Alex Wilhelm 2021-01-15 12:26:57 feedproxy.google.com The dating and networking service Bumble has filed to go public. The company, launched by a former co-founder of the IAC-owned Tinder, plans to list on the Nasdaq stock exchange, using the ticker symbol “BMBL.”…
Danny Crichton 2021-01-15 13:03:37 feedproxy.google.com The United States’ GPS system, which is operated by the Defense Department, offers every one of us critical infrastructure around what is known as positioning, navigation and timing (PNT). Positioning and navigation is obvious…
Walter Thompson 2021-01-15 15:37:01 feedproxy.google.com More posts by this contributor 12 ‘flexible VCs’ who operate where equity meets revenue share Flexible VC: A new model for startups targeting profitability Launching is easy; fundraising is harder. I’ve been fortunate to…
Lucas Matney 2021-01-15 17:52:57 feedproxy.google.com This week, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey finally responded publicly to the company’s decision to ban President Trump from its platform, writing that Twitter had “faced an extraordinary and untenable circumstance” and that he did…
Manish Singh 2021-01-15 14:30:43 feedproxy.google.com WhatsApp said on Friday that it won’t enforce the planned update to its data-sharing policy until May 15, weeks after news about the new terms created confusion among its users, exposed the Facebook app…
Megan Rose Dickey 2021-01-15 13:50:28 feedproxy.google.com Block Party, an anti-harassment startup that aims to help folks feel safer on social media founded by Tracy Chou, launched today. Currently only available for Twitter, Block Party helps people filter out the…
Alex Wilhelm 2021-01-15 10:25:35 feedproxy.google.com Last year, a number of startups building OKR-focused software raised lots of venture capital, drawing TechCrunch’s attention. Why is everyone making software that measures objectives and key results? we wondered with tongue in cheek.…
Danny Crichton 2021-01-14 12:00:34 feedproxy.google.com CFOs are the supposed omniscient owners of a company. While the CEO sets strategy, messages and builds culture, the CFO needs to know everything that it is going on in an organization. Where is…
Jonathan Shieber 2021-01-14 13:23:39 feedproxy.google.com Shares of Beyond Meat are soaring on news that the company will be working with Taco Bell on new menu items. The company’s stock was up $17.13, or 13.67%, to $142.48 and climbing in…
Natasha Lomas 2021-01-14 13:29:37 feedproxy.google.com Confusion over an update to Facebook-owned chat platform WhatsApp’s terms and conditions has triggered an intervention by Italy’s data protection agency. The Italian GPDP said today it has contacted the European Data Protection Board…
Frederic Lardinois 2021-01-14 16:05:32 feedproxy.google.com Only a few weeks after its SPAC IPO, Porch today announced that it has made four acquisitions, worth a total of $122 million. The most important here is probably the acquisition of Homeowners of…
Jonathan Shieber 2021-01-14 15:04:56 feedproxy.google.com It’s official. 2020 was one of the warmest years on record either edging out or coming in just behind 2016 for the warmest year in recorded history according to data from US government agencies.…
Frederic Lardinois 2021-01-14 13:20:18 feedproxy.google.com Most developers don’t enjoy writing documentation for their code and that makes life quite a bit harder when a new team member tries to get started on working on a company’s codebase. And even…
Alex Wilhelm 2021-01-14 11:08:40 feedproxy.google.com Yesterday, we spoke with Plaid CEO and co-founder Zach Perret after news broke that Visa no longer plans to buy his company for $5.3 billion. The deal was heralded in early 2020 as a…
Romain Dillet 2021-01-14 06:00:44 feedproxy.google.com Fintech startup Upgrade has been positioning itself as a neobank. And yet, the company has mostly been focused on personal loans and more recently credit cards. You couldn’t just replace your bank account with…
Romain Dillet 2021-01-14 07:00:50 feedproxy.google.com Cryptocurrency exchange company Gemini is acquiring Blockrize and announcing a new product today based on Blockrize’s work. Later this year, the company is launching a credit card that works like a regular credit card…
Catherine Shu 2021-01-14 04:54:43 feedproxy.google.com Tresl’s flagship product, e-commerce intelligence platform Segment Analytics, is designed to give small brands on Shopify access to the same kind of analytics larger online retailers have. Founded by former LinkedIn data scientists, Tresl…
