Meta has a lot of questions to answer about the future of the metaverse. How can avatars become more convincing and helpful than cartoon-like costumes? Will anyone ever want to get all their work done in a VR headset? And how can all our everyday work apps interface with whatever Meta’s metaverse dreams are promising?
Month: October 2022
Several years ago, Fabrizio Del Maffeo and a core team from Imec, a Belgium-based nanotechnology lab, teamed up with Evangelos Eleftheriou and a group of researchers at IBM Zurich Lab to develop a computer chip. Unlike conventional chips, theirs was destined for devices at the edge, particularly those running AI workloads, because Del Maffeo and
Last week at TechCrunch’s annual Disrupt event, this editor sat down with VCs from two firms that have come to look similar in ways over the last five or so years. One of those VCs was Niko Bonatsos, a managing partner at General Catalyst (GC), a 22-year-old firm that began as an early-stage venture outfit
Looking for the perfect chiller to watch around Halloween? Hulu’s got you covered. Below is a list of great horror flicks on the streaming service that will fit right into your binge-watching queue. But before we get into that, let’s cover some worthy alternates. Hulu is home to M. Night Shyamalan’s The Sixth Sense (1999),
/ Google is planning to release the last version of Chrome that supports Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 early next year The final update for Chome on Windows 7 and 8.1 is scheduled to be released in early February.Illustration: The Verge Google will release the final version of Chrome for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1
/ Many of today’s smart home devices come covered with attractive but almost impossible-to-clean fabric. Here are some tips on keeping them reasonably clean. Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge At a staff meeting this afternoon here at The Verge, several people started complaining about the problem of keeping their fabric-covered tech clean. It
Most people looking for a cardio workout turn to a treadmill — and with good reason. Consistently working out on a treadmill can greatly improve your cardiovascular health, which is probably why they’re such a popular piece of at-home workout equipment. Over the past couple of years, home treadmills have had a bit of a renaissance.
On Friday, TechCrunch reported the latest Crunchbase venture capital data, and the news isn’t very good from a diversity point of view: Black founders raised a paltry $187 million out of the $150.9 billion in venture capital allocated in Q3 this year. To put that into perspective, that’s only 0.12% of the total investment made
As I said, eventually the game’s tone changes a touch. The private military company you’re working with early on is, surprise surprise, run by an asshole who has the support of a US military dude who’s trying to cover up his own illegal behaviors and your crew is double-crossed. That second half features both the
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope – Gameplay Presentation – Nintendo SwitchLine of sight matters For shooting, the way this works may be obvious. If you can’t see it, you can’t hit it. But it matters for things like dashes and abilities, too. If you don’t stand in the right place, it’s possible for your
Apple has released iOS 16.1, iPad OS 16.1 and macOS 13, as it announced it would last week. The updates include a number of new features for iPhone, iPad and Mac devices, including the introduction of Continuity Camera, which allows iPhone owners to use their device as a webcam for their Macs. The iPad and
Twisted Wonderland is a gacha rhythm game where players spend gems to roll for student characters based on Disney villains such as Maleficent, Jafar, and Ursula. These students aren’t actually the villains themselves, but they take inspiration from the villains’ visual designs, movie dialogue, and narrative themes. So you get a Kingdom Hearts-looking anime boy
The original Orba was a curious little baseball-sized device that invited people who couldn’t play a triangle if they tried to somehow create beats, bops and bass lines. The success of the original — and the adoption of it as a tool for more serious musicians — inspired the Artiphon team to release an updated
/ The best price on this smart speaker that now doubles as an Eero mesh Wi-Fi extender. Plus, more all-time low prices on the Google Pixel 6A and second-gen Apple Pencil. Spooky season is also savings season.Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Spooky season may soon be coming to a close, but deals season
Smart lock startup Level has a new version of its lock available, and this one includes Apple Home Key out of the box. Th new Level Lock+ is almost identical to its predecessor, the Level Lock Touch, in every other way — but the addition of Home Key takes what was already a super strong
