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NYC’s speed limiter trial leaves the EU in the dust
A critical review of the EU’s ‘Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI’
These companies are building the future of the drone delivery industry
DeepMind feuds with Russian scientists over quantum AI research
Why Janet Jackson made laptops crash
Tech Crunch
Pitch your startup at TechCrunch Live’s Minneapolis event
16 hours ago –
TechCrunch is thrilled to be (virtually) headed to Minneapolis,
Minnesota. The event takes place on September 7 at 2:00 pm CDT/12:00 pm
PDT. It’s free to attend, and it’s free to submit your Minneapolis-area
startup to the pitch-off competition. I hope you can make it. Just like
every TechCrunch ...
Deposits banks $5M for its plug-and-play approach to financial product creation
16 hours ago –
The company enables its customers to quickly and easily create digital banking features without the need for developers.
Ramp will now let businesses flexibly finance bills
16 hours ago –
In the startup world, adding lines of business is always a risk.
A company can spread itself too thin and end up not doing a great job
at much of anything. Or it can stumble upon an offering that not only is
a hit, but a hit that’s growing faster than its original, core product.
[…]
ConverseNow expands its drive-thru ordering tech as it bags another $10M
16 hours ago –
A problem has always existed in drive-thrus, but the
technology has “never existed to solve the problem and is still not
there 100%," according to ConverseNow CEO Vinay Shukla.
EeroQ bets on helium for its quantum chip design
14 hours ago –
It’s still early days for quantum computing, but we’re currently
seeing rapid improvements in the underlying hardware and software
foundations for this new computing paradigm. Just like during the early
days of classical computing, different hardware players are betting on
very different approach...
Announcing the agenda for TechCrunch Disrupt 2022
14 hours ago –
Disrupt is turning 12 years old. If it were a human, it would be
addicted to technology (which it is) and starting to get an attitude
(again, yes). But after a couple of years coming to you virtually, the
world’s most impactful tech startup conference is coming back to real
life. The Moscone Cent...
Rookout raises $16M Series B to scale its developer-first observability platform
14 hours ago –
Rookout, the Tel Aviv-based startup that describes itself as a
“developer-first observability platform,” today announced that it has
raised a $16 million Series B funding round led by Fort Ross Ventures.
Existing investors TLV Partners, Emerge and Cisco Investments, as well
as new investors LIAN ...
15 hours ago –
Elon Musk has been handed a fat golden goose to feed his legal
battle over ending his acquisition of Twitter. The tech mogul has been
trying to cancel his Twitter-approved $44 billion bid because he
believes Twitter has not been transparent about the number of bots on
the platform. Twitter’s take...
Apple delivers iPadOS 16.1 beta ahead of iOS 16 fall release
12 hours ago –
Apple this morning is rolling out iPadOS 16.1 beta to enrolled
developer devices. It’s a break from the standard release cadence, which
has tied together the tablet operating system with its smartphone
counterpart, iOS, since its first release in 2019. In a comment to
TechCrunch, the company note...
Mastering the B2C2B game: 6 lessons to learn before you launch
12 hours ago –
Launching a B2B product within a B2C company presents distinct
challenges as you attempt to strike a balance between successfully
establishing a new product and maintaining your original business.
Netflix adds ‘Heads Up!’ to its games roster with decks based on its hit shows, including ‘Stranger Things’
12 hours ago –
Netflix is expanding its roster of games with the addition of
“Netflix Heads Up!,” an exclusive version of the popular mobile game,
the company announced today. Heads Up! is a twist on charades where
players have to guess the words on another player’s forehead before the
one-minute timer runs out...
Someone made a BlackBerry movie starring Dennis from ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’
8 hours ago –
We all knew this day was coming. With the film world hungry for
failed tech fodder on the heels of titles like The Drop Out and
WeCrashed, some producer was bound to hit upon BlackBerry on the way to
the inevitable 20-part Juicero miniseries. The beloved and beleaguered
smartphone firm formerly k...
