Daily Crunch - Apple delays ad-tracking changes

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Thursday, September 03, 2020 • By Anthony Ha

Apple announces a surprising delay, Facebook bans new political ads for the week before the U.S. election and SpaceX is testing its Starlink internet system. This is your Daily Crunch for September 3, 2020.

The big story: Apple delays ad-tracking changes At this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple announced that in iOS 14 (currently in public beta), app developers would have to ask users whether they wanted to be tracked for ad purposes. The move seems like a straightforward win for privacy, but some developers and advertisers have been pretty worried — Facebook, for example, predicted that this could render its Audience Network ad network completely ineffective. So Apple announced today that it’s delaying the changes until early next year. “We want to give developers the time they need to make the necessary changes, and as a result, the requirement to use this tracking permission will go into effect early next year,” Apple said in a statement. Read more Image Credits: Bloomberg / Getty Images

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The tech giants Facebook to block new political ads 1 week before Nov 3, adds more tools and rules for fair elections — Campaigns can still run ads to encourage people to vote, and they can still run older political ads. Nintendo's latest trick is turning the Switch into an RC controller for an AR Mario Kart game — The idea is that you can control real RC cars in your home. Amazon launches an Alexa service for property managers — The idea is to make Alexa a tool for smart home management, even for those without their own Amazon account. Image Credits: Graeme Jennings-Pool / Getty Images

Startups, funding and venture capital SpaceX confirms Starlink internet private beta underway, showing low latency and speeds over 100Mbps — While the current private beta is limited to SpaceX employees, the company said that the public Starlink beta is still on track to kick off later this year. Optimizely acquired by content management company Episerver — In a statement, Episerver CEO Alex Atzberger said this is "the most significant transformation in our company's history – one that will set a new industry standard for digital experience platforms." India's Zomato raises $62 million from Temasek — The food delivery startup announced in January that Ant Financial had committed to provide it with $150 million, but apparently the firm has yet to deliver two-thirds of that capital. Image Credits: SpaceX

Advice and analysis from Extra Crunch 9 top real estate and proptech investors: Cities and offices still have a future — Optimism still runs high for startup hubs as well as supercities like New York and San Francisco. Media Roundup: Patreon joins unicorn club, Facebook could ban news in Australia — Are you interested in the media business? Do you appreciate my news-gathering skills? Then this is the roundup for you! What happens when public SaaS companies don’t meet heightened investor expectations? — The lesson for startups is clear: You’d better be damn impressive. (Reminder: Extra Crunch is our subscription membership program, which aims to democratize information about startups. You can sign up here.) Image Credits: Tom Cooper / Getty Images

Everything else Spirit Airlines starts testing biometric check-ins — It’s starting at Chicago's O'Hare airport. NSA call records collection ruled illegal by US appeals court — The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found that the NSA's "bulk collection" of call records violated the law, but the judges fell short of ruling the program unconstitutional. Disrupt 2020 Labor Day flash sale — Starting today, you can save $100 off the price of a Disrupt Digital Pro Pass.

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Daily Crunch - India bans PUBG and other Chinese apps

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Wednesday, September 02, 2020 • By Anthony Ha

India continues to crack down on Chinese apps, Microsoft launches a deepfake detector and Google offers a personalized news podcast. This is your Daily Crunch for September 2, 2020.

The big story: India bans PUBG and other Chinese apps The Indian government continues its purge of apps created by or linked to Chinese companies. It already banned 59 Chinese apps back in June, including TikTok. India’s IT Ministry justified the decision as “a targeted move to ensure safety, security, and sovereignty of Indian cyberspace.” The apps banned today include search engine Baidu, business collaboration suite WeChat Work, cloud storage service Tencent Weiyun and the game Rise of Kingdoms. But PUBG is the most popular, with more than 40 million monthly active users. Read more Image Credits: Nasir Kachroo/NurPhoto / Getty Images (Image has been modified)

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The tech giants Microsoft launches a deepfake detector tool ahead of US election — The Video Authenticator tool will provide a confidence score that a given piece of media has been artificially manipulated. Google's personalized audio news feature, Your News Update, comes to Google Podcasts — That means you’ll be able to get a personalized podcast of the latest headlines. Twitch launches Watch Parties to all creators worldwide — Twitch is doubling down on becoming more than just a place for live-streamed gaming videos. Image Credits: Getty Images

