Bitbucket Server, Atlassian's self-hosted Git version control service, and Bitbucket Data Center are getting a small but potentially very useful feature in preview. The new early access version of Bitbucket now features the ability to search for code in your repositories. With this, you will be able to quickly find a code snippet (or maybe the source of a cryptic error message you… Read MoreSource: TechCrunch
Y Combinator-backed Gecko Robotics is hoping to save a few human lives at our nation's power plants with wall-climbing robots. Gecko's proprietary magnetic adhesion technology works much like the sticky foot of a gecko, allowing its robots to crawl up walls to inspect for damage along the way. A human would normally be the checker, but that presents an often dangerous situation.
We asked investors what their favorite startups were from the 60 that launched at Y Combinator's Winter 2016 Demo Day 1. After huddling with our writers and adding our input, here are TechCrunch's picks for the 7 most promising companies from the batch, plus an honorable mention. Additional reporting by Greg Kumparak and Megan Rose Dickey.
The topic of women in tech can take on different forms. It is about women's positions and promotions (or the lack thereof) in the tech industry, with initiatives meant to help women network, find opportunities or hold discriminating industry leaders accountable. It is also about developing technology that can help us make this world kinder to women, by offering solutions to problems…
When Apple introduced its new iPad Pro 9.7″, one of the small technical specifications touted has led to the most questions from readers: the new embedded Apple SIM. For context, Apple introduced its Apple SIM — a programmable version of a regular SIM card that allowed people to choose between dozens of carriers world wide in an on-device interface — with the iPad Air 2.…
Microsoft has unveiled an A.I.-powered chat bot called Tay.ai, which was built by the Microsoft Technology and Research and Bing teams, with the goal of conducting real-world research on conversational understanding, the company says. The bot, which is aimed at 18 to 24 year olds in the U.S., currently works over a variety of popular social applications, including Twitter, Kik, and…
AppDirect, a company that helps customers manage multiple cloud vendors, announced today it was buying former TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield participant Xendo for an undisclosed amount. Xendo, which actually launched at my first TechCrunch Disrupt in September, 2014 enables users to conduct federated searches across cloud services, a function that could prove quite useful for AppDirect. In…