Robin's robotic mowers now have a patented doggie door just for them: Devin Coldewey
Back in 2016 we had Robin up on stage demonstrating the possibility of a robotic mower as a service rather than just something you buy. They're still going strong, and just introduced and patented what seems in retrospect a pretty obvious idea: an automatic d…
Microsoft really, really, really doesn't want you to buy Office 2019: Frederic Lardinois
Microsoft launched a new ad campaign for its Office suite today. Usually, that’s not something especially interesting, but this one is a bit different. Instead of simply highlighting the features of Word and Excel, Microsoft decided to pitch Office 365 and Of…
Investigation finds e-scooters a cause of 1,500+ accidents: Kate Clark
An investigation by Consumer Reports may force electric scooter businesses to double back on safety measures.
Daily Crunch: Spotify buys Gimlet and Anchor: Anthony Ha
The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here: 1. Spotify buys Gimlet and Anchor in podcast push, earmarks $500M fo…
Pluto TV will expand its free service with paid subscriptions, says new owner Viacom: Sarah Perez
Last month, Viacom picked up free streaming service Pluto TV for $340 million in cash. This week, the company spoke in more detail about its plans for Pluto TV – including its potential to for ad-supported streaming as well as the ability to market Viacom’s v…
Microsoft's Build developer conference returns to Seattle May 6 to 8: Frederic Lardinois
Microsoft’s Build developer conference is returning to Seattle May 6 to8. This is a bit of a surprise since Microsoft itself leaked May 7 to 9 as Build’s dates last month, after all. But then Google’s announced exactly those dates for its I/O confab and like …
Lime raises $310 million Series D round led by Bain Capital: Megan Rose Dickey
Lime just announced it has raised a $310 million Series D round. Led by Bain Capital, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Fidelity Ventures, GV and IVP, the round values Lime at $2.4 billion. “This new investment demonstrates the fundamental strength…
Google doubles down on its Asylo confidential computing framework: Frederic Lardinois
Last May, Google introduced Asylo, an open source framework for confidential computing, a technique favored by many of the big cloud vendors because it allows you to set up trusted execution environments that are shielded from the rest of the (potentially unt…
Profits at The New York Times show media dinosaurs are ruling the internet: Jonathan Shieber
Today’s news that the (failing?) New York Times reported net income of $55.2 million, after losses a year earlier — and that its digital business raked in $709 million — is just one indicator that some of the nation’s oldest media properties are finally cross…
Big companies are not becoming data-driven fast enough: Ron Miller
I remember watching MIT professor Andrew McAfee years ago telling stories about the importance of data over gut feeling, whether it was predicting successful wines or making sound business decisions. We have been hearing about big data and data-driven decisio…
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