N.K. Jemisin on Octavia Butler
In our current dystopia, the prescient science fiction of Octavia Butler only resonates more, so it makes perfect sense that her novels, Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents, will be reissued...
Porsche’s best-selling Macan SUV is going all-electric
Porsche plans to turn its best-selling U.S. vehicle, the Macan SUV, into an electric vehicle following the introduction of its first EVs, the Taycan and its...
The Toys of the 1980s Are Making a Major Comeback This Year
Blockbusters like the Star Wars trilogy, as well as unregulated TV advertising to kids, helped the ’80s churn out some of the most memorable toys of...
Parents Can Expect Less Sleep for the First Six Years of Their Child’s Life
Moms and dads shouldn’t expect their sleep habits to bounce back to the way they were before kids for at least the first six years of...
Zone7 raises $2.5 million seed round to predict injury risk for athletes
Zone7, the company using data and analytics to identify the potential for injuries with athletes, has raised $2.5 million in seed funding. The company monitors athletes’...
Meet GV investors at the TechCrunch Include March Office Hours
GV (formerly Google Ventures) is partnering with TechCrunch Include to host Office Hours for underserved and underrepresented founders on March 5th. From 10:30am – 12:30pm, GV...
Polis, the door-to-door marketer, raises another $2.5 million
Polis founder Kendall Tucker began her professional life as a campaign organizer in local Democratic politics, but — seeing an opportunity in her one-on-one conversations with...
Upcoming Tech IPOs Will Mint Hundreds of Overnight Millionaires and Silicon Valley Vultures Are Licking Their Chops
The day started with an intense tropical storm consuming San Francisco, but by evening the clouds had parted just in time for a group of grinning...
Spotify launches its streaming service in India
Spotify has reportedly launched for some users in India today, with plans to officially launch on Wednesday to everyone, Variety, citing sources with knowledge of Spotify’s...
Maybe Facebook’s Seldom-Clicked Watch Tab Isn’t the Future of News
In June, Facebook’s head of news partnerships announced that the social network was going to fund news shows for its Watch video service. “Watch is the...
