On a lonely stretch of road just off the highway in Torrance, Calif. employees at Divergent 3D are hard at work plotting a revolution in…
November 21, 2017
Lightform raises $5M to turn old projectors into augmented reality machines
In Blade Runner 2049, one of the more interesting stylistic choices was how the film imagined futuristic augmented reality. While the Microsoft and Googles of…
Apple acquired augmented reality headset startup Vrvana for $30M
As Apple reportedly ramps up work to ship an augmented reality headset in 2020, it has acquired a startup from Montreal, Canada that could help it get…
You can now request to join someone’s Instagram live stream
Instagram just rolled out a neat feature for its live product. Users can now request to join a live stream that they’re watching and, if…
Google Lens in the Assistant starts rolling out to all Pixel users
We knew this was only a matter of time, but Google today confirmed that Google Lens as part of the Google Assistant is now rolling…
Uber data breach from 2016 affected 57 million riders and drivers
Uber faced a data breach in 2016 that affected some 57 million customers, including both riders and drivers, revealing their names, email address and phone…
Salesforce appoints Bret Taylor as chief product officer
Salesforce has named Bret Taylor, the former chief technology officer at Facebook and founder of Quip, as president and chief product officer. Taylor first joined…
10 excellent battery pack gifts for your friend whose phone always dies
After putting our favorite battery packs in various gift guides over the years, we decided to go all out this year and do a gift…
Pixar’s John Lasseter taking a six-month leave of absence amid reports of inappropriate behavior
John Lasseter, the chief creative officer of both Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, is the latest media executive to face allegations of inappropriate behavior.…
Meg Whitman out as CEO of HPE early next year
Six years after taking the helm as head of HP, Meg Whitman will step down from her role as CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise in…
U.S. charges Iranian hacker for stealing unaired episodes of hit HBO shows
While it didn’t dampen enthusiasm for everyone’s favorite dragon-oriented political drama, HBO certainly wasn’t happy when the major twists from the seventh season of its…
The Boring Co.’s ‘Initial Hat Offering’ raises $300K for digging in hat sales
Do you like hats? If you do, maybe you already contributed to The Boring Company’s ability to dig a network of underground tunnels. Since Elon…
With Dispatch, Here Be Dragons pushes narrative VR storytelling in bold new directions
As virtual reality takes its trip through the hype cycle of technology adoption, I keep returning to the early days of film as a corollary…
Best 2017 Black Friday Deals for Consumers via AARP Money
Best Black Friday Deals We Know About So Far. Shoppers, you need a plan. by Shelley Emling, AARP, November 21, 2017|Comments: 0. Black Friday Deals. Istockphoto. Ready, set, buy! We found these Black Friday deals that could help your holiday shopping budget. Ready your credit cards, folks. Black Friday is nearly …
The US-based tech company that just went public in London
Boku, a U.S.-based carrier billing company, listed on the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market recently, selling £45 million in stock. Only about one-third of those shares were…
This DIY project lets you catch a falling muon
Physicists at MIT have developed and released a $100 muon detector that you can build at home, allowing you to sense deep space bombardment on…
ADAY aims to simplify your wardrobe with $2M in funding
ADAY, a fresh entrant in the highly competitive world of direct-to-consumer fashion, has raised $2 million in new funding for its mission to simplify wardrobes…
Raden is betting sticker mania will stick in the physical world
While smart suitcase startup Raden is unarguably a hardware company, they’ve decided to test the social waters by diving headfirst into the world of stickers.…
The FCC’s craven net neutrality vote announcement makes no mention of the 22 million comments filed
For someone who claims to be working for the American people, Ajit Pai sure doesn’t seem to care what they have to say. In his…
Overclock Labs bets on Kubernetes to help companies automate their cloud infrastructure
Overclock Labs wants to make it easier for developers to deploy and manage their applications across clouds. To do so, the company is building tools…
Shadow upgrades its cloud computer for gamers and opens signups to everyone
French startup Blade, the company behind Shadow, announced at a press conference that it is launching new offers, updating specifications and the ability to become…
YouTube returns to the Amazon Echo Show
When the Amazon Echo Show first debuted, it included a YouTube feature, as is right and proper for a device with a screen capable of…
Teeth straightening startup Candid raises $15 million from Greycroft, Bessemer and others
Candid, the dental startup that aims to straighten your teeth for less than the cost of braces and Invisalign, recently raised a $15 million Series…
You can now control the DJI Spark with Gamevice’s controller accessory
Gamevice is a bit like way to turn your iPhone or iPad into a Switch, at least in terms of adding physical controls to your…
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp just hit iOS and Android a day early
No doubt hoping to get a jump on that holiday traffic, Nintendo’s latest mobile opus, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp has hit iOS and Android a…
FCC officially moves to unwind net neutrality rules
