto exchange Binance prepares to add margin trading ‘soon’
  • These startups are locating in SF and Africa to win in global fintech
  • ‘Crypto exchange’ Goxtrade caught using other people’s photos on its staff page
  • Binance pledges to ‘significantly’ increase security following M Bitcoin hack
  • Coinbase loses its first CTO after just one year in the job
  • Grainchain, a blockchain-based platform for commodity sales, launches in Mexico
  • Shellbot malware evolves to spread and shuts down other cryptominers
  • AWS opens up its managed blockchain as a service to everybody
• Cryptocurrency
  • Daily Crunch: Facebook’s cryptocurrency is coming
  • How to see another company’s growth tactics and try them yourself
  • Crypto exchange Binance prepares to add margin trading ‘soon’
  • These startups are locating in SF and Africa to win in global fintech
  • ‘Crypto exchange’ Goxtrade caught using other people’s photos on its staff page
  • Openfinance opens up US trading of third-party digital assets
  • Binance pledges to ‘significantly’ increase security following M Bitcoin hack
  • Coinbase loses its first CTO after just one year in the job
  • How German and US authorities took down the owners of darknet drug emporium Wall Street Market
  • Shellbot malware evolves to spread and shuts down other cryptominers
  • How a blockchain startup with 1M users is working to break your Google habit
• cryptocurrency exchange
  • Crypto exchange Binance prepares to add margin trading ‘soon’
• cryptography
  • Top voting machine maker reverses position on election security, promises paper ballots
  • Apple, Google, Microsoft, WhatsApp sign open letter condemning GCHQ proposal to listen in on encrypted chats
  • Google’s own data proves two-factor is the best defense against most account hacks
  • Google discloses security bug in its Bluetooth Titan Security Keys, offers free replacement
  • ‘Unhackable’ encrypted flash drive eyeDisk is, as it happens, hackable
  • Flaws in a popular GPS tracker leak real-time locations and can remotely activate its microphone
  • Hundreds of Orpak gas station systems can be easily hacked thanks to hardcoded passwords
  • Why your CSO, not your CMO, should pitch your security startup
• CTIA
  • Why carriers keep your data longer
• CTO
  • Against the Slacklash
  • Coinbase loses its first CTO after just one year in the job
• ctrip
  • China’s Ctrip now owns half of India’s MakeMyTrip following share swap with Naspers
• cubesat
  • NASA details Deep Space Atomic Clock and other tests launching on SpaceX Falcon Heavy
• Customer Engagement
  • Freshworks acquires customer success service Natero
• customer experience
  • Is your event strategy paying off? How to calculate your event ROI
  • Freshworks acquires customer success service Natero
• customer lifetime value
  • Is your event strategy paying off? How to calculate your event ROI
• customer relationship management
  • Salesforce is buying data visualization company Tableau for .7B in all-stock deal
• Customer Service
  • Nine lessons on how Niantic reached a B valuation
• customer service software
  • Google launches CallJoy, a virtual customer service phone agent for small businesses
• Customer success
  • Freshworks acquires customer success service Natero
• customer support
  • Zendesk acquires Smooch, doubles down on support via messaging apps like WhatsApp
• cyberattack
  • A backdoor in Optergy tech could remotely shut down a smart building ‘with one click’
• cyberattacks
  • Microsoft warns users to patch as exploits for ‘wormable’ BlueKeep bug appear
  • Two years after WannaCry, a million computers remain at risk
  • Cybersecurity insurance startup Coalition raises M in Series B funding
• cyberbullying
  • Facebook releases community standards enforcement report
• cybercrime
  • Top voting machine maker reverses position on election security, promises paper ballots
  • A backdoor in Optergy tech could remotely shut down a smart building ‘with one click’
  • Microsoft warns users to patch as exploits for ‘wormable’ BlueKeep bug appear
  • Google’s own data proves two-factor is the best defense against most account hacks
  • Google discloses security bug in its Bluetooth Titan Security Keys, offers free replacement
  • Justice Department charges Chinese hacker for 2015 Anthem breach
  • Cybersecurity insurance startup Coalition raises M in Series B funding
  • Hundreds of Orpak gas station systems can be easily hacked thanks to hardcoded passwords
  • Shellbot malware evolves to spread and shuts down other cryptominers
• cybernetics
  • Twitter bags deep learning talent behind London startup, Fabula AI
  • Microsoft launches a drag-and-drop machine learning tool
• cybersecurity
  • Why four security companies just sold for
    .5B
  • CrowdStrike sets terms for 8M Nasdaq IPO
• cybersecurity startup
  • Startups Weekly: Will the real unicorns please stand up?
• Cyberwarfare
  • A backdoor in Optergy tech could remotely shut down a smart building ‘with one click’
  • Security startup Bugcrowd on crowdsourcing bug bounties: ‘Cybersecurity is a people problem’
  • Microsoft warns users to patch as exploits for ‘wormable’ BlueKeep bug appear
  • Why ICS security startup Dragos’ CEO puts a premium on people not profits
  • Two years after WannaCry, a million computers remain at risk
  • Flaws in a popular GPS tracker leak real-time locations and can remotely activate its microphone
  • Cybersecurity insurance startup Coalition raises M in Series B funding
  • Hackers went undetected in Citrix’s internal network for six months
• cycling
  • Zwift CEO Eric Min on fitness-gaming and bringing esports into the Olympics
• D2C
  • Mejuri raises M Series B to serve women buying jewelry for themselves
• Daily Crunch
  • Daily Crunch: Facebook’s cryptocurrency is coming
  • Daily Crunch: Peloton files to go public
  • Daily Crunch: Everything Apple announced at WWDC
  • Daily Crunch: Leap Motion waves goodbye
  • Daily Crunch: Uber will deactivate low-rated riders
  • Daily Crunch: Assange faces Espionage Act charges
  • Daily Crunch: Indiegogo has a new CEO
  • Daily Crunch: New MacBook Pros have a keyboard fix
  • Daily Crunch: Instagram influencer contact info exposed
  • Daily Crunch: Huawei faces Android ban
  • Daily Crunch: Amazon backs Deliveroo
  • Daily Crunch: Trump targets Huawei with emergency declaration
  • Daily Crunch: SF bans agencies from using facial recognition tech
  • Daily Crunch: Amazon doubles down on its partner program
  • Daily Crunch: Uber goes public
  • Daily Crunch: Google Play rethinks app ratings
  • Daily Crunch: We round up all the Google I/O news
  • Daily Crunch: Twitter tweaks Retweets
  • Daily Crunch: EU to investigate Spotify’s Apple complaints
  • Daily Crunch: Facebook bans far-right figures
  • The Daily Crunch: Apple stock jumps after earnings
  • Daily Crunch: Facebook faces new privacy investigations
  • Daily Crunch: Facebook is still growing
  • Daily Crunch: Samsung delays the Galaxy Fold
• DailyMotion
  • The Exit: Getaround’s 0M roadtrip
• Daimler
  • Uber rival Bolt returns to London 21 months after a TfL investigation shut it down
  • Mercedes-Benz is expanding its luxury subscription service
  • Populus AI CEO, co-founder Regina Clewlow at TC Sessions: Mobility on July 10
• Daimler AG
  • Daimler pulls the plug on electric smart car sales in US, Canada
• daisie
  • Maisie Williams’ talent discovery startup Daisie raises .5 million, hits 100K members
• Dallas
  • On the road to self-driving trucks, Starsky Robotics built a traditional trucking business
  • Why carriers keep your data longer
  • Activision Blizzard has five franchises lined up for its new Call of Duty esports league
• Dallas Mavericks
  • The startup behind that deep-fake David Beckham video just raised M
• Dan Macklin
  • Part fund, part accelerator, Contrary Capital invests in student entrepreneurs
• Dan Porter
  • Startups net more than capital with NBA players as investors
• daniel zhang
  • Alibaba returns to growth with revenue up 51% to .9 billion
• daphne koller
  • Famed founder Daphne Koller tells it straight: “With most drugs, we do not understand why they work”
• Dara Khosrowshahi
  • Uber’s COO and chief marketing officer are out
  • Uber’s trading debut: who was (and wasn’t) at the opening bell
• dark web
  • Justice Department charges Deep Dot Web administrators with money laundering
  • How German and US authorities took down the owners of darknet drug emporium Wall Street Market
  • When it comes to elections, Facebook moves slow, may still break things
• darknet
  • How German and US authorities took down the owners of darknet drug emporium Wall Street Market
• Darrell Etherington
  • Startups Weekly: The Peloton IPO (bull vs. bear)
• dashlane
  • Startups Weekly: Will the real unicorns please stand up?
