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4:04

Flickr owner SmugMug emails subscribers with an...

TechCrunch Industry News ·

2019/12/23

When in April of last year, the photo hosting service SmugMug acquired the photo-hosting service Flickr from Verizon’s digital media subsidiary, SmugMug CEO Don MacAskill said he was committed to breathing new life into the service, calling it “core to the entire fabric of the Internet.” MacAskill didn’t reveal at the time how much SmugMug — which is itself an independent, family-owned operation — paid for Flickr. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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2:36

Tesla vehicles are getting Stardew Valley

TechCrunch Industry News ·

2019/12/20

Tesla owners have seen a bunch of games added to their car’s in-dash display over the last few months, from a handful of Atari classics to the painfully hard Cuphead. Next up? The oh-so-sweet farm living RPG, Stardew Valley. In addition to just being kind of cool, the in-dash games (playable only when parked, because duh) are meant to help Tesla owners kill time while at superchargers. Stardew Valley is… sort of the perfect game for this. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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2:34

Rocket Lab adds new $7.5 million “Mission Success”...

TechCrunch Industry News ·

2019/12/20

Rocket Lab’s merch store has pretty much what you’d expect from a space-themed gift shop – baby onesies, t-shirts, caps and mission patches. But the commercial rocket launch company just added its latest product, and it’s a bit different from their standard fare: For just $7. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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7:40

Facebook is building an operating system so it can...

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2019/12/19

Facebook doesn’t want its hardware like Oculus and Portal to be at the mercy of Google because they rely on its Android operating system. That’s why Facebook has tasked a co-author of Microsoft’s Windows NT named Mark Lucovsky with building the social network an operating system from scratch, according the The Information’s Alex Heath. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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2:30

Here’s a Mickey Mouse version of Amazon’s Echo Wall...

TechCrunch Industry News ·

2019/12/19

Amazon’s original Echo Wall Clock was mostly fine. Some consumers ran into connectivity issues with the device, but it was mostly okay. It’s one of the most passive members of the Echo family of devices, mostly doing its wall clock thing, until you need a time set. The latest addition to the line has something its predecessor lacked, however: a giant Mickey Mouse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:09

Need more buttons for your PS4 controller? This...

TechCrunch Industry News ·

2019/12/18

Need more buttons for your PS4 controller? This gadget adds two on the caboose When you play games on your PS4, it’s fair to say that your thumbs and index fingers are generally doing most of the work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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4:21

As the Nasdaq sets new records, a reminder how highly...

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2019/12/17

Today the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite closed at an all-time record high of 8,814.23, up 0.91% on the day. The Nasdaq is up more than 32% on the year. Turning the clock back, the Nasdaq Composite is up around 60% from the end of 2016. Compared to the anti-records set in 2009 during the doldrums that followed the 2008 crisis, the Nasdaq is up a staggering 594%. The huge run in value of technology stocks since the last recession is historic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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2:33

Verizon’s 5G comes to (parts of) Los Angeles

TechCrunch Industry News ·

2019/12/17

The clock is ticking on Verizon’s plans to bring 5G to 30 cities. Short of an actual Christmas miracle, things are looking rough. On the upside, the carrier (and, disclosure, parent of TechCrunch) just brought the next-gen technology to a 19th city. And it’s a doozy. Verizon announced this morning that it’s flipped the switch on 5G in Los Angeles. Or parts of it, at least. You get the usual caveat with Verizon’s chosen 5G tech here. It’s fast, coverage is limited. Learn more about your ad choices

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3:10

Rocket Lab cuts the ribbon on its US launch facility,...

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2019/12/16

Launch provider Rocket Lab has opened the doors on LC-2, its first launch facility in the U.S., adding capacity and versatility for providing trips to orbit. And LC-2 already has its first customer: the U.S. Air Force’s Space Test Program. The company had a little shindig today at the facility, located on Wallops Island in Virginia — home to NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:00

Join TechCrunch for our 3rd Annual Winter Party

TechCrunch Industry News ·

2019/12/13

After last year’s stellar turn out of almost 1,000 Silicon Valley shakers and movers, TechCrunch is returning with the 3rd Annual Winter Party at Galvanize in San Francisco on February 7. The party will feature tasty beers, wine and canapés, party games and activities, plenty of photo ops (and our infamous karaoke), giveaways and some fun surprises. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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15:54

Klarna CEO says “maybe” of taking public Europe’s...

