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Just a few months after launching margin trading on Coinbase Pro, the company is disabling the feature. Margin trading lets you trade on leverage. But it works both ways â margin trading lets you multiply your gains and your losses. Starting on November 25, 2pm PT, users wonât be able to place new margin trades. […]
If you’re spending a lot of time at home this holiday season, you might as well spend at least some of that time in the kitchen and making delicious meals. There are plenty of smart kitchen gadgets out there, but it feels like the best among them are really delivering standout experiences for smarter, better and more connected cooking options.
Building tech startups takes cash â and lots of it. But when youâre talking space startups, youâre talking galactic-level money. Costs blast right through Earthâs exosphere and become, literally, astronomical. If space is your jam, youâre going to need financial help, and youâll learn where and how to access it at TC Sessions Space 2020Â (December […]
So, this one is going to be a different from last year. Because everything is different from last year. I know 2020 has been a pretty big change for my own personal podcast. I always prefer conducting interviews in person when Iâm able â in fact, around 400 or so episodes were done exactly like […]
Letâs just get this out of the way: for the past several years, Iâve contributed the âBest Gifts for Frequent Travelersâ segment to TechCrunchâs annual gift guide. I love it. It was easily my favorite gift guide to write, and it was an audience favorite, as well. But I am no longer a frequent traveler. […]
I wasnât super impressed when I reviewed the Echo Buds around this time last year, but Amazonâs first shot at Alexa-powered fully wireless earbuds was passable. And while theyâve already been on the market for a while now, the companyâs continuing to deliver some key updates, including todayâs addition of new fitness features. Say âAlexa, […]
This holiday season the next generation of gamers, bless their hearts, will be hoping to receive the next generation of gaming consoles. But confusing branding by the console makers â not to mention a major shortage of consoles â could lead to disappointment during the unwrapping process. Before making any big promises this year, you’ll […]
CEO and co-founder of music tech startup Stem Milana Lewis explains how she landed several superstar investors and raised a little under $22 million.
The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here â just click The Station â to receive it every Saturday in your inbox. Hi folks, welcome back to The Station, a newsletter dedicated to all the present and future ways people and packages move from Point A to Point B. Let’s get […]
Nothing signals the start of the holiday shopping season like a Black Friday sale. Itâs been an incredibly challenging year for everyone on every level. We canât change that, but we can make attending TC Sessions: Space 2020 more affordable a bit longer. Starting today, weâre offering a BOGO deal. Buy one Late Registration ticket […]
The holiday season is upon us, and that means big savings on Extra Crunch membership with the Green Days sale. From now until November 30, TechCrunch readers can save 25% on an annual plan for Extra Crunch. You can claim the deal here. Extra Crunch helps you spot technology trends and opportunities, build better startups, […]
Snapchat helped pioneer the use of lenses on faces in photos and videos to turn ordinary picture messages into fantastical creations where humans can look like, say, cats, and even cats can wear festival-chic flower crowns. Now it sounds like the company might be turning its attention… to sound. The company appears to have acquired […]
âSpace, the final frontierâ¦â You can probably recite the âStar Trekâ opening monologue in your sleep. But weâre talking science fact, not fiction, and TC Sessions: Space 2020 provides real opportunity to connect with the people, information and funding you need to boldly build the future of space technology. Go boldly, yes. But why pay […]
Google and Nvidia both had some news about their respective cloud gaming service today. Letâs start with Nvidia. GeForce Now is now available on the iPhone and the iPad as a web app. The company says itâs a beta for now, but you can start using it by heading over to play.geforcenow.com on your iOS […]
T-minus two days and counting. Thatâs how much time you have left to score early-bird passes to TC Sessions: Space 2020. If youâre part of this global startup community, donât miss a two-day deep dive focused on the intrepid visionaries pushing the boundaries of technology and forging the future of space. And donât miss the […]
As strange as they are, you would be forgiven for getting about the existence of Echo Frames. Amazon announced the smart glasses among a deluge of Alexa-focused products at an event last year that also included an even stranger smart ring. The experimental product was  Day 1 Edition device â meaning it was available to […]
Data engineering is one of these new disciplines that has gone from buzzword to mission critical in just a few years. Data engineers design and build all the connections between sources of raw data (your payments information or ad-tracking data or what have you) and the ultimate analytics dashboards used by business executives and data […]
Since launching four years ago, hitting level 40 in Pokémon GO meant hitting the top. You could still keep catching Pokémon and gathering XP, of course â but that shiny level badge wasn’t going up any higher. That’ll change later this month with an update that bumps the cap to 50, introduces new Pokémon, and […]
Google has taken the wraps off Chimera Painter, a web-based tool that lets anyone generate terrifying cryptozoological entities in an interface that looks like MS Paint by way of Diablo. Why, you ask? Well, isn’t it obvious? No… no, I suppose it isn’t. Surely the strangest thing to hit Google’s AI blog for at least […]
The musicianâs life is rarely an easy one. That goes double for these last, oh, eight or so months. Most artists who havenât risen the ranks to rock-star levels make the lion’s share of their money from live shows, and thatâs just not in the cards for now â and likely wonât be for some […]