Thursday, July 18, 2019

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  • Southeast Asian cloud communications platform Wavecell acquired by 8×8 in deal worth $125 million 19 hours ago  –  Wavecell, a cloud-communications platform for companies in Southeast Asia, announced today that it has been acquired by 8×8 in a deal worth about $125 million. The acquisition will help San Jose, Calif.-based 8×8 expand in Asia, where Wavecell already has offices in Singapore, Indonesia, the Phil...
  • How a Hong Kong startup gets caught up in US-China trade war 20 hours ago  –  Taylor Host has been operating his artificial intelligence startup out of Hong Kong for more than two years. The American entrepreneur has clients from Europe, North America and Asia, but he settled in the city for its adjacency to Southeast Asia and mainland China’s massive market. Miro, which H...
  • FaceApp gets federal attention as Sen. Schumer raises alarm on data use a day ago  –  It's been hard to get away from FaceApp over the last few days, whether it's your friends posting weird selfies using the app's aging and other filters, or the brief furore over its apparent (but not actual) circumvention of permissions on iPhones. Now even the Senate is getting in on the fun: Se...
  • Altitude Angel launches an API for safer drone flights
  • Coinbase tells you if top holders are buying or selling a crypto asset
  • Netflix will roll out a lower-priced subscription plan in India
  • Toyota locks in more than a supply of EV batteries in deal with China’s CATL
  • SpaceX’s ‘Starhopper’ bursts into flames during static fire test
  • Instagram will now hide likes in 6 more countries
  • Microsoft has warned 10,000 victims of state-sponsore
  • Intel announces deep, multi-year partnership with SAP 10 hours ago  –  Intel announced a deep partnership with SAP today around using advanced Intel technology to optimize SAP software tools. Specifically, the company plans to tune its Intel Xeon Scalable processors and Intel Optane DC persistent memory for SAP’s suite of applications. The multi-year partnership inc...
    Intel announces deep, multi-year partnership with SAP 10 hours ago  –  Intel announced a deep partnership with SAP today around using advanced Intel technology to optimize SAP software tools. Specifically, the company plans to tune its Intel Xeon Scalable processors and Intel Optane DC persistent memory for SAP’s suite of applications. The multi-year partnership inc...
  • Qualcomm hit with $271M EU fine over predatory pricing of baseband chips 10 hours ago  –  A long-running European antitrust investigation into whether Qualcomm used predatory pricing when selling UMTS baseband chips about a decade ago has landed the chipmaker with a fine of €242 million (~$271M) — aka, 1.27% of its global revenue for 2018. The EU regulator concluded Qualcomm used abus...
  • Google teams up with Apollo 11 astronaut to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing 10 hours ago  –  It’s the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing, so it’s no surprise that Google’s daily doodle celebrates this milestone today. To mark the event, Google teamed up with NASA and Michael Collins, the astronaut who piloted the command module while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the Moon...
  • Plaid introduces Liabilities to create debt-tracking apps, starting with student loans
  • Watch an unfiltered interview of PicsArt founder at Disrupt Berlin
  • On a growth tear, work trip SaaS TravelPerk adds $60M to its Series C
  • EBay picks 5.5% stake in India’s Paytm Mall
  • Congressional testimony reveals some faults in Facebook’s digital currency plans
  • Georgia Tech’s ant-sized micro-robots move through vibration
  • Banking startup N26 raises another $170 million at $3.5
  • Last chance! Apply for the All Raise female founder program at Disrupt SF 2019 6 hours ago  –  Newsflash for all female founders of the early-stage startup variety. Your chance to meet with leading women VCs at Disrupt SF 2019 on October 2-4 ends on July 19 at 5 p.m. (PT). Apply for an AMA session before the deadline expires. We’re serious when it comes to supporting women in tech, which i...
