Sprint 5G Is No More, As T-Mobile Focuses On Its Own Network
Festo's latest biomimetic robots are a flying feathered bird and ball-bottomed helper arm: Devin Coldewey
You could be excused for thinking that German robotics company Festo does nothing but put together fabulous prototype robots built to resemble kangaroos, jellyfish, and other living things. They do in fact actually make real industrial robots, but it’s hard n…
Sprint 5G is no more, as T-Mobile focuses on its own network: Brian Heater
A day after formally completing the sale of Boost, Virgin and other Sprint prepaid networks to Dish, T-Mobile is pulling the plug on Sprint 5G. The move is one in a long list of issues that need sorting out in the wake of April’s $26.5 billion merger. And lik…
Uber adds another independent director to its board: Flex CEO Revathi Advaithi: Connie Loizos
Uber has a new, independent board member, shows a new SEC filing: CEO Revathi Advaithi of 51-year-old Flex, which is among the world’s largest electronic manufacturers and competes against Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology. Advaithi, a mechanical engineer who grew …
'Westworld' creators are developing a 'Fallout' TV series for Amazon: Anthony Ha
“Fallout,” the post-apocalyptic video game franchise published by Bethesda Softworks, is being turned into a TV series by Kilter Films, the production company of Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy. The series, which began in 1997, takes place in an alternate future …
Police roll up crime networks in Europe after infiltrating popular encrypted chat app: Devin Coldewey
Hundreds of alleged drug dealers and other criminals are in custody today after police in Europe infiltrated an encrypted chat system reportedly used by thousands to discuss illegal operations. The total failure of this ostensibly secure method of communicati…
Velodyne becomes latest tech company to go public using a SPAC, eschewing the traditional IPO path: Kirsten Korosec
Velodyne Lidar, the leading supplier of a sensor widely considered critical to the commercial deployment of autonomous vehicles, said Thursday it has struck a deal to merge with special-purpose acquisition company Graf Industrial Corp., with a market value of…
Project M acquires punk rock satire site The Hard Times: Anthony Ha
Matt Saincome knows that compared to many of the startup acquisitions that we write about on TechCrunch, selling a website for a little over $1 million (mostly cash, with a little stock) isn’t a huge deal. “But in the world of punk comedy media? Whoo boy!” he…
Extra Crunch Live: Join Jason Green of Emergence Capital for a live Q&A on July 9 at 2pmET/11amPT: Ingrid Lunden
2020 may feel so far like the year of living dangerously, but for many of us it has also been the year of working remotely. Led by the stick of COVID-19 rather than the carrot of the benefits of more flexible work life, a lot of organizations, and the people …
Let's stop COVID-19 from undoing diversity gains: Rachel Sheppard
As COVID-19 turned up the pressure for businesses around the world, that progress came under threat, with D&I initiatives taking a back seat
India's richest man takes on Zoom: Manish Singh
India’s Reliance Jio Platforms, which recently concluded a $15.2 billion fundraise run, is ready to enter a new business: Video conferencing. On Thursday evening, the firm — backed by Mukesh Ambani, India’s richest man — formally launched JioMeet, its video-c…
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