The Twilight and Hunger Games film franchises may have come to a close, but movie studio Lionsgate will soon offer fans a new way to engage with both thanks to new theme park expansion lands. Today the studio announced that it will be opening Lionsgate Movie World, a 1.3 million- … | Continue reading
If President Trump’s belated denunciation on Monday of white supremacists, racism, and neo-Nazism brought congressional Republicans a brief period of relief, his press conference on Tuesday gave the party a whole new—if all too familiar—headache.Trump seemed to return to his rhet … | Continue reading
H1Z1 started as an online multiplayer zombie-survival shooter, but it will end its life as a Battle Royale-like. Publisher Daybreak Game Company is officially dropping the “H1Z1” name from Just Survive, and the company is introducing a new story to separate its fiction from the m … | Continue reading
Each week, TechCrunch’s Anthony Ha and Darrell Etherington talk about what’s new in original streaming shows, movies, comics and more on ‘Original Content.’ Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime – if it’s new, original, and available to stream on the web or mobile, you’ll hear about it on … | Continue reading
Uber is facing twenty years of audits following a ruling by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). According to the latter, Uber didn’t do enough to protect the privacy of its riders or drivers. The FTC ruled that the rideshare company had not adequately protected the information of … | Continue reading
MongoDB has filed confidentially for IPO, sources tell TechCrunch. The company has submitted an S-1 filing in the past few weeks and is aiming to go public before the end of the year.New York-based MongoDB helps companies including Adobe, eBay and Citigroup manage databases. Som … | Continue reading
What We’re FollowingMixed Messages: President Trump walked back his condemnation of white nationalist protesters, stating that “you also had some very fine people on both sides” of the violence in Charlottesville. The president’s return to his initial, equivocating language will … | Continue reading
GUEST: The mobile game market is more competitive than ever — an average of 792 games are submitted to the iTunes App Store each day. Mobile game makers need a plan stronger than “hope.” At TreasureHunt, our Berlin-based interactive entertainment company, we focused heavily on pr … | Continue reading
Several Representatives are asking for an explanation for why so many of the FCC’s actions seem to benefit Sinclair Broadcast Group, and a New York Times report details a rather cozy relationship between the two. There’s no big conspiracy, though. Sinclair benefits because the F … | Continue reading
Swidget looks like an ordinary wall plug, but its true functionality comes from its modular design, which allows you to turn any electrical outlet into part of your smart home system. | Continue reading
Walmart has confirmed a native app for Vudu, its video streaming service, is set to become widely available on Apple TV beginning August 22nd.The creation and integration of an app had been discussed since March, when a Vudu engineer confirmed it was “in development” on the offic … | Continue reading
Developer Ironhide Games is best known for its original tower defense hit Kingdom Rush along with its sequel Kingdom Rush Frontiers and prequel Kingdom Rush Origins. Now, three years after Origins’ release, the studio has finally taken the wraps off of its long-gestating new mobi … | Continue reading
Amazon’s upcoming adaptation of the Terry Prachett and Neil Gaiman novel Good Omens has cast its lead roles of Aziraphale and Crowley with actors Michael Sheen and David Tennant, respectively. Prachett and Gaiman’s smug and sardonic fallen angel will fits Tennant’s strengths perf … | Continue reading
Polls close at 8 p.m. ET in Alabama’s special election primaries, held to fill the Senate seat vacated by Jeff Sessions when he left Congress to become President Trump’s attorney general. Political observers predict that whoever wins the GOP primary in the deeply conservative sta … | Continue reading
From donuts to life-saving anti-venom, drone delivery draws attention to what the technology might look like in a few short years. While the full potential of drones extends beyond transport, there’s little doubt that the fledgling technology will turn consumer package delivery … | Continue reading
Today in 5 LinesDuring a news conference, President Trump again asserted that there was “blame on both sides” for the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend, adding that the “alt-left” should also be held accountable. Earlier in the day, Trump blasted business le … | Continue reading
DURHAM, N.C.—Sheriff’s deputies have begun arresting protesters who tore down a monument to Confederate veterans in front of the old Durham County courthouse Monday night.Taqiyah Thompson, who climbed a ladder and put a rope around the statue before a crowd tugged it off its base … | Continue reading
The middle of August is perhaps the worst time to buy a new flagship smartphone, so if you want to get one, we suggest waiting for at least another month. | Continue reading
The “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville was ostensibly about protecting a statue of Robert E. Lee. It was about asserting the legitimacy of “white culture” and white supremacy, and defending the legacy of the Confederacy.So why did the demonstrators chant anti-Semitic line … | Continue reading
Turns out that cost-sharing reductions actually reduce costs. That’s the conclusion of the Congressional Budget Office, which on Tuesday released a report estimating the effects of terminating federal payments to insurers, which the White House currently sends on a month-to-month … | Continue reading
Search Engine Optimisation: Is it the magic sauce we need to add to our content to help us reach our audience? Or is it an old-fashioned dark art we no longer need to worry about? To discuss the state of SEO in 2017, the BNR team is joined by someone who really knows his stuff,.. … | Continue reading
GUEST: In the United States, 25 percent of startups fail in the first year, and 75 percent of venture-backed start-ups fail at some point. Those are startling percentages, and ones that can be alarming and disheartening for both aspiring entrepreneurs and those who invest in star … | Continue reading
