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How the Audi e-tron compares to the Tesla Model X and Jaguar I-Pace

18 Sep 2018

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Audi just announced its first production electric vehicle. Called the e-tron, the EV is a mid-size SUV loaded with technology with an unofficial rang...

In VC fund creation, have we passed the peak?

18 Sep 2018

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Jason Rowley Contributor Jason Rowley is a venture capital and technology reporter for Crunchbase News. More posts by this contributor ...

The new iPhone’s here, so Google wants to talk Pixel 3

17 Sep 2018

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The new iPhone’s here, so Google wants to talk Pixel 3 In the off-chance you haven’t already had your fill of phone news for the week, Google just...

Former Uber exec alleges ex-PR chief ‘destroyed his reputation’

14 Sep 2018

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A nasty legal battle is set to play out between two former Uber executives. Eric Alexander, the ride-hailing company’s formerpresident of business...

iPhone XS Max up close and hands-on

14 Sep 2018

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The most remarkable thing about the iPhone XS Max is that it doesn’t feel huge. It’s all relative, of course. And surely Apple’s old guard would...

Apple is releasing iOS 12 on September 17th

13 Sep 2018

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Even if you don’t plan on buying a new iPhone, you’ll be able to get a bunch of new features next week. Apple plans on releasing iOS 12, the next...

Here are the prices of the iPhone XS, XS Max and XR

13 Sep 2018

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Apple just unveiled brand new phones. The iPhone XS and XS Max are the two new flagship devices, replacing the iPhone X. The iPhone XR is replacing t...

A top-tier app in Apple’s Mac App Store will steal your browser history

12 Sep 2018

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A popular top-tier app in Apple’s Mac App Store was found pilfering browser histories from anyone who downloads it. Yet still, at the time of writin...

High-lights from Elon Musk’s interview with Joe Rogan

12 Sep 2018

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Elon Musk made an appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience, a podcast hosted by the eponymous comedian, where the pair smoked a blunt and pondered the ...

Unbound makes pleasure fashionable

11 Sep 2018

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Unboundfounders Polly Rodriguez and Sarah Jayne Kinney have long and varied careers. Rodriguez worked for U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill on Capitol Hil...

What to expect from next week’s big iPhone event

11 Sep 2018

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It’s been a slow year for Apple hardware. The company has traditionally done a good job spreading announcements throughout the calendar, but aside ...

Slack is having connection issues again (Update: It’s back)

10 Sep 2018

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This is officially a trend. This afternoon, Slack reported connectivity issues through its official status channel. We can confirm. Roughly half of ou...

Eventbrite sets IPO range of $19 to $21, valuing it at $1.8B

10 Sep 2018

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Eventbrite sets IPO range of $19 to $21, valuing it at $1.8B Eventbrite has taken its final step toward becoming a publicly traded company. In an upda...

Twitter brings Bookmarks to the web with a new design, now in testing

07 Sep 2018

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Twitter is testing a new experience for web users, the company announced in a tweet on Thursday. A small number of Twitter users will see the updated...

The JBL Eon One Pro is a powered sound system for speakers and performers

07 Sep 2018

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As a speaker I often find myself mumbling into a microphone with little thought about the sound system powering it. While most PAs are massive affairs...

Girlboss’ and Nasty Gal’s Sophia Amoruso on picking yourself up after failure

06 Sep 2018

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At Disrupt SF 2018, Girlboss CEO Sophia Amoruso sat down with former TechCrunch co-editor Alexia Bonatsos to talk about the success of Girlboss and t...

Skype rolls back its redesign by ditching stories, squiggles and over-the-top color

06 Sep 2018

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Just over a year after Skype introduced a colorful, Snapchat-inspired makeover which included its own version of “stories,” the company says it’...

Mercedes-Benz unveils the EQC to kick off $12 billion electric offensive

05 Sep 2018

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Mercedes-Benz unveiled Tuesday the EQC, an all-electric crossover that kicks off the German automaker’s plans to invest more than $12 billion to pro...

DJI Mavic 2 review

05 Sep 2018

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The Mavic Pro was a revelation. It wasn’t a perfect product, to be sure, but it represented a new paradigm for DJI and the consumer drone industry ...

