Breakthroughs in genetic engineering, 3D printing, cloud-based science experiments, A.I and machine learning technology have created a weird and cool new kind of cutting-edge biotech that goes beyond pharma into what just a few decades ago seemed like magical thinking. And women … | Continue reading
Google Chrome on OS X is getting rid of its extraneous in-house push notifications in favor of integrating into Apple’s Notification Center, The Next Web noticed on Wednesday.SEE ALSO: Google is giving a big boost to Gmail securityChrome notifications will soon appear just like o … | Continue reading
Microsoft continues to unveil features coming to as part of the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, slated for this summer. The latest one is an update to how Microsoft Edge handles Flash content, following in Google Chrome’s footsteps. Google and Adobe worked for a long time last yea … | Continue reading
We covered Rapchat a little bit earlier this year, and I finally decided it was time to take it for a spin. I know I’ve got sweet rapping skills, and I know when it’s time to lay a sick beat and spit some fire, so that’s why I’m doing this in-depth review of Rapchat. Read More | Continue reading
Roughly 1.2 million people die per year in car accidents, and that is a problem that Toyota is trying to solve with self-driving cars and the artificial intelligence required to run them. Toyota is very serious about this research, and Gill Pratt, CEO of Toyota Research Institute … | Continue reading
Blood testing company Theranos is shaking up one of its advisory boards again, after a series of damning news articles have called the company's technology and practices into question. Today, Theranos announced that its medical board would include eight lab and medical experts. U … | Continue reading
According to a report by Bloomberg, Yahoo has several potential suitors interested in its core business. Following pressure from shareholders, and a failed turnaround effort under CEO Marissa Mayer, Yahoo put its core business up for sale and set an April 11 deadline for placing … | Continue reading
It's hard to believe, but America's most iconic 4x4 is turning 75 today.SEE ALSO: Missing the Defender? Land Rover can now sell you a factory-restored 1948 Series IOn April 7th, 1942, the U.S. Patent office awarded a patent for the military vehicle that would later become known a … | Continue reading
Blizzard is cracking down on a major World of Warcraft server devoted to the classic pre-expansion game. While there's no doubt the company has the right to do so, are players running a nine-year-old version actually competing with the modern game? | Continue reading
Brave Software, the startup founded by Mozilla cofounder Brendan Eich that has developed an ad-blocking Internet browser, today responded to an attack by newspaper publishers on grounds that its technology unlawfully replaces publishers’ revenue-generating ads with ads that make … | Continue reading
Has your Facebook feed turned into a stream of brand updates, memes, and re-shared videos? That's partly because Facebook wants it that way, but it's also partly because people are posting fewer personal updates to Facebook than they used to, according to a report in The Informat … | Continue reading
The death knell has been ringing for Adobe Flash for years now, but since we haven’t quite gotten completely rid of it yet, Microsoft is adding a feature to its Edge browser that will automatically pause unnecessary Flash content. Peripheral content – ads, random animations, etc. … | Continue reading
And now we've seen them all. Yogg-Saron, the last God from the Whispers of the Old Gods Hearthstone [Free] expansion has finally been unveiled, and he's kind of crazy. Yogg-Saron, Hope's End (as is the card's full name) is a ten mana 7/5 Legendary with a battlecry "Cast a random … | Continue reading
According to a report from Bloomberg, Verizon will make a bid for Yahoo next week, part of the first round of offers for the ailing web giant. Other interested parties include Verizon's big rival in the wireless business, AT&T, and Google's parent company, Alphabet, although Goog … | Continue reading
Android Studio — Google’s preferred IDE for developing Android apps — is now out of beta. There are no major improvements to the IDE; Google just made it stable enough to take the ‘beta’ tag off of it. It still has a lot under the hood developers should be excited about, though. … | Continue reading
DevOps, as we know it, is dead. Perhaps not many people agree with me, but the age of DevOps is just about over. Then again, perhaps this won’t come as a surprise to some. Read More | Continue reading