  • Facebook accused of contradicting itself on claims about platform policy violations 7 hours ago  –  Prepare your best * unsurprised face *: Facebook is being accused of contradicting itself in separate testimonies made on both sides of the Atlantic. The chair of a U.K. parliamentary committee that spent the lion’s share of last year investigating online disinformation, going on to grill multipl...
  • Haus, the real estate startup founded by Garrett Camp, raises $7.1M 7 hours ago  –  Haus, a startup aiming to make home ownership more affordable and flexible, is announcing that it has raised $7.1 million in new funding. This amount combines a $4.1 million seed equity investment led by Montage Ventures and $3 million in debt, which will help finance Haus’ new co-investment mode...
  • Only 24 hours left to apply for TC Top Picks at Disrupt SF 2019
  • Storytelling community Wattpad launches Paid Stories and its ad-free subscription globally
  • Inside Harley-Davidson’s EV shift with a ride on its LiveWire
  • Slack resets user passwords after 2015 data breach
  • VComply raises $2.5 million seed round led by Accel to simplify risk and compliance management
  • Toys ‘R’ Us taps tech startup b8ta to bring its stores into the future
  • ISRO’s Chandrayaan-2 Moon lander mission launch res
  • Daily Crunch: Netflix has a rough quarter 5 hours ago  –  The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Netflix reports net subscriber loss in the US, misses global subscriber growth predictions Netflix’s pr...
  • The climate is our biggest threat. Carl Pope is fighting to change our fate 5 hours ago  –  Michael Bloomberg is an unrepentant capitalist who, as he says in his 2017 book A Climate of Hope, is “not exactly your stereotypical environmentalist.” Yet over the past decade, Bloomberg has become arguably the biggest environmental philanthropist in the world — especially given the $500 millio...
  • Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith joins Disrupt SF to talk about bringing the Moon within reach 5 hours ago  –  Private spaceflight company Blue Origin has its sights set on the Moon, and in May unveiled a new lander to help it get there. This October, Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith will join us onstage at Disrupt SF 2019 to talk about how the company plans to get to the Moon, and beyond — and […]
  • Investor Jocelyn Goldfein to join us on AI panel at TechCrunch Sessions: Enterprise
  • YouTube Music now lets you seamlessly switch between songs and music videos
  • The FTC looks to change children’s privacy law following complaints about YouTube
  • iOS 13: Here are the new security and privacy features you might’ve missed
  • InCountry raises $15M for its cloud-based private data storage-as-a-service solution
  • Google creates massive-scale tribute to Apollo 11 software lead Margaret Hamilton
  • Google will now pay bigger rewards for discovering Chr
  • SpaceX shares video of multiple Crew Dragon parachute recovery system tests 11 minutes ago  –  SpaceX is providing a closer look at some of its Crew Dragon parachute recovery system testing, with a new video compiling footage of a number of tests including those flown from a cargo plane and a high-altitude balloon. The video shows a test version of their Crew Dragon capsule falling through...
  • Submittable raises $10M to help publishers and other organizations manage their submissions 18 minutes ago  –  Submittable is announcing that it has raised $10 million in Series B funding. When I first wrote about the company in 2012, it was focused on helping literary magazines manage their submissions — useful, but maybe not the kind of thing that venture capitalists write big checks for. Since then, Su...
  • Azure revenue continues to slow down for Microsoft 34 minutes ago  –  Microsoft reported in its FY19, Q4 earnings report today that Azure, the company’s infrastructure as a service (IaaS) offering, grew at 64%. It may feel like a large number, but was part of a downward trend Microsoft has been experiencing throughout the entire fiscal 2019 earnings cycle. The grow...
  • Boeing set to take $4.9 billion Q2 charge on 737 Max grounding
  • Rent the Backyard wants to build a studio apartment in your yard
  • Toyota creates accessible last-mile electric shuttle for 2020 Olympic Games
  • This is one way Toyota plans to shuttle people around during the 2020 Olympics
  • How Carl Pope helped drive a $500 million pledge to push the U.S. “Beyond Carbon” (Part 2)
  • Instagram will now warn you before your account gets deleted, offer in-app appeals
  • How US national security agencies hold the internet ho  **

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  • Microsoft has a wild hologram that translates HoloLens keynotes into Japanese a day ago  –  Microsoft has created a hologram that will transform someone into a digital speaker of another language. The software giant unveiled the technology during a keynote at the Microsoft Inspire partner conference this morning in Las Vegas. Microsoft recently scanned Julia White, a company executive f...
