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Self-driving race cars are a few years away but why not simulate the roar of robotic Formula 1 cars with a little Raspberry Pi magic? The folks at Piborg are offering the opportunity for hackers and makers to try and drive their own autonomous car brain in a centralized race. They’ve launched a Kickstarter and they’re looking for folks to download the autonomous racing code, modify… Read More... →

In about an hour, Apple will announce its quarterly earnings. So you’ll soon be able to read all about it on TechCrunch as we have a team ready to look at all these numbers and find out if they’re moving up or down. But I’m going to use this opportunity to give you a few thoughts about what’s going to happen and what you should look for. Read More... →

Китайский холдинг LeEco, который занимается сервисами видео стриминга, мобильной техникой, автомобилями и другими направлениями, решил приобрести американского производителя бюджетных телевизоров Vizio. Об этом пишет TechCrunch.... →

After a storied history making Poke balls, Saffron City tech firm Silph Company recently started trying its hand at software. Inspired by Pokemon Go’s popularity, its latest app Willow aims to hep trainers enjoying Niantic’s location-based hit to be the very best, like no one ever was. Willow is an app that wants to provide trainers with a competitive edge by making sure… Read More... →

You’d be forgiven if you’re not super familiar with LeEco. The company, until fairly recently known as LeTV, isn’t exactly a household name here in the States. In its native China, however, the company is a multi-disciplined powerhouse. It has a massive video streaming service, makes TVs, smartphones and even has a car in the works. And it’s about to get even bigger.… Read More... →

Early this morning — so early that most of our audience probably didn’t see it — a story was posted on TechCrunch from the ever so friendly OurMine hacking team. The post was up for a handful of minutes and was removed, along with automatically generated social posts. Read More... →

See you tonight! We’ll be meeting at 7pm in the MakeOffices space in the Loop. There will be some free beers and chicken sandwiches. We’ll hold a pitchoff at 8pm and close up at 9pm and perhaps we can go carousing afterwards. The pitch-off will be very cool. I’ve already picked nine contestants and we have two VC judges. First place winners of the pitch off will get a table… Read More... →

A couple of months after taking to the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt in Brooklyn to show off their neuropriming headset,  Halo Neuroscience revealed that a number of Olympic athletes from various countries have been using the system to prep for next month’s Rio games. According to the hardware startup, track and field stars Hafsatu Kamara of Sierra Leone, Mikel Thomas of Trinidad and… Read More... →

Аналитическая компания App Annie подсчитала доходы Pokemon Go. После релиза в Японии ежедневная выручка популярной игры выросла до $5 млн.... →

A bit more than a year after Automattic acquired WooCommerce, the popular service that turns any WordPress website into an e-commerce store is now integrating with Square. While this kind of integration doesn’t sound groundbreaking on paper, it has bigger implications when it comes to bridging online stores with offline purchases. Read More... →

Well it took a while, but Twitter for Android users can finally enjoy the their tweets when the sun dips past the horizon, throwing the world into darkness. Yes, Twitter has added a “Night Mode” to its official Twitter for Android app. Long have we suffered with a Twitter usable window tied to the arc of the sun across the sky – and iOS users suffer still, for no… Read More... →

И добавил, что на подготовке к проведению в России ЧМ по футболу «с точки зрения готовности IT-инфраструктуры» законопроект Яровой не скажется... →

Сегодня в рубрике «Стартапы» — бот Etlgr, который позволяет получать уведомления о новых входящих письмах в электронной почте в реальном времени и отвечать на них с помощью Telegram. Передаем микрофон.... →

A Tel Aviv-based startup called Propsera has raised $7 million in new venture funding to build out systems that will monitor and help farmers improve the health of their crops, and optimize their operations. Bessemer Venture Partners led the Series A round. Prospera CEO and co-founder Daniel Koppel said agriculture professionals have plenty of tech at their disposal today from soil and… Read More... →

Facebook needs you to fill its News Feed, Oculus Rift, and Gear VR with 360 content. So today it put all the hardware and software designs of its Surround 360 camera on Github, after announcing the plan in April. Thanks to cheeky instruction manual inspired by Ikea’s manuals, you can learn how to buy the parts, assemble the camera, load the image-stitching software, and start shooting… Read More... →

Министр связи и массовых коммуникаций Николай Никифоров усомнился в целесообразности переноса сроков вступления в силу «антитеррористического» пакета законов, внесённых Ириной Яровой, сообщает ТАСС.... →

Bellabeat, the maker of a line of health trackers aimed at women, has sold over 400,000 units of its first health tracker known as the Leaf – a name given to the device because of its leaf-like shape which can be worn on the wrist, as a brooch, or pendant. Today, the company is rolling out its next generation tracker called the Leaf Urban. The update gives the wearable a more modern… Read More... →

Fallout 4, I can’t quit you. At least, not while Bethesda continues adding content, like today’s launch of the Vault-Tec Workshop add-on. The $4.99 DLC brings players on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC the ability to create their own Values, stock it with furniture and fill it with residents to mislead and mistreat. For those unfamiliar with the series, Vaults in Fallout are… Read More... →

Инвестиционный директор фонда InVenture Partners Евгений Тимко рассказал vc.ru, как известные музыканты, спортсмены и актеры участвуют в деятельности стартапов: занимаются продвижением, становятся послами брендов, инвестируют в компании или запускают собственные.... →

20 июля 2016 года генеральный директор производителя электрокаров Tesla Элон Маск рассказал о планах компании на ближайшие годы: предприниматель упомянул производство электрических грузовиков и автобусов, а также рассказал о планах по развитию каршеринга.Сотрудник Стэнфордского и нескольких других университетов Вивек Вадуа в колонке для издания The Verge объяснил, почему стратегия, предложенная Маском, «не так безумна, как кажется». Редакция vc.ru публикует адаптированный перевод заметки.... →