Ron Miller 2021-01-13 13:15:00 feedproxy.google.com In a move that could have wide ramifications across the tech landscape, Intel announced that VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger would be replacing interim CEO Bob Swan at Intel on February 15th. The question is…
Anthony Ha 2021-01-13 18:10:46 feedproxy.google.com Airbnb takes a big step to avoid violence at the inauguration, Intel gets a new CEO and Affirm goes public. This is your Daily Crunch for January 13, 2021. The big story: Airbnb cancels…
Kirsten Korosec 2021-01-13 19:03:08 feedproxy.google.com U.S. safety regulators have asked Tesla to recall 158,000 vehicles over media control unit failures that cause the touchscreen displays to stop working, following a months-long investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.…
Brian Heater 2021-01-13 18:11:47 feedproxy.google.com The last several years have seen a substantial increase of ability for robotic exoskeleton technology. Completely understandable. For one thing, it’s that rare technology you encounter that really feels like it’s going to change…
Kirsten Korosec 2021-01-13 15:35:47 feedproxy.google.com The electric, autonomous vehicles of the future might be manufactured by Apple’s main supplier Foxconn and Chinese automaker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group. The two companies have agreed to form a joint venture focused on…
Devin Coldewey 2021-01-13 14:01:31 feedproxy.google.com Researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering have created a set of fish-shaped underwater robots that can autonomously navigate and find each other, cooperating to perform tasks or just placidly school together.…
Devin Coldewey 2021-01-13 12:04:03 feedproxy.google.com GoPro may have started out at the intersection of capability and affordability in the action cam space, but since then it has increasingly leaned towards use by professionals or deployment by businesses. The latest…
Alex Wilhelm 2021-01-13 10:48:43 feedproxy.google.com The 2021 IPO market could reprise 2020's exuberance And we’re off to the races! Last night, Affirm priced its IPO above its raised range at $49 per share, a sign that the public markets…
Natasha Mascarenhas 2021-01-13 09:00:05 feedproxy.google.com Car auto-insurance from legacy providers has structural bias built into it. It uses metrics such as credit score, income, marital status and education to figure out insurance rates, which eventually disproportionately hurts low-income individuals…
Romain Dillet 2021-01-13 07:27:18 feedproxy.google.com Last June, Apple committed $100 million to a Racial Equity and Justice Initiative (REJI). Lisa Jackson, Apple’s vice president of environment, policy and social initiatives, is leading the initiative. Today, Apple is sharing some…
Manish Singh 2021-01-13 03:44:55 feedproxy.google.com Amazon is doubling down on one of the biggest strengths of Prime Video streaming service: Aggressive pricing. The e-commerce giant on Wednesday launched Prime Video Mobile Edition, an even more affordable tier of the…
Rita Liao 2021-01-13 02:04:31 feedproxy.google.com Megvii, one of China’s largest facial recognition startups, is gearing up for an initial public offering in Shanghai. The company is working with CITIC Securities to prepare for its planned listing, according to an…
Kirsten Korosec 2021-01-12 16:28:20 feedproxy.google.com Sono Motors wants to bring technology it developed for its solar electric car to the masses. And it’s starting with autonomous shuttle startup EasyMile. The German-based startup said Tuesday during a presentation at the…
Catherine Shu 2021-01-12 23:09:01 feedproxy.google.com The spread of misinformation and fake news online has a dangerous impact on public well-being. Misinformation is difficult to fight, and 73% of Americans surveyed by Pew Research ahead of the presidential election expressed…
Brian Heater 2021-01-12 20:20:29 feedproxy.google.com As expected, this year’s (virtual) CES has brought with it a new flood of smart home gadgets. The technology has been a major presence over the last several CES events, and with a world…
Kirsten Korosec 2021-01-12 19:15:28 feedproxy.google.com Lime has changed its corporate travel policy to ensure not a dime of its money ends up in the coffers of the Trump Organization’s hotels and other properties in response to the January 6…