User’s Guide to Disrupt SF 2018

04 Sep 2018

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Disrupt SF (Sept 5-7) approaches with just a few days until things kick off. We have an all-star lineup that only TechCrunch can assemble, and we’re...

Box builds a digital hub to help fight content fragmentation

03 Sep 2018

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The interconnectedness of the cloud has allowed us to share content widely with people inside and outside the organization and across different applic...

This is Google’s Titan security key

31 Aug 2018

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Googleisn’t one to shy away from bold claims. “We have had no reported or confirmed account takeovers since implementing security keys at Google,”...

SurveyMonkey files for NASDAQ IPO

30 Aug 2018

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SurveyMonkey, which helps businesses gather feedback through its survey platform, has submitted paperwork to the SEC for its upcoming NASDAQ public of...

WeTransfer is getting weird…

30 Aug 2018

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What do you do if you’re a European startup competing against the likes of Box and Dropbox, and are looking to make a splash in international market...

Nest’s door lock will soon play nice with Google Home

29 Aug 2018

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Back in March, Nest and Yale teamed up to release a smart door lock to complement Nest’s then brand-new video doorbell. It’s a solid piece of har...

Yes, Slack is having connectivity issues again (Update: It’s back)

29 Aug 2018

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No, it’s not just you. Yes, Slack is having connectivity issues yet again. Though this time, they seem a bit less pronounced. I know we’re having...

The filmmakers behind ‘Searching’ know why you’re skeptical about computer screen movies

28 Aug 2018

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If you’re not sure about watching a whole movie where your point-of-view is limited to computer and smartphone screens, you’re not alone — “Se...

Mass shooting at Madden Championship Series event in Florida leaves several dead

27 Aug 2018

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At least eleven people have been shot and four people were killed in a mass shooting attack at a livestream event debuting the new “Madden NFL 19”...

Zoox loses its CEO, Eventbrite is going public, and megarounds for Slack, One Medical, and Getaround

27 Aug 2018

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Hello and welcome back toEquity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week we had a f...

AWS cuts in half the price of most of its Lightsail virtual private servers

24 Aug 2018

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AWS cuts in half the price of most of its Lightsail virtual private servers AWS Lightsail, which launched in 2016, is Amazon’s answer to the rise of...

Zoox CEO and co-founder Tim Kentley-Klay is out

24 Aug 2018

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Tim Kentley-Klay, the co-founder and CEO of secretive self-driving vehicle company Zoox, was fired suddenly Wednesday by the company’s board. Kentle...

The Palette 2 lets any 3D printer output color

23 Aug 2018

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The Mosaic Manufacturing Palette 2 – an upgrade the original Palette – is a self-contained system for full color 3D printing. It works by cutting ...

HI, TECHCRUNCH HERE WITH AN AMAZING NEW PRODUCT, BRIZZLY

22 Aug 2018

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Are you trying to stay off social media, but just can’t seem to stop yourself from posting? When random thoughts pop into your head, do you find you...

Streaming TV services now reach 5% of U.S. Wi-Fi households, up 58% since last year

22 Aug 2018

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Streaming TV services now reach 5% of U.S. Wi-Fi households, up 58% since last year The number of U.S. households watching streaming TV services – t...

Global unicorn exits hit multi-year high in 2018

21 Aug 2018

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Joanna Glasner Contributor More posts by this contributor Boston-area startups are on pace to overtake NYC venture totals While te...

6 million users had installed third-party Twitter clients

21 Aug 2018

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Twitter tried to downplay the impact deactivating its legacy APIs would have on its community and the third-party Twitter clients preferred by many p...

Kiiroo launches an adventure in bi-directional teledildonics

20 Aug 2018

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In the future everyone will be naked for fifteen minutes. It’s with this novel thought in mind that I connect with a model named Nazanin who will wa...

Taking Tesla private, WeWork and Uber earnings, and what happened to crypto

20 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Hello and welcome back toEquity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week was a cork...

What AR/VR/XR needs to go big

17 Aug 2018

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Tim Merel Contributor Tim Merel is managing director of Digi-Capital. More posts by this contributor China could beat America in AR/V...

