Japan’s Softbank will plough artificial intelligence (AI) and internet-of-things (IoT) technologies into a burgeoning smart city project in Indonesia, after striking a deal with Jakarta-based conglomerate Lippo Group. The deal, with the Indonesian firm’s real-estate division PT Lippo Karawaci (LPKR), focuses on Lippo Village in Tangerang, a new town west of Jakarta. It envisions a…
Since its founding two decades ago, Salesforce has pioneered the Pledge 1% model of giving back one percent of equity, product, profit, and employee time to charity. As EVP, Marketing and Chief Philanthropy Officer for Salesforce, Ebony Beckwith is in charge of identifying those service opportunities for more than 40,000 employees while also managing the Salesforce Foundation, which administers…
Facebook today announced a new tool that would allow users to transfer their photos and videos from Facebook to other storage services, starting with Google Photos. This tool would be similar to the one we already have that allows us to download our Facebook information. While I’m sure many users already have their photos backed…
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new unpatched vulnerability in the Android operating system that dozens of malicious mobile apps are already exploiting in the wild to steal users’ banking and other login credentials and spy on their activities. Dubbed Strandhogg, the vulnerability resides in the multitasking feature of Android that can be exploited by a…
The IoT (Internet of Things) offers all the potential of an automated, end-to-end cycle of action/reaction—and, suffice it to say, there is a lot of potential. Thanks to connected devices and systems and the data these devices and systems collect and analyze, the IoT can define consumer and industrial activity in a way that turns…
The idea of being stuck inside a store with a horde of bloodthirsty deal hunters battling for the best Cyber Monday sales sounds atrocious. However, the idea of casually shopping the best deals online sounds delightful, especially if you’re shopping for discounts on outdoor gear. Hiking, camping, skiing, snowboarding, and climbing essentials can be costly,…
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Samsung has answered the prayers of many users with the Theme Park app. Available as a module for the Good Lock app suite, Theme Park can create a theme, based on your wallpaper. It automatically detects the main colors of your wallpaper and generates a theme. You can choose a different color palette for different…
For about a year now, continuous integration and delivery service CircleCI has offered Orbs, a way to easily reuse commands and integrations with third-party services. Unsurprisingly, some of the most popular Orbs focus on AWS, as that’s where most of the company’s developers are either testing their code or deploying it. Today, right in time…
The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Facebook launches a photo portability tool, starting in Ireland Facebook says it will make it easier for users to get their…
