Anthony Ha
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Welcome's new app will do your travel planning for you
Welcome is a new app that CEO Matthew Rosenberg said is designed for a more spontaneous approach to traveling. “What we’re going after is these millennials [and] Gen Z travelers who feel comfo
WarnerMedia is making a 'Dune' series for its streaming service
WarnerMedia has placed a straight-to-series order for “Dune: The Sisterhood,” a show based on Frank Herbert’s classic science fiction novels and tied to the big-screen “Dune
Daily Crunch: Salesforce is buying Tableau
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Original Content podcast: Netflix's 'Always Be My Maybe' is a surprisingly sweet romantic comedy
“Always Be My Maybe” — a new film starring and co-written by Ali Wong and Randall Park — continues Netflix’s streak of solid romantic comedies. That said, anyone expecting it to
Daily Crunch: Facebook's cryptocurrency is coming
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Original Content podcast: Director Grant Sputore explains how 'I Am Mother' draws from real-world robots
When I first watched the new Netflix Original film “I Am Mother,” I assumed that the robotic Mother (voiced by Rose Byrne) was a CG creation. How else could you create a robot that looked
Daily Crunch: Google is acquiring Looker
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Barack and Michelle Obama are developing podcasts for Spotify
Spotify just announced a partnership with Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company Higher Ground. Through this deal, Spotify says the Obamas will “develop, produce, and lend their vo
AdHawk raises $13M as it expands into the flooring industry
Why is an adtech startup going after the flooring industry? That was my big question when I got on the phone with AdHawk CEO Todd Saunders and COO Dan Pratt. The company announced earlier this week th
Daily Crunch: Peloton files to go public
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Daily Crunch: Everything Apple announced at WWDC
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Cookware startup Great Jones launches Potline, a text service for recipes and advice
Great Jones, a startup selling pots, pans and even an oven directly to consumers, is introducing a new way to get help in the kitchen. Potline is a free text message service where anyone can ask for r
Apple releases the first trailer for Ron Moore's space race drama 'For All Mankind'
We still don’t know exactly when Apple will launch its subscription streaming service TV+ (it’ll be sometime this fall), or how much it will cost, but CEO Tim Cook showed off a trailer fo
Daily Crunch: Twitter acquires Fabula AI
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Netflix is making an animated series based on Magic: The Gathering
Netflix announced this morning that it’s producing an animated series based on the popular card game Magic: the Gathering. Anthony and Joe Russo, the brothers who directed “Avengers: Infin
Substack expands its subscription platform with discussion threads
Substack is launching a new feature called “community” — namely, the ability for newsletter publishers to create discussion threads, which can either be open to anyone or limited to subs
Flexible housing startup Anyplace raises $2.5M
Anyplace, a startup offering furnished rooms and apartments to anyone who’s not interested in signing a long-term lease, is announcing that it has raised $2.5 million in seed funding. CEO Satoru
Twitter takes down 'a large number' of Chinese-language accounts ahead of Tiananmen Square anniversary
Twitter has suspended a large number of Chinese-language user accounts, including those belonging to critics of China’s government. It seems like a particularly ill-timed move, occurring just da
Original Content podcast: 'Tuca & Bertie' explores friendship and sex with anthropomorphic birds
There’s some obvious overlap between “Tuca & Bertie” and “BoJack Horseman” — they’re both talking animal cartoons on Netflix; they have a similar look, courte