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By Tech Crunch - Nov 15, 2019
VIRGIN GALACTIC BEGINS ‘ASTRONAUT READINESS PROGRAM' FOR FIRST PAYING CUSTOMERS

Virgin Galactic has begun its ‘Astronaut Readiness Program' this week, which is being run out of Under Armour Global HQ to start. Under...
Company, Companies, Aerospace, Space, TC, astronaut, baltimore, outer space, partner, space tourism, spaceflight, spaceplane, spaceshiptwo, Virgin Galactic
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By Tech Crunch - Nov 15, 2019
TAKEAWAYS FROM NVIDIA'S LATEST QUARTERLY EARNINGS

Nvidia has been on a wild growth ride the past five years. Surfing a wave around AI deep learning and cryptocurrency where its specialized...
Companies, Building, Company, Market, Buy, Marketing, Artificial Intelligence, Government, Hardware, Mellanox, nvidia, semiconductors, Tariffs
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By Tech Crunch - Nov 15, 2019
LA WARNS OF ‘JUICE-JACKING' MALWARE, BUT ADMITS IT HAS NO CASES

Los Angeles' district attorney is warning travelers to avoid public USB charging points because “they may contain dangerous malware.” Reading...
Travels, Data, Education, Electronics, Travel, Hack, Hardware, Security, ardunio, articles, battery charger, cybercrime, district attorney, east coast, iPhone, Los Angeles, malware, security, security breaches, spokesperson, usb, USB-C
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By Tech Crunch - Nov 15, 2019
WEB SUMMIT CANCELS NEXT YEAR'S RISE CONFERENCE OVER TENSION IN HONG KONG

The ongoing tension in Hong Kong between the government and pro-democracy protesters continues to spill into tech domain. Rise, the...
Asia, Tech, Consulting, World, Government, Security, web summit
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By Tech Crunch - Nov 15, 2019
DESPITE BANS, GIPHY STILL HOSTS SELF-HARM, HATE SPEECH, AND CHILD SEX ABUSE CONTENT

Image search engine Giphy bills itself as providing “fun and safe way” to search and create animated GIFs. But despite its ban on illicit...
Technology, Technologies, Companies, Company, Search, Government, Security, Social, Startups, artificial intelligence, ceo, Congress, giphy, online abuse, online platforms, photo sharing, PhotoDNA, search engine, search engines, social media, websites, world wide web
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By Tech Crunch - Nov 15, 2019
WEWORK GIVES 0 FORKS, AND DOCKER CONTAINERIZES ITS FUTURE INTO A CASKET

And welcome back to Equity , TechCrunch's venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week...
Companies, Building, Company, Fund, Futures, New York, China, Future, TC
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By Tech Crunch - Nov 15, 2019
FORD'S MUSTANG MACH-E ALL-ELECTRIC SUV REVEALED IN LEAKED PHOTOS, PRICES AND CONFIGURATIONS

Ford is officially debuting its fully electric crossover SUV on Saturday, November 17 - but we got a look at the new Mach-E (which...
Taxes, Tax, Rate, Credit, Credits, Automotive, GreenTech, TC, cars, Environmental Protection Agency, Ford, Ford Mustang, Louisiana, mustang, spy, Tesla, United States
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By Tech Crunch - Nov 15, 2019
LAST CHANCE FOR EARLY-BIRD PRICING ON PASSES TO DISRUPT BERLIN 2019

Trite as it may sound, all good things must come to an end. And the good thing that's about to come to a grinding halt is early-bird...
Savings, Rights, Right, Legal, Insurance, Buy, Insurances, Startups, Disrupt Berlin 2019, TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin 2019
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By Tech Crunch - Nov 15, 2019
TIKTOK TESTS SOCIAL COMMERCE

TikTok is beginning to dabble in social commerce. The short-form video app said it has started to allow some users to put links to...
World, Video, Companies, Company, Videos, Apps, Asia, eCommerce, Social, bytedance, Naspers, tiktok, WhatsApp
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By Tech Crunch - Nov 15, 2019
SOFTBANK VISION FUND'S CAROLINA BROCHADO IS COMING TO DISRUPT BERLIN

