More than a half dozen Cruise robotaxis stopped operating and sat in a street in San Francisco late Tuesday night, blocking traffic for a couple of hours until employees arrived and manually moved the autonomous vehicles.
Photos and a description of the Cruise robotaxi blockade were shared to a Reddit post on a subreddit about happenings in the city.
The...
Facebook begins testing NFTs with select creators in the US
After debuting NFT support on Instagram in May, Meta has launched digital collectibles support on Facebook with select creators. A spokesperson for Meta told TechCrunch that the company has started a slow rollout that allows a select group of creators in the United States to post digital collectibles on Facebook. With this feature, these creators will...
How did a rental startup I’d never heard of leak my home address?
I consider myself a fairly privacy-conscious person, going out of my way to evade online tracking and, for the most part, avoiding spam mail. But when I found myself staring at my home address on the website of a company I had never heard of, I knew somewhere I had gone wrong.
A few days before our rent was due at the end of April, my partner received...
Twitch’s new Guest Star mode will let anyone turn their stream into a talk show
Twitch wants to make it easier for creators to pull guests into their livestreams, talk show-style — and everybody gets to be a creator.
The company is announcing Guest Star, a new feature that will tie into existing streaming software, allowing stream hosts to bring up to five guests into a stream and swap them in and out fluidly.
Through Guest Star,...
Google consolidates its Chrome and Android password managers
Google today announced an update to its password manager that will finally introduce a consistent look-and-feel across the service’s Chrome and Android implementations. Users will soon see a new unified user experience that will automatically group multiple passwords for the...
The company behind Pokémon GO, Niantic lays off 8% of staff and cancels 4 projects
Pokémon GO developer Niantic is running into trouble as it builds “the real-world metaverse.” Like so many other tech companies facing turbulent economic times, the company decided to let go of 8% of its staff, affecting about 85 to 90 people. Just seven months ago, the company raised $300 million at a $9 billion valuation, more than doubling its valuation...
Watch Virgin Orbit’s ‘Straight Up’ launch of Space Force satellites live tonight
We’re sorry in advance for getting Paula Abdul stuck in your head today.
Virgin Orbit is ready to launch the “Straight Up” mission this evening at 10 PM PDT — yes, it’s named after the singer’s 1988 hit — and you can watch it live below.
The mission will ferry seven experimental satellites to orbit for the United States Space Force, demonstrating both...
Modsy shuts down design services, cutting roles and disrupting orders
Modsy, an online interior design services company, has ceased to offer design services, a move that comes at the cost of the team behind the effort and customers who have orders in flux.
In an email to TechCrunch, Modsy CEO Shanna Tellerman provided this statement when asked...
What downturn? The total cloud market reached $126B in Q1 2022
Imagine for a second that you could roll up the entire cloud market, everything from SaaS to infrastructure to platform, CDNs (content delivery networks), managed private clouds, data center rentals — everything. What would that be worth in a quarter?
Well, the folks at Synergy...
Google’s Switch to Android app for iOS users is now compatible with all Android 12 phones
Google announced today that its Switch to Android app for iOS users is now compatible with all Android 12 phones. The iOS app, which launched earlier this year, makes the transition between the mobile platforms easier to manage by helping users import their contacts, calendar, photos and videos to their new Android phone. Prior to today’s expansion,...
Disclose your Scope 3 emissions, you cowards
If you want the inside scoop on which companies are serious about addressing their carbon emissions and which aren’t, take a look at the public comments submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regarding its proposed climate rule.
You can tell if a company is serious by its stance on so-called Scope 3 emissions. Depending on the business,...
Disney extends CEO Bob Chapek’s contract for three more years despite difficult tenure
Disney’s board unanimously voted to extend CEO Bob Chapek’s contract for three more years, the company announced yesterday. His current deal was set to expire in February 2023. Despite a chaotic tenure that began at the height of COVID, the new three-year agreement will begin Friday, July 1.
“Disney was dealt a tough hand by the pandemic, yet with...
Dear Sophie: Will a doctor get a green card faster than an engineer?
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Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses...
Facebook Groups gains a new channels feature to enable users to connect in focused settings
Facebook announced today that it’s introducing new features for Facebook Groups, including “Channels” that will let users connect with each other in smaller settings. Admins can create channels to connect with their groups in more casual settings within their communities to...
Sounding Board founder is working to unlock executive coaching for all leaders
Welcome Back to Found, the TechCrunch podcast where we get the stories behind the startups.
Christine Tao knows good leaders have good executive coaches. She founded Sounding Board to make it easier for companies to manage, scale, and measure leadership coaching on one unified platform. This week, she talks to Darrell and Jordan about difficulties...
Coalition wants to make more women operators and investors at the same damn time
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In 2020, Thrive Capital asked a cohort of folks — including Glossier VP of Communications Ashley Mayer, Cityblock Health co-founder Toyin Ajayi, Umbrella co-founder Lindsay Ullman and Tribe AI co-founder Jackie Nelson — if they wanted to be scouts,...
