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It’s not your imagination, you are waiting longer for an UberPOOL using your commuter card
Use a commuter benefits card to take UberPOOL? You might have noticed you have a much longer wait time to get a ride than those using just a regular credit card. We first received a tip that this might be happening to commuters, so I asked around and found out several other commuter card-carrying friends were experiencing the same thing. This morning I had one of these friends test it out and… Read More
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Crunch Report | Tinder Unveils New Gold Subscription
Today’s Stories Tinder’s new subscription, Tinder Gold, lets you see who already likes you Google unveils Advr, an experimental Area 120 project for advertising in VR Equal Rights Center sues Uber for denying equal access to people who use wheelchairs Waymo’s self-driving van hits the desert to see if it can stand the heat The latest in the Binary Capital blowup —… Read More
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Teaching robots to learn about the world through touch
Slowly, but surely, the Baxter robot is learning. It starts as a series of random grasps — the big, red robot pokes and prods clumsily at objects on the table in front of it. The robot is learning through tactile feedback and trial and error — or, as the Carnegie Mellon computer science team behind the project puts it, it’s learning about the world around it like a baby. Read More
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Nutanix introduces two new tools in quest to simplify hybrid cloud management
Nutanix began as a storage company, but always had a broader view of the computing world. As company president Sudeesh Nair told me, they started with storage because they believed legacy storage was holding back data center transformation. Today the company made another step beyond that initial vision, introducing two new products that they see as part of a larger hybrid cloud operating system. Read More
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Lawsuit claims Uber ignored attempted murder conviction of driver who later raped passenger
A passenger who says she was raped by an Uber driver in Kansas City has filed a lawsuit against the company, alleging that Uber ignored previous warnings that the driver was not fit to drive for the company. Read More
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Twitch’s mobile app is adding live streaming, dark mode and more
Amazon-owned game-streaming site Twitch today announced a series of changes coming soon to its mobile application, the most notable of which is the ability for broadcasters to stream directly to their channel from the app itself. That doesn’t mean you can live stream gameplay as of yet, though. Read More
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Analysts think Petya ‘ransomware’ was built for targeted destruction, not profit
The description of the Petya infections hitting computers worldwide as “ransomware” may be a misnomer, security analysts suggest. The malicious software’s code and other evidence indicate that the profit motive may have been a camouflage for an act of cyber-espionage targeting Ukraine. Read More
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In new filing, Uber says it was unaware of Waymo data theft prior to lawsuit
In response to a series of questions posed by District Judge William Alsup, Uber claims that no one there was aware of any proprietary information taken from Waymo until that company had filed its lawsuit. Read More
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While investment firms ponder ICOs, this team is barreling ahead with a $100 million ICO fund
Most investors are trying to get a handle on initial coin offerings, which have begun racing through the tech ecosystem like a fire, causing excitement and confusion and some degree of terror. One San Francisco-based firm is barreling full steam ahead into the world of ICO investing: Pantera Capital. Read More
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Facebook Messenger launches Discover as it takes on chatbots (again)
Facebook isn’t done with chatbots quite yet; today, the company is launching Discover, a hub inside Messenger for discovering new and interesting chatbots to message with. The section is going live for users stateside, and the company is billing it as an opportunity for people to interact with businesses and brands in more useful ways. Read More
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Sign up for a free Featured Pavilion exhibit at Disrupt SF
Startup Alley is at the center of TechCrunch’s Disrupt events, and this year at Disrupt SF (September 18-20) we are taking it to the next level! We are looking for 30 outstanding startups to participate in one of our Featured Pavilions, exhibit your startup and attend Disrupt SF for free. Read More
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The engineer behind the Not Hotdog app from ‘Silicon Valley’ put a lot of thought into AI
It would have been easy for a show like HBO’s Silicon Valley to show off a machine learning app that classifies hotdogs with some clever post processing — drop in some fake static screenshots and call it a day. If the team wanted to create a real app for branding purposes they could have strung together a few APIs in hackathon fashion and moved on to the next silly gag. But to… Read More
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9 promising at-home lab test startups for everything from fertility to STDs
It’s easier than ever to skip the doctor and go straight for the at-home test these days, thanks to updated regulations and the technology to match — and for many, it’s the answer to invasive and expensive hospital visits. A new army of startups has popped up in the last couple of years to offer you low-cost options for everything from breast cancer inheritance to HIV. Read More
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Pornhub now supports interactive toys, proving porn paves the way
Pornhub, an adult content site, has announced compatibility with interactive sex toys like the Kiiroo Onyx – essentially an articulated sex jar – and the Fleshlight Launch – also essentially an articulated sex jar. Certain pre-coded videos played on Pornhub will send signals to these wireless devices, recreating the action on screen with motors and actuators. The company… Read More
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Google Photos adds smarter sharing, suggestions and shared libraries
