Crowdfunded spacecraft LightSail 2 prepares to go sailing on sunlight
Among the many spacecraft and satellites ascending to space on Monday’s Falcon Heavy launch, the Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 may be the most interesting. If all...
This company wants cars to get software updates while driving
I sat with my hands on the wheel in the middle of a mini green race track, watching the feed from the tiny car I was...
Daily Crunch: Google’s not making any more tablets
The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at...
Slack and Zoom are flying high; they’re also being chased already by upstarts
Two of the highest-flying now-public enterprise companies of the year — Slack and Zoom — are different in many ways, besides the fact that one is...
Apply to Startup Battlefield for a shot at TC fame and fortune
What would a $100,000 cash infusion do for your early-stage startup? Don’t just imagine it. Apply to compete in Startup Battlefield at Disrupt San Francisco 2019 on...
Facebook Still Working On the Whole Genocide Thing
In a blog post yesterday evening, social media giant Facebook announced several changes meant to mitigate the effects of misinformation and hate speech causing real-world violence,...
‘Harry Potter: Wizards Unite’ reaches 400K downloads, $300K in consumer spend in UK and US
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, the highly anticipated new mobile game from Pokémon GO makers Niantic and Warner Brothers’ games division, is off to a good start,...
Behold: Scientists Get Great View of Uranus’ Glowing Rings
Astronomers captured a first look at radiation emitted directly by Uranus’ rings. Read more… Source : Behold: Scientists Get Great View of Uranus’ Glowing Rings
‘This is Your Life in Silicon Valley’: Nomiku Founder CEO Lisa Fetterman on why Silicon Valley doesn’t care about female founders
Welcome to this week’s transcribed edition of This is Your Life in Silicon Valley. We’re running an experiment for Extra Crunch members that puts This is...
Prices increase tonight on passes to Disrupt SF 2019
This is it, the final day the super-early-bird is hanging out at TechCrunch dispensing serious savings on passes to Disrupt San Francisco 2019. Once the clock...
