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- Facebook poaches leaders of Refdash interview prep to work on Jobs a day ago – Facebook just snatched some talent to fuel its invasion of LinkedIn’s turf. A source tells TechCrunch that members of coding interview practice startup Refdash including at least some of its executives have been hired by Facebook. The social network confirmed to TechCrunch that members of Refdash...
- The accessibility of the iPhone XS Max 2 days ago – As the old adage goes, bigger is better. But is the iPhone XS Max the most accessible iPhone Apple’s built yet?
- U.S. government sides with Apple and Amazon, effectively denying Bloomberg ‘spy chip’ report 2 days ago – Homeland Security has said it has “no reason to doubt” statements by Apple, Amazon and Supermicro denying allegations made in a Bloomberg report published earlier this week. It’s the first statement so far from the U.S. government on the report, casting doubt on the findings. Homeland Security’s ...
- Klarna raises $20M from H&M, will build financing and payment services for the fashion retailer 20 hours ago – As more traditional brick-and-mortar retailers look to capitalise on the growth of e-commerce and mobile to compete against the likes of Amazon, fintech startups are reaping the rewards. In the latest development, Klarna, the payments startup out of Sweden that helps online shoppers arrange for f...
- Grab your Investor pass to Disrupt Berlin 2018 today 20 hours ago – Calling all early-stage fund investors across Europe and beyond. If you’re looking to invest in the most promising up-and-coming early-stage startups — and of course you are, because that’s what you do — it’s time to book your Investor pass to Disrupt Berlin 2018, which takes place November 29-30...
- Mosaic Ventures, the London-based Series A investor, has closed a second fund at $150M 20 hours ago – Well, that was quick: A little over two months since we reported that Mosaic Ventures was in the middle of raising a second fund, TechCrunch can reveal that fund two has in fact now closed, as the London-based venture capital firm looks to double down on backing “Europe’s most ambitious entrepren...
- Garmin-owned navigation unit exposed thousands of boat owners’ data 14 hours ago – Navionics, an electronic navigational chart maker owned by tech giant Garmin, has secured an exposed database that contained hundreds of thousands of customer records. The MongoDB database wasn’t secured with a password, allowing anyone who knew where to look to access and download the data. The ...
- Facebook tries its hand at hardware with Portal 15 hours ago – Portal is not Facebook’s Echo Show. Call it a case of convergent evolution, wherein two companies arrived at similar looking products after approaching hardware from different angles. The problem Facebook sought to solve is one of face to face communication. It’s an attempt to remove the device f...
- Facebook launches Portal auto-zooming video chat screens for $199/$349 15 hours ago – Facebook’s first hardware product combines Alexa (and eventually Google Assistant) with a countertop video chat screen that zooms to always keep you in frame. Yet the fancy gadget’s success depends not on functionality, but whether people are willing to put a Facebook camera and microphone in the...
- Humbition is a new fund led by the Indiegogo’s Slava Rubin 11 hours ago – Zocdoc founder Cyrus Massoumi and Indiegogo founder Slava Rubin have created a new $30 million fund called Humbition aimed at early stage, founder-led companies in New York. “The fund is focused on connecting startups with investors and advisors experienced in building and growing successful busi...
- Shopify rolls out fraud protection to U.S. merchants 12 hours ago – Large e-commerce businesses have systems in place to fight online fraud, but smaller sellers with their own storefronts don’t always have the same advantages. Today, e-commerce platform Shopify is aiming to change that with its rollout of Fraud Protect for Shopify Payments. The service is initial...
- Fortnite maker buys anti-cheat software company 12 hours ago – Epic’s gotta do something with the money it’s printing through Fortnite purchases. Acquisitions appear to be at the top of that list, starting with Kamu, the Finnish startup behind Easy Anti-Cheat. Epic has already deployed the anti-cheat software for its wildly popular sandbox survival game — it...
- Microsoft invests in Grab to bring AI and big data to on-demand services 2 hours ago – Microsoft has made a strategic investment in ride-hailing and on-demand services company Grab as part of a deal that includes collaborating on big data and AI projects. Under the agreement, Singapore-based Grab will adopt Microsoft Azure as its preferred cloud platformAzure cloud computing servic...
- Looking back at Google+ 5 hours ago – Google+ is shutting down at last. Google announced today it’s sunsetting its consumer-facing social network due to lack of user and developer adoption, low usage and engagement. Oh, and a data leak. It even revealed how poorly the network is performing, noting that 90 percent of Google+ user sess...
- Binance will disclose listing fees and donate them to its own charity 6 hours ago – The biggest cryptocurrency exchange wants to make its coin listing process a bit less sketchy. In a Medium post on Monday, the company said that moving forward it would disclose fees that arise in the process of getting a coin listed on the exchange and donate all listing fees to charity. Specifi...
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- Neil Gaiman on adapting his and Terry Pratchett’s Good Omens for TV a day ago – At New York Comic Con this weekend, Amazon released the first look at its upcoming miniseries, Good Omens, based on the classic fantasy novel. At a press event, co-creator Neil Gaiman and members of the cast explained their approach to adapting the book for television. The comedic fantasy novel ...
- Amazon Echo Show 2018 review: bigger screen and better sound aren’t enough 16 hours ago – New screen, same Show Continue reading…
- Viral video of Russian woman bleaching manspreaders was anti-feminist propaganda 13 hours ago – Last month, a video of a woman allegedly dumping water mixed with bleach into the laps of manspreaders on the Russian subway went viral. The story of 20-year-old Anna Dovgalyuk, first posted by In The Now, was papered across news outlets and social media alike as its so-called activist star comba...
- Apple’s iOS 12.0.1 update fixes slow reception, charging issues on iPhone XS 10 hours ago – Apple has issued an update to iOS 12, which fixes several bugs that have plagued iPhone XS and XS Max users since the phones were released. The IOS 12.0.1 update is available to download now in Settings —> General —> Software Update on your iPhone or iPad. The update should fix one of the ...
- Last-minute Google Pixel 3 leaks reveal colors, AI camera features, and even the retail box 3 hours ago – Google’s Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL have already leaked pretty much in their entirety, as have a vast majority of the company’s other hardware announcements slated for its New York City event tomorrow. But the leakers aren’t done yet. With less 24 hours to go until the event kicks off at 11AM ET, we ...Last-minute Google Pixel 3 leaks reveal colors, AI camera features, and even the retail box 3 hours ago – Google’s Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL have already leaked pretty much in their entirety, as have a vast majority of the company’s other hardware announcements slated for its New York City event tomorrow. But the leakers aren’t done yet. With less 24 hours to go until the event kicks off at 11AM ET, we ...