More tickets available to the 14th Annual TechCrunch Summer Party
Get ready for summer in the city, TechCrunch -style. We just released a fresh batch of tickets to the 14th Annual TechCrunch Summer Party. Available on...
Prolific Pirate Bay User Agrees to Pay $2,900 to Movie Outfits
Every year, thousands of people are sued in the United States for allegedly sharing pirated video, mostly through BitTorrent. These efforts share a familiar pattern. After...
Millions of Transactions Scraped in Latest Demonstration of Venmo’s Absurd Privacy Policy
Last year, nearly 210 million Venmo transactions were downloaded by a Berlin-based researcher, leading many privacy experts to question the PayPal-owned company’s claim that its users...
Is your product’s AI annoying people?
James Glasnapp Contributor James Glasnapp is a senior UX researcher at PARC. More posts by this contributor Nine requirements for a successful private ridesharing system Artificial...
Harvard Scientists Make ‘Landmark’ Discovery in Synthesizing Anti-Cancer Molecules Found in Sea Sponges
Harvard and Japanese scientists say they’ve made a “landmark” discovery in cancer drug development. In a new study published Monday, they say they have finally found...
Climate justice and environmental ethics in tech, with Amazon engineer Rajit Iftikhar
Nearly 8,000 Amazon employees, many in prestigious engineering and design roles, have recently signed a petition calling on Jeff Bezos and the Amazon Board of Directors...
Pokémon GO and optimism as a business model
I played Pokémon GO this weekend, because I was babysitting my nephew, and I couldn’t help but be reminded what a cultural force it was when...
Pop Group JAGMAC’s ‘Like a Band’ Music Video Will Give You Major Summer Feels
Whoa, summer officially begins on Friday(!)—and what better to accompany the sunniest season than a brand new poolside pop video? Baltimore, Maryland-based JAGMAC (Jared, Angelique, Gabriel, Manjo, Alyssa...
Do You Really Need Antivirus For Your Smart TV?
Samsung Samsung says you should be running a virus scan on your Samsung smart TV “every few weeks.” The company added McAfee antivirus to its TVs recently....
Meet David Feinberg, head of Google Health
Dr. David Feinberg has spent his entire career caring for people’s health and wellbeing. And after years in the healthcare system, he now leads Google Health,...
