YouTrip, a challenger bank in Southeast Asia, raises $25.5M for expansion
Singapore-based startup YouTrip thinks consumers of Southeast Asia deserve a taste of the challenger bank revolution happening in the U.S. and Europe, and it has raised...
Lilium unveils five-seater air taxi prototype after a successful maiden flight for its latest jet
Lilium, the Munich-based startup developing an on-demand “air taxi” service, has unveiled a new five-seater prototype and is announcing to the world that a maiden flight...
7 accessibility-focused startups snag grants from Microsoft
Microsoft has selected seven lucky startups to receive grants from its AI for Accessibility program. The growing companies aim to empower people with disabilities to take...
Kickstarter CEO Says Management Won’t Voluntarily Recognize Employee Union
Recently promoted Kickstarter CEO Aziz Hasan wrote in an email to all staff that company management will not voluntarily recognize a union in the process of...
XPRIZE names two grand prize winners in $15 million Global Learning Challenge
XPRIZE, the non-profit organization developing and managing competitions to find solutions to social challenges, has named two grand prize winners in the Elon Musk-backed Global Learning...
First look at Pokémon’s new mobile game, quietly released on Android
Guess what? There’s a new Pokémon mobile game out, and Australians are again the first to get their hands on it. Pokémon Rumble Rush (also known...
Trump Admin Creates Web Portal for Supporters to Complain About Getting Banned on Social Media
Donald Trump has made absolutely no secret of his feelings on free speech: He hates it when it’s not servile paeans to him and his agenda....
The White House’s social media ‘bias’ survey has a terrible privacy policy
Donald Trump wants you to know that he totally understands your online struggle. The 45th President of the United States is famous for complaining about the...
VFX Artists Explain What It Would Actually Take to Redo Sonic the Hedgehog
After the trailer for the Sonic the Hedgehog movie, it was like a million voices cried out in laughter, then were suddenly placated. The negative response...
Having trouble with Amazon Alexa? You’re not the only one. [Update: It’s fixed.]
Update: An Amazon spokesperson told TechCrunch “This afternoon we had an issue that impacted some Alexa customers’ ability to interact with the service. The Alexa service...
