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When Amazon launched the AWS EC2 cloud computing service back in 2006, per-hour billing was a big deal, but that scheme also meant that you’d pay for a full hour even if you only used an instance for a few minutes. Over the last few years, AWS’s competitors moved to more flexible billing models (mostly per-minute billing) and now, starting October 2, AWS is one-upping many of them… Read More... →

The U.S. Justice Department is said to be investigating the questionable sale of stock by Equifax executives in advance of the company’s public announcement of its massive data breach. The investigation is said to include U.S. prosecutors in Atlanta, the FBI and the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to a report this morning from Bloomberg. Three executives, Chief Financial… Read More... →

Ellevest, a nearly three-year-old, New York-based digital investment platform built for women and led by former Wall Street titan Sallie Krawcheck, has raised $34.6 million in fresh funding. The round — which was led by Rethink Impact, and includes participation from PSP Growth, Salesforce Ventures, CreditEase Fintech Investment Fund, LH Holdings, SK Impact Fund, Morningstar, Khosla… Read More... →

Google запустила проект, который объединил инструменты для бизнеса, программы и акселераторы и другие продукты для стартапов. О запуске Startup with Google сообщили в компании.... →

London’s transport regulator, Transport for London, has released details of a new more expansive and expensive system of tiered license fees for private hire operators that will drive up the fees that ride-hailing companies like Uber need to pay to operate in the city. Read More... →

Apple’s upcoming iMessage-based mobile payments service, powered by Apple Pay, won’t arrive tomorrow with the release of the new operating system for Apple’s mobile devices, iOS 11. According to an announcement released today by the company, the service will instead ship in a later release to iOS 11 and watchOS 4, due this fall. Apple didn’t give an exact time frame… Read More... →

Cofactor Genomics has announced an $18 million Series A financing round led by Menlo Ventures, with participation from DCVC, Ascension Ventures, iSelect, Y Combinator, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, and Stanford. The startup, formulated by a team of past Human Genome Project scientists, came out of Y Combinator’s Summer 2015 batch to focus on drug discovery through RNA research.… Read More... →

Roku, the digital streaming business, is looking to raise about $204 million when it goes public later this month. According to a SEC filing revealed Monday, the company plans to price its shares between $12 to $14. This is more than double the $100 million that forecast in the IPO filing earlier this month. That’s because that number is a placeholder and often changes. If it goes public… Read More... →

Lyft’s focus on future autonomy isn’t just about partnering with self-driving car companies like Drive.ai, or with providing an open network upon which an autonomous ride hailing service can be built – it’s also working with design firms and other stakeholders to try to foresee future streets intentionally built to facilitate autonomous transportation. This is… Read More... →

Глава из книги Дона и Алекса Тэпскотов «Блокчейн-революция» — о бесконечных данных, регистре всего и распределенном капитализме.... →

По его словам, Атон Розенберг в Telegram никогда не работал... →

Google’s Information Security Manager Heather Adkins has a pretty good track record. The company was last hacked in 2009, that’s why Adkins had some good advice for startups in the audience at TechCrunch Disrupt SF. “At some point in the history of your company, you’re probably going to get hacked. The question is not whether or not you’re going to get hacked, but… Read More... →

Today at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2017 Google’s Manager of Information Security Heather Adkins sat down for a fireside chat. Among the varying topics discussed, she spoke about what’s like to have the NSA tap the company’s lines and how she views state sponsored threats. Moderator and TechCrunch Senior Editor Frederic Lardinois asked Adkins if she thinks of the NSA as a… Read More... →

Blavity, the media and events startup focused on black millennials and black culture, has acquired travel startup Travel Noire for an undisclosed amount. Travel Noire, which offers up traveling tips and guidance for black millennials, reaches over 2 million millennials a month. Next month, I’m heading to Nairobi with some TechCrunch colleagues. Thanks to Travel Noire, I now know to hit… Read More... →

Западные вебмастера заметили, что Google AdSense запустил бета-тестирование нового типа рекламного кода под названием Auto ads. Предполагается, что это метод, с помощью которого Google автоматически размещает объявления на сайте. При этом со стороны издателя практически ничего, кроме добавления кода, не нужно. Система самостоятельно выберет наилучшее расположение для объявлений, исходя из содержимого сайта. Для настройки показа автоматизированных объявлений […]... →

Сооснователь "ВКонтакте" и Telegram отверг все обвинения своего бывшего подчиненного технического директора "ВКонтакте" Антона Розенберга.... →

Объем госсредств в «Бинбанке» снизился на 36,5% за август 2017 года. Об этом пишет «Медуза» со ссылкой сообщение «Интерфакса».... →

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Netflix’s The Punisher is coming to the streaming service later this year, starring Jon Bernthal in the title role reprising his role from Daredevil. The latest Marvel/Netflix team-up focuses not on the traditional hero, but on an anti-hero with a serious axe to grind. In a new teaser, we see via simulated found footage that this brooding justice-seeker isn’t afraid to shed some… Read More... →

Each year, TechCrunch selects early-stage startups from a pool of thousands across the globe, and selects the top innovators to compete in Startup Battlefield. Over the next three days at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2017, a select few will vie for $50,000 and the coveted Disrupt Cup. Our founders are using VR for precision spinal surgery and emotional recognition. They are using biotech for… Read More... →