China’s JD.com leads $19M investment in Southeast Asian online fashion brand Pomelo
This year has seen unprecedented interest in Southeast Asia’s startups from Chinese tech firms, and today we can add another deal to the pile. JD.com, the close rival to Alibaba, has led a $19 m
New York terror suspect was an Uber driver
New York terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov was a driver for Uber, the company confirms. He has been accused of driving a truck into a crowd near the World Trade Center in Manhattan on Tuesday, reportedly
IBM Cloud Private brings cloud native computing to your data center
As companies search for ways to modernize their technology stacks, they struggle with managing the legacy software (and hardware) inside their own data centers. IBM introduced a new private cloud prod
Microsoft 365 for small and medium businesses is now generally available
Microsoft 365 lets businesses subscribe to a bundle with Office 365, Windows 10 and the company’s mobile device management tools. The early focus for this program was enterprises, but a few mont
Crunch Report | Razer Looks to Raise $550 Million in Hong Kong IPO
Razer looks to raise $500 million in Hong Kong IPO, Google releases a new hardware kit for Hangouts Meet and Netflix halts production on House of Cards. All this on Crunch Report.
Slack is still down and it’s past 5 o’clock, so go home (Update: It’s back)
Slack has been down for just over an hour, according to its official status page — which itself was down when I first checked a few minutes after the widely-used productivity tool bit it for us. At
In their first Russia hearing, tech giants try to placate Congress (with mixed results)
On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee kicked off the first of three hearings this week examining the relationship between social media and Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential elect
I feel like I know these computer-generated celebrities already
If there's one thing this Earth of ours is short on, it's celebrities. I mean, if there were enough, why would they keep making them? We need the help of our computer friends. Luckily they are obligin
The Golden Knights, live gambling and the future of live sports attendance
One of the biggest early season NHL stories has been the success of the expansion Las Vegas Golden Knights. If they can maintain anything close to current attendance and demand levels, their sports-ga
Signal escapes the confines of the browser with a standalone desktop app
If you're an active Signal user (and why aren't you?) you likely already know about the desktop app — or what passes for one. It's actually Chrome App, requiring Google's browser to function. Well,
Creative-focused app PicsArt hits 100M MAUs, attracting brands tired of trolls
You would think that social networks are more or less “done” now. What would be the point of another in a world filled with so many options? But in fact, there remains a niche which has been growi
Early cancer-detection startup Grail is reportedly trying to raise more money
Just months after Grail raised a $900 million Series B round, the startup that aims to detect cancer early on is looking for additional funding, CNBC reports. Prior to the $900 million round, Grail ra
Congress grills Facebook, Twitter, Google on shells hiding election meddlers
How can internet giants know that innocent-seeming U.S. companies aren't actually shell vehicles for malicious foreign actors to buy ads to interfere with elections? The short answer is they can't, an
EVE Valkyrie developer CCP Games goes cold on VR
In another sign of scales majorly falling off of eyes where VR is concerned, games developer CCP Games -- which made an big early bet on virtual reality gaming -- is pulling the plug on two of its stu
Stripe Atlas adds a tool to set up stock issues for founding teams as it builds its business services
Stripe Atlas was launched by payments company Stripe last year to help small businesses set themselves up as a legal, incorporated business entity in the U.S. Now with “thousands” of entre
Amazon Prime Video launches globally on Xbox consoles
Today, Amazon Prime Video is launching globally for Xbox One, and will also be available on the new Xbox One X when it lands in stores on November 7. The streaming app, which is the only place to watc
‘House of Cards’ production halted ‘until further notice’ in response to Kevin Spacey allegations
The fallout from allegations around House of Cards star Kevin Spacey continues. Netflix and production company Media Rights Capital say that they’ve actually halted production on the show: ̶
Microsoft launches a revamped version of Mixer into beta
Microsoft today announced the launch of a new beta version of its mobile gameplay streaming app, Mixer, for both iOS and Android. The company says the new app features an entirely different codebase t
Gaming accessories firm Razer to raise up to $550M in Hong Kong IPO
Razer, the U.S.-Singapore firm that produces PCs and peripherals for gamers, is set to raise as much as $550 million from its Hong Kong IPO after it revealed its price range. The company first filed t
Google’s Fast Pair feature starts arriving on non-Pixel Android phones
In the avalanche of news that was Google’s Pixel 2 event last month, the company kind of glossed over the Fast Pair feature. Understandably so — it had a lot to get through at the event. And besid