Tuesday, April 09, 2019

9 April - Technology - Tech Crunch / The Verge

Tech Crunch
  • China’s Source Code Capital raises $570M as it builds a powerful investor network a day ago  –  Source Code Capital, the venture capital firm that’s backed some of China’s most prominent tech unicorns and boasts a network of high-profile investors and founders, announced Monday it has closed a new $570 million fund as it continues to hunt down early to mid-stage companies. The latest close ...
  • European VC firm Octopus Ventures launches £83M growth fund a day ago  –  Octopus Ventures, the European venture capital firm that’s part of Octopus Group, is launching an £83 million growth fund to further invest in its most promising portfolio companies. The new fund, which is backed by a number of undisclosed institutional investors rather than individual investors,...
  • Grab plans to raise $2B more this year to fund an acquisition spree in Southeast Asia a day ago  –  Always be raisin’. That appears to be the motto of Southeast Asia’s ride-hailing companies Grab and Go-Jek. Fresh from closing a near-$1.5 billion raise from SoftBank’s Vision Fund as part of a huge, multi-billion Series H deal, Grab said today that it plans to extend the round to $6.5 billion to...
  • Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin’s B Capital makes $406M first close of new fund
  • The Wing poaches Snap’s comms director
  • The team behind Baidu’s first smart speaker is now using AI to make films
  • Sinemia faces consumer pushback and a class action suit over a battery of complaints
  • To stop copycats, Snapchat shares itself
  • Equity transcribed: Funding news round-up, a16z’s future, an upcoming IPO and more Lyft
  • The future of news is conversation in small groups with trust
  • Democratic senators question Juul about its Altria deal 13 hours ago  –  Eleven democratic senators, led by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), have penned a letter to Juul Labs, asking a series of questions around the product’s marketing, its effectiveness as a tool to help people quit smoking combustible cigarettes, sales figures and, perhaps most importantly, more information...
  • An Equity deep dive on Patreon 14 hours ago  –  The popular TechCrunch podcast Equity this week launched a new series called Equity Dive, wherein a host interviews the writer of the latest edition of the Extra Crunch EC-1. If you’ve ever wanted to know everything there is to know about Patreon, the platform that connects creators with fans and...
  • Should you hire an in-house designer or a contractor? 14 hours ago  –  This post is a part of our latest initiative to demystify design and find the best brand designers and agencies in the world who work with early-stage companies.
  • Zoom addresses CFO’s past workplace conduct ahead of IPO
  • A new study of MLB pitch calls makes a strong case for robotic umpires
  • To cut down on spam, Twitter cuts the number of accounts you can follow per day
  • Partnering with Visa, emerging market lender Branch International raises $170 million
  • Spotify’s new ad metrics show what listeners do after they click
  • RightHand Robotics debuts a new pick and place system
  • When to ditch that nightmare customer (before they kill you
  • Target Global, the Berlin-headquartered VC, opens London office 23 minutes ago  –  Target Global, the Berlin-headquartered VC that has backed the likes of Auto1, Delivery Hero, Omio (formerly GoEuro) and Wefox, is opening up its first U.K. office — undeterred by Brexit uncertainty. The U.K. expansion, which adds to Target’s Berlin, Tel Aviv and Moscow offices, was overseen by G...
  • Watch Google Cloud Next developer conference live right here an hour ago  –  If you can’t stop dreaming about NoSQL databases, Google’s Cloud Next conference is the closest thing to heaven that you’ll find today. At 9 AM PT, 12 PM ET, 5 PM GMT, some of the brightest minds in cloud computing are going to introduce the upcoming features of Google Cloud. Along with Amazon We...
  • Travel activities platform Klook raises $225M led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund an hour ago  –  We recently noted that SoftBank’s Vision Fund has stepped up its deal-making in Asia this year, and today it added a new company to its roster: travel services platform Klook. Hong Kong-based Klook announced today that it has raised a $225 million round led by the Vision Fund with participation f...
  • Blackpink’s “Kill This Love” sets new YouTube records, including the biggest Premiere
  • Rocket Lab adds satellite manufacturing to its offerings
  • Microsoft says its data shows FCC reports massively overstate broadband adoption
  • Lime just pulled its scooters out of Lubbock ahead of tonight’s NCAA game
  • Don’t worry, RED’s $1,595 titanium Hydrogen One is finally shipping
  • Human rights activist Amira Yahyaoui is battling the US college financial aid system
  • No one, not even the Secret Service, should randomly plug

