Reddit Is Raising A Huge Round Near A $3 Billion Valuation

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Play Iconary, a simple drawing game that hides a deceptively deep AI: Devin Coldewey

It may not seem like it takes a lot of smarts to play a game like Pictionary, but in fact it involves a lot of subtle and abstract visual and linguistic skills. This AI built to play a game like it is similarly complex, and its interpretations and creations w…

Showing the power of startup women's health brands, P&G buys This is L: Jonathan Shieber

The P&G acquisition of This is L., a startup retailer of period products and prophylactics, shows just how profitable investing in women’s healthcare brands and products can be. A person with knowledge of the investment put the price tag at roughly $100 milli…

PSA: Go backup your Flickr photos before they're deleted: Greg Kumparak

Do you have a Flickr account? Does it have over 1,000 photos? Go back them up, or you might lose a bunch of them forever. We’ve known for a few months now that Flickr was prepping to drop its storage limit for non-Pro accounts from 1TB to just 1,000 photos fo…

Lawsuits no longer lingering, Hippo brings its service for buying discount drugs to market: Jonathan Shieber

The long and litigious saga of Hippo Technologies may finally be over now that the company is finally launching its service to sell discounted prescription drugs to members just three months after settling a lawsuit with its chief competitor, Blink Health. Hi…

Reddit is raising a huge round near a $3 billion valuation: Josh Constine

Reddit is raising $150 million to $300 million to keep the front page of the Internet running, multiple sources tell TechCrunch. The forthcoming Series D round is said to be led by Chinese tech giant Tencent at a $2.7 billion pre-money valuation. Depending on…

Daily Crunch: Facebook lets you unsend recent messages: Anthony Ha

The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here: 1. Facebook now lets everyone unsend messages for 10 minutes For up …

Workwell wants to be the companion app for your office building: Romain Dillet

French startup Workwell has released a major update to its platform. The company now provides an app to manage as many things related to your office building as possible from your phone. The company started with a sort of intranet replacement. You could book …

Target expands its 1 percent back loyalty program, Target Circle, to more U.S. markets: Sarah Perez

Target is expanding access to its new loyalty program that rewards shoppers for returning to its stores by offering 1 percent back on their next trip, among other perks. The program, called Target Circle, is still in beta testing following its initial launch …

iOS 12.2 beta includes new Animojis and fake 5G logo: Romain Dillet

Apple has released a new beta version of iOS 12.2 yesterday. While the final version isn’t available just yet, here’s what you should expect: new Animojis and a fake 5G logo if you’re an AT&T customer. If you have an iPhone X, XS, XS Max or XR, you’ll see new…

Apply to demo onstage at TC Sessions: Robotics + AI 2019: Emma Comeau

The search is on! We’re looking for exceptional early-stage robotics or AI companies to demo their technology onstage at TC Sessions: Robotics + AI on April 18 at UC Berkeley. Our day-long event takes a deep dive into these world-changing technologies, and fe…