It looks like Google’s voice assistant app is tanking on the iPhone two...
Google appears to be having a hard time getting iPhone owners to care about its Siri competitor. AP Photo/Eric Risberg Google Assistant doesn’t appear to be a big hit with iPhone owners. The iOS...
View Article2 USC seniors walked into Sequoia Capital with a fishbowl and walked out with...
Most college kids around their senior year look for internships or a killer beach house for the summer. Not the founders of Mira. As their fourth year at the Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy at the...
View ArticleSouth Asian Fintech Startups Find A Champion In This Emerging Market Accelerator
Owais Zaidi was sitting in traffic when a dilapidated-looking cab pulled up next to him. The cabbie asked to borrow 1,000 Pakistani rupees so he could get his tires changed, explaining that a market...
View ArticleSnapchat drops 10-second limit on video recording
People about to film an event sure to last more than 10 seconds — say singing “Happy Birthday” — likely opt for a camera tool beside Snapchat. That’s because one of the video-sharing app’s biggest...
View ArticleGoogle Glass is back — but don’t look for it outside the workplace
Google Glass is back, but this time the much-hyped, yet oft-ridiculed eyewear isn’t leaving the workplace. On Tuesday, Google announced the launch of Glass Enterprise Edition, a second version of the...
View Article‘This is where everything starts to unravel’: Trump aides worry nothing will...
As the majority of President Donald Trump’s most famous aides — Steve Bannon, Jared Kushner and Kellyanne Conway — get to work on other priorities, other White House staffers are privately worried that...
View ArticleNew defections scuttle Senate healthcare bill—for now
Two more Republican senators have defected against the chamber’s healthcare bill, leaving the measure without enough votes to move forward—at least for now. Jerry Moran of Kansas and Mike Lee of Utah...
View ArticleYahoo Japan Launches Gaming Platform That Bypasses App Stores
Yahoo Japan Corp., operator of the nation’s second-most popular website, announced a new web-based gaming platform called Game Plus. The new service offers titles through cloud streaming and those...
View ArticleFintech non-profit launches database for financial technology startups in...
The Singapore Fintech Association (SFA) announced today it has created an online directory for fintech companies based in the city-state. The database contains a short description of each company and...
View ArticleFintech startup Wellesley & Co lent £1.7 million to its aristocrat founder to...
Graham Wellesley, CEO and founder of Wellesley & Co. Wellesley & Co LONDON — The aristocrat founder of online property investment platform Wellesley & Co is selling a multimillion pound...
View ArticleThis famous roboticist doesn’t think Elon Musk understands AI
Earlier this week, at the campus of MIT, TechCrunch had the chance to sit down with famed roboticist Rodney Brooks, the founding director of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, and...
View ArticleSpaceX aims to reuse rockets within 24 hours by 2018
Elon Musk shared more of SpaceX’s plans to get its rockets to full reusability today at the International Space Station R&D conference. Those plans include faster turnaround for recycled Falcon 9...
View ArticleBritain’s taxi industry will use Uber’s playbook against it
It’s creating a network of local firms that can cover the country instantaneously. My adopted city is pretty forward-looking, but it was still a surprise when local taxi operations, as one, began...
View ArticleEero’s new mesh WiFi system is very good, but it’s not as easy to recommend...
Here it is, the second generation of one of my favorite devices. The original Eero mesh WiFi system delivered fast and strong WiFi throughout my home, even in places that were considered WiFi...
View ArticleMarissa Mayer wants to be a CEO again, but she says she isn’t in talks with Uber
Marissa Mayer isn’t in talks with Uber about the CEO job — yet. Ethan Miller/Getty Images Now that Yahoo is safely in the hands of its new owner, Verizon, its famous CEO Marissa Mayer is looking for...
View ArticleNew report claims iPhone 8 will cost $1,100 and will launch sooner than we...
Amidst a slew of conflicting reports surrounding the forthcoming iPhone 8, a new research note from JP Morgan analyst Rod Hall relays that Apple’s next-gen iPhone will hit store shelves in September,...
View ArticleTop five questions about using quantum-safe security in financial transactions
A wide range of technology-driven sectors will be affected by the advent of universal quantum computing many experts say will happen by 2026, but the financial industry has particular reason to be...
View ArticleThe CBO just delivered a devastating score for the GOP’s Plan B on healthcare
The Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday projected a Republican backup healthcare plan would leave millions more uninsured in the coming years and hike premiums significantly. The Republican...
View ArticleGoogle Is Shaking Up Mobile Search With a Smart New Feed
The next time you open Google’s mobile app to search, expect to be greeted with an experience that feels less like the old Google you know — and something more along the lines of Facebook’s News Feed....
View ArticleHow to Grow your Healthcare Business with the Disruption of Mobile Technology
This is a positive sign of adoption to mobile technology for healthcare. This transformation in the healthcare landscape has revolutionized the industry, which now walks on the path of digital...
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