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  • Netflix confirms it killed AirPlay support, won’t let you beam shows to Apple TVs anymore 3 days ago  –  With no warning and little explanation, Netflix has removed the easiest way to sling its shows from one Apple device to another: AirPlay. Netflix confirmed to The Verge that it pulled the wireless casting feature this past week, due to what it’s calling a “technical limitation.” But it’s not the ...
  • 11 new trailers you should watch this week
  • Refurbished Google Pixel 3 and Google Pixel 3 XL phones are cheaper this weekend
  • Smart glasses company North announces new, essential features for Focals
  • The Hidizs Sonata HD is the best USB-C audio dongle
  • Google Assistant’s worst feature is still having to say ‘Hey Google’
  • Google’s own website just confirmed the Pixel 3a
  • Turns out Amazon buying Eero wasn’t the startup success story we thought
  • ‘Old Town Road’ proves TikTok can launch a hit song
  • Former Senate staffer admits to doxxing five senators on 
  • iPhone rumors now claim two OLED models with triple-camera arrays for 2019 20 hours ago  –  This year’s successor to the 5.8-inch iPhone XS could have a 6.1-inch screen and three cameras on its rear, a new report from Macotakara claims (via 9to5Mac). The increase would bring the size of the phone’s OLED screen in line with this year’s cheaper iPhone XR, which has an LCD display. The rep...
  • Unwell is a fantastic gothic horror podcast set in midwest America
  • Samsung’s Galaxy S10 fingerprint sensor fooled by 3D printed fingerprint
  • Huawei’s security troubles are hardening into a fight between the US and China
  • Saturday Night Live dreamed up some Game of Thrones spinoffs
  • This interactive case turns your modular synth setup into a light show
  • Photographs is a tragic short story collection in the form of a puzzle game
  • These Chinese sanitation workers have to wear location-tracking bracelets now
  • Our second-favorite universal remote just hit its lowest price ever, plus smart bulb sales
  • Here’s the US Army version of HoloLens that Microsoft em
  • Microsoft’s Chromium Edge browser is now officially available to test 17 hours ago  –  Microsoft is making its Chromium-powered Edge browser available to developers today. The software giant is releasing its Canary and Developer builds, offering daily or weekly updates to the changes that are coming to Edge. Both downloads are available on Microsoft’s new Edge insider site, and the...
  • HyperX cuts the cord of its budget PS4 headset with the Cloud Stinger Wireless
  • Facebook and Google could face a new regulator under proposed UK plan
  • Nintendo Switch consoles come with a steeply discounted game at Best Buy
    Nintendo Switch consoles come with a steeply discounted game at Best Buy 17 hours ago  –  Best Buy is offering a few deals today that will be of interest if you’re looking for something extra when you buy a Nintendo Switch or a Samsung Galaxy S10. As usual, there are more deals to check out in other categories, too. Buying a Nintendo Switch console at Best Buy includes a $30 discount ...
  • How to make it as an Instagram influencer
  • Ikea and Sonos made the ultimate speaker lamp
  • Survey: what would you want from a Verge membership program?
  • A nuclear missile gets dismantled in this new stop-motion video
  • Rodecaster Pro review: a podcast studio you can carry on your back
  • For some small businesses, Instagram has replaced word-o
  • Microsoft reveals all the Google things it removed in its Chromium Edge browser 14 hours ago  –  Microsoft just released preview versions of its Chromium-powered Edge browser today. If you’ve downloaded it to test it, you’ve probably noticed it’s very stable and performs surprisingly well. It even performs better than Google’s own Chrome browser on Windows 10, despite being built on the same...
  • Microsoft confirms you really, really don’t need to ‘safely remove’ USB flash drives anymore
  • Snapchat releases rebuilt Android app
  • Microsoft releases final Windows 10 May 2019 Update to testers
  • Bang & Olufsen’s new $20,000 TV has mechanical ‘wing’ speakers that move
  • Game of Thrones is no longer a game of thrones
    Game of Thrones is no longer a game of thrones 15 hours ago  –  The eighth and final season of Game of Thrones premieres on Sunday, April 14th, and HBO has been in full marketing swing to remind viewers of the years-long journey to get here: Iron Thrones have been hidden around the world, and the network has been producing endless trailers and teasers and spi...
  • AMC is launching a third Walking Dead series
  • Samsung might offer Galaxy Note 10 in two different screen sizes
  • RED’s titanium Hydrogen One phone is finally shipping for $1,595
  • AI systems should be accountable, explainable, and unbia
  • Blackpink is having a moment — and it will be livestreamed on Times Square’s largest screen 9 hours ago  –  If you haven’t heard Blackpink’s “Kill This Love,” you might want to stay away — it’s an earworm that’s been lodged in my brain all weekend. But you’re not going to be able to dodge some basic knowledge of the latest musical sensation, because the four female members of this K-pop group are catap...
  • Rocket Lab is now building customizable satellites
  • Apple’s rumored 16-inch MacBook Pro might be delayed until next year at the earliest
  • Razer’s Ripsaw HD capture card tries to challenge Elgato for entry-level game streaming
  • New Zealand privacy commissioner says Facebook is run by ‘morally bankrupt’ liars
  • White House threatens to veto Democrat-led net neutrality bill
     11 hours ago  –  If the Democrats’ net neutrality bill were to pass through Congress, it’s likely that President Donald Trump would veto it, according to a new statement from the White House today. It’s not surprising that Trump is expected to veto the Democrat-led net neutrality initiative, but Monday’s stateme...
  • The Google Home Hub is almost half off today
  • Amazon’s Alexa can handle patient information now — what does that mean for privacy?
  • Spyware app abused iOS enterprise certificate to track targets
  • Fiat Chrysler will pay Tesla to dodge billions in emissions fi
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