Federal Judge Approves Ending Consent Decrees That Prevented Movie Studios From Owning Theaters
Daily Crunch: Trump bans transactions with ByteDance and Tencent: Anthony Ha
Trump escalates his campaign against Chinese tech companies, Facebook extends work from home until the middle of 2021 and Netflix adds support for Hindi. Here’s your Daily Crunch for August 7, 2020. The big story: Trump signs orders banning US business with T…
Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+ hands-on: Brian Heater
During an Unpacked event that featured the announcement of five key new devices, the Galaxy Tab S7 didn’t get a ton of love. Understandable, perhaps. It doesn’t quite have the star power of the Note line, nor does it have the novelty of a new foldable or Blue…
Human Capital: Uber and Lyft’s ongoing battle with the law and a brief history of diversity at Snap: Megan Rose Dickey
Welcome back to Human Capital (formerly known as Tech at Work) that looks at all-things labor in tech. This week presented Uber and Lyft with a fresh labor lawsuit as a judge heard arguments from Uber, Lyft and lawyers on behalf of the people of California in…
R&D Roundup: Supercomputer COVID-19 insights, ionic spiderwebs, the whiteness of AI: Devin Coldewey
I see far more research articles than I could possibly write up. This column collects the most interesting of those papers and advances, along with notes on why they may prove important in the world of tech and startups. This week: supercomputers take on COVI…
Federal judge approves ending consent decrees that prevented movie studios from owning theaters: Anthony Ha
A federal judge has approved the Department of Justice’s efforts to end the Paramount Consent Decrees — 70-year-old court orders that prevented movie studios from engaging in a variety of anticompetitive behaviors, including ownership of movie theaters. U.S. …
How to pick the right Series A investors: Kirsten Korosec
Early-stage startup founders who are embarking on a Series A fundraising round should consider this: their relationship with the members of their board might last longer than the average American marriage. In other words, who invests in a startup matters as m…
IoT and data science will boost foodtech in the post-pandemic era: Sunny Dhillon
Leveraging data, hardware and biological solutions can help brick-and-mortar stores remain relevant and continue churning out cash.
How to access 'America's Seed Fund,' the $3 billion SBIR program: Devin Coldewey
One of the best kept secrets in the world of capital is that the federal government has billions of dollars it’s dying to give away to early stage founders and inventors — and all you have to do is ask. Well, there’s a bit more to it than that, so here’s a gu…
Survey: Tell us what you think of Extra Crunch: Travis Bernard
Since launching our membership product Extra Crunch 1.5 years ago, we’ve added a number of new features at the request of our community. This includes improvements to login stability, introducing the video Q&A series Extra Crunch Live, launching over a dozen …
mmhmm, the virtual presentation software from Phil Libin, launches its Beta 2: Jordan Crook
mmhmm, the latest project from Evernote founder Phil Libin and All Turtles, has today announced the launch of the mmhmm Beta 2. The 100,000-strong waitlist of people who have requested access are getting their invite to the platform today. Also part of the be…
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