  • Password manager Dashlane raises 0M in Series D, adds CMO
• data
  • With Tableau and Mulesoft, Salesforce gains full view of enterprise data
• data breach
  • After breach, Stack Overflow says some user data exposed
  • Boost Mobile says hackers broke into customer accounts
  • Justice Department charges Chinese hacker for 2015 Anthem breach
  • Job recruitment site Ladders exposed 13 million user profiles
  • Hackers went undetected in Citrix’s internal network for six months
  • Security lapse at contract startup Evisort exposed sensitive data
• data center
  • Paris opens a data center to control its digital infrastructure
  • Praqma puts Atlassian’s Data Center products into containers
• data controller
  • GDPR adtech complaints keep stacking up in Europe
  • UK tax office ordered to delete millions of unlawful biometric voiceprints
• data ingestion
  • Equalum grabs M Series B to help companies ingest data faster
• data misuse
  • Facebook broke Canadian privacy law, joint probe finds
• data portability
  • Friend portability is the must-have Facebook regulation
• data privacy
  • Takeaways from F8 and Facebook’s next phase
• data processing
  • GDPR adtech complaints keep stacking up in Europe
  • Facebook accused of blocking wider efforts to study its ad platform
• data protection
  • GDPR adtech complaints keep stacking up in Europe
• data protection law
  • Facebook accused of blocking wider efforts to study its ad platform
• data retention
  • Why carriers keep your data longer
• data science
  • Iguazio brings its data science platform to Azure and Azure Stack
• data scientist
  • AWS wants a bigger share of Asia following Hong Kong launch
• data security
  • GDPR adtech complaints keep stacking up in Europe
  • After breach, Stack Overflow says some user data exposed
  • Boost Mobile says hackers broke into customer accounts
  • Takeaways from F8 and Facebook’s next phase
  • Job recruitment site Ladders exposed 13 million user profiles
• data warehouse
  • Justice Department charges Chinese hacker for 2015 Anthem breach
• data warehouses
  • Yellowbrick Data raises M Series C for hybrid data warehouse
• database
  • Millions of Instagram influencers had their private contact data scraped and exposed
  • Job recruitment site Ladders exposed 13 million user profiles
  • Security lapse at contract startup Evisort exposed sensitive data
• databases
  • Microsoft brings Azure SQL Database to the edge (and Arm)
• datastax
  • Lack of leadership in open source results in source-available licenses
• dating
  • Takeaways from F8 and Facebook’s next phase
• dating apps
  • Tinder adds sexual orientation and gender identity to its profiles
  • Tinder launches a new à la carte option, Super Boost, only for subscribers
  • Tinder is preparing to launch a lightweight version of its dating app called ‘Tinder Lite’
  • Why women are indefinitely sharing their locations
• Dave Ferguson
  • Aptiv’s Karl Iagnemma at TC Sessions: Mobility July 10 in San Jose
  • Reserve your demo table for TC Sessions: Mobility 2019
  • Ford CTO Ken Washington at TC Sessions: Mobility on July 10
  • TC Sessions: Mobility announces its July 10 agenda
  • Populus AI CEO, co-founder Regina Clewlow at TC Sessions: Mobility on July 10
  • Waymo CTO Dmitri Dolgov at TC Sessions: Mobility on July 10
• david beckham
  • The startup behind that deep-fake David Beckham video just raised M
• david krane
  • India’s FreshToHome raises million to expand its fish, meat, and vegetable e-commerce platform
• david stern
  • Startups net more than capital with NBA players as investors
  • In-car commerce startup Cargo extends Uber partnership to Brazil
• David Velez
  • The Stanford connections behind Latin America’s multibillion-dollar startup renaissance
• davos
  • Diving into TED2019, the state of social media and internet behavior
• DCM
  • Where cannabis investors see the next big wave? In precision dosing
• deafness
  • Live transcription and captioning in Android are a boon to the hearing-impaired
• deal street asia
  • FT parent Nikkei confirms it has acquired new media startup Deal Street Asia
• dean kamen
  • FedEx ends express delivery contract with Amazon
• debt
  • Which type of funding is actually best for your business?
• deception
  • Protecting the integrity of US elections will require a massive regulatory overhaul, academics say
  • Twitter bags deep learning talent behind London startup, Fabula AI
  • Facebook found hosting masses of far right EU disinformation networks
• deep learning
  • Microsoft makes a push to simplify machine learning
• deep packet inspection
  • Unveiling its latest cohort, Alchemist announces million in funding for its enterprise accelerator
• deepfakes
  • The startup behind that deep-fake David Beckham video just raised M
• Deezer
  • SoundCloud buys artist distribution platform Repost Network
  • EC-exclusive interview with Tim Cook, Slacklash, and tech inclusion
• defense
  • CFIUS Cometh: What this obscure agency does and why it matters to your fund or startup
• definedcrowd
  • DefinedCrowd offers mobile apps to empower its AI-annotating masses
• deis
  • How Kubernetes came to rule the world
• delane parnell
  • Delane Parnell’s plan to conquer amateur esports
• delaware
  • GM and Fiat Chrysler are buying Tesla’s regulatory credits
  • Fitness startup Mirror nears 0M valuation with fresh funding
  • CFIUS Cometh: What this obscure agency does and why it matters to your fund or startup
  • Startups Weekly: All these startups are raising big rounds
  • Luxury consignment e-tailer The RealReal to enter the unicorn club with new funding
• Delft University of Technology
  • KLM Airlines wants to help build a more efficient jet with in-wing seating
• Deligram
  • A young entrepreneur is building the Amazon of Bangladesh
• Deliveroo
  • Daily Crunch: Amazon backs Deliveroo
  • Amazon leads 5M investment in Deliveroo
  • Singapore’s Grain, a profitable food delivery startup, pulls in M for expansion
• delivery
  • Amazon offers employees K and 3 months’ pay to start their own delivery businesses
• delivery drone
  • FedEx ends express delivery contract with Amazon
  • Zipline’s new 0 million funding means it’s the newest billion dollar contender in the game of drones
  • Africa Roundup: Jumia’s IPO, DHL launches Africa e-Shop, Cathay’s 8M VC fund, ConnectMed acquired
• Dell
  • On the road to self-driving trucks, Starsky Robotics built a traditional trucking business
• Dell-EMC Deal
  • Salesforce’s Tableau acquisition is huge, but not the hugest
• Delphi
  • Aptiv’s Karl Iagnemma at TC Sessions: Mobility July 10 in San Jose
• Delta
  • Yes, Americans can opt-out of airport facial recognition — here’s how
• dementia
  • Using augmented reality, Altoida is identifying the likely onset of neurodegenerative diseases
  • MyndYou partners with Mizuho to expand senior care services assessing cognitive degeneration
• demos
  • Network with CrunchMatch at TC Sessions: Mobility 2019
• Dennis Crowley
  • Foursquare buys Placed from Snap Inc. on the heels of 0M in new funding
• department of defense
  • NASA and FEMA are contingency planning for a potential asteroid armageddon
• department of justice
  • National security journalism just became a national security threat
  • WikiLeaks’ Assange charged under the Espionage Act in a ‘major test case’ for press freedom
• department of transportation
  • Ford CTO Ken Washington at TC Sessions: Mobility on July 10
• depop
  • Depop, a social app targeting millennial and Gen Z shoppers, bags M, passes 13M users
• design
  • Move over Ready Player One — the future of AR might be in furniture
  • These ‘microbe-grown’ headphones could be the future of sustainable electronics
  • Verified Expert Brand Designer: Milkinside
• designer
  • KLM Airlines wants to help build a more efficient jet with in-wing seating
  • Unveiling its latest cohort, Alchemist announces million in funding for its enterprise accelerator
• destiny 2
  • Destiny 2 goes free to play and gains cross-saving on all platforms
• Detective Pikachu
  • Netflix snags Ubisoft’s ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ adaptation starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Chastain
• detroit
  • Delane Parnell’s plan to conquer amateur esports
• deutsche bank
  • Startups Weekly: All these startups are raising big rounds
• Developer
  • GitHub hires former Bitnami co-founder Erica Brescia as COO
  • Aion Network introduces first blockchain virtual machine for Java developers
  • How Kubernetes came to rule the world
  • Zuora Central lets developers build connected workflows across services
  • Aptoide, a Play Store rival, cries antitrust foul over Google hiding its app
  • How to watch the live stream for today’s Apple WWDC keynote
  • How we scaled our startup by being remote first
  • Salesforce’s first blockchain plunge will involve development tools
  • Paris opens a data center to control its digital infrastructure
  • The challenges of truly embracing cloud native
  • Takeaways from KubeCon; the latest on Kubernetes and cloud native development
  • Andreessen pours M into PlanetScale’s database-as-a-service
  • Serverless and containers: Two great technologies that work better together
  • Talk key takeaways from KubeCon 2019 with TechCrunch writers
  • Google says its app store will continue to work for existing Huawei smartphone owners
  • Myneral.me wins the TechCrunch Hackathon at VivaTech
  • After breach, Stack Overflow says some user data exposed
  • OpenFin raises million for its OS for finance
  • VMware acquires Bitnami to deliver packaged applications anywhere
  • Microsoft open-sources a crucial algorithm behind its Bing Search services
  • Solo.io wants to bring order to service meshes with centralized management hub
  • Twitter’s new Developer Labs offers beta access to rebuilt APIs
  • Looking back at Zoom’s IPO with CEO Eric Yuan
  • ServiceNow acquihires mobile analytics startup Appsee
  • India’s most popular services are becoming super apps
  • GitHub gets a package registry
  • Against the Slacklash
  • Google’s Flutter framework spreads its wings and goes multi-platform
  • Red Hat and Microsoft are cozying up some more with Azure Red Hat OpenShift
  • Kotlin is now Google’s preferred language for Android app development
  • Google now lets developers build games for its smart displays
  • Google launches new Assistant developer tools
  • Google launches Jetpack Compose, an open-source, Kotlin-based UI development toolkit
  • Android developers can now force app updates
  • Google’s newest Cloud TPU Pods feature over 1,000 TPUs
  • Google’s latest Android Studio release focuses on speed and stability
  • Microsoft launches a new platform for building autonomous robots
  • Microsoft launches Visual Studio Online, an online code editor
  • Microsoft open-sources its quantum computing development tools
  • Microsoft’s IntelliCode for AI-assisted coding comes out of preview
  • Windows gets a new terminal
  • Microsoft and GitHub grow closer
  • Microsoft wants to reinvent documents and collaboration with its new Fluid Framework
  • Sendbird snags additional M for messaging API tool, as it extends Series B to 2M
  • Microsoft extends its Cognitive Services with personalization service, handwriting recognition APIs and more
  • Microsoft launches a fully managed blockchain service
