Sunday, January 28, 2018

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Tech Crunch
  • Scout networks are latest VC salvo in war for founders  Founders are extraordinarily busy, even for their own investors. A decade ago, they might have had relationships with a handful of VC partners as they scaled their businesses and raised additional rounds of capital. Today, it is hardly rare to see as many as fifteen or twenty investment firms an...
  • The FCC looks back on a disastrous year through rose-tinted glasses  From the furore engulfing the FCC this last year you might think that the agency had accomplished little but appalling privacy advocates and dancing for its patrons, the telecoms. But as is often the case, small works were overshadowed by more controversial items. Ajit Pai has released a list of...
  • Tech startups want to go inside your mouth  Dental care can be costly and hard to access, especially if you live in a rural community or a third-world country. In fact, the biggest barrier to dental care is cost. This is according to the American Dental Association, which says many rural areas lack access to dental professionals.  Read More
  • Crunch Report | MoviePass pulls out of 10 AMC theaters
  • Japanese exchange says hackers stole over $400M in cryptocurrency
  • Facebook staff reportedly interviewed in Mueller investigation
  • HQ Trivia gets rid of the $20 minimum to collect your winnings
  • A young startup with a timely offer: fighting propaganda campaigns online
  • Madden NFL 18 esports are coming to Disney XD and ESPN
  • Twitter now lets advertisers sponsor publishers’ Mome
  • The insight-industrial complex  I don’t like tech conferences. I mean, of course I don’t, they’re not meant for people like me. I’m an introvert, so I find them exhausting, and am (presumably) less likely than an extrovert to meet interesting or contributory people. I read much faster than people talk, so they’re not a good wa...
  • Elon Musk’s Boring Co. flamethrower is real, $500 and up for pre-order  So that flamethrower that Elon Musk teased The Boring Company would start selling after it ran out of its 50,000 hats? Yeah, it’s real – and you can pre-order one now if you want need a ridiculous way to spend $500. Musk revealed the flamethrower on Saturday, after some digging tipped its existe...
  • Sphero’s CEO discusses the company’s shift from Star Wars to schools  If hardware is hard, robotics are next to impossible. Even so, Sphero managed an impressive feat over its first five years, growing from a small startup with a glowing, smartphone-controlled ball into the maker of the most talked about piece of merchandise for cinema’s biggest blockbuster franch...
  • Move slow and break nothing
  • SpaceX sets historic first Falcon Heavy launch for February 6
  • Elon Musk’s new Tesla pay plan encourages him to shoot for the stars — but what if he misses?
  • Social media is giving us trypophobia
  • These startup exits delivered the biggest bang for the buck
  • Gillmor Gang: Body Language
  • CTRL+T podcast: Artificial intelligence may become a h

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  • The first ads for Apple’s HomePod are all about music Apple has released its first ads for its upcoming speaker system, HomePod, which put the focus on the speaker’s place in the home as an audio device, featuring dynamic text set to the likes of Kendrick Lamar’s “DNA” and Big Boi’s “All Night.” The ads are quintessentially Apple: short and dynamic...
  • Giving teens alcohol to teach them responsible drinking may backfire
  • Pebble is dead and hardware buttons are going with it
  • All the updates, trailers, and commentary for Mute, Duncan Jones’ long awaited film
  • New trailers: Pacific Rim Uprising, I Kill Giants, and more
  • Google began selling its Clips camera today
  • Sonos is selling its Sonos One speakers at an all-time low price
  • Frontlines is an action-packed military sci-fi series that captures the essence of warfare
  • Twitter keeps getting hammered over its Russian propaganda response
  • MoviePass’ claims about its importance to AMC Theatre
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