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Amazon acquires connected camera and doorbell startup Blink
Amazon has acquired Blink (via Slashgear), a startup founded in 2014 that builds connected Wi-Fi home security cameras, as well as a new video doorbell introduced earlier this week. The company got its start via a crowdfunding campaign that raised over $1 million for its totally wireless home …
Smart HomesThe tech industry needs to move towards responsible innovation in 2018
For over a decade now, Silicon Valley ideology has been to simultaneously:<p>Move fast and break things.<p>Make the world a better place.<p>Our community — entrepreneurs and investors alike — have had a sense of manifest destiny to move humanity forward with our work. Somewhere along the way however, making …
InnovationCNN is killing its Snapchat news show only four months after its debut
CNN is giving up on its Snapchat news show, which launch only four months ago. “The Update,” as the program was called, had been designed for Snapchat’s vertical video format, but didn’t feature video produced only for Snapchat, nor did it have dedicated anchors. Instead, the news featured on “The …
SnapchatEquity podcast: Stitch Fix tumbles, stocks go crypto and VCs still love unicorns
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.<p>This week the crew — Katie Roof, Matthew Lynley, Alex Wilhelm — were joined Jeff Richards, a managing partner at GGV. (GGV has raised nearly $4 billion to invest, …
Venture CapitalGoldman is reportedly getting into bitcoin and crypto trading
Global banking giant Goldman is setting up up a trading desk focused on bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, according to a report from Bloomberg.<p>The bank is said to be in the early stages of setup, which means hiring and figuring out the logistics, including how the bank will hold the assets and …
CryptocurrencyGoogle Home Max review
The days of buying devices or smart assistants will be over soon enough. Amazon and Google have both made clear their intention to make their respective AI device agnostic, so the days of the standalone Google Home or Amazon Echo might well be numbered.<p>Assistant and Alexa are already being built …
AutomationA new bipartisan Senate bill seeks to bolster U.S. election security at the state level
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the Senate has introduced a bill designed to protect the technical integrity of American elections as the nation moves toward midterm season. Introduced in the Senate, the bill known as the Secure Elections Act is sponsored by Republican Senators James Lankford, …
GovernmentThere’s no magic bullet for reversing the FCC’s net neutrality decision
Huge numbers of people are upset at the FCC’s decision to undo its own highly popular net neutrality rules. But the grand plans to undo this mischief being announced left and right should be taken with a grain of salt. Unfortunately, it all comes down to politics.<p>Several senators and members of …
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