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VC Justin Caldbeck is taking an indefinite leave of absence, apologizes to the women he ‘made feel uncomfortable’
In light of allegations of sexual harassment and unwanted sexual advances, Binary Capital co-founder and managing Partner Justin Caldbeck is taking an indefinite leave of absence, he said in a statement provided to TechCrunch, In his apology statement, Caldbeck did not outright admit nor deny the allegations of the female founders who came forward. Instead, he vaguely directed his apology… Read More
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SpaceX successfully launches reused Falcon 9 rocket, recovers first stage
SpaceX has successfully launched a Falcon 9 to orbit during its BulgariaSat-1 mission Friday. The launch reused a first stage booster first employed during an Iridium Communications mission in January of this year, after that Falcon 9 first stage was recovered and refurbished. The mission on Friday was to delivery Bulgaria’s first ever geostationary communications satellite into orbit… Read More
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Watch a tiny virus take a constitutional under a laser-powered 3D microscope
If you’re anything like me, you spend a significant portion of the day wondering about the paths viruses take when they’re cruising around your internals. Luckily for us, a newly developed microscope from Duke researchers can show the exact path taken by the little critters (?), down to the micrometer. Read More
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Female founders accuse VC Justin Caldbeck of making unwanted advances
Yesterday The Information reported on allegations made by half a dozen women working in the tech industry who say they have faced unwanted and inappropriate advances from Silicon Valley venture capitalist, Justin Caldbeck, co-founder and managing partner of Binary Capital. Read More
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Watch SpaceX launch a re-used Falcon 9 rocket live right here
SpaceX is attempting to re-launch a Falcon 9 it used first in January, taking off from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center with a two-hour launch window opening at 2:10 PM EDT today (UPDATE: The launch is now set for 3:10 PM EDT as SpaceX will be conducting additional ground checks). The mission, BulgariaSat-1, will attempt to deliver a geostationary orbital commercial comms satellite… Read More
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42 percent of smart speaker owners have bought a second device (or more)
Here’s a promising metric for Amazon, in terms of its ability to maintain its current lead in the voice computing market: 42 percent of smart speaker owners have two or more devices, according to Edison Research. This figure is seemingly growing, too. Last year, there were about 1.18 Amazon Echo devices per Alexa household, but this new finding pushes the number to around 1.5 to 1.6… Read More
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Samsung’s Galaxy Note8 will reportedly be the company’s most expensive smartphone yet
Samsung is preparing to launch its most expensive smartphone yet this September, VentureBeat reports. Notably, this launch timeline for the Galaxy Note8 places it in the path of when the new iPhones will likely be revealed. The phone will retail for €999 according to the report, a number which will likely translate to around $900 stateside considering past pricing differentials. Read More
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Google now has all the data it needs, will stop scanning Gmail inboxes for ad personalization
Here’s a surprise announcement from Google: It will stop scanning the inboxes of Gmail’s free users for ad personalization at some point later this year. Google already doesn’t do this for business users who subscribe to its G Suite services, but until now, it routinely scanned the inboxes of its free users to better target ads for them. It then combined that information… Read More
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A month with the Catalyst Fermentation System
I’ve been following the multiple “easy” brewing systems available online for a while now and have never found one that truly spoke to me. Devices like the Minibrew seem great but price and shipping problems have always kept them out of my boozy little hands. So, rather than wait for the perfect automatic system, I decided to look at the Catalyst Fermentation System, a $199… Read More
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Satellogic raises $27M for affordable, high-resolution imaging satellites
Space tech company Satellogic has raised $27 million in a Series B round led by Chinese internet giant Tencent, and with participation by CrunchFund (disclosure: co-founded by TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington). The company also launches its sixth micro-satellite into orbit on June 15, aboard a Long March-4B rocket that took off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. What Satellogic… Read More
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YouTube’s mobile app will soon better display all video formats, add messaging
On the heels of a major redesign of its desktop site which delivered an overall cleaner look-and-feel and a “dark mode” for nighttime watching, YouTube this week announced it will soon roll out an update to its mobile app, as well. The new app will better support video shot in other formats and orientations, by dynamically adapting its player to whatever video you’re… Read More
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Nissan’s ProPILOT driver assist features coming to the new LEAF EV
Nissan will be bringing its ProPILOT Assist ADAS features to the brand new Nissan LEAF, the redesigned version of its pioneering EV, which is still “coming soon” and mostly still a secret. We do, however, expect it to have around 200 miles of range on some models, which is more than double the current version. The ProPILOT features will provide semi-autonomous acceleration, braking… Read More
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YouTube TV expands to 10 more U.S. markets, adds more YouTube Red series
YouTube TV, Google’s $35 per month streaming service aimed at a younger demographic of cord cutters and cord-nevers, is expanding to ten more markets, the company announced this week at VidCon. The service had initially launched in April offering streaming live TV and DVR functionality to just five major metros: San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and Philadelphia. In just… Read More