The tragic loss of Zaha Hadid last week has left the architecture world suddenly bereft of her inspiring talent. As many obituaries over the last few days have noted, perhaps one of the biggest tragedies is that Hadid, who passed away at the top of her profession at the age of 65 … | Continue reading
Research has shown, time and time again, that diversity is good for business and the economy. If Silicon Valley can close the gender gap, the tech-heavy area could gain $25 billion (a 9% increase) in gross domestic product by 2025, according to a new McKinsey report. In San Franc … | Continue reading
LinkedIn’s acquisition of the popular email add-in Rapportive, and its subsequent demolition as its new owner ripped out some of its best features, left a lot of users angry and scrambling for an alternative. A number of these have since launched, but a newcomer called Connect ar … | Continue reading
SPONSORED: This sponsored post is produced by BlueJeans. Video is increasingly referenced as one of the most powerful tools within an organization. Join this live executive panel on April 12th and hear from six leading global execs on how they’re using video to empower their busi … | Continue reading
Bots and artificial intelligence are all the rage right now. Whether it's Siri or Cortana, computers are trying to take things off our plate and make life easier. Making life easier and more comfortable — and more luxurious — is what Bentley is about, too, and that's why the comp … | Continue reading
Can a friendly chat with a stranger help fight prejudice? Two years ago, a seemingly groundbreaking study said it could — until it was debunked as a piece of brazen scientific fraud. But the researchers who uncovered its problems, Stanford assistant professor David Broockman and … | Continue reading
In a situation that’s part perfect irony and part scene from ‘Blade Runner,’ it seems that the pollution in Mexico City has gotten so bad that Uber’s surge pricing goes crazy when the air is practically unbreathable. Quartz spotted the account in a Spanish-language newspaper, ind … | Continue reading
Slowly but surely, the FBI is releasing information about the method it used to unlock Farook’s iPhone 5c involved in the San Bernardino shooting. Now that the Justice Department has dropped the case, the FBI doesn’t have to disclose the mysterious method it used. Read More | Continue reading
DJI, the world's largest commercial drone manufacturer, announced today that it is training first responders in Europe to use drones in rescue operations. The project, which will be rolled out in partnership with the European Emergency Number Association (EENA), a Brussels-based … | Continue reading
Rocket League is a phenomenon. The soccer game you play with cars debuted last year, and it now has multiple esports leagues and legions of dedicated fans. But the best evidence that it is something special is that educators are using it to teach kids. This summer, summer-camp pr … | Continue reading
Ancient poop traces may finally reveal the exact route taken by Carthaginian general Hannibal, as he crossed the Alps to attack ancient Rome in 218 BCE. The evidence, revealed this week in a study published in the Archaeometry journal, could put to rest a centuries-long dispute a … | Continue reading
If you’re headed to Coachella and want to pack light, just bring your phone and an ID. Chances are, it’s all you’ll need anyway. Square has struck a deal to be the official payments processor for the entire festival, and says every vendor will be using its new NFC and EMV-ready c … | Continue reading
Broad City's Ilana Glazer and Paul W. Downs just released the trailer for their three-part miniseries, Time Traveling Bong. In the show, Glazer and Downs play Sharee and Jeff, two cousins who discover a magical bong that sends them tumbling back in time. The catch is, they might … | Continue reading
I’ve spent a lot of time in virtual reality. A whole lot. We’re in the middle of building a VR testing lab at the TechCrunch office, and I’m trying to iron out as many kinks as possible before said kinks end up costing me money. Between the Rift CV1 and the Vive, I’ve spent more … | Continue reading
Sooner or later, every programmer ends up searching for code snippets and algorithms. Most search engines, though, don’t exactly specialize in code search and so you end up with a couple of links (one of them most likely to StackOverflow). Now, Microsoft has partnered with Hacker … | Continue reading
Facebook has long been trying to catch up YouTube as a source for videos, but it’s faced one big problem: you could only see videos shared on your News Feed or individual pages. The company is now changing that by finally implementing video search, a small but important addition … | Continue reading
