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WeWork expected to announce major layoffs
2 days ago –
Two weeks after WeWork CEO Adam Neumann resigned, layoffs are expected.
We’ll have self-flying cars before self-driving cars, Thrun says
2 days ago –
Once you get up high enough, you don’t have to worry about a lot
of the obstacles like pedestrians and traffic jams that plague
autonomous cars. That’s why Sebastian Thrun, Google’s self-driving team
founder turned CEO of flying vehicle startup Kitty Hawk, said onstage at
TechCrunch Disrupt SF to...
Orbit Fab raises $3M to make orbital refueling easier, cheaper and more accessible
2 days ago –
Orbit Fab, one of the companies competing in this year’s
TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield in San Francisco this week, has closed a
seed round of $3 million. The funding comes from Type 1 Ventures,
TechStars and others, and will help Orbit Fab continue to build on the
great momentum it has already b...
Amazon’s Prime Video app disappears from the App Store [Updated]
a day ago –
In what we understand was a “technical issue”, the Amazon Prime
Video app disappeared from the Apple App Store, making it unavailable
for new downloads or updates to users both on iOS and Apple TV. Twitter
users began to tweet to Amazon for help about the problem on Friday
morning, to which Amazo...
Stephen Curry invests in Guild Education
a day ago –
Stephen Curry, along with SC 30, Inc. President Bryant Barr,
just announced an investment in Guild Education, which helps Fortune
1000 companies, like Disney and Lowe’s, offer debt-free degrees to their
employees. “We pioneered what we call education as a benefit,” Guild
Education co-founder and ...
Alteryx acquires machine learning startup Feature Labs
a day ago –
Alteryx, a publicly traded analytics company, announced this
morning that it has acquired Feature Labs, a machine learning startup
that launched out of MIT in 2018. The company did not reveal the terms
of the deal. Co-founder and CEO Max Kanter told TechCrunch at the time
of the launch the compan...
As Sinai Ventures returns first fund, partner Jordan Fudge talks new LA focus
a day ago –
At age 27, Jordan Fudge is quietly making a splash in the VC
world. Fudge is the managing partner of Sinai Ventures, a multi-stage VC
fund that manages $100 million and has more than 80 portfolio companies
including Ro, Drivetime, Kapwing, and Luminary. His 2017 investment in
Pinterest — a second...
Snap CEO isn’t expecting much from Facebook antitrust investigations
a day ago –
Facebook’s relentless feature copy of Snapchat has been seen as
one of the chief examples of the company’s competitive overreach, but
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel isn’t sure whether antitrust activity from the
government is going to change the company’s near-term prospects of
competing with Instagram. “...
Amid mounting concerns around vaping cannabis, entrepreneurs say regulators need to step up
a day ago –
As concerns over the safety of vaping products for cannabis
sweeps across the country, executives in the industry are passing the
buck to regulators to come up with a solution. The need for national
regulation touches everything from how to bank cannabis businesses to
how to manage the distributi...
HTC stopped innovating on smartphones, new CEO admits
2 hours ago –
Several months back, we invited HTC cofounder and CEO Cher Wang
to appear on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt. Sometimes, however, life
happens. Two weeks ago, the company announced that Wang would be
stepping down from the role, which would immediately be filled by
longtime telecom vet, Yves Maitres....
HTC stopped innovating on smartphones, new CEO admits
2 hours ago –
Several months back, we invited HTC cofounder and CEO Cher
Wang to appear on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt. Sometimes, however, life
happens. Two weeks ago, the company announced that Wang would be
stepping down from the role, which would immediately be filled by
longtime telecom vet, Yves Maitres....
NASA shares 3D Moon data for CG artists and creators
3 hours ago –
If you want to set your movie or game on the Moon, it's not hard
to find imagery of our photogenic satellite. But NASA has just released
a useful and beautiful new set of data just for creators that includes
not just imagery but depth data, making it simple to build an incredibly
detailed 3D map ...
Report: WeWork cofounder Adam Neumann may have to unload property to pay off a giant loan
a day ago –
Adam Neumann may be out of the daily flow of WeWork, but he
seemingly remains top of mind to some of the company’s bankers.
According to a new Business Insider piece, Neumann is working with
JPMorgan, UBS, and Credit Suisse to consider new terms for a $500
million loan that he took out before WeW...
The Verge
Mark Zuckerberg promises Facebook won’t be biased against Elizabeth Warren
2 days ago –
When I said that I would have more to share from Mark
Zuckerberg’s employee Q&A sessions for you in the newsletter this
week, I didn’t think it would go like this.
Three days after we published leaked audio from a pair of July meetings
inside Facebook, Zuckerberg decided to live-stream Thursd...
What the heck is Windows 10X?
a day ago –
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
For die-hard gadget lovers, Microsoft’s Surface event this week was
something of a dream come true. The company resurrected its legendary
dual-screen Courier concept as the Surface Neo, then it surprised the
world by announcing a dual-screen Android ...
Apple CEO Tim Cook slams Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency as a power grab
a day ago –
Photo by Drew Angerer / Getty Images
Apple CEO Tim Cook had some choice words when asked about Facebook’s
controversial blockchain project Libra, with the chief executive openly
characterizing the company’s plans to launch a cryptocurrency as a
blatant power grab. Speaking with the French news...
Should we treat incels as terrorists?
10 hours ago –
Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto via Getty Images
The Toronto attack showed us what gender-based terrorism looks like
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