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Elon Musk really will launch a Tesla Roadster on the first Falcon Heavy rocket

December 23rd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Elon Musk shared images on his Instagram account today of the payload being loaded up on the first Falcon Heavy rocket that will ever launch – and it’s a red Tesla Roadster. The SpaceX CEO previously said that [...]

Girls Who Code gets a Disney Imagineering boost

December 22nd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

I’m at the back of a group of girls who is nervously dropping its phones into a plastic box for safekeeping, to be returned on exit. The reason for the curtains, and the no phone policy, is that [...]

Check now to see if you liked any Russian troll accounts on Facebook

December 22nd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

This fall saw ever-rising estimates of the number of people reached by Russian-backed troll accounts — just shy of 150 million at last count . Now the social network has at last released the tool it promised last [...]

TechCrunch’s Favorite Things of 2017

December 22nd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Good news, everyone! We survived 2017! Each December, the TechCrunch staff members (our writers, editors, video, and social teams) get together and make a big ol’ list of our favorite things from that year. The apps, or gadgets, [...]

Unbound raises $2.7 million for women’s sexual wellness

December 22nd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Unbound, a sexual wellness startup for women, recently raised $2.7 million from Founders Fund, Slow Ventures, Arena Ventures, SoGal Ventures and others. Founded by Polly Rodriguez of Women of SexTech, Unbound aims to empower women to own their [...]

Safe’s app answers the question “Have you been tested for STDs?”

December 22nd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

The idea for Safe Group, a new Los Angeles company that’s developed a mobile app to track and verify a user’s sexual health, started on the Playa at Burning Man. The company’s chief executive and co-founder Ken Mayer [...]

Coinbase suspends trading amid cryptocurrency rout

December 22nd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Coinbase, the most popular site for cryptocurrency transactions in the U.S., has suspended all trading activity today amid a crash in cryptocurrency prices. A statement on the company’s website this morning read, “Due to today’s high traffic, buys [...]

Amazon acquires connected camera and doorbell startup Blink

December 22nd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Amazon has acquired Blink (via Slashgear), a startup founded in 2014 that builds connected Wi-Fi home security cameras, as well as a new video doorbell introduced earlier this week. The company got its start via a crowdfunding campaign [...]

Equity podcast: Stitch Fix tumbles, stocks go crypto and VCs still love unicorns

December 22nd, 2017|Categories: Gizmo News|

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week the crew — Katie Roof, Matthew Lynley, Alex Wilhelm — were joined Jeff Richards, a managing partner at [...]