  • Spotify app update for iPad finally supports multitasking
  • The Farewell writer-director Lulu Wang on the joys of laughing at human nature
  • Oakland city council votes to ban government use of facial recognition
  • FaceApp is back and so are privacy concerns
  • Vergecast: the market for tech support is growing
  • PUBG’s first official story trailer is dark as hell
  • ‘I don’t think you should launch Libra at all,’ congresswoman tells Facebook
  • Here are the best Amazon Prime Day 2019 deals that you can still get
  • In the sci-fi spoof Iron Sky: The Coming Race, Alien Hitle
  • Democrats call for FaceApp to be investigated because it comes from Russia a day ago  –  FaceApp — the photo editing app that uses neural networks to create dramatic photo edits — is skyrocketing to social media popularity again, thanks to a new aging filter, but Democrats aren’t on board with the fun. The Democratic National Committee instead reportedly sent out an alert warning 20...
    ( How much stuff needs to be investigated because it is infested with US Malware ? **)
  • Netflix CEO Reed Hastings on the streaming wars and a poor Q2: ‘Our position is excellent’
  • Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 leak all but confirms the stylus will stick out
  • Netflix suffers first major loss of US subscribers, blames price hikes
  • Instagram expands its test to hide like counts
  • Here’s a first look at Apple’s Peanuts show featuring astronaut Snoopy
  • Netflix confirms it will launch a mobile-only streaming plan starting in India
  • How Apple factory workers steal pieces of new iPhones — and sometimes get away
  • SpaceX’s test rocket catches fire after engine test
  • Ford secretly proposed a pickup truck emoji, and it mig
  • Instagram will now warn users close to having their account banned 6 hours ago  –  Instagram is strengthening its moderation policies today and adding a new alert that will warn people who violate rules when their account is close to being deleted. The alert will show users a history of the posts, comments, and stories that Instagram has had to remove from their account, as wel...
  • DARPA’s Squad X project pairs Marines and robots to eliminate the fog of war
  • Netflix is losing beloved shows, subscribers, and confidence
  • The future of fitness is together but alone
    The future of fitness is together but alone 7 hours ago  –  The future of fitness is together but alone Continue reading…
  • Splatoon 2’s final splatfest starts today, marking the end of an era
  • Google Fi’s deal on the Pixel 3 is better than the Prime Day price
  • I’ll be back: all the updates for Terminator: Dark Fate
  • NASA’s daunting to-do list for sending people back to the Moon
  • Slack resets thousands of user passwords four years after hack
  • Verizon launches its first 5G hotspot for $650
  • Google’s Stadia Controller won’t work with Bluetooth headsets at launch 13 minutes ago  –  Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Google’s Stadia controller won’t be able to wirelessly stream game audio to your Bluetooth headphones or gaming headsets when it launches in November, according to Stadia Product Director Andrey Doronichev. In a Reddit AMA earlier today, Doronichev suggests pe...
  • Let’s all boggle at the furry erotic dream that is the first trailer for Tom Hooper’s Cats
  • Microsoft’s Surface and cloud focus helps boost Q4 earnings as Xbox sales disappoint
  • The first trailer for Top Gun: Maverick is a flashback to 1986
  • The excellent Flappy Bird battle royale game is now available for everyone
  • Overwatch’s new ‘role queue’ feature lets you play the hero you want
  • YouTube Music now lets you flip between a song and its music video with a tap
  • The new trailer for It: Chapter Two gets intense fast
  • How to stop those annoying website notification prompts
  • Fortnite players can now earn loot from watching YouTu
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