Netflix announced this week that it has started to stream titles in AV1 on Android in what could significantly help the two-year-old media codec gain wider adoption.The world’s biggest streaming gian
Google and Facebook seem to have resigned themselves to losing part of the longest and highest profile internet cable they have invested in to date. In a filing with the Federal Communications Commiss
Nuro, the autonomous delivery startup that raised $940 million in financing from Softbank Vision Fund last year, is the first company to receive a driverless exemption from the federal government.The
As the insuretech space fills up, a new entrant is joining the fight.Y Combinator -backed Goodcover is launching today to take on the likes of big insurance, as well as insurance startups like Lemonad
Facebook’s use of the Onavo spyware VPN app it acquired in 2013 — and used to inform its 2014 purchase of the then rival WhatsApp messaging platform — is on the radar of EuropeR
One of the various companies looking to deploy a globe-spanning broadband internet satellite constellation is adding 34 satellites to its existing operations in space. OneWeb will launch that many sa
Time to mark September 14-16 on your calendar for the startup extravaganza that is TechCrunch’s Disrupt San Francisco 2020. Registration for our flagship, 10,000-person event is officially open,
Alphabet-owned Loon, the company that had been focused on delivering internet communications to remote areas via stratospheric balloons, has completed development work on a new payload for partner HAP
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Netskope has always focused its particular flavor of security on the cloud, and as more workloads have moved there, it has certainly worked in its favor. Today the company announced a $340 million inv
SpaceX looks likely to take its burgeoning Starlink business and spin it out, seeking to bring that satellite internet project to public markets via an IPO. That’s according to SpaceX COO and P
Reddit, a site that refers to itself as the “front page of the internet,” is today announcing a new deal that will see its posts and conversations extend beyond the web page. The company
Five and a half months after Bharat Vasan was removed as CEO, Pax Labs has finally announced a replacement. Michael Murphy will step into the leadership role, as both the CEO and President of the popu
Yuzuru Hanyu in action during the senior men free Program of the ISU Figure Skating Grand Prix final at Palavela in Turin, Italy, December 7, 2019. /VCG Photo Two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru
A senior U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) official said on Wednesday that the current level of interest rates remains appropriate despite economic uncertainty and other headwinds."For right now, the way
At least 13 people were killed and seven others injured on Thursday as a truck hit a passenger minibus on a desert highway in Upper Egypt's province of Aswan. "Once the accident took place, we sent 1
Andrew Iguodala is traded by the Memphis Grizzlies to the Miami Heat. /VCG Photo Andre Iguodala, one of the most valuable targets on the NBA trade market, has found his destiny. The Memphis Gr