Morning Summary

Is it Thursday (still, we think)! Hope yours has gone well. 🙂 Top News  The vaping illness outbreak just surpassed 1,000 cases and 18 deaths, with no sign of slowing, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of the 578 cases where doctors know what patients were using, roughly 78 percent of the patients said they vaped THC, the active […]

Wednesday! (Oops, it’s actually now Thursday, technically.) It’s been a great, if very long, day. Among other highlights, getting to see actor Will Smith up close was embarrassingly fun for us. (He really turned on the charm at TechCrunch Disrupt today.)  Top News  The Dow dropped more than 800 points in two days — here’s what’s going on, according to CNBC.  Uber has […]

Hi, all, hope you’ve had a terrific Tuesday.  Quick mention: we want to manage your expectations waaay down as we’ll be running around TechCrunch’s Disrupt event for the rest of this week and tied up with related evening events. We should have some interesting coverage for you coming out of the whole thing and also lots of typos and missing sections, […]

Monday! Hope you had a stellar weekend.:) Top News  WeWork’s parent organization The We Company officially withdrew the S-1 filing for its IPO today in the least surprising development to come out of the company in weeks.  Venture capitalists and executives from hundreds of private companies will reportedly meet tomorrow in Silicon Valley to discuss whether traditional IPOs still work after a […]

Friday! We’ve been a little distracted by this, happening next week, where we’re very excited to be sitting down with GV CEO David Krane (in his first public interview since becoming top boss in 2016), as well as with top VCs Ann Miura-Ko and Theresia Gouw (so much to talk about) and with cannabis operators Keith McCarty and Bharat […]

Thursday! Ba-dum-bum. Top News  Shares of Peloton moved in the wrong direction today after the connected-fitness company held its IPO amid growing skepticism around buzzy tech names. Peloton opened at $27, $2 below its IPO price of $29, and eventually closed at $25.76, 11.2 percent lower than the IPO price. CNBC has more here.  The performance was sufficiently concerning, says the […]

Wednesday! Top News  The connected fitness company Peloton priced its IPO tonight at $29 per share. The seven-year-old outfit, which is headquartered in New York, is offering 40 million shares of Class A common stock to the public and looking to raise $1.16 billion at a valuation of more than $8 billion. TechCrunch has more here.  According to the […]

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Monday! Hello! Top News . . .  According to Reuters’ sources, WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann has started talks with board directors and investors to discuss his future role at the U.S. office-sharing start-up, including the possibility of giving up his title as chief executive but becoming board chairman, as well as remaining as CEO with an independent […]

Friday! [Opens front door; falls, exhausted, into hot dog sofa.]  Wishing you a terrific weekend, everyone. See you in a couple of days.:) Top News Facebook announced today that it has suspended tens of thousands of apps for improperly hoarding users’ personal information, which is way up from the 400 apps flagged a year ago by […]