With a SpaceX rocket launch set for late Monday, a Spanish company called Sateliot expects to take its first step toward giving you text messaging abilities in remote parts of the world where conventional mobile networks fail. The 50-employee Barcelona-based startup is one of a growing number of attempts to use satellites about 310 miles
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/ Sega is reportedly nearing a deal to acquire the company behind Angry Birds, Rovio Entertainment, for a cool $1 billion. Image: Rovio Sega is reportedly close to buying Rovio Entertainment — the company that owns the Angry Birds mobile game franchise — for a whopping $1 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal. Sega
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. Happy Friday, our crunchiest of friends! Over the last few days, we’ve been telling you about all the cool stuff that’s happening at Disrupt. Well, guess what — we’re getting a hardware
In the wake of a massive hype wave following the latest The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom trailer, Nintendo has seemingly ratched up the number of rogue copyright claims it puts out against content creators on Youtube, and at least one of them is hitting back. In his latest video, Eric “PointCrow” Morino
Diablo IV is still a couple of months away, but Blizzard is already stomping down some of the game’s most popular classes ahead of its June 6 release date. The studio posted a new blog on its website reflecting on the game’s recent beta, and shared what’s basically a full set of patch notes it
The wait is nearly over. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom finally hits the Switch on May 14, 2023. Three epic trailers plus a look at some gameplay have only made us even more excited to finally dive into the next chapter in Nintendo’s adventure series. This time around, Link has a number
Bungie is cracking down on Destiny 2 players using third-party peripherals to cheat in the game’s competitive and cooperative modes. This Action Game Asks What If Ninja Gaiden Let Its Hair Down Off English The studio is following Call of Duty: Warzone’s example, which implemented a similar ban at the beginning of April, and is
Dumpster divers find all kinds of things in the trash. From a full pallet of cold brew coffee to hundreds of metal tins for Yu-Gi-Oh cards, there’s no shortage of cool stuff buried in the heaps of garbage you’ll likely find in the bin. But while some of it may be useless, redditor Rydirp7 took
The ongoing saga surrounding the upcoming RPG Dark and Darker continues, as developer Ironmace has turned to torrents for playtesting after being delisted from Steam. The Top Ten Most Played Games On Steam Deck: March 2023 Edition Off English It all started back in March, when police raided the Korean developer’s office due to accusations
The new generation of Pokémon TCG cards, Scarlet & Violet’s base set, has been out for two weeks, giving everyone a chance to get to grips with the new “ex” meta, and allowing time for the resale markets to calm themselves down. With the live game making its official rotation to the new era today
A robotic taxi drove me home a few nights ago, and it was just fine. As it carried me through Golden Gate Park at a steady 23 miles per hour (slowing down to 6 mph for every speed bump), I felt like a packet of information being delivered across a network. Since our last robotics
The average rates for 10-year fixed, 15-year fixed and 30-year fixed refinances all rose this week. Amid its ongoing battle to fight inflation, the Federal Reserve announced a 0.25% hike to its target federal funds rate on March 22. Refinance rates, like mortgage rates, fluctuate on a daily basis and could see further movement in
The first episode of the new Pokémon anime aired in Japan today, and fans got their first look at a never-before-seen Pokémon. While it’s not the first time that the anime debuted a Pokémon before the games do, it’s a pleasant surprise when these rare occurrences do happen. We don’t yet have a name for
Creative platform EVEN, which allows artists to sell music directly to fans, said it has closed a $2.2 million seed round led by CSA Partners. The platform positions itself as the first stop before artists release music on streaming platforms. Fans, in return, receive access to exclusive content and experiences. The company’s CEO and founder,
/ The wired Nest Doorbell is our top pick, and it’s on its best deal right now. Plus, discounts on speedy PlayStation 5-compatible Adata SSDs, Nanoleaf Elements smart light panels, and more. The wired Nest Doorbell from Google has a simple and sleek look and is available in four colors.Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy /
Opportunities abound as new rules push EVs to the forefront Tim De Chant 7 hours If there was any question as to whether the Biden administration is serious about the electrification of the U.S. economy, this week’s announcement of new automotive emissions regulations should put that to rest — along with any doubts investors have
European accelerators are going through an interesting time right now. For instance, TechStars Stockholm was all set to launch and then abruptly shut down. And I think it’s now commonly accepted that most accelerators outside of YCombinator can too be often ‘less than adequate’, to put it diplomatically. Perhaps an exception to this oft-repeated phrase,
I am an old man. 41 years old to be precise. But I’m trying to preserve a youthful vibe, to stay connected to the new, fighting hard against the dying of the light – the brain death of interacting solely with the cultural pillars of your mispent youth. Instead, I’ve become an embarrassment in the
I am an old man. 41 years old to be precise. But I’m trying to preserve a youthful vibe, to stay connected to the new, fighting hard against the dying of the light – the brain death of interacting solely with the cultural pillars of your mispent youth. Instead, I’ve become an embarrassment in the
Terra Nil, a game I recently reviewed for the site, is one of the most pleasurable desktop experiences I’ve had in a long time, both because of its tricky blend of puzzles and city-building but also because it’s a rare game that tackles climate change (or, in this case, restoration) with a sense of genuine
The National Recording Registry, part of the Library of Congress, is a collection of songs and scores that “are culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States”. This is the stuff, selected by experts and historians, that will be stored and preserved so that future generations can listen to
On TikTok, on Instagram — everywhere really – there is a new type of Guy. There’s always a new genre of Guy. Historically, but especially in the past five years, men have begun to coagulate — merge, if you will — around singular, unified identities that bond them in spaces both real and virtual. We have
This is a story about Duolingo. That’s obvious. That’s in the headline. But it’s really a story about doing the wrong things for the wrong reasons. It’s a story about how gamification can rapidly transform one thing into another, completely different thing. A story about how I am a complete idiot who has no idea
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/ Google Chat’s getting a Material Design 3 overhaul, complete with rounded buttons and blue accents. Illustration: The Verge Google Chat is getting a new look that matches the redesigned interfaces of Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Gmail. Like the makeovers it rolled out to its other Workspace apps, this one is also based
In a sign that the seed-stage AI segment is still alive and kicking, Betaworks, the startup studio and VC firm, is launching a new program that’ll award around ten companies working on AI $500,000 in funding. Scheduled to run from mid-June until mid-September, Betaworks’ program — the ninth of its kind — will provide startups
When the financial markets go all wobbly, conservative investors turn to scarce resources that are unlikely to plummet in value, including things like silver, gold, palladium and platinum. Diamond Standard wants to add diamonds to that list and has created a blockchain-based system to create tokens that gives investors access to diamonds, much like how
$98 at Amazon Wyze Home Monitoring Best value on a DIY security system In this article: Home security systems tend to be a good investment for most people, but that doesn’t mean you need to invest in a professional monitoring service with all of its expenses and contracts. If you’d prefer a do-it-yourself option, there are
Ubisoft Plus, the publisher’s game subscription service, is making its way to Xbox. Gamers can subscribe to Ubisoft Plus Multi Access for $18 a month and play a selection of the publisher’s games on their Xbox Series X|S or Xbox One console. This includes popular titles such as Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Tom Clancy’s The Division
But first it’ll have to prove its business model Tim De Chant 9 hours We’ve spent the last century and a half pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, and it’s clear that we’ll have to spend the coming decades removing a significant fraction of that. But then what do we do with it all? Some
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