Tier Mobility lays off 180 people amid poor funding climate
9 hours ago –
Tier Mobility, the German micromobility giant that recently
acquired Spin from Ford, is laying off 16% of staff, or 180 people,
according to a LinkedIn post by CEO Lawrence Leuschner and an open
letter from the executive that has been viewed by TechCrunch.
“Ultimately, we have to respond to the c...
Call it venture farming season, because seed rounds are kicking butt
9 hours ago –
It's still a founder's market. Especially for seed.
Asia’s richest man to buy majority stake in news organization in ‘hostile’ takeover
4 hours ago –
Adani Group said Tuesday it will buy a majority stake in NDTV, a
high-profile Indian news house, in an apparent hostile takeover as the
billionaire Gautam Adani expands his media ambitions. AMG Media
Networks, Adani’s unit, will indirectly purchase a 29.18% stake in New
Delhi Television and launc...
Legendary investor Julian Robertson has passed away — but left behind many powerful mentees
6 hours ago –
Julian Robertson’s hedge fund investors didn’t want to listen to
him when, in 1999, he questioned the sanity of the prices being paid
for shares in nascent internet companies. So months after being berated
for 15 minutes at an annual shareholders meeting at the Plaza Hotel in
New York in October ...
The Verge
Walmart is restocking PS5 bundles for its paid subscribers at 3PM ET today
13 hours ago –
Sony’s flagship console is now commonly sold in a bundle with
Horizon Forbidden West and is much easier to get. | Illustration by Alex
Castro / The Verge
Sony’s PlayStation 5 has not been nearly as hard to get as it once
was. With a mix of increased supply and easing demand, it’s almost e...
14 hours ago –
The Basilisk V3 Pro looks a lot like the wired model. | Image:
Razer
Razer has just announced a new model of its Basilisk gaming mouse.
Dubbed the Basilisk V3 Pro, the shape and layout of the V3 Pro are
virtually identical to the standard V3, with its claw-shaped design and
11 programmabl...
YouTube is the most-used podcasting platform
11 hours ago –
Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images
Hello! I am back from my travels and am in New York only for a bit
before flying off to Dallas for Podcast Movement (I just got an “on
time” notification from American Airlines, but I am not holding my
breath). There will be a fair amount of star p...
12 hours ago –
Heads Up! is arriving on Netflix, with exclusive decks based
on shows like Stranger Things. | Image: Netflix
Ellen’s popular mobile charades app Heads Up! is coming to Netflix
today as an exclusive version of the game, set to feature 28 new card
decks from popular series like Stranger Thi...
Gearbox’s New Tales from the Borderlands launches in October
10 hours ago –
Three characters from New Tales from the Borderlands. | Image:
Gearbox via Xbox Wire
Gearbox’s new Tales from the Borderlands game, which is just called
New Tales from the Borderlands, will be released on October 21st, the
studio announced Tuesday at the Gamescom Opening Night Live event....
10 hours ago –
Image: Sony
Sony has just announced a new DualSense Edge Wireless Controller. The
“high performance” controller is fully customizable, much like the Xbox
Elite controller. Sony appears to have the best features from the Scuf
and Elite controllers, with removable analog thumbsticks, rear b...
Mini made a Pokémon concept car that you can hook up a game console to
8 hours ago –
Mini meets Pokémon in this unusual mashup. | Image: Mini /
Pokemon
Mini teamed up with Pokémon to develop a Pikachu-themed concept car
that’s, fittingly, all-electric. The automaker showcased the car during
the Gamescom Opening Night Live event, which lets you hook up your game
console an...
Acer’s Vero 514 brings its ‘eco-conscious’ concept to a Chromebook
3 hours ago –
So green. | Image: Acer
Acer is adding a Chromebook to its Vero lineup, which it says is meant
to offer laptop buyers an “eco-conscious” option. Like the (rather
disappointing) Windows laptop that came before it, the Chromebook Vero
514 is made using recycled plastics, has a chassis that’...
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