Altria writes down $4.5 billion from its investment in Juul

Altria writes down $4.5 billion from its investment in Juul

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Facing increasing scrutiny from international and domestic regulators, the Altria Group has decided to write down its investment into the e-cigarette...

Japanese instant-credit provider Paidy raises $143 million from investors including PayPal Ventures

Japanese instant-credit provider Paidy raises $143 million from investors including PayPal Ventures

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Paidy, a Japanese financial tech startup that provides instant credit to consumers in Japan, announced today that it has raised a total of...

Hackers can steal the contents of Horde webmail inboxes with one click

Hackers can steal the contents of Horde webmail inboxes with one click

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A security researcher has found several vulnerabilities in the popular open-source Horde web email software that allow hackers to near-invisibly...

With Garmin Autoland, small planes can land themselves if the pilot becomes incapacitated

With Garmin Autoland, small planes can land themselves if the pilot becomes incapacitated

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Here’s a horror scenario for you: you’re flying in a small plane and suddenly the single pilot who knows how to fly passes out. In the movies,...

Announcing TechCrunch’s new commenting system

Announcing TechCrunch’s new commenting system

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At the heart of TechCrunch is our community. We want TechCrunch.com to feel like a home base for founders, investors and anyone who comes to...

The GoPro MAX is the ultimate pocketable travel vlogging camera

The GoPro MAX is the ultimate pocketable travel vlogging camera

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GoPro’s first foray into the 360-degree action was the GoPro Fusion, and while it was a strong first offering, the new GoPro MAX ($499) is...

How I Podcast: I’m Listening’s Anita Flores

How I Podcast: I’m Listening’s Anita Flores

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The beauty of podcasting is that anyone can do it. It’s a rare medium that’s nearly as easy to make as it is to consume. And as such, no two...

Study claims Disney+ already has over a million U.S. subscribers, pre-launch

Study claims Disney+ already has over a million U.S. subscribers, pre-launch

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Disney’s new streaming service, Disney+, doesn’t launch until mid-November, but it may have already signed up over a million customers in the...

Twitter says government demands for user data continue to rise

Twitter says government demands for user data continue to rise

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Twitter says the number of government demands for user data are at a record high. In its latest transparency report covering the six-months...

Omio buys Rome2Rio to build out its global travel aggregator business

Omio buys Rome2Rio to build out its global travel aggregator business

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Omio (née GoEuro) has acquired multimodal travel veteran Rome2rio as it works on building out a global travel aggregator business, having taken...

The 2020 Ford Shelby Mustang: a savage, daily-driver muscle car

The 2020 Ford Shelby Mustang: a savage, daily-driver muscle car

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The Shelby GT500 is a beast on the track. It’s not a surprise. After a day driving around Las Vegas, I found something that surprised me: The...

Learn how to scale your startup globally at Disrupt Berlin

Learn how to scale your startup globally at Disrupt Berlin

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The rise of the internet has given every company the chance to be a global company. But as a founder, growing from your garage to the worldwide...

For the first time in two years, the smartphone market shows signs of life

For the first time in two years, the smartphone market shows signs of life

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All is not lost for smartphone manufacturers. On the heels of two years’ of global stagnation, the category is finally showing some signs of...

Singapore’s Qoo10 acquires Indian online marketplace ShopClues

Singapore’s Qoo10 acquires Indian online marketplace ShopClues

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Qoo10, a Singapore-based e-commerce firm has acquired India’s online marketplace ShopClues in an all-stock deal, the two companies said Thursday....

What Berlin’s top VCs want to invest in right now

What Berlin’s top VCs want to invest in right now

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Berlin rose as one of Europe’s leading startup hubs over the last decade, featuring unicorns N26, Delivery Hero, HelloFresh, and Auto1 Group....

Apple Card users can now finance iPhone purchases for 24 months, interest-free

Apple Card users can now finance iPhone purchases for 24 months, interest-free

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It’s not quite an “Apple Prime” subscription, but it’s compelling. Apple on Wednesday introduced a new program that will allow Apple Card users...

Ember’s Mug 2 and Travel Mug 2 extend your coffee temperature sweet spot

Ember’s Mug 2 and Travel Mug 2 extend your coffee temperature sweet spot

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One of the world’s most static technologies may be the humble mug, but startup Ember decided it was time for a change when they introduced...

Trulia founder Pete Flint backs real estate startup Modus

Trulia founder Pete Flint backs real estate startup Modus

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The founders of Seattle-based Modus cold emailed Pete Flint, the founder of Trulia and a current managing partner at the venture capital firm...

Crunchbase raises $30M more to double down on its ambition to be a ‘LinkedIn for company data’

Crunchbase raises $30M more to double down on its ambition to be a ‘LinkedIn for company data’

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The internet and search engines like Google have made the world our oyster when it comes to sourcing information, but when it comes to business,...