Twitter company email addresses why it’s #BreakingMyTwitter

17 Aug 2018

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It’s hard to be a fan of Twitter right now. The company is sticking up for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, when nearly all other platforms have give...

Y Combinator is launching a startup program in China

16 Aug 2018

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U.S. accelerator Y Combinator is expandingto China after it announced the hiring of former Microsoft and Baidu executive Qi Lu who will develop a sta...

Black Ops 4 Battle Royale beta to go live on September 10

16 Aug 2018

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As summer comes to a close and the leaves begin to brown, the gaming world goes through its own sort of transition. A handful of new titles prep for l...

Gaming star Ninja sparks outrage by refusing to stream with women

15 Aug 2018

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At a Samsung event last week, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins explained why he doesn’t stream with female gamers. “If I have one conversation with one f...

Trulia crowdsources neighborhood reviews so you won’t regret your move

15 Aug 2018

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Trulia, the online real estate site owned by its former rival Zillow, wants to give you a better idea of what a certain neighborhood feels like before...

Voatz: a tale of a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad idea

14 Aug 2018

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Let’s get the fish in the barrel out of the way. Voatz are a tech startup whose bright idea was to disrupt democracy by having people vote on their ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe launches tonight to “touch the sun”

14 Aug 2018

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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe launches tonight to “touch the sun” If you think it's hot on Earth right now... NASA’s ambitious mission to go close...

Grand Seiko is an homage to watchmaking’s past

13 Aug 2018

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The 1960s were a beautiful time for watches. Horlogy was in its prime and the great names we know and love today – Rolex, Omega, Cartier – were ju...

Slack raises, Dropbox and Snap report earnings, and Magic Leap is real

13 Aug 2018

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Hello and welcome back toEquity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week Matthew Ly...

Sony’s 10″ Digital Paper Tablet is an ultra-light reading companion that needs to do more

10 Aug 2018

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Last year I had a good time comparing Sony’s DPT-RP1 with the home-grown reMarkable. They both had their strengths and weaknesses, and one of the So...

Samsung’s 512GB Galaxy Note 9 costs $1,250

10 Aug 2018

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Remember those rumors that Samsung would be working to keep costs of its new flagships at reasonable levels? Yeah, no such luck, bucko. The Samsung Ga...

Elon Musk tweets he’s thinking about taking Tesla private

09 Aug 2018

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk is thinking about taking the company private, he said in a Tweet this morning. More specifically, he said he may buy back the com...

Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 review

09 Aug 2018

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IDC’s latest tablet numbers tell a familiar story. Shipments are down yet again, a trend that shows no sign of abating. There is, however, one clear...

Edifier’s S350DB speakers: modern sound with an old-school style

08 Aug 2018

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Let’s be honest, if you use a receiver as the hub of your home entertainment system, you probably only use about a quarter of the buttons, dials and...

Clear for beer: Biometrics provider now enables alcohol purchases at Seahawks and Mariners games

07 Aug 2018

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Clear, the biometrics company you’ve probably seen at airports and at a few other prominent queues, is rolling out the capability to simultaneously ...

15 names that would have been better than Android Pie

07 Aug 2018

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15 names that would have been better than Android Pie Let’s say, hypothetically, that you make a mobile operating system, and somewhere along the li...

The greedy ways Apple got to $1 trillion

06 Aug 2018

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For being the richest company ever with $243 billion in cash, Apple sure cuts corners in the stingiest ways. The hardware giant became the first tril...

Cisco buys Duo, Brandless raises $240M, and Apple broaches $1T

06 Aug 2018

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Hello and welcome back toEquity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week TechCrunch...

Tim Cook to Apple staff: $1TR in shareholder value isn’t what drives us

03 Aug 2018

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How should you feel to know your employer is far, far richer than Croesus? As Apple CEO Tim Cook tells it — in a memo to staff, obtained by BuzzFe...

Can Electronauts help make VR more social?

02 Aug 2018

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Virtual reality is an isolating experience. You power it up, strap the headset on and just sort of drift off into your own world. But maybe that doesn...

iOS beta hints at dual SIM iPhone

02 Aug 2018

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Apple released the fifth beta of iOS 12 a few days ago. 9to5mac discovered strings in configuration files that reference dual SIM devices. You should...

