Apple Arcade released its latest game, Air Twister, on Friday. The new gorgeous fantasy endless shooter from Japanese game creator Yu Suzuki joins the service’s catalog of more than 200 games. Players step into the shoes of Princess Arch, who must fight back against the strange invaders trying to destroy her planet. The game mixes
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Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Today Natasha and Alex were on the mics, kicking back and riffing through the biggest technology stories of the week. Our dear Mary Ann was off this week, but will be back in short order. What did we
Vibrant Planet — which is creating an “operating system for forest restoration” — comes as a pleasant surprise, and not one I expected. Climate tech, while relatively new, has settled into two camps: hardware and software. And while Vibrant Planet is definitely a software play — from its cloud focus to its per-seat licenses, it’s
The Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision guaranteeing a woman’s constitutional right to have an abortion, in a 6-3 vote. In the majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health issued Friday morning, Justice Samuel Alito wrote that “It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of
The Thor: Love and Thunder premiere took place Thursday evening, showing off the second Taika Waititi helmed Thor movie after Thor: Ragnarok blew everyone’s socks off. This one introduces Natalie Portman as Lady Thor alongside Christian Bale as Gorr the God Butcher. Russel Crowe makes an appearance starring as Zeus. Chris Hemsworth, of course, reprises
For those of us who’ve been a little bit wobbly on the mental health front over the past couple of years, there are a bunch of options starting to crop up. The on-demand chat-based therapy options are one, and at-home ketamine-assisted treatments are another. We’ve seen Mindbloom and Fieldtrip Health taking pole position, and recently,
Advertisement So, a mobile edition is coming out on July 19 for anyone with a Netflix subscription, and it’ll have all the Advanced Edition content included already. And on the same day the Advanced Edition will be released as an update for all the other platforms, making sure everyone gets to be playing the same
G/O Media may get a commission Save $1000 85″ Class QN800B Samsung Neo QLED 8K Smart TV (2022) Discover Samsung Summer Sales EventThe Smart TV utilizes a feature called Real Depth Enhancer which can increase the contrast of elements in the foreground the way the human eye processes depth, making the content you watch richer
Twitter has announced that a button to toggle captions for its video player is now available for everyone on iOS and Android. The button, which shows up in the top-right corner of the video if it has captions available, lets you choose whether you want to see written descriptions. Twitter started testing this feature in
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hey, folks! Me again. As I’m sure it had you on the edge of your seat, I’m pleased to report that the team wasn’t completely dissatisfied with my inaugural work (it’s here
Florida has a python problem. Invasive Burmese pythons love the climate and conditions in the state, and they’re impacting native wildlife, particularly in the delicate wetland ecosystem of the Everglades. Now there’s one less python to worry about there, thanks to the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, an environmental advocacy organization that’s been working to remove
Buick is in a weird spot. The fancier, sportier shadow of Cadillac looms large over this brand, so in order to deliver a product unique enough to earn its own badge, Buick chose to lean in hard on softness, especially with its higher-end Avenir trims. The recently redesigned 2022 Enclave best exemplifies how Buick is
Google has been working on new Android and Chromebook features that better bridge the gap between phones and laptops over the past year. Today, ChromeOS version 103 arrives with some features to improve how Chromebooks connect to Android phones. The Phone Hub feature of ChromeOS, announced last year, is getting a new recent photos addition.
