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5 strategic tips to help your startup survive COVID-19
2 days ago –
Until the COVID-19 pandemic is over, survival has to be the
imperative focus for startups. In this brief survival guide, we provide
several tips for startups and their owners and managers to help them get
through the crisis and stay in control of their companies. The pandemic
is very different fr...
5 strategic tips to help your startup survive COVID-19
2 days ago –
Until the COVID-19 pandemic is over, survival has to be the
imperative focus for startups. In this brief survival guide, we provide
several tips for startups and their owners and managers to help them get
through the crisis and stay in control of their companies. The pandemic
is very different fr...
Congress fumbles through antitrust hearing with big tech CEOs
2 days ago –
The four horsemen of the techpocalypse – the CEOs of Amazon,
Apple, Facebook, and Google – joined the US House of Representatives
today for an antitrust hearing. We watched every second of the more than
five and a half hours of Congress’ grilling of some of the richest men
in the world so you wou...
6 things I learned about the Meizu 17 Pro’s design after our steamy week together
2 days ago –
I’ve been a fan of Meizu phones for the past few years. The
devices manage to be reliable, well-built, and reasonably priced — a
tough combination to go wrong with. Anyway, the company recently
released the Meizu 17 Pro. And I got my hands on one. Now, rather than
just doing a straightforward rev...
This invaluable design and marketing tool can keep you from wasting hours building mock websites
2 days ago –
TLDR: With Inspireframe Website Mockups, you can take thousands
of web design elements to create just the site design you want in
minutes. Website design projects often fall into one of two categories.
You can go the old-school route of building a site from scratch at the
coding level, importing ...
Apple confirms the new iPhone will be delayed — but it doesn’t matter
a day ago –
After plenty of rumors, Apple confirmed earlier today that its
new iPhone — presumably the iPhone 12 — will be delayed by a few weeks
due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. During the company’s Q2
2020 earnings call, Apple‘s senior vice president and Chief Financial
Officer, Luca Maestri...
Early impressions: Amplitude’s Humankind looks like a bold step forward for the 4X genre
a day ago –
Amplitude’s upcoming 4X strategy game Humankind officially
launched its Open Development closed beta today and we got our hands on
the 45-minute preview scenario. I’ll save you some time: If you’re a 4X
fan and you’re ready for an alternative to the Civilization formula
you’re going to be very ha...
New AI tool detects child sexual abuse material with ‘99% precision’
19 hours ago –
Child sexual abuse material on the web has grown exponentially
in recent years. In 2019, there were 69.1 million files reported to the
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in the US — triple
the levels of 2017 and a 15,000% increase over the previous 15 years. A
new AI-powered tool ...
Soundsnap serves the audio needs of creatives and marketers. Get a library of stock audio and sounds for 25% off
19 hours ago –
TLDR: Soundsnap brings you an archive of over 280,000
professionally-created sound effects and audio clips for use in all your
audio and video projects. Creators need assets to create. Whether
you’re a video editor, a sound mixer, a music producer or a podcaster,
you never know when you’re going ...
Prosecutors claim to have caught teenage mastermind behind Twitter hack
7 hours ago –
Three of the alleged perpetrators behind the July 16 Twitter
hack have now been identified and charged, say prosecutors. Of the three
identified by an Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of
Justice investigation, one — the alleged mastermind behind the attack —
has been arrested. In ca...
Quantum physicists say time travelers don’t have to worry about the butterfly effect
9 hours ago –
What if I told you all your favorite time-travel films and books
were actually created by big tech in order to wrest control of the
time-travel industry from the proletariat? Think about it. Back to the
Future, The Terminator, The Time Machine, all of these stories share a
central theme where tra...
Don’t miss today’s Startup Alley Ask Me Anything Session at 1pm PT
a day ago –
Today’s the day for all you early-stage startup founders to
learn everything you’ve always wanted to know about Startup Alley but
were afraid to ask (10 points if you get that pop culture reference).
We’re live-streaming an Ask Me Anything session from the TechCrunch
LinkedIn page today at 4 p.m....
America’s cheapest electric vehicles are coming courtesy of Chinese automaker Kandi
a day ago –
Chinese electric vehicle and parts manufacturer Kandi
Technologies Group is officially bringing two EVs to the United States
through its subsidiary Kandi America — news that has prompted run up in
its share price in the past day. Kandi shares opened at $3.88 a share
on Wednesday, jumping to $16....
Rocket launch startup Astra readies for orbital test flight as early as Sunday
2 days ago –
Rocket launch startup Astra is readying for its first orbital
flight test, set to take place either this weekend or next week, weather
permitting. The company will launch its “Rocket 3.1” from Kodiak,
Alaska — and while these are technically classified as orbital test
flights, the company was qui...
What does accountability look like in 2020?
a day ago –
The lack of substantial progress toward true representation,
diversity and inclusion across several industries illustrates what
hasn’t worked.