  • Microsoft launches a drag-and-drop machine learning tool
  • Microsoft announces the ,500 HoloLens 2 Development Edition
  • Microsoft brings Azure SQL Database to the edge (and Arm)
  • Takeaways from F8 and Facebook’s next phase
  • Facebook updates PyTorch with a focus on production use
  • Facebook open-sources Ax and BoTorch to simplify AI model optimization
  • Docker updates focus on simplifying containerization for developers
  • Talk key takeaways from Facebook’s F8 with TechCrunch writers
  • With Kata Containers and Zuul, OpenStack graduates its first infrastructure projects
  • The demise and rebirth of the ethical engineer
  • AWS expands cloud infrastructure offerings with new AMD EPYC-powered T3a instances
  • Snapchat will let you play as your Bitmoji in video games
  • The new new web
  • Talk media and TED2019 key takeaways with TechCrunch’s Anthony Ha
• developer tools
  • VCs bet M on Troops, a Slackbot for sales teams
• developers
  • Answers to your burning questions about how ‘Sign In with Apple’ works
  • Apple’s new App Store website takes aim at antitrust, anti-competitive claims
  • Supreme Court rules against Apple, allows an App Store antitrust case to proceed
  • Google to allow users to pay for Android apps using cash
  • Google Play is changing how app ratings work
  • Google’s Flutter framework spreads its wings and goes multi-platform
  • Google launches Jetpack Compose, an open-source, Kotlin-based UI development toolkit
  • Android developers can now force app updates
  • Microsoft launches Visual Studio Online, an online code editor
  • Microsoft and GitHub grow closer
  • Microsoft wants to reinvent documents and collaboration with its new Fluid Framework
  • Alexa in-skill purchasing, which lets developers make money from voice apps, launches internationally
• devolver digital
  • ‘Observation’ is a tense, atmospheric puzzler where you play a modern HAL 9000
• devops
  • Praqma puts Atlassian’s Data Center products into containers
  • Talk key takeaways from KubeCon 2019 with TechCrunch writers
  • Microsoft makes a push to simplify machine learning
• dfj
  • Unveiling its latest cohort, Alchemist announces million in funding for its enterprise accelerator
• dfj growth
  • Yellowbrick Data raises M Series C for hybrid data warehouse
• dhaka
  • A young entrepreneur is building the Amazon of Bangladesh
• diabetes
  • Sequoia-backed Whole Biome wants to heal your gut with medical-grade probiotics
• Diane Greene
  • Eric Schmidt and Diane Greene are leaving Alphabet’s board of directors
• didi
  • Uber rival Bolt returns to London 21 months after a TfL investigation shut it down
• Didi Chuxing
  • The savage genius of SoftBank funding competitors
• digital advertising
  • Targeted ads offer little extra value for online publishers, study suggests
• digital art
  • Pinterest employee #1 launches blockchain art market MakersPlace
• digital assistant
  • 41% of voice assistant users have concerns about trust and privacy, report finds
• digital audio
  • Apple is now restricting Chinese language podcasts in China
• digital audio players
  • Roland’s tiny R-07 recorder is better than your phone’s recorder app
• digital currencies
  • CoinBits launches as a passive investment app for bitcoin
  • Crypto exchange Binance prepares to add margin trading ‘soon’
  • ‘Crypto exchange’ Goxtrade caught using other people’s photos on its staff page
  • Binance pledges to ‘significantly’ increase security following M Bitcoin hack
  • Coinbase loses its first CTO after just one year in the job
• digital divide
  • We are leaving older adults out of the digital world
• digital imaging
  • Sharp will resume selling its smart TVs in the US this year
• digital marketing
  • Targeted ads offer little extra value for online publishers, study suggests
  • How startups can use Amazon’s SEO best practices to dominate new shopping verticals
  • Keyword research in 2019: Modern tactics for growing targeted search traffic
• digital media
  • Get your tickets to the TechCrunch 14th Annual Summer Party
  • Biofourmis raises M to develop smarter treatments for chronic diseases
  • Backed by LG, AmazeVR is hoping to resurrect virtual reality’s consumer dreams
  • Millions of Instagram influencers had their private contact data scraped and exposed
  • We are leaving older adults out of the digital world
  • Social media firms agree to work with UK charities to set online harm boundaries
  • Talk key takeaways from Facebook’s F8 with TechCrunch writers
• digital nomads
  • How we scaled our startup by being remote first
• digital ocean
  • Digital Ocean’s Kubernetes service is now generally available
• digital rights
  • EU-US Privacy Shield complaint to be heard by Europe’s top court in July
  • Indian PM Narendra Modi’s reelection spells more frustration for US tech giants
  • GDPR adtech complaints keep stacking up in Europe
  • UK tax office ordered to delete millions of unlawful biometric voiceprints
  • Why carriers keep your data longer
• digital services
  • YouTrip, a challenger bank in Southeast Asia, raises .5M for expansion
• digital television
  • Sharp will resume selling its smart TVs in the US this year
• digital wellbeing
  • Google expands digital wellbeing tools to include a new ‘Focus mode,’ adds improved parental controls to Android
• dilution
  • Dilution: The good, the bad and the ugly
• dinner
  • Samantha Bee: Canadian, comedian, and defender of the free press
• dinosaurs
  • Life-size robo-dinosaur and ostrich backpack hint at how first birds got off the ground
• Director
  • Uber’s first employee Ryan Graves resigns from board
  • NSA says warrantless searches of Americans’ data rose in 2018
• discord
  • Google’s Cloud outage is resolved, but it reveals the holes in cloud computing’s atmosphere
• Disease
  • Using augmented reality, Altoida is identifying the likely onset of neurodegenerative diseases
  • MyndYou partners with Mizuho to expand senior care services assessing cognitive degeneration
  • Using full-body MRIs, Ezra can now detect 11 cancers in men and 13 in women
  • Biofourmis raises M to develop smarter treatments for chronic diseases
  • These Johns Hopkins students are slashing breast cancer biopsy costs
  • As measles returns, Indiegogo joins other tech platforms in banning Anti-Vaccine campaigns
• disinformation
  • Protecting the integrity of US elections will require a massive regulatory overhaul, academics say
  • Twitter bags deep learning talent behind London startup, Fabula AI
  • Facebook found hosting masses of far right EU disinformation networks
• Disney
  • India’s largest video streaming service, owned by Disney, breaks Safari compatibility to fix security flaw
  • Alibaba pumps 0 million into Vmate to grow its video app in India
  • Game of Thrones’ showrunners are making the next Star Wars movie
  • Hotstar, Disney’s Indian streaming service, sets new global record for live viewership
  • Spoiler-heavy Spider-Man trailer establishes a way forward for Disney’s Marvel Universe
  • Dear Hollywood, here are 5 female founders to showcase instead of Elizabeth Holmes
  • Report: Sinclair to buy Disney’s 21 regional sports networks for B
• disneyland
  • Traffic on Memorial Day: Here’s what 37.6 million road trippers can expect
• display advertising
  • Targeted ads offer little extra value for online publishers, study suggests
• Display technology
  • Vuzix smart glasses get automatic facial recognition designed for law enforcement
• Disrupt
  • Decolonization and intersectionality in tech, with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
• Disrupt Berlin 2019
  • Last chance to sign up and save €200 off Disrupt Berlin
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• Disrupt San Francisco 2019
  • CrunchMatch returns to simplify networking at Disrupt SF 2019
  • Mobility startups: apply for a free Startup Alley spot as a TC Top Pick
  • Apply to TC Hackathon at Disrupt SF 2019 before the spots disappear
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• disrupt sf
  • OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Greg Brockman will tell Disrupt about tomorrow’s jobs
• Disrupt SF 2019
  • Here’s why you should exhibit in Startup Alley at Disrupt SF 2019
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• Disrupt SF 2019 Hackathon
  • Apply to TC Hackathon at Disrupt SF 2019 before the spots disappear
• Disrupt SF Hackathon 2019
  • Show off your developer skills in the Hackathon at Disrupt SF 2019
• Disrupt Startup Alley
  • Here’s why you should exhibit in Startup Alley at Disrupt SF 2019
• Distance learning
  • FutureLearn takes M from Seek Group for 50% stake in UK online degree platform
• distil networks
  • Security stays hot as Imperva grabs Distil Networks
• distributed computing
  • As Quibi reportedly seeks another
    billion, Fiction Riot fills the programming slate for its rival service
• Distributed Ledger
  • Salesforce’s first blockchain plunge will involve development tools
  • IBM-Maersk blockchain shipping consortium expands to include other major shipping companies
  • Openfinance opens up US trading of third-party digital assets
  • R/GA Ventures incubator to nurture enterprise blockchain startups in Portland, OR
• Diversity
  • YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki addresses hate speech controversy
  • Apple puts accessibility features front and center
  • Apple’s global accessibility head on the company’s new features for iOS 13 and macOS Catalina
  • Tinder adds sexual orientation and gender identity to its profiles
  • Susan Fowler’s memoir has a title and a release date
  • Lyft is adding gender-neutral pronouns to its app
  • Snap, which has yet to release a diversity report, hires its first head of D&I
  • How to think about inclusion in tech, with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (Part 2)
  • Uber drivers protest ahead of IPO at the company’s SF HQ
  • Google employees demand Larry Page address walkout and retaliation
  • Decolonization and intersectionality in tech, with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
  • Dear Hollywood, here are 5 female founders to showcase instead of Elizabeth Holmes
  • Solving tech’s stubborn diversity gaps
  • Google employees are staging a sit-in to protest reported retaliation
• DJI
  • DJI is adding receivers to help drones avoid plane and helicopter collisions
• Dmitri Dolgov
  • Zoox co-founder Jesse Levinson is coming to TC Sessions: Mobility
  • Aurora’s head of product is coming to TC Sessions: Mobility
  • Aptiv’s Karl Iagnemma at TC Sessions: Mobility July 10 in San Jose
  • Ford CTO Ken Washington at TC Sessions: Mobility on July 10
  • TC Sessions: Mobility announces its July 10 agenda
  • Populus AI CEO, co-founder Regina Clewlow at TC Sessions: Mobility on July 10
  • Waymo CTO Dmitri Dolgov at TC Sessions: Mobility on July 10
• DNA Script
  • DNA Script picks up .5 million to make DNA production faster and simpler
• DNA sequencing
  • Sequoia-backed Whole Biome wants to heal your gut with medical-grade probiotics
• doc searls
  • Gillmor Gang: Live on Tape
• Docker
  • Microsoft makes a push for service mesh interoperability
  • Docker updates focus on simplifying containerization for developers
• DockerCon 2019
  • Docker updates focus on simplifying containerization for developers
• docomo
  • Startups Weekly: Will the Seattle tech scene ever reach its full potential?
