For a lot of folks, the price of the current crop of consoles and accompanying games has been enough to put off potential purchases, but Best Buy has a deal that might just convince you to pull the trigger on one today. For a limited time, you can snag the Xbox Series S there with
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Google’s Pixel Buds Pro may be getting a lot of attention — and deservedly so — but if you don’t mind not having noise cancellation or multipoint support, the lower-tier Pixel Buds A-Series are a great deal at $69. The Pixel Buds A-Series are on sale for that nice price at Amazon, Best Buy, and
The Pixel Watch remains the big looming question mark over the horizon for Google’s wearable ambitions, but for now, the Fitbit lines are carrying on like nothing much has changed. At a launch event this morning, the Alphabet-owned firm unveiled a trio of wearables, including two new smartwatches. The topline products are the Versa 4
Chinese smartphone titan Oppo will keep Germany as its main operational hub for its European business despite recently withdrawing sales from the country, Billy Zhang, the firm’s vice president of overseas sales and services, told media on Monday. Oppo halted sales in Germany this month after losing a patent lawsuit to the Finnish telecoms giant
When March 2020 rolled around, Jonathan Goldberg figured his new startup, Carbon Direct, was in for a long slog. The COVID pandemic was beginning to upend the world, and it suddenly didn’t seem like a great time to launch a business. “I thought we would have no clients,” he said. He needn’t have worried. Microsoft,
Facebook is broken, and in a most unusual way. As of around 11:30 p.m. PT Tuesday, Facebook users began complaining of a strange bug: Their feeds consist only of random people posting on celebrities’ walls. Scrolling down my own feed, all I can see is posts, sent from people I’ve never met, to the official
Servify, a startup that manages lifecycle of devices for several popular smartphone vendors including Apple and Samsung in many markets, has raised $65 million as it eyes becoming a public company in two years. Singularity Growth Opportunity Fund led the Mumbai-headquartered startup’s Series D funding. AmTrust and family offices including Pidilite and existing investors Iron
AI copywriters are getting a lot of attention from investors. A couple that have recently raised funding include Copy.ai and Copysmith. Now Scalenut is entering the arena with a $3.1 million funding round led by Saama Capital and Amit Singhal, formerly a senior vice president at Google and head of Google Search. Launched earlier this
Acer is adding a Chromebook to its Vero lineup, which it says is meant to offer laptop buyers an “eco-conscious” option. Like the (rather disappointing) Windows laptop that came before it, the Chromebook Vero 514 is made using recycled plastics, has a chassis that’s 99 percent recyclable, and comes in packaging that’s 90 percent recycled
The Federal Trade Commission has removed Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg as a defendant in an antitrust lawsuit that aims to block the company’s acquisition of virtual reality startup Within Unlimited. The agency said in a filing in a Northern California federal court that it had agreed to remove Zuckerberg as a defendant after the Facebook
Dune: Awakening, which will have players attempting to survive the desert wasteland of Arrakis, made its debut at GamesCom Opening Night Live on Tuesday. Developed by Funcom, Dune: Awakening is a survival, open-world massively multiplayer game with players hunting for spice, building shelters against sandstorms and trying to avoid being turned into sandworm food. Players will
Gotham Knights from WB Games Montréal focuses on a Gotham City without Batman to protect it. The heroes of the game — Nightwing, Batgirl, Robin and Red Hood — have already been revealed, and on Tuesday during Gamescom Opening Night Live, it was time to look at the villains trying to take over Gotham. Harley
What’s happening Sony is releasing an “ultra customizable” DualSense Edge controller for the PS5. Why it matters The high-end controller expands Sony’s line of gaming gear for the PS5 as it competes with Xbox and PC gaming. What’s next We’re still waiting on details on how much the controller will cost and when it’ll be
Unknown WorldsSanderson’s no stranger to epic fantasy worlds or video games. A dedicated worldbuilder who devotes considerable amounts of attention to gritty in-world details such as intricate magic systems with their own internal logic and rules, he’s not only written wildly popular titles like the Mistborn series, but he had the distinct honor of finishing
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. Goood [time of day] dear [name]. You know what we’re psyched about? The agenda for TC Disrupt just dropped, and it’s going to be an absolute corker of an event. Aaaah. Check
