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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...