Category: Tech news

Calculating fundamental constants used to be a much harder job.

Facebook recently expanded its face recognition features—and you may have opted in without even realizing it.

Plus, the Mueller investigation, Russian bots, and Olympic drones.

Eager for fresh ideas in a rapidly changing industry, Volvo joins the many automakers writing big checks for little startups.

The streaming service’s ‘The Looming Tower’ smartly follows in the footsteps of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’.

The FDA is approving artificial-intelligence software to help diagnose diseases and help treat patients.

New rules could make it easier to remove faculty members who harass or assault grad students and postdocs.

But the science of genetic compatibility is dubious at best.

New York was supposed to be a model for big-city high-speed internet. Here’s how its deal with Verizon became a cautionary tale for uneven connectivity.

The ride-hailing game isn’t just big, it’s important—which is why companies like Sony and Bosch are joining the fray.

 Chinese internet giant Tencent is continuing to put its money in India and in music streaming services after it agreed to lead a $115 million investment in India’s Gaana. Gaana is a music streaming service that was started by Times Media, the company behind the Times of India newspaper and tech incubator Times Internet among other things, seven years ago. Gaana didn’t reveal its… Read More

 Latin America is emerging as the new battleground for the global tech giants, and some of Silicon Valley and Asia’s biggest investors—from Sequoia Capital to SoftBank—are taking notice. International investment in Latin American startups has more than doubled since 2013, with 25 new investors entering the region in 2017 alone, including SoftBank, Didi Chuxing and… Read More

 In the beginning, there was TechCrunch. Then there was new TechCrunch. And, if you’ve been reading TechCrunch for the last five years or so, you’re used to seeing new, new TechCrunch. Our last redesign, launched in 2013, was conceived when iOS was still Skeuomorphic and responsive web design was forward thinking. It’s served us well, but the internet never stands still and… Read More

After an uproar over how much Trump and Clinton paid for Facebook ads during the 2016 presidential campaign, the social network has shared some—but not all—numbers.

 The warrantless surveillance law gained attention in 2013 when Edward Snowden leaked that the NSA was using it to spy on Americans’ text messages, phone calls, emails and internet activity — all legally, and without warrants. That bill has been passed by the U.S. Senate for another six years and has been signed into law by President Trump. Naturally, this has caused quite the uproar. Read More