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Crypto
As crypto comes back, Binance-backed Injective Protocol launches Testnet for its DeFi trading platform
10:18 am PST • December 3, 2020
Decentralized exchange protocols that allow crypto traders and investors to trade across different blockсhains have been in development for a while. A significant new development now comes with the launch…
Media & Entertainment
YouTube introduces new feature to address toxic comments
10:00 am PST • December 3, 2020
YouTube today announced it’s launching a new feature that will push commenters to reconsider their hateful and offensive remarks before posting. It will also begin testing a filter that allows…
Google’s co-lead of Ethical AI team says she was fired for sending an email
9:53 am PST • December 3, 2020
Timnit Gebru, a leading researcher and voice in the field of ethics and artificial intelligence, says Google fired her for an email she sent to her direct reports. According to…
Featured Article
Join a Q&A with General Catalyst’s Peter Boyce and Katherine Boyle on Tuesday at 4 pm EST/1 pm PST
General Catalyst is one of the top VC firms in the U.S., with portfolio companies that include Snap, Kayak, Airbnb, Stripe, HubSpot, GitLab and many others. We’re thrilled to have GC’s Peter Boyce and Katherine Boyle join us for the next episode of Extra Crunch Live, our live video series where we ask VCs about…
9:48 am PST • December 3, 2020
Last year, AWS launched the APN Global Startup Program, which is sort of AWS’s answer to an incubator for mid to late-stage startups deeply involved with AWS technology. This year,…
Space
Find out how startups like Skyroot and Bluefield are building new industries at TC Sessions: Space 2020
9:22 am PST • December 3, 2020
At our fast-approaching first TC Sessions: Space event, which is happening December 16-17, we’re going to be highlighting some of the most exciting startups and founders tackling big problems with…
Featured Article
VCs who want better outcomes should use data to reduce founder team risk
An objective, data-backed process helps us make better investment decisions, avoid costly mistakes and discover opportunities we might have otherwise overlooked.
9:12 am PST • December 3, 2020
Atlassian brings new DevOps metrics to Jira
9:10 am PST • December 3, 2020
Atlassian is launching an update to its ubiquitous Jira issue and project tracking service today — and specifically the Jira Software Cloud version — that brings a number of new…
AI
MLCommons debuts with public 86,000-hour speech data set for AI researchers
9:05 am PST • December 3, 2020
If you want to make a machine learning system, you need data for it, but that data isn’t always easy to come by. MLCommons aims to unite disparate companies and…
Featured Article
Space startup Aevum debuts world’s first fully autonomous orbital rocket launching drone
Launching things to space doesn’t have to mean firing a large rocket vertically using massive amounts of rocket-fuel-powered thrust — startup Aevum breaks the mould in multiple ways, with an innovative launch vehicle design that combines uncrewed aircraft with horizontal take-off and landing capabilities, with a secondary stage that deploys at high altitude and can…
9:00 am PST • December 3, 2020
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Media & Entertainment
Android’s winter update adds new features to Gboard, Maps, Books, Nearby Share and more
9:00 am PST • December 3, 2020
Google announced this morning Android phones will receive an update this winter that will bring some half-dozen new features to devices, including improvements to apps like Gboard, Google Play Books,…
Media & Entertainment
iPhones can now automatically recognize and label buttons and UI features for blind users
8:30 am PST • December 3, 2020
Apple has always gone out of its way to build features for users with disabilities, and VoiceOver on iOS is an invaluable tool for anyone with a vision impairment —…
Enterprise
Microsoft launches Azure Purview, its new data governance service
8:23 am PST • December 3, 2020
As businesses gather, store and analyze an ever-increasing amount of data, tools for helping them discover, catalog, track and manage how that data is shared are also becoming increasingly important.…
Fundraising
As Metromile looks to go public, insurtech funding is on the rise
8:06 am PST • December 3, 2020
Earlier this week, TechCrunch covered the latest venture round for AgentSync, a startup that helps insurance agents comply with rules and regulations. But while the product area might not keep…
AI
Sight Tech Global day 2 is live! Hear from Apple, Waymo, Microsoft, Sara Hendren and Haben Girma
8:03 am PST • December 3, 2020
Day 2 for the virtual event Sight Tech Global is streaming on TechCrunch from 8 a.m. PST to 12:30 p.m. The event looks at how AI-based technologies are rapidly changing…
Hardware
AI’s next act: Genius chips, programmable silicon and the future of computing
7:51 am PST • December 3, 2020
Much of the hype around AI — all the disruption it was supposed to bring and the leaps it was supposed to fuel — will begin in earnest in the…
Startups
Ben Ling’s Bling Capital just rounded up $113 million more from investors
7:50 am PST • December 3, 2020
Ben Ling is as done with 2020 as the rest of us, but certainly for him, the year could have been worse. Ling, who founded his own venture outfit in…
Startups
Pave raises millions to bring transparency to startup compensation
7:29 am PST • December 3, 2020
Compensation within private venture-backed startups can be a confusing minefield that if unsuccessfully navigated can lead to inconsistent salaries and the kind of ambiguity that breeds an unhappy workforce. Pave,…
Media & Entertainment
Google now lets anyone contribute to Street View using AR and an app
7:06 am PST • December 3, 2020
An update to Google’s Street View app on Android will now let anyone contribute their photos to help enhance Google Maps, the company announced this morning. Using a “connected photos”…
Startups
VSCO acquires mobile app Trash to expand into AI-powered video editing
6:59 am PST • December 3, 2020
VSCO, the popular photo and video editing app, today announced it has acquired AI-powered video editing app Trash, as the company pushes further into the video market. The deal will…
