Month: April 2021
Indiana Jones 5 gets Phoebe Waller-Bridge and John Williams Indiana Jones 5
Indiana Jones 5 has been threatening to move ahead for some time, and now Lucasfilm has announced the first new cast member to join Harrison Ford in the film: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the creator and star of Fleabag. In addition, composer John Williams will be returning for the movie when it…
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Building the right team for a billion-dollar startup
From building out Facebook’s first office in Austin to putting together most of Quora’s team, Bain Capital Ventures managing director Sarah Smith has done a bit of everything when it comes to hiring. At TechCrunch Early Stage, she spoke about how to ensure the critical early hires are the right…
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Joby Aviation’s JoeBen Bevirt and Reid Hoffman to talk about building a startup, the future of flight and SPACs
Joby Aviation founder JoeBen Bevirt has spent more than a decade developing an all-electric, vertical take-off and landing passenger aircraft — an effort that was largely shrouded in secrecy until January 2020 when the company announced a $590 million Series C round of funding that was led by Toyota Motor…
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Verizon recalls millions of Wi-Fi hotspots over fire risk Verizon
After an investigation found that the lithium-ion batteries in one of its mobile hotspots could overheat and possibly catch fire, Verizon is now working with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) on a recall of 2.5m devices. The device in question is the Ellipsis Jetpack mobile hotspot which the US…
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Reap all the benefits of exhibiting in Startup Alley at Disrupt 2021
If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it 1,000 times. Startup Alley is ground zero for entrepreneurial opportunity. It’s where hundreds of savvy, exhibiting startups increase their brand recognition, connect with investors, grow their network, expand their customer base and garner invaluable media coverage. TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 takes place on September…
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Some Pixel 5 users can’t stream Netflix in HD because of a DRM issue
Some Pixel 5 owners are apparently experiencing a bug with Google’s Widevine DRM platform that’s causing their phones to only play back Netflix videos in standard definition, instead of the usual HD and HDR10 quality that they should be. Google is aware of the issue and is working on a…
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