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Magic Wormhole is a clever way to send files easily and securely
If you need to transfer a couple hundred megs to a coworker or friend across the country, you aren’t short on options. In fact, options are thick on the ground, and all have their own issues. Don’t you wish you could just speak a few magic words and send stuff directly to them, no intermediate upload, no web interface, no login? Magic Wormhole is a clever way to do just that. Read More
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Andy Rubin-backed AR hardware startup CastAR reportedly shuts down
An augmented reality headset startup founded by former Valve employees and funded by Android co-creator Andy Rubin’s Playground Global is shutting down after it failed to receive further investment. CastAR was building a headset device that projected holographic images into the field-of-view of a user, similar to products being built by companies like Microsoft and Magic Leap. Read More
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Crunch Network
There’s a war brewing in Japan, and the banks should pay attention
People often use the term “time machine model” in Japan. It refers to the lag with Silicon Valley when it comes to startups and innovation. When a time machine model gains momentum locally, usually it means war. The most notable recent example of this is the war of the news apps. Now there is a similar war brewing in Japan; this time it is for mobile P2P payments. Read More
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Google News gets a fresh coat of paint
After years of sticking with essentially the same design, nobody was going to accuse Google News of looking modern. While the rest of the company’s portfolio received major facelifts in recent years, Google News started looking a bit neglected (and cluttered). That’s all changing today. Read More
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Boundless, Navigator CRE and Off the Record take prizes at TechCrunch’s Seattle pitch-off
It was a lovely day for a meetup in Seattle, and the Showbox SoDo was packed as TechCrunch’s annual pitch-off in my home town took place last week. But as impressive as our 10 contestants were, only three would leave with tickets to Disrupt SF. And here they are. Read More
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Someone claiming to be a VC admits he doesn’t hire women out of fear he’ll get sued
On KQED’s Forum show today host Queena Sook Kim discussed venture capital’s sexist culture. But during the call, someone claiming to be a VC emailed the show to say he would not hire a woman “out of fear that we will get sued.” Not hiring women capable of filling a role at your workplace simply because they are female is illegal. Read More
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Credit Karma touts $500 million in revenues
It turns out that you can make a lot of money by giving stuff away for free. That’s the lesson from Credit Karma, which today is announcing that it’s running its business profitably after earning $500 million in revenues last year. Read More
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Twitter has a new VP of inclusion and diversity
A few months after Jeffrey Siminoff left his position as VP of diversity and inclusion at Twitter, the company has brought on Candi Castleberry Singleton to lead Twitter’s diversity efforts. Read More
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Today’s huge ransomware attack has only made about $7,500 so far
Ransomware attacks are bigger than ever, but the payouts appear to be shrinking. While the ransomware suspected to be a variant of Petya makes headlines around the world, whoever set it loose isn’t really making a whole lot of money, especially if they paid for the software to begin with. Read More
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MIT’s gas-powered drone is able to stay in the air for five days at a time
Last month, a team of MIT engineers launched Jungle Hawk Owl from the back of a compact car. It was the first flight for the 24-foot-wide drone, which the team believes is capable of staying in the air for five days on a single tank of gas. The craft was designed to address a challenge posed by the U.S. Air Force. Read More
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Dating apps are embracing video
Dating apps are, in their own way, a form of social networking – especially as they expand into new areas like friend-finding or professional networking. So it only makes sense that they would adopt video as well, given the growing popularity of the format on social apps like Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat, as well as the industry’s larger embrace of “Stories” as a… Read More
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StdLib just raised $2 million to connect businesses via APIs
Keith Horwood wants to be known in tech circles as an agent for good, and he seems to be working toward that end with StdLib, his roughly two-year-old startup that abstracts away infrastructure using “serverless” architecture, allowing developers to write everything from simple functions to complex business logic, then deploy their code as scalable, fully documented web APIs. Read More
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Token has made one ring to rule all your passwords, payments and physical access
Token’s ring uses a combination of fingerprinting and an optical proximity sensor to ensure that a user’s credentials can’t be accessed by a third party. Using an app, Tokenites can pair the ring and their biometric information with anything from their credit cards to their car keys. Read More
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Facebook now has 2 billion monthly users… and responsibility
Thirteen years after launching and less than five years after hitting 1 billion, Facebook now has 2 billion monthly active users. If getting to 1 billion was about building a product, and getting to 2 billion was about building a user base, Facebook’s responsibility is to build empathy between us at it reaches for 3 billion. Read More
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A massive new ransomware attack is spreading around the globe
A month after the WannaCry ransomware attack paralyzed connected systems worldwide, a new threat appears to be spreading quickly. As reports emerge, today’s attack paints a picture of businesses and governments around the world held hostage by a second major wave of ransomware. Read More
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Target’s next-day essentials delivery service opens to customers in pilot test
Target announced this morning it’s opening to consumers a new, next-day home-delivery service called Target Restock. The company said in May the service was live and being tested with company employees ahead of a consumer-facing pilot program that was due to arrive sometime this summer. The service is initially available to Minneapolis-area customers. Read More
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Yahoo Mail rolls out a rebuilt, redesigned service, including a new ad-free option
Following its Verizon acquisition, Yahoo today is rolling out a revamped and rebuilt Mail application for its 225 million monthly active users. The update includes a new design, feature set, and technology stack, as well as a new subscription plan for desktop and mobile called Yahoo Mail Pro. The news is part of several changes ahead for Yahoo, under its new corporate parent – Oath… 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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Marmo Health
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LGD
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Elimu Digital Media
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Liveplay
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Teens Do Good
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AmoebaX Ltd.
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Cylera
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AIMO
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CredoLab
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TAPPED Birch Water
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Mitoconix Bio
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Sentiance
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- HQ: Antwerpen, Antwerpen
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Auth0
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Klarna
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Sumo Logic
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- HQ: Redwood City, California
- Categories: Analytics, Enterprise Software, SaaS
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Glooko
- $35M Series C
- HQ: Palo Alto, California
- Categories: Mobile Apps, Diabetes, Health Care, mHealth, Analytics
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Catalant
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- HQ: Boston, Massachusetts
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Your.MD
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Tradee SAS
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Drive.ai
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Riskified
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PromoRepublic
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- HQ: Helsinki, Southern Finland
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Thorn
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BHSL
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Flip
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- HQ: New York, New York
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DiffBlue
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- HQ: Oxford, Oxfordshire
- Categories: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Software Engineering
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Tine Health
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