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Daimler Trucks buys a majority stake in self-driving tech company Torc Robotics
a day ago – , a deal that will see the two companies
collaborating on the development of Level 4 self-driving trucks. Daimler
Trucks is the world’s largest truck manufacturer and a division of the
larger Daimler Group. Torc, m...
Lyft’s IPO, Casper the friendly unicorn and WeWork’s staggering losses
a day ago –
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture
capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the
headlines.
Built Robotics’ massive construction excavator drives itself
a day ago –
I’ve never had a meeting quite like the one I had with Built
Robotics. Within about 10 minutes of meeting Built’s co-founder Noah
Ready-Campbell, we’re steering an 80,000-pound construction excavator
around what is basically his company’s back yard. He wants me to see
what it’s like to drive one;...
Apple to close Texture on May 28, following launch of Apple News+
a day ago –
A year ago, Apple acquired the digital newsstand app Texture to
form the basis of its new subscription-based service, Apple News+, which
launched on Monday. As some have expected, the standalone Texture app
will soon shut down as a result. According to emails sent to current
Texture subscribers p...
Alibaba has acquired Teambition, a China-based Trello and Asana rival, in its enterprise push
a day ago –
Alibaba has made an acquisition as it continues to square up to
the opportunity in enterprise services in China and beyond, akin to what
its U.S. counterpart Amazon has done with AWS. TechCrunch has confirmed
that the e-commerce and cloud services giant has acquired Teambition, a
Microsoft and Te...
Huawei’s chairman has harsh words for the US government
a day ago –
The past couple of years have marked some steep ups and downs
for Huawei. Just this morning, the company posted a 25 percent raise in
profit, to $8.84 billion, in 2018. Yesterday, on the other hand, a U.K.
oversight body issued a report noting “serious and systematic defects.”
While it’s true tha...
Apple cancels AirPower product, citing inability to meet its high standards for hardware
19 hours ago . “After much effort, we’ve
concluded AirPower will not achieve our high standards and we have
cancelled the project. We apologize to those customers who were looking
forward to this launch. We continue...
20 years for swatter who got a man killed
19 hours ago –
Tyler Barriss, a prolific and seemingly unremorseful repeat
swatter and bomb hoaxer whose fakery got a man killed in 2017, has been
sentenced to 20 years in prison. This hopefully closes the book on a
long and disturbing career of random and mercenary harassment and
threats.
Viacom-owned kids streaming service Noggin acquires educational app Sparkler
19 hours ago –
Viacom’s Nickelodeon is doubling down on the educational aspects
of its preschooler-focused streaming service, Noggin, with the
acquisition of the early childhood learning platform Sparkler. Announced
on Friday, the deal will see Sparkler’s technology integrated into
Noggin over the next year, an...
Startups Weekly: Why Lyft’s $2.2B IPO wasn’t “crazy land” or “nuts”
an hour ago –
In this week's newsletter: Casper raises big bucks, more podcast M&A and Uber's Careem deal.
In San Francisco, a fight over a homeless shelter shines a harsh light on a conflicted population
12 hours ago –
As of 2017, there were roughly 7,000 people living without homes
in San Francisco, a number that comprises minors — a lot of them. The
San Francisco Unified School District estimates that as of 2017, roughly
2,100 of the children in the school system were homeless — a number
that it said looked ...
Valve is building its own high-end VR headset called ‘Index’
12 hours ago –
Valve is ready to sell its own full VR hardware getup. The
gaming giant behind some classic titles and the ubiquitous Steam store
has revealed a teaser image on its site of a VR headset called the Valve
Index. Alongside the photo, text reads “Upgrade your experience. May
2019” suggesting a near-t...
Canon is cashing in on the instant-print trend with its new CLIQ cameras
2 days ago –
Canon announced a new pair of instant-print cameras that are set
to challenge Fujifilm’s Instax mini-film cameras, part of a trend
embraced by social media users and influencers alike.
Enter the two Canon IVY CLIQ instant-print cameras Each of Canon’s new
shooters can hold up to ten sheets of Z...
HUD reportedly also investigating Google and Twitter in housing discrimination probe
2 days ago –
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development, which just
filed housing discrimination charges against Facebook for its
advertising policies, is reportedly scrutinizing Google and Twitter’s
policies as well. The Washington Post writes that HUD officials told
Twitter and Google about a probe ...
Behind the scenes with Perfume, Japan’s most futuristic pop group
a day ago –
The ‘Future Pop’ tour is a dazzling collision of technology and choreography
Continue reading…
Why HUD’s lawsuit against Facebook came as a surprise
a day ago –
In 2016, ProPublica found that Facebook was allowing
advertisers to publish discriminatory housing ads, in apparent violation
of the Fair Housing Act of 1968. Civil rights groups, the state of
Washington, and the federal government all mobilized in protest, leading
to various legal skirmishes. An...
Disney’s new Dumbo is a garish CGI mess
a day ago –
Disney’s 2013 production of The Lone Ranger had some serious
problems. Among other things, director Gore Verbinski opted to construct
his own historically accurate trains rather than modifying existing
ones, or creating one from CGI, which helped send the movie wildly over
budget. His version of ...
a day ago –
‘Congestion charging is vital because the risks of gridlock are so great with AVs’
Continue reading…
Apple cancels AirPower wireless charger
18 hours ago – TechCrunch.
“After much effort, we’ve concluded AirPower will not achieve our high
standards and we have cancelled the project. We apologize to those
customers who...
Russia’s shotgun-firing drone is designed to shoot down enemy drones
14 minutes ago –
A video surfaced in recent days of a particularly scary concept —
a drone with a shotgun mounted in its airframe. But it doesn’t look
like it’s designed to hunt people: the video is a demonstration of a
Russian device that’s designed to take on smaller aircraft, namely other
drones.
The drone see...
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