Triller sues TikTok over patent infringement
a day ago –
Social video platform Triller has filed a patent infringement
lawsuit against its biggest rival TikTok and parent company ByteDance.
The suit, which was filed in the U.S District Court for the Western
Division of Texas, claims TikTok is infringing on Triller’s U.S Patent
No. 9,691,429. The patent...
Daily Crunch: Apple beats Q3 expectations
a day ago –
Apple has a strong quarter despite coronavirus, Impossible Foods
is coming to Walmart and NASA launches a new Mars rover. Here’s your
Daily Crunch for July 30, 2020. The big story: Apple beats Q3
expectations Apple’s latest earning report suggests that the company is
thriving despite COVID-19, wi...
Recruiting for diversity in VC
17 hours ago –
Like many industries with a high concentration of wealth — and
the careers that help professionals accumulate it — investment firms
have a severe dearth of diversity in their ranks.
Recruiting for diversity in VC
17 hours ago –
Like many industries with a high concentration of wealth — and
the careers that help professionals accumulate it — investment firms
have a severe dearth of diversity in their ranks.
Opportunities (and challenges) in church tech
18 hours ago –
Americans are rapidly becoming less religious, but now might be the perfect time for church tech to thrive.
Last day for early-bird savings to Disrupt 2020
18 hours ago –
It’s officially now o’clock, startup fans. All good things come
to an end, and today’s the last day you can score an early-bird pass to
Disrupt 2020. Don’t miss your chance to save up to $300 and get busy
building your business at our global Disrupt event. Buy your pass before
the deal — and the ...
Delightree raises $3M to help franchise business owners simplify their operations
12 hours ago –
Owning one brick-and-mortar business seems complicated enough.
But running multiple locations? For many owners, that’s a constant
juggling act of phone calls, check lists and driving back and forth from
store to store. In the middle of a pandemic, it gets all the more
complex. Delightree, a compa...
Report: Microsoft in talks to buy TikTok’s US business from China’s ByteDance
12 hours ago –
President Trump has plans to order China’s ByteDance, the owner
of hit social video app TikTok, to divest from the company, according to
new reporting from Bloomberg. The app is increasingly a target of U.S.
security concerns over its Chinese ownership. After the initial news,
reports bubbled up ...
Secret documents from US antitrust probe reveal big tech’s plot to control or crush the competition
13 hours ago –
Nearly 500 pages of evidence were made public during the House
Judiciary’s marathon hearing this week on potential anti-competitive
actions by Amazon, Facebook, Google and Apple . We’ve collected them
here with added context and an omnibus, searchable version for anyone
who’d rather not juggle fo...
Trump told reporters he will use executive power to ban TikTok
4 hours ago –
President Donald Trump said he could act to ban the world’s most
popular short video app TikTok from the US as early as Saturday,
according to The Hill. The president said he could use “emergency
economic powers or an executive order” to bar TikTok from the US, he
told reporters aboard Air Force ...
Disrupt 2020 early-bird savings extended until next week
7 hours ago –
Even the hard-charging world of early-stage startups has its
share of procrastinators, lollygaggers, slow-pokes, wafflers and
last-minute decision makers. If that’s your demographic, today is your
lucky day. You now have an extra week (courtesy of Saint Expeditus, the
patron saint of procrastinat...
Twitter survey reveals the subscription options it’s eyeing, including an ‘Undo Send’ button
8 hours ago –
Earlier this month, Twitter told investors it’s considering a
subscription model as a means of generating additional revenue to
support its business. Now we know what sort of value-add features
Twitter may be eyeing. In a new survey, the company asks users to
evaluate paid features like “undo sen...
The Verge
In the pandemic economy, tech companies are raking it in
a day ago –
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
From a pure entertainment perspective, I am genuinely sorry that the
House’s antitrust hearing targeting the big four tech companies —
Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google — took place Wednesday instead of
next week. Because literally a day after a meeting...
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon slated to bring NASA astronauts home for the first time this weekend
17 hours ago –
This weekend, two NASA astronauts are slated to return home to
Earth inside SpaceX’s new passenger capsule, the Crew Dragon. It’ll be
the first time that the Crew Dragon carries passengers back to the
planet’s surface, ultimately proving if the vehicle can safely transport
people to space and bac...
Fisker hits snag in deal to use Volkswagen’s EV platform
16 hours ago –
Image: Fisker Inc.
Fisker Inc. has hit a snag in the plan to power its electric vehicles
with Volkswagen’s modular EV platform, as negotiations over a
“cornerstone agreement” that were supposed to end this month are now
delayed until at least September.
In a scripted presentation to investors...
How the Trump administration could ‘ban’ TikTok
3 hours ago –
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
The Trump administration is apparently considering a ban on Chinese
social media apps, including the popular video app TikTok. Secretary of
State Mike Pompeo mentioned the possibility on July 7th, saying it was
“something we’re looking at” in a Fox News ...
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