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Logitech’s Slim Combo for iPad Pro really boosts your portable productivity power
Logitech has a long history of making keyboard accessories for iPad, and it has a new product out in time for the release of the latest iPad Pro 10.5 and 12.9 updates. The Slim Combo, which is available for either size device, includes a back cover case with an integrated Apple Pencil sleeve, and a keyboard that uses the iPad’s Smart Connector. The two piece approach results in a… Read More
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Equity podcast: Too much damn Uber news and Jeff Bezos buys a grocery chain
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a weekly podcast of high finance gossip and low GAAP intrigue. It’s TechCrunch’s show focused on all things venture capital. This week, Katie Roof, Matthew Lynley and I — Alex Wilhelm — were joined by Cyan Banister, a prolific investor on her own (Uber, Postmates, the list goes on), and partner at Founders Fund, a team with more… Read More
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Watch this guy play Super Mario Bros. IRL in Central Park using HoloLens
Super Mario Bros. is iconic, so it’s a natural target for augmented reality development, where everything nostalgic is new again. This demo, created by Abhishek Singh, really is amazing, however. Singh recreated the first level of Super Mario Bros. as an augmented reality game on Microsoft HoloLens, giving himself a first-person perspective into a unique 3D look inside the classic… Read More
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IBM is working with the Air Force Research Lab on a TrueNorth 64-chip array
IBM is working with the U.S. Air Force to improve its TrueNorth line of chips designed to optimize the performance of machine learning models at the hardware level. The new 64-chip array will consist of four boards, each with 16 chips. IBM’s chips are still too experimental to be used in mass production, but they’ve shown promise in running a special type of neural network… Read More
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Algorithmia raises $10.5M Series A round led by Google’s new AI fund
Word recently spread that Google had quietly launched a new fund for investing into AI companies. Now this fund has made its first (or at least its first public) investment, leading a $10.5 million Series A into Algorithmia, a marketplace and enterprise solution that allows developers to easily tap into its catalog of 3,500 algorithms, functions and machine-learning models. Read More
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Zapp Inc.
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Group K Diagnostics
- Not available Seed
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- Categories: Health Diagnostics
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Citus Health
- Not available Seed
- HQ: New York, New York
- Categories: Health Care
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Cylera
- $50K Seed
- HQ: Not available
- Categories: Cyber Security
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Marmo Health
- $50K Seed
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: Health Care
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LGD
- Not available Series A
- HQ: Not available
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Liveplay
- Not available Seed
- HQ: Palo Alto, California
- Categories: Media and Entertainment
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AmoebaX Ltd.
- Not available Seed
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AIMO
- Not available Seed
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Algorithmia
- $10M Series A
- HQ: Seattle, Washington
- Categories: Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Software
- Investors: Not available
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Tradee SAS
- 1.0M EUR Seed
- HQ: Paris, Ile-de-France
- Categories: Marketplace, Mobile Apps, Shopping
- Investors: Not available
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fintonic
- 25M EUR Venture
- HQ: Madrid, Madrid
- Categories: Personal Finance, Big Data, Banking, FinTech, Finance, Mobile, Consumer ... See More
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OneAssist
- $18M Series C
- HQ: Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Categories: Security, SaaS, Financial Services
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Noble Group
- Not available Post IPO Equity
- HQ: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island
- Categories: Supply Chain Management, Transportation, Industrial, Energy
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Thorn
- Not available Series A
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: Non Profit, Charity
- Investors: Not available
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GetSwift
- 24M AUD Venture
- HQ: Melbourne, Victoria
- Categories: Task Management, Delivery, Productivity Tools
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Tine Health
- Not available Seed
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: Augmented Reality, SaaS, Enterprise Software, Health Care
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Heptagon Technologies
- 9.7M INR Round
- HQ: Kormangala, Karnataka
- Categories: Not available
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Ayenda
- $65K Seed
- HQ: Not available
- Categories: Management Information Systems, Reservations, Hotel
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Minka
- Not available Seed
- HQ: Bogotá, Distrito Especial
- Categories: Venture Capital, FinTech
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Intrinio
- $1.0M Angel
- HQ: Saint Petersburg, Florida
- Categories: FinTech, Analytics, Developer APIs, Finance
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DeviceHub.net
- 50K EUR Grant
- HQ: Bucharest, Bucuresti
- Categories: Internet of Things
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Someonew
- $50K Convertible Note
- HQ: Not available
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Dochase Ads
- Not available Angel
- HQ: Lagos, Lagos
- Categories: Mobile Advertising, Social Media Advertising, Local Advertising, ... See More
- Investors: Not available
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Phlur
- $1.4M Venture
- HQ: Austin, Texas
- Categories: Internet, E-Commerce
- Investors: Not available
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VoxWeb
- $1.0M Seed
- HQ: Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Categories: Internet
- Investors: Not available
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