  • Why are people still giving Magic Leap money?
• Dom Santry
  • Maisie Williams’ talent discovery startup Daisie raises .5 million, hits 100K members
• donald trump
  • US/China trade uncertainty adds to global smartphone growth woes
  • Foxconn halts production lines for Huawei phones, according to reports
  • Daily Crunch: Trump targets Huawei with emergency declaration
  • How the trade war with China hit Uber’s public offering
• DoorDash
  • Key Vision Fund investors are reportedly lukewarm on a second fund
  • How to avoid an IPO
  • Printify raises M to expand its marketplace for custom printing
• Dorm Room Fund
  • Part fund, part accelerator, Contrary Capital invests in student entrepreneurs
• Downloads
  • TikTok tops the iOS App Store for the fifth quarter in a row
• Dragon
  • SpaceX confirms its Dragon crew capsule exploded in testing
• Drama
  • Zuckerberg says breaking up Facebook “isn’t going to help”
  • Uber drivers protest ahead of IPO at the company’s SF HQ
• dreamit ventures
  • Beyond costs, what else can we do to make housing affordable?
• drew olanoff
  • Elon Musk’s ‘pedo guy’ defamation case is going to trial
• Drift
  • Great teams, UBI, data retention policies, and Amazon HQ2
• drinks
  • Why Luckin’s ultimate target may not be Starbucks
• driver
  • On the road to self-driving trucks, Starsky Robotics built a traditional trucking business
  • Ferrari’s first plug-in hybrid is here — and it’s faster than ever
  • The all-electric Honda e is bringing its side view mirrors inside
  • Nigeria’s Gokada raises .3M round for its motorcycle ride-hail biz
  • A young entrepreneur is building the Amazon of Bangladesh
  • Rivian debuts a pull-out kitchen for its electric pickup truck
  • Africa Roundup: Jumia’s IPO, DHL launches Africa e-Shop, Cathay’s 8M VC fund, ConnectMed acquired
  • 2019 Audi RS 5 review: A bruising high-tech cruiser
  • Blueland launches with a suite of eco-friendly cleaning supplies designed to reduce plastic waste
• Driving
  • Cruise says its AV successfully completed 1,400 unprotected left-hand turns
• Drivy
  • Startups Weekly: VCs are drunk on beverage startups
  • Getaround, Facebook, AI chips, Nvidia, Africa, and immigration
  • Getaround acquires European car rental platform Drivy for 0 million
• drone
  • Zipline’s new 0 million funding means it’s the newest billion dollar contender in the game of drones
• drone delivery
  • Alphabet’s Wing gets FAA permission to start delivering by drone
• drones
  • DJI is adding receivers to help drones avoid plane and helicopter collisions
  • This clever transforming robot flies and rolls on its rotating arms
  • Alphabet’s Wing gets FAA permission to start delivering by drone
• Dropbox
  • Mailchimp’s Ben Chestnut on bootstrapping a startup to 0M in revenue
• drug development
  • Groupon co-founder Eric Lefkofsky just raised another 0 million for his newest company, Tempus
  • Famed founder Daphne Koller tells it straight: “With most drugs, we do not understand why they work”
• DST Global
  • A quiet London-based payments startup just raised among the biggest Series A rounds ever in Europe
• Dual screen
  • ASUS leans into dual-screen laptops with the ZenBook Pro Duo, featuring two 4K touchscreen displays
• dublin
  • Facebook found hosting masses of far right EU disinformation networks
  • When it comes to elections, Facebook moves slow, may still break things
• DuckDuckGo
  • How a blockchain startup with 1M users is working to break your Google habit
• Ducky
  • Ducky’s new limited-edition mechanical keyboard pays tribute to Taiwan’s Paiwan community
• Ducky Keyboard
  • Ducky’s new limited-edition mechanical keyboard pays tribute to Taiwan’s Paiwan community
• Duet Display
  • The makers of Duet Display and Luna on life after Apple’s Sidecar
• dune
  • WarnerMedia is making a ‘Dune’ series for its streaming service
• dylan smith
  • Get your tickets to the TechCrunch 14th Annual Summer Party
• dyson
  • My desk doesn’t deserve the 0 Dyson Lightcycle lamp
• e-bikes
  • Uber launches a Jump e-bike pilot in London, one year on from winning taxi license appeal
• e-books
  • Amazon finally supports Traditional Chinese books on Kindle
• e-cigarettes
  • Former FDA chief Scott Gottlieb has rejoined the venture world — but he hasn’t forgotten Juul
• e-commerce
  • FedEx ends express delivery contract with Amazon
  • The Stanford connections behind Latin America’s multibillion-dollar startup renaissance
  • With antitrust investigations looming, Apple reverses course on bans of parental control apps
  • Amazon sellers to hit UK high streets in year-long pop-up pilot
  • CoinBits launches as a passive investment app for bitcoin
  • These startups are locating in SF and Africa to win in global fintech
  • A young entrepreneur is building the Amazon of Bangladesh
  • Stein Mart embraces the enemy with installation of Amazon Lockers in nearly 200 stores
  • Alibaba invests about 5M in Red Star Macalline, one of China’s largest furniture sellers
  • Alibaba returns to growth with revenue up 51% to .9 billion
  • Boost Mobile says hackers broke into customer accounts
  • Adobe brings new Amazon and Google integrations to Magento
  • Africa Roundup: Jumia’s IPO, DHL launches Africa e-Shop, Cathay’s 8M VC fund, ConnectMed acquired
  • A mini-series on the Thai cave rescue is heading to Netflix
  • Amazon Pay launches peer-to-peer payments in India
  • Starbucks CEO says Chinese rival Luckin’s ‘heavy discount’ strategy isn’t sustainable
  • Apple defends its takedown of some apps monitoring screen-time
  • Luxury consignment e-tailer The RealReal to enter the unicorn club with new funding
• E-Learning
  • The startup behind that deep-fake David Beckham video just raised M
• e-reader
  • Amazon finally supports Traditional Chinese books on Kindle
  • Barnes & Noble’s Nook e-reader returns with a larger screen
• e3
  • Nintendo and Sony temper console expectations ahead of E3
• e3 2019
  • Animal Crossing for Switch gets delayed
  • Ubisoft is launching a a month subscription service in September
  • Assassin’s Creed Odyssey now offers a way for you to create your own quests
  • It’s 2019 and the Nintendo Wii still isn’t dead
  • Doom, Fallout and the rest of the trailers from Bethesda’s E3 press conference
  • Fallout 76 is getting a 52-player battle royale mode
  • Here are the game trailers from Microsoft’s E3 2019 press conference
  • George R.R. Martin’s Elden Ring RPG is official
  • Microsoft teases 8K Xbox
  • Microsoft’s Project xCloud preview launches in October
  • Microsoft acquires Psychonauts-maker Double Fine Productions
  • Game Pass Ultimate brings Xbox subscriptions together at a discount
  • Watch Microsoft’s Xbox E3 press conference live
  • Microsoft shares pricing details for Xbox Game Pass on PC
  • George R.R. Martin’s next project is reportedly the video game, Elden Ring
  • Every Final Fantasy soundtrack is now on Spotify and Apple Music
  • What to expect from E3 2019
• earbuds
  • Nura’s sound-adapting earbuds are up for pre-order, will start shipping in September
• early stage investors
  • Apply now to compete in Startup Battlefield at Disrupt SF 2019
• earn.com
  • Coinbase loses its first CTO after just one year in the job
• Earnings
  • Zoom outperforms in first-ever earnings report
  • Slack narrows losses, displays healthy revenue growth
  • Uber Eats, micromobility services are growing faster than Uber’s core ride-hailing business
  • Uber lost another
    B last quarter
  • When will customers start buying all those AI chips?