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2019/12/13

Klarna CEO says “maybe” of taking public Europe’s most valuable fintech next year (but he’s not ruling out another round, either) Yesterday, at TechCrunch Berlin, we sat down with Sebastian Siemiatkowski, the cofounder and CEO of Klarna, a 15-year-old company that’s currently the most highly valued privately held fintech in Europe, following a $460 million investment that pegged the company’s worth at $5.5 billion back in August. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:12

Join TechCrunch for our 3rd Annual Winter Party

TechCrunch Industry News ·

2019/12/12

After last year’s stellar turn out of almost 1,000 Silicon Valley shakers and movers at our inaugural Winter Party, TechCrunch is returning with the 3rd Annual Winter Party in San Francisco on February 7. The party will feature tasty cocktails and canapés, party games and activities, plenty of photo ops, giveaways and some fun surprises. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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4:00

BeBlocky is using gaming to educate a new generation...

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2019/12/11

BeBlocky is using gaming to educate a new generation of African programmers Nathan Damtew, the founder of new Ethiopian education technology and gaming company BeBlocky, has always been interested in games. An avid Call of Duty player, the young entrepreneur, who founded BeBlocky in his senior year of college, was always struck by the disconnection between how adept his generation was at playing games and how little they knew about how those games were built. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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2:20

The new Mac Pro goes up for order December 10

TechCrunch Industry News ·

2019/12/11

After more than a year of teasing, Apple finally unveiled the new Mac Pro at WWDC in June. The long wait was finally over — though Apple left out one key detail: when, precisely the high end desktop would arrive, beyond a purposefully vague fall timeframe Earlier this, however, the company began sending out pre-pre-order notifications to potential consumers (spotted by Marques Brownlee), noting the orders will open December 10. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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2:45

The first trailer for the NEW new Ghostbusters is here

TechCrunch Industry News ·

2019/12/10

The first trailer for the NEW new Ghostbusters is here It’s been nearly a year since a teaser trailer revealed a world weary Ecto-1 beneath a tarp in some mysterious barn. Now, a few days after getting its official name, Ghostbusters: Afterlife has its first full trailer. The forthcoming film is helmed by Jason Reitman, son of original Ghostbusters director Ivan (who is on board as producer). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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2:26

Gal Gadot and Chris Pine are back in the first...

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2019/12/09

Gal Gadot and Chris Pine are back in the first trailer for ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Despite the financial success of of the goofily likable “Aquaman,” Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman is probably still the biggest draw in DC’s Extended Universe. She’s returning to big screens next year in “Wonder Woman 1984”, and Warner Bros released the first trailer over the weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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6:00

Uber’s fatal accident tally shows low rates but...

TechCrunch Industry News ·

2019/12/06

Uber’s just-released U.S. Safety Report sets forth in some detail the number of fatal accidents, and the good news is that the overall rate per mile is about half the national average. But the report makes some puzzling choices as far as what is included and excluded. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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4:23

After criticism, Homeland Security drops plans to...

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2019/12/06

Homeland Security has confirmed it will not expand face recognition scans to U.S. citizens arriving and departing the country, days after it emerged the agency proposed making the scans for citizens mandatory. The department, whose responsibility is border protection and immigration checks, said in a government filingthat it it wanted to “amend the regulations to provide that all travelers, including U.S. citizens, may be required to be photographed upon entry and/or departure. Learn more about your

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3:43

What we know about Qualcomm’s next-gen Snapdragon 865...

TechCrunch Industry News ·

2019/12/05

Qualcomm’s holding its big annual get-together this week in Hawaii, portioning off Snapdragon news, piece by piece. Yesterday’s event was the big unveiling of the Snapdragon 865 and 765, the chips that will power most of next year’s premium and mid-tier handsets, respectively. Today, the components came into sharper focus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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3:38

YouTube warns creators of subscriber count declines...

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2019/12/05

YouTube is warning creators they may see their subscriber numbers decline this week as the result of a purge that will remove closed accounts from YouTube metrics. Closed accounts could refer to those that were willingly shut down by users or those that YouTube shut down for policy violations — like spam or abuse, for example. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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