President Trump defended the white nationalists who protested in Charlottesville on Tuesday, saying they included “some very fine people,” while expressing sympathy for their protest against the removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. It was a strikingly differe … | Continue reading
The FCC listing for Google's upcoming Pixel 2, to be made by HTC, shows it will be pre-loaded with Android 8.0.1, among other features. | Continue reading
Today US President Donald Trump tweeted yet another psuedo-violent cartoon directed at CNN, retweeted a person responsible for spreading the hoax that led to Pizza-gate, and managed to retweet a tweet calling himself a fascist. To say the least, his social media use paints the pi … | Continue reading
Applications are now open for student groups to attend Disrupt SF at Pier 48 on September 19 or September 20. The program is part of Include, TechCrunch’s diversity program aimed at facilitating opportunities for underrepresented groups in tech to gain better access to the start … | Continue reading
For all the talk about the internet as a great uniter across geographical and ideological divides, it’s just as often used as a tool to deepen divides, as many users are content to stay within their ideological echo chambers. There’s no easy fix, but when hateful rhetoric begins … | Continue reading
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If you own an HTC U11, you need to download Edge Sense Plus. This third-party app will help unlock the true potential of the U11's squeezable sides! | Continue reading
The Hawaiian island of Oahu is a popular tourist destination in real life, but the new open world adventure Nightmarchers transforms it into a magical hellscape. Indie developer Wyrmbyte has created a postapocalyptic version of the tropical island where myths come to life. In 201 … | Continue reading
The Toronto International Film Festival announced more of its 2017 lineup today, and high on the list is a film directed by comedian Louis C.K. I Love You, Daddy, which was made entirely in secret and shot on 35mm film, marks his return to feature film directing, 16 years after h … | Continue reading
North Korea’s apparent walk back of its threat to fire missiles near the U.S. territory of Guam could mean military tensions with the United States have been diminished—or at least postponed.Or it could indicate that much of the seeming escalation in tensions between the two side … | Continue reading
While there's no official Google Allo desktop application, there is a handy way to create your own web app using the simple instructions in our quick guide! | Continue reading
Facebook’s Marketplace may soon expand outside of peer-to-peer sales. Today, Marketplace has begun showing a new Daily Deals tab on the mobile app for select users, sourcing deals from eBay. The new partnership allows users to browse eBay deals inside the Facebook app, but they m … | Continue reading
According to research by the Southern Poverty Law Center, the number of hate groups has been increasing rapidly since 2000. Heidi Beirich, director of the Center’s Intelligence Project, links the rise in recruitment to the 2000 census that predicted whites would be a minority by … | Continue reading
Intel released data on its hiring and promotion of women and underrepresented minorities as it approaches the halfway mark for an ambitious plan to reach full representation of the groups by 2020. The numbers show the company is on track to have the same proportion of women and u … | Continue reading
Situated on a sweeping Texas Hill Country meadow, Milagro Springs Retreat is defined by a series of jagged roof peaks inspired by the ... | Continue reading
Both as a service and a company, Google has always been a convenient stand-in for the greater internet. “Googling” became shorthand for searching for something on the web. The “don’t be evil” line from its IPO prospectus became a catch-all politics for Silicon Valley.So it’s not … | Continue reading
This week, we’re running a series on our favorite stadium eats from around the world. Esquites in Mexico The number one sport in Mexico is association soccer—no surprise. There’s a deep love for fútbal in Mexico. During important matches, the country grinds to a halt as people cr … | Continue reading
Along with the many other changes Facebook is rolling out today, it’s also updating its Camera application on iOS and Android — one can only presume in an attempt to draw more attention to it, along with its not-terribly-loved Stories feature. You’ll be able to go Live from the C … | Continue reading
Logitech’s UE Boom 2 and Megaboom speakers are some of the best Bluetooth speakers around, and now they’re getting even better with a new software update that adds support for Amazon’s Alexa assistant.The Alexa support — which is available as an over-the-air update in the UE Boom … | Continue reading
Starting down the path of the coding wizard may seem like a daunting task, but modern resources make it cheaper and easier than ever. | Continue reading
The HuskeeCup is a reusable and recyclable coffee cup made from discarded parts of the coffea plant, aiming to help serve delicious java and save the environment.According to an EPA report, Americans produce around 100 million tons of paper and plastic waste annually. Read more.. … | Continue reading
Today, Instagram announced a major upgrade to its comments section that will let people thread different conversations under a single post.The feature was first reported as a test on Android apps earlier this summer, but now, the company is adding threaded comments to everyone's … | Continue reading
Norwegian Wild Reindeer Centre Pavilion is located at Hjerkinn on the outskirts of Dovrefjell National Park overlooking the mountain Snøhetta | Continue reading
Das Filmemacher-Duo Sotiris Petridis und Dimitris Tsakaleas hat einen unterhaltsamen Horror-Kurzfilm produziert, der Smartphone-Verächtern im allgemeinen und Selfie-Allergikern im speziellen richtig gut gefallen dürfte: In NotAlone entpuppt... | Continue reading
Rovio Entertainment reported that its second quarter revenues grew 94 percent as revenue from both games and The Angry Birds Movie roll in. That’s good news for Rovio, considering rumors are rife that the company will have an initial public offering sometime soon. Bloomberg repor … | Continue reading
If you missed Undertale when it was released on PC in 2015, now is a great time to fix that. The critically acclaimed game is out today on PlayStation 4 and Vita for $14.99.The fanfare around Undertale reached an undeniable frenzy after its release, and for good reason: it’s a ro … | Continue reading