SoftBank's Vision Fund has single-handedly changed the game when it comes to tech startup investment. And that's why I'm excited to...
Tech, London, Investment, Investments, Brazil, Fund, Business, Invest, Europe, Startups, Venture Capital, Carolina Brochado, Disrupt, disrupt berlin, Disrupt Berlin 2019, Softbank, Softbank Vision Fund, Vision Fund
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By Tech Crunch - Nov 15, 2019
INVESTMENT BANK LAZARD HAS QUIETLY RECRUITED A ‘VENTURE AND GROWTH' TEAM TO FOCUS ON EUROPEAN SCALE-UPS

Lazard , the global investment bank, has been quietly recruiting a ten-person team in London to head up its newly created “Venture...
Recruitment, Recruitments, Company, Invest, Companies, Investments, Banks, Investment, London, Bank, Management, Europe, Fundings & Exits, Startups, TC
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By Tech Crunch - Nov 15, 2019
CYBERSECURITY EXPERT ALEX STAMOS ON WHAT SCARES HIM MOST ABOUT THE UPCOMING U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Alex Stamos rose to fame as the former chief security officer for Yahoo and then Facebook. But today he's the director of Stanford's...
Security, Government, Internet, Tech, New York, TC, Alex Stamos, cybersecurity, stanford
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By Tech Crunch - Nov 15, 2019
VOLTSERVER ADDS A DATA LAYER TO ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION IN A MOVE THAT COULD HELP SMART GRID ROLLOUT

Stephen Eaves, the chief executive of a new startup which promises to overlay data on electricity distribution has spent years developing...
Transmission, Technology, Technologies, Data, Management, Company, Companies, Energy, Energies, Moving, TC, aerospace, Angel, Angel Street Capital, aquicore, Blue Pillar, Blueprint Power, computing, coniston capital, Dan Doctoroff, dc, DSP, electricity, energy, florida, Router, semiconductor, sidewalk labs, Software, telecommunications
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By Tech Crunch - Nov 15, 2019
AWS CONFIRMS REPORTS IT WILL CHALLENGE JEDI CONTRACT AWARD TO MICROSOFT

Surely just about everyone was surprised when the Department of Defense named Microsoft as the winner of the decade long, $10 billion...
Technology, Companies, Government, Company, Technologies, Cloud, Drama, Enterprise, TC, Amazon, AWS, Microsoft, Pentagon JEDI contract
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By Tech Crunch - Nov 15, 2019
HOMEIS ADDS COMMUNITY TOOLS FOR MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS

Homeis , a startup building networking tools for immigrant communities, officially launched its community for Mexican immigrants this...
Videos, Video, Companies, Building, Company, Job, Jobs, Social, Startups, Homeis, ran harnevo
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By Tech Crunch - Nov 14, 2019
RECYCLING ROBOTS RAISE MILLIONS FROM TOP VENTURE FIRMS TO RESCUE AN INDUSTRY IN TURMOIL

The problem of how to find the potential treasure trove hidden in millions of pounds of trash is getting a high-tech answer as investors...
Trading, World, High Tech, Industry, China, Places, Buy, Raw Materials, Business, Industries, Tech, Rate, GreenTech, Recent Funding, Startups, TC, AMP Robotics, Congruent Ventures, recycling, sequoia capital
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By Tech Crunch - Nov 14, 2019
MICROSOFT ANNOUNCES ITS XCLOUD STREAMING SERVICE AND A TRUCKLOAD OF NEW GAMES ARE COMING IN 2020

Microsoft has announced a vague intention to launch its xCloud game streaming service sometime in 2020, and dropped a double handful...
World, Services, Places, Service, Companies, Company, London, Gaming, game streaming, Microsoft, project xcloud, streaming, xbox, Xbox Game Pass, xcloud
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By Tech Crunch - Nov 14, 2019
LYFT IS CEASING SCOOTER OPERATIONS IN SIX CITIES AND LAYING OFF 20 EMPLOYEES