  • Smart TVs add fuel to Xiaomi’s Q1 earnings
  • Baidu, China’s answer to Google, reports first quarterly loss since 2005
  • Pinterest delivers first earnings report as a public company
  • Tencent’s mixed bag for Q1: record profit despite weakest revenue growth yet
  • Lyft lost
    .14B in Q1 2019 on 6M in revenue
  • Apple’s stock jumps 5% after beating expectations
  • Security giant FireEye’s Q1 earnings in line with expectations, but outlook light
  • Alphabet misses on Q1 revenues of .3B; EPS of .50 weighed down by the
    .7B European fine
  • Spotify Q1 hits 100m paying users, 217M overall, beats on sales but loss widens to M
  • Despite declines for the quarter, Tesla is bullish on its overall energy business
  • Microsoft beats expectations with .6B in revenue as Azure’s growth continues
  • Facebook reserves B for FTC fine, but keeps growing with 2.38B users in Q1
  • EBay beats with revenues of .6B and EPS of
    .67 as restructuring takes shape
  • Snapchat revives growth in Q1 beat with 190M users
  • Snapchat fully rolls out reengineered Android app, boosting usage
  • Twitter Q1 flies past estimates with sales of 7M and EPS of
    .25, but MAUs drop to 330M
• east africa
  • Nigeria’s Gokada raises .3M round for its motorcycle ride-hail biz
  • Africa Roundup: Jumia’s IPO, DHL launches Africa e-Shop, Cathay’s 8M VC fund, ConnectMed acquired
• east coast
  • Which public US universities graduate the most funded founders?
• East Ventures
  • EV Growth closes 0M fund to cover Southeast Asia’s Series B funding gap
• eating disorders
  • Social media firms agree to work with UK charities to set online harm boundaries
• eBay
  • EBay beats with revenues of .6B and EPS of
    .67 as restructuring takes shape
• EC
  • Startups Weekly: All these startups are raising big rounds
• EC-1
  • Nine lessons on how Niantic reached a B valuation
• ec2
  • AWS expands cloud infrastructure offerings with new AMD EPYC-powered T3a instances
• echo
  • Amazon adds ‘Alexa, delete what I said today’ command
  • Amazon rolls out Alexa Guard, to help protect your home while you’re out
  • Amazon is prepping a high-fidelity TIDAL competitor
• echo guard
  • Amazon rolls out Alexa Guard, to help protect your home while you’re out
• eCommerce
  • Walmart’s JetBlack personal shopping service customers are spending
    ,500 per month
  • FedEx ends express delivery contract with Amazon
  • Walmart to launch in-home grocery delivery in three cities, starting this fall
  • Depop, a social app targeting millennial and Gen Z shoppers, bags M, passes 13M users
  • The Ticket Fairy is tech’s best hope against Ticketmaster
  • Amazon will use AI to help you shop for clothes with StyleSnap
  • Alibaba, Mail.Ru, Megafon form AliExpress Russia JV to double down on e-commerce in CIS
  • Cookware startup Great Jones launches Potline, a text service for recipes and advice
  • Amazon sellers to hit UK high streets in year-long pop-up pilot
  • WorldRemit raises 5M at 0M+ valuation to help users send money to contacts in emerging markets
  • Diving deep into Africa’s blossoming tech scene
  • Upsie nabs M to build a direct-to-consumer warranty service
  • The savage genius of SoftBank funding competitors
  • Luckin leaves bitter aftertaste, now trading below IPO price
  • Shopify quietly acquired Handshake, an e-commerce platform for B2B wholesale purchasing
  • Indian PM Narendra Modi’s reelection spells more frustration for US tech giants
  • A young entrepreneur is building the Amazon of Bangladesh
  • Stein Mart embraces the enemy with installation of Amazon Lockers in nearly 200 stores
  • Payment card startup Marqeta confirms 0M round at close to B valuation
  • How startups can use Amazon’s SEO best practices to dominate new shopping verticals
  • D2C underwear brand TomboyX raises million from Craftory
  • Mailchimp’s Ben Chestnut on bootstrapping a startup to 0M in revenue
  • Adobe brings new Amazon and Google integrations to Magento
  • Mailchimp expands from email to full marketing platform, says it will make 0M in 2019
  • Amazon offers employees K and 3 months’ pay to start their own delivery businesses
  • India’s Locus raises million to expand its logistics management business
  • Meet Bobbie, a baby formula delivery startup promising healthier ingredients
  • Printify raises M to expand its marketplace for custom printing
  • Dear Hollywood, here are 5 female founders to showcase instead of Elizabeth Holmes
  • Takeaways from F8 and Facebook’s next phase
  • Instagram will now let creators and influencers sell items directly
  • Amazon Pay launches peer-to-peer payments in India
  • Report: Travel activity platform GetYourGuide raised €500M led by SoftBank at €1.6B valuation
  • PayPal makes a big marketplace play with its 0M investment in Uber
  • Amazon is pushing for one-day Prime shipping
  • Zwift CEO Eric Min on fitness-gaming and bringing esports into the Olympics
  • Mejuri raises M Series B to serve women buying jewelry for themselves
  • Shopify unveils a new lineup of retail hardware
  • EBay beats with revenues of .6B and EPS of
    .67 as restructuring takes shape
  • Squarespace makes its first acquisition with Acuity Scheduling
  • Group Nine hires Brian Lee to lead its commerce business
  • Luxury consignment e-tailer The RealReal to enter the unicorn club with new funding
• Economic Development
  • Economic development organizations: good or bad for entrepreneurial activity?
• economic incentives
  • Economic development organizations: good or bad for entrepreneurial activity?
• economics
  • A beautiful duopoly
• economist
  • The Stanford connections behind Latin America’s multibillion-dollar startup renaissance
• economy
  • Fintech platform Synapse raises M to build ‘the AWS of banking’
  • Social Capital reincarnated
  • The Stanford connections behind Latin America’s multibillion-dollar startup renaissance
  • Fitness startup Mirror nears 0M valuation with fresh funding
  • Key Vision Fund investors are reportedly lukewarm on a second fund
  • Startups Weekly: Will the real unicorns please stand up?
  • Slack narrows losses, displays healthy revenue growth
  • Is the tech press too positive in its coverage of startups?
  • EV Growth closes 0M fund to cover Southeast Asia’s Series B funding gap
  • Seedlegals closes M Series A, led by Index Ventures, to automate startup fundraisings
  • Which public US universities graduate the most funded founders?
  • Startups Weekly: VCs are drunk on beverage startups
  • CoinBits launches as a passive investment app for bitcoin
  • Getting a seat at the VC table
  • Freshworks acquires customer success service Natero
  • Ikea invests in Livspace, a one-stop platform for interior design based in India
  • Big revenues, huge valuations and major losses: charting the era of the unicorn IPO
  • Startups Weekly: There’s an alternative to raising VC and it’s called revenue-based financing
  • ‘Crypto exchange’ Goxtrade caught using other people’s photos on its staff page
  • Part fund, part accelerator, Contrary Capital invests in student entrepreneurs
  • Pinterest delivers first earnings report as a public company
  • YouTrip, a challenger bank in Southeast Asia, raises .5M for expansion
  • Alibaba returns to growth with revenue up 51% to .9 billion
  • Market map: the 200+ innovative startups transforming affordable housing
  • India’s Locus raises million to expand its logistics management business
  • Uber’s first day as a public company didn’t go so well
  • How the trade war with China hit Uber’s public offering
  • Meet ‘The Prepared,’ the media company pitching disaster preparedness for everyone
  • Startups Weekly: Will the Seattle tech scene ever reach its full potential?
  • Sustainability focused Ecosystem Integrity Fund closes on 0 million
  • Africa Roundup: Jumia’s IPO, DHL launches Africa e-Shop, Cathay’s 8M VC fund, ConnectMed acquired
  • Startups Weekly: All these startups are raising big rounds
  • A new era for enterprise IT
  • Blueland launches with a suite of eco-friendly cleaning supplies designed to reduce plastic waste
• Ecosystem Integrity Fund
  • Sustainability focused Ecosystem Integrity Fund closes on 0 million
• edge computing
  • Microsoft brings Azure SQL Database to the edge (and Arm)
• Editing
  • Spotify-owned Soundtrap launches a podcast studio in the cloud
• editor-in-chief
  • Startups Weekly: Will the real unicorns please stand up?
  • Startups Weekly: VCs are drunk on beverage startups
  • Startups Weekly: There’s an alternative to raising VC and it’s called revenue-based financing
  • Startups Weekly: Will the Seattle tech scene ever reach its full potential?
  • Startups Weekly: All these startups are raising big rounds
• edtech
  • India’s edtech startup CollegeDekho raises million to connect students with colleges
• Education
  • Providing supplemental educational videos online nets Osmosis million
  • Maker Faire halts operations and lays off all staff
  • Eyeing an entry into China, Roblox enters strategic partnership with Tencent
  • Which public US universities graduate the most funded founders?