Hogwarts Legacy, the upcoming open-world video game set in the Harry Potter universe, has released another trailer — this time looking at the dark side of the game. Shown off during Gamescom opening night on Tuesday, the video reveals an optional companion quest line where you can work with a Slytherin student learning dark magic
Ron GilbertReturn to Monkey Island Kotaku’s John Walker mused that Return could be the “first properly good entry in the [Escape From Monkey Island] series since 1997,” and it’s out very soon, on September 19. Advertisement GearboxNew Tales from the Borderlands Silly and fun. Out on October 21. Blackbird InteractiveHomeworld 3 Everyone has been shivering
You have your work in front of you, a cup of coffee on your desk, some gentle tunes without words playing on the stereo and you’re ready to do some work. Your phone buzzes, and 90 minutes later you look up filled with self-loathing and regret. Your coffee is cold, the cursor on your Word
You may be switching jobs, or maybe you’ve decided to stop using a specific email account, or maybe you just want a copy of all your emails just in case. Whatever your reasons, it’s not a bad idea to back up and export your Gmail and other Google accounts using Google’s Takeout feature. In fact,
We all knew this day was coming. With the film world hungry for failed tech fodder on the heels of titles like The Drop Out and WeCrashed, some producer was bound to hit upon BlackBerry on the way to the inevitable 20-part Juicero miniseries. The beloved and beleaguered smartphone firm formerly known as Research in
Toyota has joined the growing list of automakers that have recognized the state of California’s authority to set vehicle emissions standards under the U.S. Clean Air Act. The move will make the Japanese automaker eligible for government fleet purchases by California. “Toyota continues to share the vision of greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction and carbon neutrality
Apple this morning is rolling out iPadOS 16.1 beta to enrolled developer devices. It’s a break from the standard release cadence, which has tied together the tablet operating system with its smartphone counterpart, iOS, since its first release in 2019. In a comment to TechCrunch, the company notes, “This is an especially big year for
Jonathan Naymark Contributor Jonathan Naymark is the general manager of Codecademy for Business at Codecademy, an online learning platform that offers courses across web development, data science, cybersecurity and more. Launching a B2B product within a B2C company presents distinct challenges as you attempt to strike a balance between successfully establishing a new product and
Court documents show that Meta, the parent company of Facebook, have reached a $37.5 million settlement in a lawsuit accusing the company of violating the privacy of some users by tracking the movements of users through their smartphones without permission. This is not the first time Facebook has been accused of tracking users. This settlement
Destiny 2: Lightfall – Reveal TrailerBungie outlined some major features coming next year as well, including more detailed player histories, a commendation system, and best of all: dedicated loadouts. That’s right! At long last players will be able to fine-tune their gear and and fashion and then save it to slot they can swap to
Crunchyroll DubsEthan Gach: So how many DBZ t-shirts did you see at your viewing? Before we even got into the theater we walked by a 2003 Ford Focus with a Cell Saga windshield reflector and some guy in the lobby was making TikToks while wearing a Saiyan scouter. Advertisement Isaiah Colbert: My theater made it
How long does it take a fledgling hardware startup to deliver a major Android update to its first smartphone? In the case of Nothing, we’re looking at several months and a turn of the calendar into 2023. As noted by Android Authority, the company has confirmed that its impressive Phone 1 will receive Android 13
Indian crypto exchange WazirX’s co-founder Nischal Shetty is in advanced stages of talks to raise a maiden funding round for his new venture, sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. Shetty is raising $20 million to $30 million in a seed financing round for his blockchain startup Shardeum, sources said, requesting anonymity as the deliberations
The iPhone 13 is about to be eclipsed by a new line of iPhones, but it’s still one of the most powerful phones out there, and while it’s the most advanced model so far, it still breaks in the exact same way as its predecessors. Cracks, dents and scratches are the iPhone’s arch enemy, and a good-quality
More funding for sustainability reporting: Sweden’s Worldfavor, an early mover platform focused on building digital infrastructure to support supply chain transparency and cater to organizations’ ESG (environmental, social, governance) reporting needs, has bagged €10.2 million in Series A funding to step on the growth gas. The Series A was led by SEB Private Equity, which
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