In an industry where unit economics and rider utilization are key to running a profitable business, perhaps it's better to cut your...
Marketing, Market, Company, Invest, Companies, Business, Industries, Industry, Jobs, Investments, Investment, Job, TC, Transportation, Lyft, Scooters
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By Tech Crunch - Nov 14, 2019
THIS RIDE-HAILING PR PITCH SHOWS PLATFORMS AND DIGITAL CAMPAIGN ‘DARK ARTS' WANT DEMOCRACY TO BE PAY TO PLAY

A UK PR firm pitching to run an account for Ola has proposed running a campaign to politicize ride-hailing as a tactic to shift regulations...
Company, Market, Companies, London, Marketing, Advertising Tech, Apps, Europe, Government, Policy, Social, TC, Adtech, Andy Burnham, Facebook, india, lobbying, manchester, Ola, online disinformation, Public First, public relations, SoftBank Group, Startup company, tfl, Uber, United Kingdom
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By Tech Crunch - Nov 14, 2019
SPOTIFY CONFIRMS IT'S TESTING REAL-TIME LYRICS SYNCED TO MUSIC

With the launch of iOS 13, Apple added perfectly timed live lyrics to its Apple Music app. Now Spotify may do the same. Several users...
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VIRGIN GALACTIC BEGINS ‘ASTRONAUT READINESS PROGRAM' FOR FIRST PAYING CUSTOMERS

Virgin Galactic has begun its ‘Astronaut Readiness Program' this week, which is being run out of Under Armour Global HQ to start. Under...

TAKEAWAYS FROM NVIDIA'S LATEST QUARTERLY EARNINGS

Nvidia has been on a wild growth ride the past five years. Surfing a wave around AI deep learning and cryptocurrency where its specialized...

LA WARNS OF ‘JUICE-JACKING' MALWARE, BUT ADMITS IT HAS NO CASES

Los Angeles' district attorney is warning travelers to avoid public USB charging points because “they may contain dangerous malware.” Reading...

WEB SUMMIT CANCELS NEXT YEAR'S RISE CONFERENCE OVER TENSION IN HONG KONG

The ongoing tension in Hong Kong between the government and pro-democracy protesters continues to spill into tech domain. Rise, the...

DESPITE BANS, GIPHY STILL HOSTS SELF-HARM, HATE SPEECH, AND CHILD SEX ABUSE CONTENT

Image search engine Giphy bills itself as providing “fun and safe way” to search and create animated GIFs. But despite its ban on illicit...

WEWORK GIVES 0 FORKS, AND DOCKER CONTAINERIZES ITS FUTURE INTO A CASKET

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

FORD'S MUSTANG MACH-E ALL-ELECTRIC SUV REVEALED IN LEAKED PHOTOS, PRICES AND CONFIGURATIONS

Ford is officially debuting its fully electric crossover SUV on Saturday, November 17 - but we got a look at the new Mach-E (which...

LAST CHANCE FOR EARLY-BIRD PRICING ON PASSES TO DISRUPT BERLIN 2019

Trite as it may sound, all good things must come to an end. And the good thing that's about to come to a grinding halt is early-bird...

TIKTOK TESTS SOCIAL COMMERCE

TikTok is beginning to dabble in social commerce. The short-form video app said it has started to allow some users to put links to...

SOFTBANK VISION FUND'S CAROLINA BROCHADO IS COMING TO DISRUPT BERLIN

SoftBank's Vision Fund has single-handedly changed the game when it comes to tech startup investment. And that's why I'm excited to...

INVESTMENT BANK LAZARD HAS QUIETLY RECRUITED A ‘VENTURE AND GROWTH' TEAM TO FOCUS ON EUROPEAN SCALE-UPS

Lazard , the global investment bank, has been quietly recruiting a ten-person team in London to head up its newly created “Venture...

CYBERSECURITY EXPERT ALEX STAMOS ON WHAT SCARES HIM MOST ABOUT THE UPCOMING U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

Alex Stamos rose to fame as the former chief security officer for Yahoo and then Facebook. But today he's the director of Stanford's...

VOLTSERVER ADDS A DATA LAYER TO ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION IN A MOVE THAT COULD HELP SMART GRID ROLLOUT

Stephen Eaves, the chief executive of a new startup which promises to overlay data on electricity distribution has spent years developing...