Startups, funding and venture capital Indonesian insurtech startup PasarPolis gets $54 million Series B from investors including LeapFrog and SBI — The startup's goal is to reach people who have never purchased insurance before with products like inexpensive "micro-policies" that cover broken device screens. XRobotics is keeping the dream of pizza robots alive — XRobotics' offering resembles an industrial 3D printer, in terms of size and form factor. India's online learning platform Unacademy raises $150 million at $1.45 billion valuation — India has a new startup unicorn. Image Credits: XRobotics / XRobotics

Advice and analysis from Extra Crunch The IPO parade continues as Wish files, Bumble targets an eventual debut — Alex Wilhelm looks at the latest IPO news, including Bumble planning to go public at a $6 to $8 billion valuation. 3 ways COVID-19 has affected the property investment market — COVID-19 has stirred up the long-settled dust on real estate investing. Deep Science: Dog detectors, Mars mappers and AI-scrambling sweaters — Devin Coldewey kicks off a new feature in which he gets you all caught up on the most recent research papers and scientific discoveries. (Reminder: Extra Crunch is our subscription membership program, which aims to democratize information about startups. You can sign up here.) Image Credits: Nigel Sussman

Everything else 'The Mandalorian' launches its second season on Oct. 30 — The show finished shooting its second season right before the pandemic shut down production everywhere. GM, Ford wrap up ventilator production and shift back to auto business — Both automakers said they’d completed their contracts with the Department of Health and Human Services. Image Credits: Disney

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Daily Crunch - Apple launches 'Exposure Notification Express' for COVID-19

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Tuesday, September 01, 2020 • By Anthony Ha

Apple and Google are adding support for app-less exposure notifications, Facebook says it might block news sharing in Australia and Samsung has a new foldable phone. This is your Daily Crunch for September 1, 2020.

The big story: Apple launches 'Exposure Notification Express' for COVID-19 Apple and Google are introducing new tools that should make it easier for public health authorities (PHAs) to implement notifications for people who may have been exposed to COVID-19. We’ve written before about the two companies’ efforts to create technology that supports contact-tracing efforts, but with the latest update (available today in iOS 13.7 and coming later this month in Android), users no longer need to download an app. Instead, the local PHA can send a notification about exposure notification and what it does, then the user can choose whether or not to opt-in. Apple and Google said that 20 countries have already built apps based on their API, along with six U.S. states. Read more Image Credits: Apple / Google

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The tech giants Facebook threatens to block news sharing in Australia as it lobbies against revenue share law — The threat is Facebook's attempt to lobby against a government plan that will require it and Google to share revenue with regional news media. Samsung's new Galaxy Fold arrives September 18 for $2,000 — Brian Heater runs down Samsung’s latest foldable phone. Netflix is making a series based on 'The Three-Body Problem' — The show will be executive produced and written by “Game of Thrones” showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin / TechCrunch

Startups, funding and venture capital Bambuser raises $45 million after shifting focus to live video shopping — Bambuser’s history goes back more than a decade, but it moved into live video shopping last year. Sarcos raises $40 million to bring its Guardian XO exoskeleton to market — Sarcos’ technology is designed to augment an existing human workforce. InfoSum raises $15.1 million for its privacy-first, federated approach to big data analytics — The startup has built a way for organizations to share their data with each other in a more secure and decentralized way. Image Credits: Bambuser

Advice and analysis from Extra Crunch Jeff Lawson on API startups, picking a market and getting dissed by VCs — The Twilio CEO told us, “The world is getting broken down into APIs.” Your first sales hire should be a missionary, not a mercenary — Next47’s Micah Smurthwaite discusses the importance of your first sales hire. Zoom's Q2 report details some of the most extraordinary growth I've ever seen — The “I” in question is Alex Wilhelm, who delivers his daily dive into startups and markets. (Reminder: Extra Crunch is our subscription membership program, which aims to democratize information about startups. You can sign up here.) Image Credits: Steve Jennings

Everything else Movies Anywhere officially launches its digital movie-lending feature, 'Screen Pass' — Screen Pass allows you to lend out one of your purchased movies to a friend or family member. Oral-B's iO smart toothbrush is a big upgrade in just about every way — It’s easy to make fun of the idea of a smart toothbrush, but Darrell Etherington makes it sound like this one is actually good. Watch these 6 startups compete in Pitchers & Pitches tomorrow — It’s a rapid-fire pitch competition with a hefty side of advice.

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