  • Microsoft’s new language learning app uses your phone’s camera and computer vision to teach vocabulary
  • Tencent’s latest education push is a nod to new collaborative structure
  • MIT and US Air Force team up to launch AI accelerator
  • Microsoft aims to train and certify 15,000 workers on AI skills by 2022
  • ObjectiveEd is building a better digital curriculum for vision-impaired kids
  • Global Learning Xprize splits M purse for best teaching app for disadvantaged kids
  • Google’s latest app, Rivet, uses speech processing to help kids learn to read
  • How to think about inclusion in tech, with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (Part 2)
  • Non-invasive glucose monitor EasyGlucose takes home Microsoft’s Imagine Cup and 0K
  • Decolonization and intersectionality in tech, with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
  • India’s edtech startup CollegeDekho raises million to connect students with colleges
  • Lego introduces a new STEM Star Wars kit
  • FutureLearn takes M from Seek Group for 50% stake in UK online degree platform
  • LEGO Braille bricks are the best, nicest and, in retrospect, most obvious idea ever
• Edward Snowden
  • EU-US Privacy Shield complaint to be heard by Europe’s top court in July
  • NSA says warrantless searches of Americans’ data rose in 2018
• egnyte
  • Egnyte brings native G Suite file support to its platform
• Einstein
  • Salesforce is buying data visualization company Tableau for .7B in all-stock deal
• eko
  • Walmart’s Vudu shows off original content and shoppable ads, hints at interactive shows
  • Interactive content is coming to Walmart’s Vudu & the BBC
• Elad Gil
  • Distru, a maker of supply chain software for the cannabis industry, has raised million led by Felicis
• Elaine Chao
  • Over 1,400 self-driving vehicles are now in testing by 80+ companies across the US
• Elasticsearch
  • Lack of leadership in open source results in source-available licenses
  • Job recruitment site Ladders exposed 13 million user profiles
• elden ring
  • George R.R. Martin’s Elden Ring RPG is official
• Election Interference
  • Facebook found hosting masses of far right EU disinformation networks
  • When it comes to elections, Facebook moves slow, may still break things
  • Facebook has quietly removed three bogus far-right networks in Spain ahead of Sunday’s elections
• election security
  • Top voting machine maker reverses position on election security, promises paper ballots
  • Facebook found hosting masses of far right EU disinformation networks
  • When it comes to elections, Facebook moves slow, may still break things
  • Facebook accused of blocking wider efforts to study its ad platform
  • Facebook has quietly removed three bogus far-right networks in Spain ahead of Sunday’s elections
• elections
  • Top voting machine maker reverses position on election security, promises paper ballots
  • Microsoft aims to modernize and secure voting with ElectionGuard
  • Facebook says it’s open to advertising u-turn for the EU elections, enabling cross-border campaigns
• electric bikes
  • Uber launches a Jump e-bike pilot in London, one year on from winning taxi license appeal
  • Voi unveils ‘longer-lasting’ e-scooters designed to withstand rentals, and launches its first e-bikes
• electric cars
  • The all-electric Honda e is bringing its side view mirrors inside
• electric scooters
  • Xiaomi recalls some of its popular M365 scooter model
  • Bird is launching a two-seater electric vehicle to become more than a kick scooter startup
  • Voi unveils ‘longer-lasting’ e-scooters designed to withstand rentals, and launches its first e-bikes
  • Bird is now selling its electric scooters directly to consumers
• electric vehicles
  • Tesla’s shareholder meeting: How to watch and what to expect
  • The all-electric Honda e is bringing its side view mirrors inside
  • Ford CTO Ken Washington at TC Sessions: Mobility on July 10
  • Rivian debuts a pull-out kitchen for its electric pickup truck
  • Tesla issues battery software update after Hong Kong vehicle fire
  • TC Sessions: Mobility announces its July 10 agenda
  • VW’s new electric hatchback receives 10,000 pre-orders in first 24 hours
  • Tesla is raising up to
    .5 billion through convertible note and share sale
  • Tesla to open up Model 3 orders in UK
  • Waymo CTO Dmitri Dolgov at TC Sessions: Mobility on July 10
• electricity
  • Market map: the 200+ innovative startups transforming affordable housing
• Electronic Arts
  • Where top VCs are investing in media, entertainment & gaming
• Electronic Frontier Foundation
  • Why carriers keep your data longer
• electronic voting
  • Top voting machine maker reverses position on election security, promises paper ballots
• electronics
  • A young entrepreneur is building the Amazon of Bangladesh
• Elevate
  • Uber and AT&T team up for always-on connectivity for Uber Copter and Uber Air
• eliot peper
  • Immigrant founders, smartphone growth, SEO tactics, SoftBank’s financials, and AR tech
• elizabeth holmes
  • Dear Hollywood, here are 5 female founders to showcase instead of Elizabeth Holmes
• Ellen Pao
  • Getting a seat at the VC table
• Elon Musk
  • Tesla’s shareholder meeting: How to watch and what to expect
  • Jeff Bezos wants to build the infrastructure for space startups
  • Fresh off a 0M round, Aurora acquires lidar startup Blackmore
  • Review of Elon Musk’s DC-to-Baltimore ‘Loop’ system reveals safety concerns
  • Sam Altman’s leap of faith
  • Musk’s new lawyer fights ‘pedo guy’ defamation lawsuit claims, questions motive
  • Elon Musk’s ‘pedo guy’ defamation case is going to trial
  • Tesla’s Autopilot off course
  • How tech entrepreneurs think of Universal Basic Income
  • Tesla bumps up its capital raise by 0 million, with Elon Musk taking an additional million
  • Tesla is raising up to
    .5 billion through convertible note and share sale
  • Tesla sued in wrongful death lawsuit that alleges Autopilot caused crash
  • A mini-series on the Thai cave rescue is heading to Netflix
  • Elon Musk, SEC agree to guidelines on Twitter use
  • Tesla to open up Model 3 orders in UK
  • Despite declines for the quarter, Tesla is bullish on its overall energy business
  • Tesla’s full self-driving computer is now in all new cars and a next-gen chip is already ‘halfway done’
• email
  • Millions of Instagram influencers had their private contact data scraped and exposed
  • Slack to extend collaboration to folks who don’t want to give up email
• email marketing
  • Mailchimp’s Ben Chestnut on bootstrapping a startup to 0M in revenue
• emarketer
  • Subscription fatigue hasn’t hit yet
• emerging markets
  • Google to allow users to pay for Android apps using cash
• Emerging-Technologies
  • Relativity is building a 3D-printing rocket manufacturing hub in Mississippi
  • On the road to self-driving trucks, Starsky Robotics built a traditional trucking business
  • Aurora’s head of product is coming to TC Sessions: Mobility
  • Twitter bags deep learning talent behind London startup, Fabula AI
  • Fresh off a 0M round, Aurora acquires lidar startup Blackmore
  • Reserve your demo table for TC Sessions: Mobility 2019
  • Ford CTO Ken Washington at TC Sessions: Mobility on July 10
  • Zipline’s new 0 million funding means it’s the newest billion dollar contender in the game of drones
  • DNA Script picks up .5 million to make DNA production faster and simpler
  • Innowatts raises million for its energy monitoring toolkit for utilities
  • TC Sessions: Mobility announces its July 10 agenda
  • Waymo CTO Dmitri Dolgov at TC Sessions: Mobility on July 10
• emerson collective
  • Boom wants to build a supersonic jet for mainstream passengers; here’s its game plan
• Emmett Shear
  • Part fund, part accelerator, Contrary Capital invests in student entrepreneurs
• employment
  • The 10 benefits and policies any modern workplace should have
  • 8 benefits and policies that are making your company seem outdated
• encrypted communications
  • Apple, Google, Microsoft, WhatsApp sign open letter condemning GCHQ proposal to listen in on encrypted chats
• encryption
  • Apple, Google, Microsoft, WhatsApp sign open letter condemning GCHQ proposal to listen in on encrypted chats
  • Indian PM Narendra Modi’s reelection spells more frustration for US tech giants
  • Microsoft makes a push for service mesh interoperability
  • ‘Unhackable’ encrypted flash drive eyeDisk is, as it happens, hackable
  • When it comes to elections, Facebook moves slow, may still break things
  • Why your CSO, not your CMO, should pitch your security startup
• endpoint security
  • SentinelOne raises 0M for its fully-autonomous, AI-based endpoint security solution
• Enel
  • Sustainability focused Ecosystem Integrity Fund closes on 0 million
• energy
  • Postmates taps longtime Apple engineer to boost autonomous delivery efforts
  • Arm announces its new premium CPU and GPU designs
  • Startups Weekly: There’s an alternative to raising VC and it’s called revenue-based financing
  • Innowatts raises million for its energy monitoring toolkit for utilities
  • Market map: the 200+ innovative startups transforming affordable housing
  • Despite declines for the quarter, Tesla is bullish on its overall energy business
• energy consumption
  • A backdoor in Optergy tech could remotely shut down a smart building ‘with one click’
• energy efficiency
  • Arm announces its new premium CPU and GPU designs
• energy impact partners
  • Innowatts raises million for its energy monitoring toolkit for utilities
• energy industry
  • Innowatts raises million for its energy monitoring toolkit for utilities
• energy storage
  • Tesla bumps up its capital raise by 0 million, with Elon Musk taking an additional million
  • Despite declines for the quarter, Tesla is bullish on its overall energy business
• engineer
  • Why identity startup Auth0’s founder still codes: It makes him a better boss
  • Social Capital reincarnated
  • Apple’s new Sidecar feature is great for users, but third-parties take a hit
  • Part fund, part accelerator, Contrary Capital invests in student entrepreneurs
• enigma
  • Bidding for this like-new Enigma Machine starts at 0,000
• enigma machine
  • Bidding for this like-new Enigma Machine starts at 0,000
• Enterprise
  • GitHub hires former Bitnami co-founder Erica Brescia as COO
  • Salesforce’s Tableau acquisition is huge, but not the hugest
  • With Tableau and Mulesoft, Salesforce gains full view of enterprise data
  • Salesforce is officially making Seattle its second HQ after its Tableau acquisition
  • Microsoft Power Platform update aims to put AI in reach of business users
  • Vectra lands 0M Series E investment for AI-driven network security
  • Salesforce is buying data visualization company Tableau for .7B in all-stock deal
  • Google continues to preach multi-cloud approach with Looker acquisition
  • The Ticket Fairy is tech’s best hope against Ticketmaster
  • Yellowbrick Data raises M Series C for hybrid data warehouse
  • Aion Network introduces first blockchain virtual machine for Java developers
  • Microsoft and Oracle link up their clouds
  • VCs bet M on Troops, a Slackbot for sales teams
  • How Kubernetes came to rule the world
  • Zuora Central lets developers build connected workflows across services
  • Foursquare buys Placed from Snap Inc. on the heels of 0M in new funding
  • The Slack origin story
  • How we scaled our startup by being remote first
  • Equalum grabs M Series B to help companies ingest data faster
  • The challenges of truly embracing cloud native
  • IBM-Maersk blockchain shipping consortium expands to include other major shipping companies
  • AMD unveils the 12-core Ryzen 9 3900X, at half the price of Intel’s competing Core i9 9920X chipset
  • Takeaways from KubeCon; the latest on Kubernetes and cloud native development
  • Andreessen pours M into PlanetScale’s database-as-a-service
  • Serverless and containers: Two great technologies that work better together
  • Zendesk acquires Smooch, doubles down on support via messaging apps like WhatsApp
  • Microsoft makes a push for service mesh interoperability
  • Praqma puts Atlassian’s Data Center products into containers
  • Wagestream closes M Series A to plug the payday gap without putting workers in debt
  • Under the hood on Zoom’s IPO, with founder and CEO Eric Yuan
  • HPE is buying Cray for
    .3 billion
  • Health at Scale lands M Series A to bring machine learning to healthcare
  • Unveiling its latest cohort, Alchemist announces million in funding for its enterprise accelerator
  • OpenFin raises million for its OS for finance
  • VMware acquires Bitnami to deliver packaged applications anywhere
  • Solo.io wants to bring order to service meshes with centralized management hub
  • Egnyte brings native G Suite file support to its platform
  • New Relic takes a measured approach to platform overhaul
  • Beyond costs, what else can we do to make housing affordable?