AWS CONFIRMS REPORTS IT WILL CHALLENGE JEDI CONTRACT AWARD TO MICROSOFT

Surely just about everyone was surprised when the Department of Defense named Microsoft as the winner of the decade long, $10 billion...

HOMEIS ADDS COMMUNITY TOOLS FOR MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS

Homeis , a startup building networking tools for immigrant communities, officially launched its community for Mexican immigrants this...

RECYCLING ROBOTS RAISE MILLIONS FROM TOP VENTURE FIRMS TO RESCUE AN INDUSTRY IN TURMOIL

The problem of how to find the potential treasure trove hidden in millions of pounds of trash is getting a high-tech answer as investors...

MICROSOFT ANNOUNCES ITS XCLOUD STREAMING SERVICE AND A TRUCKLOAD OF NEW GAMES ARE COMING IN 2020

Microsoft has announced a vague intention to launch its xCloud game streaming service sometime in 2020, and dropped a double handful...

LYFT IS CEASING SCOOTER OPERATIONS IN SIX CITIES AND LAYING OFF 20 EMPLOYEES

In an industry where unit economics and rider utilization are key to running a profitable business, perhaps it's better to cut your...

THIS RIDE-HAILING PR PITCH SHOWS PLATFORMS AND DIGITAL CAMPAIGN ‘DARK ARTS' WANT DEMOCRACY TO BE PAY TO PLAY

A UK PR firm pitching to run an account for Ola has proposed running a campaign to politicize ride-hailing as a tactic to shift regulations...

SPOTIFY CONFIRMS IT'S TESTING REAL-TIME LYRICS SYNCED TO MUSIC

With the launch of iOS 13, Apple added perfectly timed live lyrics to its Apple Music app. Now Spotify may do the same. Several users...

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HOLD FAMILY A multiplayer network game for families

Spend more time with your family and less with your phone with the Hold Family app made by us! :)

SØVN Modern sleep tracking study

The Søvn app is a modern sleep tracker made by us for Bryggen Research AS! #mobile #iOS #android #portfolio

SØVN Modern sleep tracking study

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The Trade War Cost U.S. Farmers Their China Market. A Deal Might Not Bring...

U.S. farmers have paid a steep price during Washington's months-long trade war with Beijing, losing almost two-thirds of their exports to China. Now, however, there is hope as...

I'm a male yoga teacher and think classical yoga philosophy enables abuse

Last week, the New York Times published a story describing yoga gurus with long histories of giving students overtly sexual and non-consensual adjustments and getting away with...

JCPenney surges 23% after its 3rd-quarter earnings report wasn't as bad as...

JCPenney reported fiscal third-quarter 2019 earnings on Friday that weren't as bad as Wall Street expected. Shares of the retailer rose as much as 23% on the news in premarket...

The 11 best credit cards to earn points and cash back on rideshares like...

Certain rewards credit cards offer extra cash back or bonus points on rideshares, including Uber and Lyft. While the Uber Visa offers a great rate of return on Uber purchases...

GM's 40-day strike drives the biggest drop in US factory output since April

US factory output plunged the most since April as the 40-day General Motors strike pulled the metric lower. Manufacturing output dropped 0.6% in October, according to a Friday...

How to share your Apple Watch Activity and send messages to friends during...

You can share your Apple Watch Activity progress with friends using the Activity app for iPhone . You can use the Apple Watch feature to send motivating messages to your...

Fraud is top of mind for consumers going into the holiday season

This story was delivered to Business Insider Intelligence Banking subscribers earlier this morning. To get this story plus others to your inbox each day, hours before they're...

Asia Pacific Hotel Development Pipeline Under Construction Up 20.7% in October

In October, the Asia/Pacific region reported 2,039 hotel projects with a total of 450,231 rooms in construction.

The UK Labour party wants to tax Amazon, Facebook and Google to fund a $25...

UK Labour proposed a new tax on tech giants including Amazon and Google which would allow for free, high-speed internet for the whole country. The party floated plans on...

Stars including Selena Gomez and Gigi Hadid have come out in support of...

Celebrities have come to Taylor Swift's defense after the singer accused Scooter Braun and Scott Borchetta , who founded her former label Big Machine Records, of impeding her...