Postmates Lands First-Ever Permit To Test Sidewalk Delivery Robots In San Francisco

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Postmates lands first-ever permit to test sidewalk delivery robots in San Francisco: Kate Clark


On-demand delivery business Postmates says it’s been granted the first-ever permit for side-walk robotics operations in the city of San Francisco. According to San Francisco Public Works, the permits are active for 180 days and authorize the testing of up to …

Warren makes $85B federally-funded broadband promise: Devin Coldewey


As part of her bid for the presidency, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has made some bold proposals to improve access to broadband in underserved areas, and has made it clear that restoring net neutrality is also among her priorities. She proposes $85 billion…

Instagram ad partner secretly sucked up and tracked millions of users' locations and stories: Devin Coldewey


Hyp3r, an apparently trusted marketing partner of Facebook and Instagram, has been secretly collecting and storing location and other data on millions of users, against the policies of the social networks. It's hard to see how it could do this for years witho…

Salesforce is acquiring ClickSoftware for $1.35B: Ron Miller


Another day, another Salesforce acquisition. Just days after closing the hefty $15.7 billion Tableau deal, the company opened its wallet again, this time announcing it has bought field service software company ClickSoftware for a tidy $1.35 billion. This one …

Learn how enterprise startups win big deals at TechCrunch's Enterprise show on Sept. 5: Frederic Lardinois


Big companies today may want to look and feel like startups, but when it comes to the way they approach buying new enterprise solutions, especially from new entrants. But from the standpoint of a true startup, closing deals with just a few big customers is cr…

The Galaxy Book S is Samsung’s Windows-powered answer to the MacBook Air: Brian Heater


We were hoping for at least one surprise during today’s big event. At the end of Unpacked, Samsung debuted the Galaxy Book S, a thin and light system created in tandem with Microsoft and Qualcomm. The laptop runs Windows 10 on a Qualcomm mobile chip. Among ot…

The Note's most impressive new feature is only available on the 10+: Brian Heater


The new Note’s 3D scanning feature got what may well have been the loudest applause line of today’s big Samsung event. It’s an impressive feature for sure, but it’s the kind with little real world value at the moment — and it’s only available on the pricier N…

Lyft stock surges as company reports huge revenues and huge losses: Lucas Matney


In its second quarterly earnings release as a public company, Lyft showed it still isn’t afraid to lose money as long as that means surging revenues. The company’s stock price jumped nearly 11 percent after-hours (following a 2.7% bump in its share price befo…

Your security team is probably an infuriating obstacle - but it doesn't have to be this way: Jon Evans


Security is empty, meaningless theater — or, at least, that’s the lesson taught to most employees of most large companies. Security is your password expiring every few months, your inability to access crucial services if you’re new or a contractor, a salty me…

Samsung’s Galaxy Note gets even larger (and smaller): Brian Heater


The first Note was a spectacle. It wasn’t just the reintroduction of the stylus. In 2011, the idea of a 5.3 inch phone was laughable. Around the same time, Steve Jobs famously mocked a push toward 4-inch-plus phones, telling a press conference, “no one’s goin…


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