  • CEO Howard Lerman on building a public company and the future of Yext
  • Market map: the 200+ innovative startups transforming affordable housing
  • Innovations in inclusive housing
  • Slack aims to be the most important software company in the world, says CEO
  • Mailchimp expands from email to full marketing platform, says it will make 0M in 2019
  • India’s Locus raises million to expand its logistics management business
  • AWS remains in firm control of the cloud infrastructure market
  • Against the Slacklash
  • Slack to live-stream pitch to shareholders on Monday ahead of direct listing
  • Red Hat and Microsoft are cozying up some more with Azure Red Hat OpenShift
  • Microsoft and GitHub grow closer
  • Microsoft wants you to work less
  • Microsoft brings Plug and Play to IoT
  • Microsoft launches a fully managed blockchain service
  • Microsoft launches a drag-and-drop machine learning tool
  • Microsoft announces the ,500 HoloLens 2 Development Edition
  • Microsoft brings Azure SQL Database to the edge (and Arm)
  • Takeaways from F8 and Facebook’s next phase
  • Oculus announces a VR subscription service for enterprises
  • Facebook Messenger will get desktop apps, co-watching, emoji status
  • Docker updates focus on simplifying containerization for developers
  • With Kata Containers and Zuul, OpenStack graduates its first infrastructure projects
  • Tray.io hauls in million Series B to keep expanding enterprise automation tool
  • Slack files to go public, reports 8.9M in losses on revenue of 0.6M
  • AWS expands cloud infrastructure offerings with new AMD EPYC-powered T3a instances
  • Slack to extend collaboration to folks who don’t want to give up email
  • Microsoft beats expectations with .6B in revenue as Azure’s growth continues
  • Managed by Q launches a new task management feature for office managers
• enterprise software
  • Unveiling its latest cohort, Alchemist announces million in funding for its enterprise accelerator
  • A new era for enterprise IT
• Entertainment
  • Pepe the Frog creator reaches settlement over Infowars usage
  • WarnerMedia is making a ‘Dune’ series for its streaming service
  • Netflix snags Ubisoft’s ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ adaptation starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Chastain
  • Original Content podcast: Netflix’s ‘Always Be My Maybe’ is a surprisingly sweet romantic comedy
  • Maker Faire halts operations and lays off all staff
  • Original Content podcast: Director Grant Sputore explains how ‘I Am Mother’ draws from real-world robots
  • The Ticket Fairy is tech’s best hope against Ticketmaster
  • AT&T’s WarnerMedia might be punting on its original streaming service plans
  • YouTube will let bigot monetize if he removes link to homophobic merch
  • Fitness startup Mirror nears 0M valuation with fresh funding
  • Spotify is building shared-queue Social Listening
  • Susan Fowler’s memoir has a title and a release date
  • ‘Lion King’ director Jon Favreau explains why he’s remaking an animated classic
  • Sonic the Hedgehog movie is getting delayed to redesign the title character
  • Original Content podcast: Dragons love symbolism, and other lessons from the ‘Game of Thrones’ finale
  • Here’s the first teaser trailer for the new Star Trek: Picard series
  • How I Podcast: Criminal/This Is Love’s Lauren Spohrer
  • Game of Thrones petition reaches 1M signatures ahead of finale
  • Original Content podcast: ‘Game of Thrones’ burns it all down
  • ‘Old Town Road’ finally gets the video treatment
  • Unpacking Away’s
    .4B valuation, the startup studio model and CrowdStrike’s S-1
  • Anchor’s new feature lets listeners leave voice messages for podcast hosts
  • New ‘Black Mirror’ trailer features Miley Cyrus, Anthony Mackie… and more dystopia
  • Game of Thrones’ showrunners are making the next Star Wars movie
  • Updated Apple TV app arrives ahead of Apple TV+’s fall launch
  • Hotstar, Disney’s Indian streaming service, sets new global record for live viewership
  • Original Content podcast: We’re not impressed by Netflix’s ‘Extremely Wicked’ Ted Bundy movie
  • Rent the Runway just opened its largest brick-and-mortar store yet
  • Where top VCs are investing in media, entertainment & gaming
  • Spoiler-heavy Spider-Man trailer establishes a way forward for Disney’s Marvel Universe
  • Original Content podcast: The battle of opinions over ‘Game of Thrones’ and the Battle of Winterfell
  • Sonic the Hedgehog director says character is getting makeover after backlash
  • Takeaways from F8 and Facebook’s next phase
  • Original Content podcast: ‘Game of Thrones’ delivers one of its best episodes yet
  • Thanos will snap away your Google search results
  • Movie subscription service Sinemia is ending US operations
  • Zwift CEO Eric Min on fitness-gaming and bringing esports into the Olympics
  • Luminary ‘retooling’ after podcasters request removal from service
  • Mark Zuckerberg has a podcast
  • ‘Avengers: Endgame’ is a very silly movie, but it ends in exactly the right way
  • Talk media and TED2019 key takeaways with TechCrunch’s Anthony Ha
• Entrepreneur
  • Providing supplemental educational videos online nets Osmosis million
  • This entrepreneur is donating unwanted bike-sharing cycles to underprivileged students in Myanmar
  • The Slack origin story
  • Nigeria’s Gokada raises .3M round for its motorcycle ride-hail biz
  • Bringing tech efficiencies to the agribusiness market, Silo harvests million
  • Meet ‘The Prepared,’ the media company pitching disaster preparedness for everyone
  • Dear Hollywood, here are 5 female founders to showcase instead of Elizabeth Holmes
  • Africa Roundup: Jumia’s IPO, DHL launches Africa e-Shop, Cathay’s 8M VC fund, ConnectMed acquired
  • Startups Weekly: All these startups are raising big rounds
  • Lattice raises another M to improve performance reviews
• entrepreneurship
  • Which type of funding is actually best for your business?
  • The Stanford connections behind Latin America’s multibillion-dollar startup renaissance
  • Flash Sale! Buy a mobility startup package, get one for free at Disrupt SF
  • Where are all the biotech startups raising?
  • Startups Weekly: Will the real unicorns please stand up?
  • Diving deep into Africa’s blossoming tech scene
  • Seedlegals closes M Series A, led by Index Ventures, to automate startup fundraisings
  • Which public US universities graduate the most funded founders?
  • Startups Weekly: VCs are drunk on beverage startups
  • Getting a seat at the VC table
  • Startups Weekly: There’s an alternative to raising VC and it’s called revenue-based financing
  • Part fund, part accelerator, Contrary Capital invests in student entrepreneurs
  • Market map: the 200+ innovative startups transforming affordable housing
  • India’s Locus raises million to expand its logistics management business
  • Some reassuring data for those worried unicorns are wrecking the Bay Area
  • Startups Weekly: All these startups are raising big rounds
  • Why your CSO, not your CMO, should pitch your security startup
  • Mejuri raises M Series B to serve women buying jewelry for themselves
• Epic Games
  • Fortnite Season 9 adds two locations and wind transport, but is mostly just new virtual items
  • Where top VCs are investing in media, entertainment & gaming
  • Epic Games is buying the studio behind Rocket League
• EPYC Rome
  • AMD unveils the 12-core Ryzen 9 3900X, at half the price of Intel’s competing Core i9 9920X chipset
• equality
  • How to think about inclusion in tech, with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (Part 2)
• Equalum
  • Equalum grabs M Series B to help companies ingest data faster
• equipment
  • Oppo and Xiaomi tease under-screen selfie cameras for smartphones
• Equity podcast
  • Equity transcribed: What happens to late-stage VC if the Vision Fund goes away?