Enhanced Safe Browsing, the Chrome feature that offers to share website URLs with Google to help it maintain a database of potentially dangerous sites, is coming to the browser’s iOS app, Google announced today as part of a collection of browser updates. The feature has previously been available on Android and desktop versions of Chrome,
The axe has fallen for e-cigarette maker Juul. The FDA ordered the company to stop selling and distributing its ubiquitous vaping devices in the U.S. Thursday, a dramatic end for a company that dominated the e-cigarette market and was valued at $38 billion at the top of its game. Juul will no longer be able
The space industry is evolving, as are the tools it uses; Epsilon3 is a startup trying to make launches, satellite design, rocket manufacturing, and other complex processes easier and more collaborative. The company has found its tools have uses beyond space, and growing traction across the board has led to a $15 million in new
When it comes to moving the transportation sector over to EVs, commercial fleets are probably some of the lowest hanging fruit. More often than not, they have consistent routes, reserved off-hour parking, and cost a lot less to drive and maintain. But for many commercial operators, EVs are still a wildcard. Gagan Dhillon and Andrew
Samsung Australia has been ordered by the Federal Court to pay a $14 million (about $9.7 million USD) fine for a misleading marketing campaign, as spotted by PhoneArena. The ads in question suggested that some of its water-resistant phones could be used in pools and at beaches, which Samsung’s own website advises against. The ads
For Allison Wolff, the 2018 wildfire season in California marked a turning point. During that record-breaking year, she started asking a lot of questions. “We were in the middle of the 2018 wildfire season, with the Carr Fire, and what I thought at the time was the worst season ever,” Wolff said. “I started asking
“What a strange-looking MacBook.” That was my first thought when I first saw the 13-inch MacBook Pro with the new M2 chip at Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino during WWDC 2022. There wasn’t anything particularly strange about it — it looked like the last several models of 13-inch Apple laptops, both Pro and Air. But in
Hello Games (YouTube) Here’s a quick breakdown of the major updates and content No Man’s Sky players on Switch can look forward to: Foundation (November 26, 2016): Base-building, farming, creative and survival modes, purchasable freighters Path Finder (March 8, 2017): Land-based exocraft vehicles, permadeath mode, ship and weapon specialization Atlas Rises (August 11, 2017): New
Xiaomi has announced the Poco F4 and Poco X4 GT, offering global versions of budget-oriented devices previously released in China. The €399 (about $418) Poco F4 is mostly a rebranding of the Redmi K40S, with a Snapdragon 870 processor, an OLED screen with fast refresh rate, stabilized main camera, and fast wired charging. The performance-focused
Einride, the Swedish startup that wants to electrify the autonomous freight industry, will begin operating its purpose-built, self-driving pods on public roads in the U.S. this year as part of an existing partnership with General Electric Appliances (GEA). Einride’s pods are built without a front cabin for a human safety operator, which the company says
Ever wonder what it would be like if evil Vecna and the Stranger Things kids decided to settle things with a dance battle? Thanks to actor Noah Schnapp’s TikTok account, we can see what Will Byers’ killer moves would be. In a video posted on May 29, two days after Stranger Things season 4 premiered, Schnapp
CraftyBoss (YouTube)Ten Marios! The original game is absolutely not designed in any way for there to be ten Marios. Even two Marios would be pushing it. But a mod like this isn’t the place for discussions of what should be, only what can be. And what can be done here is not just loads of
Florence Healthcare, which creates software that connects clinical trial sites, sponsors and contract research organizations, announced today that it has raised a $27 million Series C-1 led by Insight Partners. Insight Partners is known for its ScaleUp program that helps its portfolio companies grow rapidly. Florence Healthcare, which has now raised $114.1 million to date,
It’s got a new look and some new tech, but not much else has changed for the 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EV. However, combine these smaller quality-of-life tweaks with a more enticing price tag — starting around $5,500 cheaper than last year — and the little Bolt begins to look like a pretty big value. New
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Is it Wednesday already? The calendar tells me that it is. (Fun fact: My apartment’s so full of date-displaying smart displays that it’s a struggle not to trip over them.) Time sure
Slack is bring a handful of new features to its audio collaboration tool Huddles, including video and multiperson screen sharing. At its annual Slack Frontiers conference on Wednesday, the company said the new Huddles features aim to replicate the “energy and camaraderie” of working with colleagues in offices, while tackling the “new realities of work.” Slack
Cashify, a marketplace for gadgets trade-ins and buybacks in India, has raised $90 million in a new financing round as it looks to expand its business in the world’s second-largest smartphone market. Prosus Ventures and NewQuest Capital Partners led the seven-year-old Indian startup’s Series E funding, Cashify said on Thursday. Paramark Ventures and existing backers
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