Facebook and Google still offer the best value for mobile advertisers (Singular report): Anthony Ha
Among mobile ad networks, Facebook and Google remain the best bet for advertisers, according to the latest ROI Index from marketing startup Singular. To pull this year’s index together, Singular says it sampled $1.5 billion in ad spending (from the $10 billio…
DARPA wants smart bandages for wounded warriors: Devin Coldewey
Nowhere is prompt and effective medical treatment more important than on the battlefield, where injuries are severe and conditions dangerous. DARPA thinks that outcomes can be improved by the use of intelligent bandages and other systems that predict and auto…
Ubisoft and Mozilla team up to develop Clever-Commit, an AI coding assistant: Frederic Lardinois
Game developer Ubisoft today announced that it has partnered with Mozilla to develop Clever-Commit, an AI-based coding assistant that learns from your code base’s bug and regression data to analyze and flag potential new bugs as new code is committed. Ubisoft…
Massless raises $2M to build an Apple Pencil for virtual reality: Lucas Matney
Despite all of the VR overhyping, for those observing from the inside, the capabilities are still uncharted. VR as a creative medium has probably been one of the more entrancing use cases since the first high-end headsets launched. Products like Google’s Tilt…
Report: Voice assistants in use to triple to 8 billion by 2023: Sarah Perez
The use of voice assistants is set to triple over the next few years, according to a new forecast from the U.K.-based analysts at Juniper Research. The firm estimates there will be 8 billion digital voice assistants in use by 2023, up from the 2.5 billion ass…
Mental health startup Lantern will continue to live through IP licensing deals: Megan Rose Dickey
After winding down its consumer-oriented operations last July, mental health startup Lantern has partnered with larger mental health providers to license its IP. In addition to licensing its IP to Omada Health, Lantern has licensed its tech to Spring Health, …
Daily Crunch: Amazon acquires Eero: 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. Amazon is buying home mesh router startup, Eero It’s a pretty cle…
Devialet’s Phantom Reactor turns music into an emotional experience: Romain Dillet
French startup Devialet has done it again. The new Phantom Reactor is a smaller, more effective speaker that packs everything that made Devialet speakers good in the first place. Devialet’s first speaker, the Phantom, attracted rave reviews a few years ago. T…
Lyft brings on Uber's former global head of internal audit: Megan Rose Dickey
The battle between Uber and Lyft, which are both expected to go public this year, continues. Today, Lyft announced the hire of Michelle DeBella, formerly Uber’s global head of internal audit, as its own VP of finance strategy. At Lyft, DeBella will be respons…
Save the date and save a bundle on Disrupt San Francisco 2019: Emma Comeau
Mark your calendars startup fans, because Disrupt is returning to the beautiful City by the Bay to host TechCrunch’s flagship event, Disrupt San Francisco 2019, October 2-4 at the Moscone North Convention Center. It may only be February, but it’s never too ea…
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