The Los Angeles Fire Department wants more drones
As it looks to modernize its operations, the Los Angeles Fire Department is turning to a number of new technologies including expanding its fleet of drones…
Max-Q: This week in space
Space is becoming a major area of startup and commercial investment, and so I’ve decided to start providing a weekly round-up of the biggest news in…
Week in Review: The web’s free speech conundrum
Hey everyone. Thank you for welcoming me into you inbox yet again. Last week, I talked about the eternal dumbness of the smart home and how…
China Roundup: Tencent’s NBA test, TikTok parent deepens education push
Welcome to TechCrunch’s China roundup, a digest of events that happened at major Chinese tech companies and what they mean to tech founders and executives around…
Trump Campaign Floods Web With Ads, Raking In Cash as Democrats Struggle
That campaigns are now being fought largely online campaign is hardly a revelation, yet only one political party seems to have gotten the message. …
3 Ways to Protect Your Business Against Corporate Phishing Attacks
Up to 80% of all U.S. businesses have been targeted with some kind of payment fraud or business email compromise (BEC) scam. Learn best practices to…
IPOs are the beginning, not the end
Earlier this month at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco, we sat down with Box’s Aaron Levie and PagerDuty’s Jennifer Tejada to discuss their respective companies’ paths to…
MediaLab acquires messaging app Kik, expanding its app portfolio
Popular messaging app Kik is, indeed, “here to stay” following an acquisition by the Los Angeles-based multimedia holding company, MediaLab. It echoes the same message from…
High Schools to TikTok: We’re Catching Feelings
Teens love the app, and now it’s getting the stamp of approval with teacher-approved clubs. Did school just get … fun? …
This Week in Apps: League of Legends goes mobile, Tim Cook talks to China and more
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the Extra Crunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support, and the money that flows through…
HuffPost is reportedly on the auction block
Late last night the Financial Times reported that HuffPost, arguably one of the crown jewels of Verizon Media Group’s remaining network of media properties (which includes…
The new iPhone is ugly
I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a bit old-fashioned when it comes to phones. Everyone scoffs at my iPhone SE, but the truth is…
Mercedes-Benz app glitch exposed car owners’ information to other users
Mercedes-Benz car owners have said that the app they used to remotely locate, unlock and start their cars was displaying other people’s account and vehicle information….
HTC releases a cheaper blockchain phone
Whatever you might say about HTC (and believe me, there’s plenty to say), at least the company takes some fascinating chance. As newly minted CEO Yves…