June 15, 2018
Zelle forecast to overtake Venmo this year
Despite some concerns over its adoption by scammers, new payment service Zelle is shaping up to overtake rival Venmo this year, according to a new forecast from eMarketer.…
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June 15, 2018
Scooters go mad, Opendoor wants to buy your house and Meituan’s IPO
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week was something of a first for the crew, twice.…
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Cheq raises $5M for a proactive, AI-driven approach to safe ad placement
While brand safety and fraud prevention have been big topics in the online ad industry over the past couple years, Cheq CEO Guy Tytunovich argued that “first generation…
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Tainted, crypto-mining containers pulled from Docker Hub
Security companies Fortinet and Kromtech found seventeen tainted Docker containers that were essentially downloadable images containing programs that had been designed to mine cryptocurrencies. Further investigation found that…
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Reflections on E3 2018
After taking a year off, I returned to E3 this week. It’s always a fun show, in spite of the fact that the show floor has come to…
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Feast your eyes on these uniquely beautiful indie games from E3
The AAA games on display at E3 this year have, as usual, an amazing array of beautiful, nearly photorealistic graphics — and while they’re amazing in their own…
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Telemundo, Universal and TreasureHunt are launching a shootout game in time for the World Cup
Just in time for the World Cup, Telemundo Deportes, Universal Brand Development and the startup TreasureHunt have launched a shootout game for the Instant Games platform on Facebook and…
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Juul tightens up social media to focus on former smokers switching to e-cigs
Juul Labs, the company behind the ever-popular Juul e-cig, has today announced a new policy around social media. This comes in the midst of Juul’s effort to get…
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Meet Atoms, the minimalist startup shoes you’ll actually wear
Step aside, Allbirds. Atoms come in quarter-sizes you can mix-and-match. Emerging from stealth today in a TechCrunch exclusive, this shoe startup’s obsession with satisfaction allowed it to replace…
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Nuzzel unveils NuzzelRank, which scores news sources on ‘authority’
Everyone from Elon Musk to AdBlock Plus wants to tell you which news sources are worth trusting. Now news aggregator Nuzzel is joining in. Specifically, it’s launching NuzzelRank,…
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