In an effort to expand the number of tools teachers need to reach those internet-minded kids these days, Google for Education announced today via blog post that it now offers the ability to make polls. Google offers a host of reasons why polls are helpful in reaching kids, from m … | Continue reading
Earlier this week a couple of hardcore Zelda fans put up a browser-based remake of the original The Legend of Zelda made with voxels to commemorate the seri… | Continue reading
VanMoof, an Amsterdam-based cycling company, arrived on the scene about three years ago with an electric bike that could be tracked via a smartphone app in the event that it got stolen. The respected Dutch manufacturer is back again with a new model, the Electrified S, that makes … | Continue reading
The Acatel Xess is a simply massive tablet that aims to bring multitasking to your kitchen and living room. You can grab one later this month for 500 bucks. | Continue reading
When it comes to high score chasers on mobile, there's a few studios that crank out reliably good stuff. Happymagenta is a consistently good creator, but Umbrella deserves a ton of credit too. Boom Dots [Free] and Down the Mountain [Free] are both quite solid, entertaining games. … | Continue reading
Bitcoin Core, the open source project that maintains bitcoin client software called “Bitcoin Core,” has launched a sponsorship program in an effort to involve more of the cryptocurrency community in the project. The sponsorship program provides a way for the industry to support r … | Continue reading
Google today launched Android Studio 2.0, the latest version of its integrated development environment (IDE), with a long list of new features. You can download the new version now directly from Android.com/SDK. In November, Google unveiled Android Studio 2.0, the second major ve … | Continue reading
Microsoft today released its first standalone keyboard application for iOS users. No, it’s not the rumored version of its Windows Phone keyboard that’s being ported to the iPhone – it’s an iOS version of the Microsoft Hub keyboard, which hit Android this February. Like the prior … | Continue reading
Charlize Theron is officially joining the cast of F. Gary Gray's Fast 8. According to Variety, the particulars regarding Theron's role aren't exactly clear, but it's likely she's going to play some sort of villain. She's been circling the project for a while, but the combination … | Continue reading
Facebook isn’t done making it easier for you to find live videos on the social network, both on desktop and on mobile. The company announced today that it has updated its search capability to help you discover when someone is broadcasting live. Those Facebook Live videos that bec … | Continue reading
Theranos has taken a pretty damning hit in a string of bad news reports over the past year but it looks like the one drop blood analysis company is trying to turn things around. Theranos announced this morning it would add eight medical and lab experts to its scientific and medic … | Continue reading
While the FBI has been relatively tight-lipped about the method it used to unlock San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook’s iPhone, Director James Comey opened up a bit last night in a speech at Kenyon College. “It’s a bit of a technological corner case, because the world has moved on … | Continue reading
Facebook is desperate to get you to watch videos. They’re all over the feed, yesterday it announced a dedicated video browsing hub, and now it’s announcing a video search engine. It’s also baking Live videos into its Trends in search, and will show when there’s a Live video broad … | Continue reading
Gerald Kelley's Abzorb [$2.99] has just gotten an update on iOS that adds in a new Daily Challenge mode that should encourage you to come back again and again to this one. Each day, you get 5 levels to play back to back – get through all 5 without failing and get your scores on | Continue reading
Twitter is seeing some pretty good adoption of its mobile developer platform, at least when it comes to the number of devices it serves. The company announced today that Twitter Fabric is now serving more than 2 billion active iOS and Android devices, a marked increase from July … | Continue reading
As small drones have become increasingly commonplace, so have reports of close calls by airliners. A recent FAA report tallied the average at four sightings a day, a five-fold increase from the year before. To help address the issue, the American Association of Airport Executives … | Continue reading