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Andreessen Horowitz has a new crypto fund — and its first female general partner is running it with Chris Dixon Jun 28, 2018

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Andreessen Horowitz has a new crypto fund — and its first female general partner is running it with Chris Dixon Silicon Valley powerhouse Andreessen Horowitz has some big, and bigger, news today. First, it closed a dedicated crypto fund late last week from a subset of its limited partners, who’ve provided the firm with $300 million in capital commitments.

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Apple just released the first iOS 12 beta to everyone Jun 27, 2018

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This is your opportunity to get a glimpse of the future of iOS. Apple just released the very first public beta of iOS 12, the next major version of the operating system for iPhone and iPad. Unlike developer betas, everyone can download it without a $99 developer account. But don’t forget it’s a beta. The company still plans to release the final version of iOS 12.0 this fall (usually September). But Apple is going to release betas every few weeks over the summer.

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iOS 12 is all about making your phone work better Jun 27, 2018

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The pace of iOS innovation has been so intense that even Apple couldn’t keep up. In some ways, iOS 11’s main feature was that it was packed with bugs, with autocorrect bugs, messages arriving out of order and the Calculator app not calculating properly. iOS 12 is a nice change of pace. “For iOS 12, we’re doubling down on performance,” Apple’s SVP of Software Engineering Craig Federighi said at WWDC.

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Oh, the things I would do to get this cardboard-style Nintendo Switch Jun 26, 2018

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Oh, the things I would do to get this cardboard-style Nintendo Switch Nintendo is building on its strange but wonderful cardboard Labo platform with some sweet Mario Kart integration and a truly fabulous limited edition Switch with a faux-cardboard finish. It really is just the greatest thing and I would do terrible things to have it. Unfortunately some smart kid will probably get it, because you have to win it by designing something cool with Labo. So, first the Mario Kart stuff.

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Fortnite Battle Royale is getting a Playground mode, and other Week 9 rumors… Jun 26, 2018

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Whether it’s through changes in the map itself or the introduction of new weapons like the Stink Bomb and the Thermal-Scoped AR, Fortnite Battle Royale continues to evolve with each passing week. So it’s no surprise that more changes are afoot for the world’s biggest video game. First and foremost, a new Playground mode will be coming to Fortnite Battle Royale.

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Bag Week 2018: Mission Workshop’s Radian rolltop starts simple but grows piece by piece Jun 22, 2018

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Welcome to Bag Week 2018. Every year your faithful friends at TechCrunch spend an entire week looking at bags. Why? Because bags — often ignored but full of our important electronics — are the outward representations of our techie styles, and we put far too little thought into where we keep our most prized possessions. I’ve always been wary of modular, rail-based bag systems. They’ve always struck me as rather military and imposing, which I suppose is kind of the point.

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A Tesla telenovela Jun 22, 2018

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Tesla’s lawsuit against a former employee was filed just 24 hours ago and it’s already ripe fodder for Hollywood. As CEO Elon Musk has noted in the past, Tesla is a real drama magnet. Get ready, it’s exhausting.

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Official near-earth object plan will look into nuking asteroids and other ‘planetary defense missions’ Jun 21, 2018

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Space is a big place, and mostly empty — but there’s no shortage of objects which, should they float our direction, could end life as we know it. A new national plan for detecting and handling such objects was proposed today, and it includes the possibility of nuclear strikes on the incoming asteroids and other “planetary defense missions.

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AMC’s MoviePass competitor arrives June 26 Jun 21, 2018

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It was just a matter of time before AMC went head to head withMoviePass. After all, the two companies have been at odds for some time. Back in January, MoviePass dropped out of 10 of the theater chain’s highest traffic theaters in what was seen as a negotiating tactic. But AMC had no interest in playing ball.

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You aren’t alone; U.S. adults broadly think around 40 percent of the news is misinformation Jun 20, 2018

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You aren’t alone; U.S. adults broadly think around 40 percent of the news is misinformation A new survey underscores what you already know. People don’t trust traditional media as they once did. They trust social media even less. And certain groups in particular, including Republicans and people with a high school education or less, are the most suspicious that what they read isn’t accurate.

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