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai today made good on his long-standing pledge to tackle regulations established in the last administration designed to protect the…
YouTube TV gets picture-in-picture support
Google’s YouTube TV app has received a recent update that allows for picture-in-picture on Android phones running Nougat or Oreo. Google first announced YouTube TV…
Company raises $347K ICO, vanishes
A company called Confido raised a small ICO by selling special CFD designed to allow “safe and trustless cryptocurrency payments. According to ICODrops they raised…
Google’s non-profit arm donates another $7.5 million to advance racial justice
Google.org is donating $7.5 million to racial justice organizations Vera Institute for Justice, LatinoJustice, The Leadership Conference and R Street’s Justice for Work Coalition. This…
Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom has backed the U.K. challenger bank Monzo
Monzo, one of a number of “challenger” banks in the U.K. aiming to re-invent the current account, is assembling quite an array of backers, many…
Sonos One users can now ask Alexa to play Spotify music
In October, Sonos launched the Sonos One, raising the bar on what is already the gold standard in wireless whole-home audio. The big new feature?…
Grindr updates its app to be more inclusive of transgender and non-binary users
Grindr is updating its popular queer dating app to be more inclusive of transgender and non-binary users. In an announcement timed to mark the end…
Android devices seen covertly sending location data to Google
An investigation by Quartz has revealed that Android devices send cell tower location data to Google even if the user has disabled location services for apps…
With Dabbl, you can earn gift cards for interacting with ads
Dabbl is giving users a straightforward reason to interact with ads — the ads earn them money in the form of gift cards. For example,…
Hear about the future of space propulsion at Disrupt Berlin
If hardware is hard, rockets must be even harder. Natalya Bailey should know. She’s the co-founder and CEO of Accion Systems, a startup spun out…
Sellers can now invoice buyers through PayPal’s new chat extension for Messenger
PayPal and Facebook are expanding their integrations today with the launch of an extension for Messenger that allows PayPal sellers to invoice buyers directly through…
Misfit’s new hybrid smartwatch offers a better notification system
Hybrid smartwatches are a weird category right now. No one’s really mastered the perfect balance between the smart and dumb, though a handful of products…
Capital One begins journey as a software vendor with the release of Critical Stack Beta
If every company is truly a software company, Capital One is out to the prove it. It was one of the early users of Critical…
You can virtually inhabit Toyota’s new humanoid robot
Toyota has a new, third-generation humanoid robot bears the charming name “T-HR3” and is designed to be a helpful and safe assistant to humans. It…
Investors, find Disrupt Berlin Startup Alley companies here
Listen up, investors at Disrupt Berlin 2017. This one’s for you. We’re thrilled to announce that you can now peruse the companies that will be…
HPE adds recommendations to AI tech from Nimble acquisition
When HPE acquired Nimble Storage in March for a cool billion dollars, it knew it was getting some nifty flash storage technology. But it also…
Baidu and electric vehicle startup NIO lead $195M investment in Chinese limo booking app
Chinese internet giant Baidu is continuing its push into the automotive space after it led a RMB 1.3 billion ($195 million) Series B investment in Shouqi…
Home decorating gets a new AR toolkit thanks to Intellectual Ventures’ new incubator
Taking another step toward shedding its reputation as the tech industry’s most notorious patent troll, Intellectual Ventures is launching the first company from its incubator.…
HopSkipDrive raises another $7.4 million for its Uber for kids business
Uber and Lyft have made it easier to get around town, but the service isn’t designed for young people. Unaccompanied passengers under the age of…
Uber fined $8.9M in Colorado for driver screening failures
Uber has been slapped with an $8.9 million fine in Colorado after state criminal investigators found it had allowed 57 individuals with past criminal or…
Disrupt Berlin ticket prices increase in 48 hours
Disrupt Berlin, Europe’s best technology conference and startup competition, kicks off in less than two weeks. And because we want every procrastinator and every last-minute…
Tether, a startup that works with bitcoin exchanges, claims a hacker stole $31M
Bitcoin cruised past $8,000 for the first time this week, but it hasn’t been smooth sailing for all after Tether — a company that helps exchanges…
Japanese pawn shop app Cash acquired for $62.2M by DMM
DMM, one of Japan’s largest Internet and e-commerce conglomerates, announced today that it will pay 7 billion yen (about $62.2 million) for pawn shop app…
Crunch Report | Apple gets served a search warrant and Uber buys a bunch of Volvos
Hi, my name is Brian. I’ll be your host all Turkey week. Today’s stories: Apple served with a search warrant, Uber orders 24,000 Volvos, Germany…
Check out the 2017 TechCrunch Holiday Gift Guide
It’s hard to believe, but it’s already time for the holidays again. Time to untangle the lights, dust off the wreath and start figuring out…
Managing software complexity through intent-based programming
Software is losing its magic. We simply demand too much from the current approaches. As a result, software developers are losing the battle with complexity,…