Kyash, a would-be challenger bank in Japan, raises $14M
The new era of tech-enabled banks is coming, even in regulation-heavy Japan. Kyash, a fintech company with visions on becoming Japan’s first challenger bank, said today...
Intel and Baidu partner on Nervana Neural Network AI training processor
At Baidu’s Create conference for AI developers in Beijing today, the company and Intel announced a new partnership to work together on Intel’s new Nervana Neural...
Lawsuit Accuses Android Co-Founder Andy Rubin of Hiding Wealth From Wife, Running ‘Sex Ring’
Court documents from a civil complaint brought by disgraced former Google executive Andy Rubin’s estranged spouse, Rie Hirabaru Rubin, and obtained by BuzzFeed News, claim that...
Apple reveals App Store takedown demands by governments
For the first time, Apple has published the number of requests it’s received from governments to take down apps from its app store. In its latest...
Dark’s Creators Tell Fans They’re Hoping to Unravel That Time Travel Mess in Season 3
I’ve been really enjoying Netflix’s Dark, even if I forgot who was who between seasons one and two. But thankfully the enjoyable confusion will carry on...
Volkswagen’s 1962 bus is back as the all-electric Type 20
This is not your parents’ VW bus. Looks familiar… Image: volkswagen It may look like the Type 2 bus from back in the 1960s (yes, it’s...
Android founder Andy Rubin accused of participating in ‘sex ring’ in court docs
A California court has unsealed documents that detail some of the explosive allegations against Android cofounder Andy Rubin, including his alleged participation in a “sex ring.”...
Newly unsealed court documents reveal additional allegations against Andy Rubin
Newly unsealed documents have revealed a spate of bombshell allegations against Android founder Andy Rubin. BuzzFeed’s Ryan Mac has made the documents available as a PDF,...
KKR has acquired Corel (including its recent acquisition Parallels), reportedly for $1B+
Only six months after snapping up virtualization specialist Parallels, Canadian software company Corel is itself getting acquired. TechCrunch has learned and confirmed with multiple sources that...
Trump Invites Consortium of Conservative Internet Trolls to The White House for ‘Social Media Summit’
As a part of President Donald Trump’s latest crusade promoting his misleading and misguided theories that social media companies are discriminating against conservatives, the White House...
