Gmail gets a useful right-click menu: Frederic Lardinois
Google is giving Gmail a new right-click menu. And it’s about time. While you’ve long been able to right-click on any email in your inbox, your options were always limited. You could archive an email, mark it as read/unread and delete it, but that was about i…
Mars One goes bankrupt as reality catches up to the doomed space scam: Taylor Hatmaker
A grand mission to Mars that was always light on details has come to a decidedly terrestrial end. Mars One, a controversial space exploration project that made it as far as the “highly produced videos” and recruitment stage of its ambition, has quietly filed …
YC is hosting interviews in New York in a couple of weeks; here's what you need to know ahead of time: Connie Loizos
For years, the popular accelerator program Y Combinator has interviewed applicants to its program in the Bay Area, reimbursing teams for their travel expenses. It will continue to do so, but the outfit tells us they are also hosting interviews in New York on …
Epix launches a $6 per month streaming service offering 4K video and offline access: Sarah Perez
MGM-owned Epix is joining other premium networks like HBO, Showtime, and Starz with the launch of its own, over-the-top streaming service aimed at cord cutters. The service, called Epix Now, offers access to Epix’s original series and thousands of Hollywood m…
Paris sues Airbnb for illegal listings and seeks $14.2 million: Romain Dillet
The City of Paris first warned Airbnb and it is now taking action. Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo told the JDD that the city is suing the company for 1,010 illegal listings. The fine could be worth as much as $14.2 million (€12.625 million). Based on current leg…
I’m digging this ridiculous $19 folding laptop stand: Brian Heater
Ask me in a couple of months what I think about the Moft. Right now, I’m actually digging it. Granted, I didn’t have particularly high hopes for a $19 (for Kickstarter early birds) fiberglass and faux leather gizmo you slap on the bottom of the laptop, but I’…
Taali takes its popped water lily snacks from Y Combinator to the world: Jonathan Shieber
Aditya and Aarti Kochhar Kaji didn’t set out to start the snack food business Taali Foods when they were studying for their business degrees at Harvard. The couple both hail from Mumbai and met at the University of Pennsylvania . They were married before star…
Daily Crunch: Softbank bets big on autonomous delivery: 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. SoftBank’s next bet: $940M into autonomous delivery startup Nuro …
Marketing company Zeta Global hires Ben Hayes as its first chief privacy officer: Anthony Ha
Zeta Global, the well-funded marketing technology company founded by CEO David A. Steinberg and former Apple CEO John Sculley, has hired its first chief privacy officer — Ben Hayes, who was previously chief privacy officer at Nielsen. Steinberg said the compa…
Reddit confirms $300M Series D led by China's Tencent at $3B value: Josh Constine
Last week TechCrunch reported that Reddit was raising $150 million from Chinese tech giant Tencent and up to $150 million more in a Series D that would value the company at $2.7 billion pre-money or $3 billion post-money. After no-commenting on our scoop, tod…
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