  • Equity transcribed: Is the tech press too positive in its coverage of startups?
  • Is the tech press too positive in its coverage of startups?
  • Equity transcribed: How to avoid an IPO
  • How to avoid an IPO
  • Unpacking Away’s
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  • Equity Shot transcribed: Judging Uber’s less-than-grand opening day
  • Equity Shot: Judging Uber’s less-than-grand opening day
  • Equity transcribed: New a16z funds, a 0M round and the latest from WeWork and Slack
  • Equity Shot: Uber’s IPO terms and Slack’s S-1
• Eramet
  • New hack challenge from Eramet for the TC Hackathon at VivaTech
• Eric Hippeau
  • Where top VCs are investing in media, entertainment & gaming
• Eric Koslow
  • Lattice raises another M to improve performance reviews
• eric lefkofsky
  • Startups Weekly: Will the real unicorns please stand up?
  • Groupon co-founder Eric Lefkofsky just raised another 0 million for his newest company, Tempus
• eric migicovsky
  • Robotics VCs on what’s real, what’s coming, and what to keep in mind
• Eric Min
  • Peloton IPO, VC alternatives, privacy at Apple, and cybersecurity returns
  • Startups Weekly: All these startups are raising big rounds
• Eric Ries
  • These companies may smooth startups’ path to the public market — if they don’t kill each other first
• Eric Schmidt
  • Eric Schmidt and Diane Greene are leaving Alphabet’s board of directors
• Eric Xu
  • Semiconductor startup CNEX Labs alleged Huawei’s deputy chairman conspired to steal its intellectual property
• Eric Yuan
  • Zoom outperforms in first-ever earnings report
  • Social Capital reincarnated
  • Immigrant founders, smartphone growth, SEO tactics, SoftBank’s financials, and AR tech
  • Startups Weekly: There’s an alternative to raising VC and it’s called revenue-based financing
  • Under the hood on Zoom’s IPO, with founder and CEO Eric Yuan
  • Looking back at Zoom’s IPO with CEO Eric Yuan
• erica brescia
  • GitHub hires former Bitnami co-founder Erica Brescia as COO
• erik blachford
  • Canopy’s upscale co-working business adds a new location in SF on the heels of strategic funding
• Erik Finman
  • CoinBits launches as a passive investment app for bitcoin
• esports
  • Delane Parnell’s plan to conquer amateur esports
  • Where top VCs are investing in media, entertainment & gaming
  • Activision Blizzard has five franchises lined up for its new Call of Duty esports league
  • Zwift CEO Eric Min on fitness-gaming and bringing esports into the Olympics
• esther dyson
  • Using full-body MRIs, Ezra can now detect 11 cancers in men and 13 in women
• estonia
  • Uber rival Bolt returns to London 21 months after a TfL investigation shut it down
• ethereum
  • Microsoft launches a fully managed blockchain service
  • AWS opens up its managed blockchain as a service to everybody
  • How a blockchain startup with 1M users is working to break your Google habit
• ethics
  • Tackling ‘big tech’ issues through storytelling, with Jessica Powell
  • Is your autonomous vehicle Sally the sports car or blood-thirsty Christine?
• Etsy
  • USV closes on 0M for new funds, adds two partners
• EU-US Privacy Shield
  • EU-US Privacy Shield complaint to be heard by Europe’s top court in July
• Europe
  • Uber rival Bolt returns to London 21 months after a TfL investigation shut it down
  • The Finalists for The Europas Awards for European tech startups is released
  • Luxembourg to get €100M investment from Chinese payments startup Pingpong
  • Wire collaborates with EY for on-premise end-to-end encrypted messaging app
  • Spacemaker scores M Series A to let property developers use AI
  • Fintech platform Synapse raises M to build ‘the AWS of banking’
  • Depop, a social app targeting millennial and Gen Z shoppers, bags M, passes 13M users
  • Alibaba, Mail.Ru, Megafon form AliExpress Russia JV to double down on e-commerce in CIS
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  • Google appeals
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  • Aptoide, a Play Store rival, cries antitrust foul over Google hiding its app
  • Flash, the e-scooter startup from Delivery Hero founder, re-brands as ‘Circ’ and announces 1M rides
  • Twitter bags deep learning talent behind London startup, Fabula AI
  • Amazon sellers to hit UK high streets in year-long pop-up pilot
  • PropTech startup Kodit.io raises M to automate house buying and selling
  • WorldRemit raises 5M at 0M+ valuation to help users send money to contacts in emerging markets
  • Owlin, the text and news analytics platform for financial institutions, raises .5M Series A
  • Penta, the digital SME banking upstart, appoints co-founder of solarisBank as new CEO
  • Targeted ads offer little extra value for online publishers, study suggests
  • Touring Factory Berlin, Europe’s ‘largest club for startups’
  • Apple, Google, Microsoft, WhatsApp sign open letter condemning GCHQ proposal to listen in on encrypted chats
  • Paris opens a data center to control its digital infrastructure
  • The all-electric Honda e is bringing its side view mirrors inside
  • Move over Ready Player One — the future of AR might be in furniture
  • Out of stealth, Stratio emerges with predictive AI to stop your bus from breaking down
  • Seedlegals closes M Series A, led by Index Ventures, to automate startup fundraisings
  • EU-US Privacy Shield complaint to be heard by Europe’s top court in July
  • Future Positive Capital outs M fund to back European startups tackling world’s ‘most pressing problems’
  • Reminiz automatically indexes and tags videos in real time
  • This is one smart device that every urban home could use
  • Uber launches a Jump e-bike pilot in London, one year on from winning taxi license appeal
  • You can do it, robot! Watch the beefy, 4-legged HyQReal pull a plane
  • Takeaways from KubeCon; the latest on Kubernetes and cloud native development
  • Documentary series Foundation is back with a season 2
  • These startups are locating in SF and Africa to win in global fintech
  • Google’s lead EU regulator opens formal privacy probe of its adtech
  • Facebook found hosting masses of far right EU disinformation networks
  • TransferWise now valued at .5B following a new 2M secondary round
  • The Exit: Getaround’s 0M roadtrip
  • What does ‘regulating Facebook’ mean? Here’s an example
  • Seraphim Space Camp launches its latest mission, with 7 SpaceTech startups
  • Talk key takeaways from KubeCon 2019 with TechCrunch writers
  • Trump’s Huawei ban also causing tech shocks in Europe
  • Wagestream closes M Series A to plug the payday gap without putting workers in debt
  • Vote now in #TheEuropas Awards to find its hottest startups, and join Europe’s key players
  • GDPR adtech complaints keep stacking up in Europe
  • Myneral.me wins the TechCrunch Hackathon at VivaTech
  • Startups Weekly: There’s an alternative to raising VC and it’s called revenue-based financing
  • Amazon leads 5M investment in Deliveroo
  • Openfinance opens up US trading of third-party digital assets
  • Daimler and BMW-backed Kapten rides into London with anti-Uber ad campaign
  • YouTrip, a challenger bank in Southeast Asia, raises .5M for expansion
  • Accel closes 5M fund to double down on European and Israeli Series A deals
  • BookingBug relaunches as JRNI, as founder Shoosmith switches to chief architect role
  • Voi unveils ‘longer-lasting’ e-scooters designed to withstand rentals, and launches its first e-bikes
  • Pleo, the multi-card business spending platform, closes M Series B
  • Crowned by Burger King, meat replacement company Impossible Foods raises 0 million
  • Meet Bobbie, a baby formula delivery startup promising healthier ingredients
  • UK tax office ordered to delete millions of unlawful biometric voiceprints
  • VW’s new electric hatchback receives 10,000 pre-orders in first 24 hours
  • Tink, the European banking platform, partners with British incumbent NatWest
  • When it comes to elections, Facebook moves slow, may still break things
  • Asto, the bookkeeping app from Santander, adds invoice financing for freelancers and SMEs
  • Julian Assange jailed for 50 weeks for breaching UK bail conditions
  • Social media firms agree to work with UK charities to set online harm boundaries
  • Daimler pulls the plug on electric smart car sales in US, Canada
  • Facebook accused of blocking wider efforts to study its ad platform
  • FutureLearn takes M from Seek Group for 50% stake in UK online degree platform
  • Report: Travel activity platform GetYourGuide raised €500M led by SoftBank at €1.6B valuation
  • Facebook says it’s open to advertising u-turn for the EU elections, enabling cross-border campaigns
  • Wheely raises million for its luxury ride-hailing app
  • UK health minister leans on social media platforms to delete anti-vax content
  • The startup behind that deep-fake David Beckham video just raised M
  • Holded, the ‘business operating system’ for SMEs, gets €6M in Series A funding led by Lakestar
  • Facebook has quietly removed three bogus far-right networks in Spain ahead of Sunday’s elections
  • N26 opens tech hub in Vienna with a focus on security