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Lime is shutting down car rental service, LimePod
2 days ago –
Transportation startup Lime is shutting down LimePod, its
car-sharing service that it launched last November in Seattle. Lime
plans to start removing its vehicles from the streets of Seattle next
month and will completely shut down the service by the end of the year.
The news was first reported b...
Ricoh’s Theta Z1 is the first truly premium consumer 360 camera
3 days ago –
Ricoh has a well-earned good reputation when it comes to
building smart, technically excellent photographic equipment — including
the almost legendary Ricoh GR series of pocketable APS-C cameras, which
are a favorite among street photographers everywhere. Earlier this
year, the company released t...
Google announces 18 new renewable energy deals
3 days ago –
Google today announced its largest package of renewable energy
deals yet. Worth a total of 1,600-megawatts, the package includes 18
deals in the U.S., Chile and Europe. This brings Google’s current set of
wind and solar agreements to about 5,500 megawatts (MW) and the
company’s number of total re...
Google announces 18 new renewable energy deals
3 days ago –
Google today announced its largest package of renewable energy
deals yet. Worth a total of 1,600-megawatts, the package includes 18
deals in the U.S., Chile and Europe. This brings Google’s current set of
wind and solar agreements to about 5,500 megawatts (MW) and the
company’s number of total re...
Clutter acquires The Storage Fox for $152M to add self-storage to its on-demand platform
2 days ago –
The world of on-demand storage has seen some ups and downs, with
some of the biggest hopefuls pivoting into new areas, some as unrelated
as cryptocurrency, in the search for better product-market fit. One
that found its groove early on, however, is today announcing an
acquisition to expand its ex...
The cult of the founder and Silicon Valley’s lack of moral authority
2 days ago –
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture
capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the
headlines.
Twitter discloses another 10,000 accounts suspended for fomenting political discord globally
2 days ago –
Twitter’s ongoing, and possibly Sisyphean, effort of policing
and removing nefarious content disseminated on its platform is taking
another step forward today. The company’s safety team has disclosed the
removal of another 10,112 accounts across six countries that were found
to be actively spread...
How Kobalt is betting on music’s middle class and DIY stars
2 days ago –
Streaming services have made music ubiquitous, driving more
exploration by consumers who don’t have to pay for each song or album
individually. Musicians are correspondingly able to find their own niche
of fans scattered around the world. (This is the third installment of
our EC-1 series on Kobal...
Tonic launches a personalized news reader that respects user privacy
2 days ago –
Personalization technology can lead to better experiences as it
allows apps to customize their content for each individual user. But it
can also chip away at user privacy. A company called Canopy wants to
change that. It has developed a personalization engine that works
without requiring users to...
At TechCrunch Disrupt, insights into key trends in venture capital
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Learn from top VCs at TechCrunch Disrupt.
Publicis Sapient’s John Maeda explains how big companies can think like startups
a day ago –
John Maeda has been a professor at the MIT Media Lab, president
of the Rhode Island School of Design, designer partner at venture firm
Kleiner Perkins and most recently served as the head of computational
design and inclusion at Automattic. So perhaps it’s no surprise that he
made another big lea...
YouTube CEO says it ‘missed the mark’ with verification overhaul
a day ago –
Less than 24 hours after YouTube announced that it would be
changing its creator verification process, CEO Susan Wojcicki admitted
that the news hasn’t gone over very well. “To our creators & users –
I’m sorry for the frustration & hurt that we caused with our new
approach to verification...
Here are the security sessions you can’t miss at Disrupt SF
2 days ago –
Security is in everything, it’s everywhere and it’s everyone’s
responsibility. What part are you playing? At TechCrunch Disrupt SF on
October 2-4, we’re proud to have onstage some of the smartest security
executives and highest-ranking officials ready to talk shop. Security
will be front and cent...
The Verge
Bowers & Wilkins’ new noise-canceling headphones are lighter than ever
2 days ago –
PX7
Bowers & Wilkins’ original PX noise-canceling headphones were some
of the best-sounding (and expensive) around, and today the company is
following that up with two new models: the PX7, an over-ear successor to
the original, and the PX5, a new on-ear model that promises to bring
similar...
Charli XCX explains how streaming is changing songs
2 days ago –
Photo by Philip Cheung for The Verge
The Future of Music season 2, episode 5
Continue reading…
Verge readers can save up to $140 on a refurbished Google Pixel 3A
2 days ago –
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge
Google’s Pixel 3A and 3A XL are already a great value if you’re
looking to spend less than $500 on a phone without sacrificing on camera
quality (few phones meet that tough criteria). But today, Verge readers
can save $100 on a refurbished Google Pixel 3A (64G...
2 days ago –
Photo: Universal Studios
There are so many streaming options available these days, and so many
conflicting recommendations, that it’s hard to see through all the crap
you could be watching. Each Friday, The Verge’s Cut the Crap column
simplifies the choice by sorting through the overwhelming m...
Beats headphones will get the same iOS 13.1 audio sharing feature as AirPods
a day ago –
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge
Apple isn’t reserving the convenient new audio sharing feature in iOS
13 just for its own AirPods; the company is also extending it to Beats
products. Audio Sharing allows two sets of earbuds or headphones to be
connected to a single iPhone, letting people list...
YouTube CEO apologizes over verification removal for creators
2 days ago –
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has just apologized to the creator
community over the company’s decision to revoke verification statuses,
leaving many creators without the important badge.
“I’m sorry for the frustration [and] hurt that we caused with our new
...
11 new trailers you should watch this week
18 hours ago –
Photo: Claire Folger / Media Rights Capital
I finally got around to seeing The Farewell the other week. It’s a
wonderful, funny, quiet movie that manages to do so much inside such a
seemingly tiny story about a family trying to keep a secret from a
grandmother.
One of the things that makes The...
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