Both 15-year fixed and 30-year fixed refinances saw their average rates rise. The average rates for 10-year fixed refinances also saw growth. Like mortgage rates, refinance rates fluctuate on a daily basis. With inflation at a 40-year high, the Federal Reserve has hiked the federal funds rate five times in 2022 to try to slow
It’s time to accept that cloud gaming is the future of gaming. At least for some people — and even though Stadia failed. But that group of people is becoming larger every year. For the past few weeks I have been playing video games on a brand new device — the Logitech G Cloud. But
Nokia fans in the United States don’t get many breaks. Few of the company’s phones make it to U.S. carriers and the models that land here tend to be basic handsets for making calls. The Nokia 3711 for T-Mobile is one such phone. Simple in form and function, the 3711 is built mainly for communication
Access to funding and lack of support systems are some of the greatest challenges faced by startup founders in sub-Saharan Africa. And while venture capital and founder support programs within the continent are growing, a lot still remains to be done to meet the financing, technology and social capital needs of the especially marginalized groups
House of the Dragon’s first season is done and dusted. Anticipation was high for HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel and, with around 30 million people watching each episode it’s proven to be a hit, even if no one really knew what to expect from House of the Dragon. We got some answers early in the
Watch this: Watch this giant robotic arm shield the sun 00:58 I love being outside, but direct sunlight can be kind of annoying. Fortunately, Los-Angeles-based robotics startup ShadeCraft has come up with a seriously cool solution — the Sunflower. The Sunflower is an autonomous patio umbrella/shade that has a ridiculous amount of tech packed into
With the holiday season just around the corner, you may be doing some traveling in the coming weeks and months. And whether you’re taking a bus home for Christmas, or catching a flight to get as far away from your family’s Thanksgiving as possible, having the right gear can make your trip much more comfortable.
Tech giants are increasingly looking for tech talent in Africa, where the number of developers reached 716,000 last year, up 3.8% from 2020, according to Google. In the last six months, Microsoft and Amazon have been on a recruitment drive that came along with enticing offers including relocation to their hubs in the U.S. and
Valuations have been top of mind for the entire venture industry this year as many VCs try to navigate their overvalued portfolios and founders scramble to conserve cash and grow into their lofty valuations. So one might have predicted that valuations would fall off a cliff this year. But that hasn’t happened because venture investing
Scientists in Northern California are putting finishing touches on the world’s largest digital camera. They recently took off the lens cap and invited CNET to take a rare look inside. Engineers at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have spent the last seven years building the Legacy Survey of Space and Time, or LSST, camera. The camera
Nowadays, seeing a show with the hype line “from the creators of Westworld” isn’t necessarily a call for excitement. The amount of homework required to follow Westworld in its convoluted latter seasons is plain silly. The good news: If you’re still doing that homework, you can drop it now. Your time for studying complicated sci-fi
Hey, friends! Welcome back to Week in Review, where every Saturday we recap a handful of the top TechCrunch stories from the past seven days. Want it in your inbox? Get it here! This week marked the in-person return of TechCrunch Disrupt, with our team taking the show back into the real world after two
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. As far as weeks go, this one was as disruptive as they come. TechCrunch Disrupt 2022 has officially come to a close after an iconic
Ben Simpson-Vernon, a veterinarian in England, went viral recently with two TikToks. The first listed the five dog breeds he’d never choose (sorry, pugs), and the second listed five dog breeds he would pick. (Yay for mutts!) So of course he had to eventually turn to our feline friends. Simpson-Vernon’s newest video explains the four cat breeds
In the midst of the pandemic, Pantheon Design, a maker of industrial 3D printers from Vancouver, BC, suddenly found itself getting orders from factories in the Midwest, the center of heavy industries. The reason? These manufacturers were having a hard time getting parts out of China as COVID-19 restrictions in the country squeezed global supply
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