Google today will begin rolling out new sharing functionality in Google Photos, first unveiled at the company’s I/O developer conference in May. Specifically, it’s launching the AI-powered Suggested Sharing feature along with Shared Libraries, both of which are designed to make the Google Photos app a more social experience, rather than just a personal collection of photo… Read More
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Equal Rights Center sues Uber for denying equal access to people who use wheelchairs
The Equal Rights Center is suing Uber for denying equal access to its services for people with disabilities. According to the lawsuit, the ERC alleges that Uber has chosen not to include wheelchair-accessible cars as an option in its standard UberX fleet of vehicles, and excludes people who use wheelchairs in Washington, D.C. Read More
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A look back at Amazon’s 1997 IPO
Amid tech’s current rally, Seattle is enjoying the updraft. Amazon, one of the area’s two critical tech companies, is busy setting records. Shares of Amazon, the e-commerce and cloud computing leader, have busily risen, recently cresting the $1,000 per-share mark. That per-share price is up from Amazon’s 52-week low of $682 and change. Driving that valuation is… Read More
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LendUp gets strategic investment from PayPal and adds to its executive team
LendUp has built business providing personal loans to customers that traditional financial institutions wouldn’t touch. As it looks to expand into credit cards and other services, the company has raised some strategic funding from PayPal and also has expanded its executive ranks. Read More
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Google unveils Advr, an experimental Area 120 project for advertising in VR
Google today is more formally taking the wraps off its internal incubator, Area 120, with the launch of a dedicated website, alongside the launch of one of the program’s more interesting projects to date: a way to advertise within VR. The new experiment, which is simply called Advr, involves a cube-like ad format which allows video ads to run in a 3D/VR environment. Area 120 was launched… Read More
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Citus Health
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Group K Diagnostics
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Marmo Health
- $50K Seed
- HQ: London, England
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LGD
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Elimu Digital Media
- $100K Grant
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Liveplay
- Not available Seed
- HQ: Palo Alto, California
- Categories: Media and Entertainment
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Teens Do Good
- $1K Grant
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Cylera
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AmoebaX Ltd.
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AIMO
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Acquired.io
- $2.0M Seed
- HQ: Foster City, California
- Categories: Developer Platform, Mobile Apps, Management Information Systems
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TalentWorks
- $2.4M Venture
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Mute International
- 808K GBP Equity Crowdfunding
- HQ: South Perth, Western Australia
- Categories: Transportation
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HoloEyes
- 150M JPY Series A
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Lazada Group
- $1.0B Secondary Market
- HQ: Bangkok, Krung Thep
- Categories: Fashion, Internet, E-Commerce
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Fyber
- $7.9M Venture
- HQ: Berlin, Berlin
- Categories: Advertising, Ad Targeting, SaaS, Marketing, Mobile
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J2 Global, Inc.
- $650M Post IPO Equity
- HQ: Los Angeles, California
- Categories: Information Services
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Astronomer
- $1.0M Debt Financing
- HQ: Cincinnati, Ohio
- Categories: Ad Targeting, Big Data, Enterprise Software, Cloud Computing, Data ... See More
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Astronomer
- $2.5M Seed
- HQ: Cincinnati, Ohio
- Categories: Enterprise Software, Analytics, Ad Targeting, Big Data, Data Integration, ... See More
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Platform9 Systems
- $22M Series C
- HQ: Sunnyvale, California
- Categories: IT Infrastructure, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software
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TRINE
- 6.0M EUR Series A
- HQ: Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland
- Categories: Emerging Markets, Crowdfunding, FinTech, Solar
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Xometry
- $15M Venture
- HQ: Gaithersburg, Maryland
- Categories: Manufacturing
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WONDER
- Not available Series A
- HQ: Venice, California
- Categories: Consumer, Gaming, Consumer Electronics
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ClauseMatch
- 1.2M GBP Seed
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: Enterprise Software, Legal, FinTech
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Moixa Energy Holdings
- 1.5M GBP Venture
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: Energy, Cloud Management, Battery, Internet of Things
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BIOWATCH
- $300K Debt Financing
- HQ: Lausanne, Vaud
- Categories: Wearables, Security
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niki.ai
- $2.0M Series A
- HQ: Bangalore, Karnataka
- Categories: Machine Learning, E-Commerce, Android, Natural Language Processing
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Tine Health
- Not available Seed
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: Enterprise Software, Health Care, Augmented Reality, SaaS
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GoSay
- 140K GBP Seed
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: Machine Learning, E-Learning, Education, EdTech, B2B, Language Learning, ... See More
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Humm.ly
- Not available Seed
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: Health Care, Alternative Medicine, Mobile, Wellness
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