Sorry guys, even Elon Musk can’t fix MoviePass…

01 Aug 2018

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Well, Elon Musk sure had a good run at fixing the world’s pressing problems. Stuff like climate change — with those fancy electric sports cars, b...

Google’s Clock app can now wake you up with music from Spotify

01 Aug 2018

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You probably never think about the Google Clock app on your Android phone. And unless you are one of those happy early risers, it’s not exactly an a...

This is what the next iPhone could look like

31 Jul 2018

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Several dummy units of future iPhone models have leaked over the weekend. It gives a good idea of what you should expect to see in September when Appl...

Google Assistant can now do things automatically at a scheduled time

31 Jul 2018

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Back at Google I/O, Google announced two new features for Google Assistant: custom routines, and schedules. Both focusing on automating things you do ...

Tesla is making a $1500… surfboard?

30 Jul 2018

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Tesla is no stranger to branded merch. Its got the standard company swag — the hats, the shirts, and the mugs. It’s got quirkier stuff, like mini...

Almost sold out — buy a ticket to TechCrunch Summer Party at August Capital

30 Jul 2018

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Tickets to theTechCrunch Summer Party at August Capitalare on the verge of selling out. If you want to attend our 13th annual summer fete on July 27, ...

Facebook officially loses $123 billion in value

27 Jul 2018

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In what could be the biggest one-day drop of all time, Facebook shares opened at $174.89, down 19.6 percent compared to yesterday’s closing price of...

The Traeger Timberline 850 turns BBQ from art to science

26 Jul 2018

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This review took a lot of pork. Over the last few months, I’ve used the Traeger Timberline 850 several times a week. Cooking on this grill is easier...

SpaceX lands Falcon 9 booster on Just Read The Instructions drone ship

25 Jul 2018

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SpaceX confirmed on Twitter this morning that it recovered the booster from the latest Falcon 9 launch. Shortly after launchingfrom Vandenberg Air F...

Xiaomi goes after global markets with two new Android One phones

25 Jul 2018

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Xiaomi gave Google’s well-intentioned but somewhat-stalled Android One project a major boost last year when it unveiled its first device under the...

Pokémon GO gets ‘Lucky’ Pokémon obtainable only by trading

24 Jul 2018

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Pokémon GO just got a little surprise update, complete with a curious new feature: “Lucky” Pokémon. Most things in Pokémon GO are adapted from ...

Peak Design goes back to Kickstarter to launch $299 travel backpack

24 Jul 2018

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Meet the Travel Backpack 45L. It’s Peak Design’s latest creation and the company just launched a Kickstarter campaign to bring it to life. This p...

Niantic explains how and why it bans players in Pokémon GO

23 Jul 2018

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Niantic explains how and why it bans players in Pokémon GO Getting banned for cheating is nothing new in Pokémon GO. There’ve been big ol’ ban w...

Now this… this is an ultra-wide monitor

23 Jul 2018

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I’ve been working with an ugly but functional lopsided two-monitor setup for years, and while it has served me well, I can’t say the new generatio...

Last call for tickets to TechCrunch Summer Party at August Capital

20 Jul 2018

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TheTechCrunch Summer Party at August Capitalis the stuff of Silicon Valley legend. We’re celebrating 13 years of libations and convivial conversatio...

The Galaxy Note 9 is leaking out all over the place

20 Jul 2018

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The Galaxy Note 9 won’t be announced until August. You wouldn’t know it by reading the internet, however. Every nook and cranny of the upcoming ph...

Worried about a slowdown? It already happened in 2016, says one new venture study

19 Jul 2018

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Worried about a slowdown? It already happened in 2016, says one new venture study In today’s market, it’s hard to make sense of what’s what. Dea...

Apple releases third iOS 12 beta to everyone

19 Jul 2018

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Apple just released the third version of the iOS 12 beta as part of the public beta program. It means that everyone can now install a development bui...

Bitcoin price passes $7K bringing all 100 top coins up with it

18 Jul 2018

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Bitcoin is moving up, and it’s taking 99 of its best friends along for the ride. In the last 24 hours, every one of the top 100 coins by market cap ...

