Cape Canaveral as seen from orbit by a space shuttle in 1991 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
- Peak Design and building a company on the Kickstarter platform
Most startups toil away in stealth mode on new products with an Apple-esque fear of news leaking before its time. Peak Design decided to go to the other extreme, building a company in full view of its audience — and in the face of its competitors. Eschewing traditional investors in favor of a serie... - NASA has successfully launched OSIRIS-REx, their first asteroid sample return mission
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has successfully launched from Cape Canaveral with the help of 1.2 million pounds of thrust provided by an Atlas V rocket. The spacecraft will journey to a near-Earth asteroid known as Bennu and return an asteroid sample to Earth. This will be NASA’s first asteroid samp... - The U.S. names its first chief information security officer
- Breathometer teams up with Philips to take on bad breath
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- Raspberry Pi finally offers an official starter kit after passing 10M sales
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has finally put out an official starter kit for its low cost microcomputer — offering what it dubs an “unashamedly premium” bundle for the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B, complete with optical mouse and keyboard in a very Apple-looking shade of white, plus all the cables you nee... - Iroko launches IrokoX online network to showcase Africa’s creative talent
Africa’s artists have a new online stage to showcase their talent. Nigeria based digital entertainment startup Iroko has launched IrokoX, a multi-platform Pan-African network for filmmakers, musicians, and other creative aspirants to produce, distribute, and monetize short-form content. The new med... - Karma looks to mount a comeback with the Revero, its $130k hybrid electric sports car
- You can now pre-order the iPhone 7 and Apple Watch Series 2
- Clinton campaign and Dems get $20M from Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz
- Crunch Report | Airbnb Fights Discrimination on Platform
- The Swiss watch industry is doomed
- AI can make your money work for you
- FAA warns not to check your Galaxy Note 7 or fly with it on
- Ford Smart Mobility acquires Chariot to boost its smart city transit plans
Ford Smart Mobility, the company founded by Ford Motor Company to help provide alternate means of transportation, just made its first acquisition: Chariot, the San Francisco-based commuter ride-sharing startup. For Ford, the move will make Chariot the cornerstone of its shuttle and mobility program... - Facebook photo-sharing app Moments expands to web, adds support for full-res photos
Facebook Moments, the company’s private photo-sharing application which took the place of mobile photo sync late last year, is now expanding beyond the confines of your mobile phone and your personal network. While previously, the app allowed you to share your photos with select Facebook friends, t... - Office 365 now lets you invite guests to your projects
- Meet the Disrupt SF 2016 speakers and judges
- The U.S. is not ‘handing over’ the internet
- Google Photos on iOS can now enhance your Live Photos
- Tumblr to roll out affiliate links across all users’ blogs
- Beeswax raises $11M for customizable adtech
- Elon Musk asks for help solving the “complex” riddle of SpaceX’s rocket explosion
- Gillmor Gang LIVE 09.09.16
The LIVE recording session of The Gillmor Gang – today with: Robert Scoble, Frank Radice, Kevin Marks, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor. Has been cancelled. We will reschedule ASAP. Our live chat stream during the show broadcast Gillmor Gang’s Facebook page HERE G3’s archive on ustream G3’s Facebook... - Twitter launches an Alexa app
Too lazy to read your tweets? Now, Amazon Alexa can just read them to you instead. Yes, that’s right: Twitter today has launched an app for Amazon’s voice platform Alexa, which means you can listen to the latest from Twitter right on your Echo speaker or other Alexa-powered device. The new app can ... - Rebecca Minkoff’s Fashion Week show uses augmented reality to help real women shop the look live
- Ford backs massive bike-share expansion in the San Francisco Bay Area
- Confirmed: Honest Company in talks to sell
- Facebook restores censored nude ‘napalm girl’ photo due to “historical importance”
- Rover is closing a $40M round that values the pet-sitting startup at nearly $300M
- Square Cash users can now spend their balance with a virtual debit card
- Gear to keep you charged and connected at conferences
- Hack for the environment at the Disrupt SF Hackathon
This weekend, hundreds of developers and engineers will pack into the Disrupt SF conference space for our Hackathon, a 24-hour race to build a brand-new product. Competitors will present their inventions on stage and win prizes, in a TechCrunch tradition that’s launched products like GroupMe. But t... - Incoming McAfee CEO Chris Young on his company’s post-Intel future
Young has been running Intel’s Security Group for quite some time now as senior vice president and general manager. While he will officially be given a CEO title in his new role, the position will be a rare point of continuity for a team that has changed hands twice in the last five years. We sat d... - User’s guide to Disrupt SF 2016
- Coupa is the latest unicorn to file for an IPO
- Facebook steps in to prove the value of chatbots with Tommy Hilfiger
- Dropbox responds to accusations its Mac desktop client hacks OS X security
- Galaxy Note 7 recall gets government treatment as the CPSC piles on
- Opportunities and challenges in commercializing space privately
- Google’s WaveNet uses neural nets to generate eerily convincing speech and music
- Military veterans provide a new competitive advantage for tech companies
Ask any Silicon Valley CEO what some of their biggest challenges are and you likely will hear “finding and retaining great people.” Tech is booming, yet it remains incredibly hard to attract and keep talent amid a competitive ecosystem. A few companies, however, have figured out a competitive advan... - Crunch Report | Who will buy The Honest Company?
Raspberry Pi is offering a starter kit, Ford acquires rides commuting company Chariot, The Honest Company is rumored to be in conversation with bankers about a potential sale, Snapchat just secured a line of credit from Morgan Stanley and Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz is donating $20 million ... - Five lessons for founders
- The drone race is off and running, with Israel in the lead
- Roku lands its first streaming deal in Asia with Philippines-based PLDT tie-up
- Every single part of this camera is 3D printed
- Paypal brushes-off request from Palestinian tech firms to access the platform
- Judge a book through its cover with this terahertz camera setup
- The progressive case for replacing the welfare state with basic income
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