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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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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. The mission, BulgariaSat-1, will attempt to deliver a geostationary orbital commercial comms satellite, the first in Bulgaria’s history, to orbit. The broadcast above should kick off around 15… 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
Latest Videos
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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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Razer makes virtual currency push with $20M investment in Asian payment firm
Razer has invested close to $20 million into Malaysia-based online payment firm MOL Global as part of a push to establish its virtual currency for gamers in Asia. The deal sees Razer subsidiary ZV-Midas buy equity from existing backers MOL Investment and Hotel Resort Enterprise in a deal that values the MOL Global business at around the $100 million mark. Gaming company Razer, which made… Read More
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Facebook expands its hate-fighting counterspeech initiative in Europe
Facebook has launched a third counterspeech initiative in Europe, partnering with the not-for-profit Institute for Strategic Dialogue for the launch of the Online Civil Courage Initiative (OCCI), which is aimed at tackling online extremism and hate speech. Read More
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Crunch Report | Apple Rolls Out Early Version Of Its Safe Driving Feature
Today’s Stories Do Not Disturb While Driving feature rolls out in Apple’s newest iOS 11 beta Sean Parker has left Spotify’s board; Padmasree Warrior, Thomas Staggs join in lead up to IPO Trump might kill next month’s new startup visa before it takes effect Facebook is testing a feature to prevent profile pictures being abused by other users Tantan, China’s… Read More
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The Kaggle data science community is competing to improve airport security with AI
Despite being slow and invasive, the TSA doesn’t have a great record at catching threats. With the help of the Kaggle data science community, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is hosting an online competition to build machine learning-powered tools that can augment agents, ideally making the entire system simultaneously more accurate and efficient. Read More
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Honda Clarity grows from one-shot to series
For years, the Honda Clarity has been one thing: a hydrogen fuel-cell-powered sedan available for lease to a vetted group of early adopters in California. Now in its third generation, the Honda Clarity fuel-cell car is still basically that. But it’s getting a couple of friends. This year, the Honda Clarity adds two new versions: an all-electric car and a plug-in hybrid. Read More
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YouTube has 1.5 billion logged-in monthly users watching a ton of mobile video
This year at VidCon, YouTube shared some new metrics that really drive home how much it’s dominating mobile video usage and how quickly its service is gaining viewers on TVs. Read More
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Zapp Inc.
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Group K Diagnostics
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Citus Health
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- HQ: New York, New York
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Cylera
- $50K Seed
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- 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
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Liveplay
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- HQ: Palo Alto, California
- Categories: Media and Entertainment
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AmoebaX Ltd.
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AIMO
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Algorithmia
- $10M Series A
- HQ: Seattle, Washington
- Categories: Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Software
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Tradee SAS
- 1.0M EUR Seed
- HQ: Paris, Ile-de-France
- Categories: Marketplace, Shopping, Mobile Apps
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fintonic
- 25M EUR Venture
- HQ: Madrid, Madrid
- Categories: Consumer Lending, Finance, Big Data, Banking, Personal Finance, FinTech, ... 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, Energy, Industrial, Transportation
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Thorn
- Not available Series A
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: Charity, Non Profit
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Tine Health
- Not available Seed
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: SaaS, Augmented Reality, Enterprise Software, Health Care
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GetSwift
- 24M AUD Venture
- HQ: Melbourne, Victoria
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Heptagon Technologies
- 9.7M INR Round
- HQ: Kormangala, Karnataka
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Ayenda
- $65K Seed
- HQ: Not available
- Categories: Reservations, Management Information Systems, 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: Developer APIs, Analytics, Finance, FinTech
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DeviceHub.net
- 50K EUR Grant
- HQ: Bucharest, Bucuresti
- Categories: Internet of Things
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Someonew
- $50K Convertible Note
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Dochase Ads
- Not available Angel
- HQ: Lagos, Lagos
- Categories: Analytics, Ad Retargeting, Mobile Advertising, Ad Exchange, Social Media ... See More
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Phlur
- $1.4M Venture
- HQ: Austin, Texas
- Categories: Internet, E-Commerce
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VoxWeb
- $1.0M Seed
- HQ: Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Categories: Internet
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