Founder and investor Elad Gil has a new book that aims to help startups with their later-stage challenges — before they get to that point

18 Jul 2018

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Founder and investor Elad Gil has a new book that aims to help startups with their later-stage challenges — before they get to that point Serial ent...

Amazon puts its own devices on sale early for Prime Day

17 Jul 2018

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Amazon is kicking off today’s Prime Day a bit early. Although its annual sale technically begins at 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET this afternoon, it put its o...

Living with the new 15-inch MacBook Pro

17 Jul 2018

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When reviewing hardware, it’s important to integrate it into your life as much as possible. If you can, swap it in for your existing devices for a f...

How much quieter are the new MacBook Pro keyboards? Hear for yourself

16 Jul 2018

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Specs? We’ll talk specs later. Right now we’re focused on something far more important: keyboard noise. It’s been a common complaint among MacBo...

YouTube TV subscribers get a free week after World Cup meltdown

16 Jul 2018

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When one of the main selling points for your service is the ability to stream live sports, the last thing you want is a full-on service meltdown durin...

For the first time, Netflix tops HBO for most Emmy nominations

13 Jul 2018

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For the first time, Netflix tops HBO for most Emmy nominations Netflix has broken HBO’s 17-year streak as the most nominated network at the Emmy Awa...

Catch the next wave of tickets to the TechCrunch Summer Party at August Capital

13 Jul 2018

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Our 13th annual TechCrunch Summer Party at August Capital takes place on July 27, and we’re happy to announce we’ve just released a fourth batch o...

YouTube TV goes down during the World Cup

12 Jul 2018

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Croatia scored and the score is now 1-1 against England. If you’re a YouTube TV subscriber, you might not know that because YouTube TV has been dow...

With Lockbox and Notes, Mozilla launches its first set of mobile Test Pilot experiments

11 Jul 2018

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Mozilla’s Test Pilot program for Firefox has long been the organization’s way to trial some of its more experimental ideas for new browser featur...

My favorite summer toy is the GDP XD emulator

11 Jul 2018

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People ask me all the time about my favorite gadgets and I rarely have any answers. I’ve been playing with stuff since 2004 and I’m pretty gadget-...

‘Spider-Man,’ ‘Dr. Strange’ co-creator Steve Ditko has died

10 Jul 2018

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Toward the end of his life, it became somewhat common practice to post a picture of his door. It was an otherwise unremarkable thing, with a mail slot...

New Microsoft Surface hardware is probably arriving tomorrow

10 Jul 2018

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Microsoft all but announced as much via the official Surface account. The company tweeted out the leading question “Where will Surface go next?” a...

MoviePass offers ticket refund after Friday Night outage

09 Jul 2018

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After a rapid ascent, it’s been a rough couple of months for MoviePass. And while last night’s outage isn’t exactly the end of the world for the...

Lyft goes biking, Airbnb is going public (eventually), big money for software robots, and Juul

09 Jul 2018

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 Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week we...

Deliveroo opens its first shared kitchen in Paris

05 Jul 2018

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Food delivery startup Deliveroo opened its first shared kitchen in Paris earlier today. Deliveroo first launched this concept of shared kitchens call...

The five best reasons you don’t want to miss Disrupt SF this September

04 Jul 2018

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TechCrunch’s Disrupt SF (Sept. 5-7) is our most ambitious event ever. And if we’re sure of one thing, it’s that people in the startup scene will...

Airwallex raises $80M for its international payment service for businesses

03 Jul 2018

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Airwallex, a three-year-old fintech startup focused on international payments for SMEs and businesses, is putting itself on the map after it raised an...

Twitter gets a re-org and new product head

03 Jul 2018

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Twitter has a new product manager, the wake of a large re-org of the company announced this week. The changes will see Twitter dividing its business i...

Bird and Lyft raise $900M, a16z launches a crytpo fund, and $6B more for Sequoia

02 Jul 2018

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Hello and welcome back toEquity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week Connie Loi...

Questions about Apple’s new Maps, answered

02 Jul 2018

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Earlier today we revealed that Apple was re-building maps from the ground up. These are some questions from readers that came up when we went live. Yo...

The Sonos Beam is the soundbar evolved

29 Jun 2018

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Sonos has always gone its own way. The speaker manufacturer dedicated itself to network-connected speakers before there were home networks and they ...