/ The company is finally bringing AI to the places that matter By Casey Newton, a contributing editor who has been writing about tech for over 10 years. He founded Platformer, a newsletter about Big Tech and democracy. Share this story Google CEO Sundar Pichai on stage at I/O 2023.Photo by Allison Johnson / The
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Sizes 43-, 50-, 55-, 65-, 75-, 85-inchTV Technology LEDSmart TV Yes (Roku TV)Resolution 4KHDMI Ports 3 Roku is our favorite platform for a live TV streaming service like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime Video, and it’s even better baked into the TV. This TCL 4-Series can’t beat the more expensive models on image quality —
Even though some people require more interactions than others, we are social beings. If we’re removed from a sense of community or we lack a feeling of belonging, it can cause myriad health effects, and it’s also a threat to public health, as outlined in an advisory from the Office of the US Surgeon General. Advisories
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 Thursday, Crunchers! It’s an exciting time to be a tech reporter, with a ton of fun stories coming down the pipe. So let’s get to it! Hasta mañana, Christine and Haje
/ If only the dock were a Nest speaker instead of just a charging stand with some speakers in it. Everyone knows the Pixel Tablet’s dock is just a dock. What this article presupposes is: what if it weren’t? I’m not surprised; I’m just disappointed. As expected, Google launched the Pixel Tablet at its Google
It’s certainly been a minute but we’re bringing some of the TechCrunch crew across the pond during London Tech Week to meet up with UK-based investors and rising early stage founders. We’ll be hosting an intimate invitation-only cocktail hour on Tuesday, June 13so if you’ll be around, apply now for a chance to join us!
I…don’t even know what to say here. Why? What’s going on? How long did it take to build? Can this thing kill a Bokoblin or, better yet, Rehydrated Ganon? Is it excited to see Link? An endless array of questions come to mind, none of which matter as my eyes are affixed on the flamethrowing
You only ever get quick, unexpected looks at it, brushed in-between armadillo roadkill’s rough skin like lotion, pooling in a cannibal’s palm after he cuts himself, or forming a wet bead at the tip of protagonist Sally’s finger, right before desiccated Grandpa sucks it clean. Its infrequent appearance makes it more significant, especially as it
May 11, 2023 Gaming Speaker 1: It’s a great time to be a handheld gamer, especially if you wanna play portable PC games on the go. Right now, you’ve got not one, but two relatively good, relatively inexpensive options for doing full PC gaming in a handheld device. The latest one is the Asus Ally,
The kooky geniuses at Teenage Engineering are back with a new gadget that is guaranteed to make you salivate until its price tag smacks you back to reality. The maker of drool-worthy synthesizers just announced the TP-7, a teeny portable recorder that features a “motorized tape reel,” which spins as it captures audio and also
I’m back in the South Bay this week, banging away at an introduction in the hotel lobby a few minutes before our crew heads to Shoreline for Google I/O. There’s a guy behind in a business suit and sockless loafers, taking a loud business meeting on his AirPods. It’s good to be home. I’ve got
Dutch e-bike maker VanMoof is refreshing its entry level lineup with a pair of new bikes available in some very springy colors. The X4 and S4, out this month, retain the frame and philosophy of VanMoof’s previous X3 and S3 e-bikes while trimming some of the complexities that made those models notably high-tech but less
Millions of people use sign language, but methods of teaching this complex and subtle skill haven’t evolved as quickly those for written and spoken languages. SLAIT School aims to change that with an interactive tutor powered by computer vision, letting aspiring ASL speakers practice at their own rate like in any other language learning app.
For better or worse, Android users are frequently treated to the bleeding edge of mobile technology. Whether it’s improved charging, new camera tech or sharing audio with multiple Bluetooth headphones, you usually see it on Android first. The greatest single example of this right now is foldable displays, and with the new Pixel Fold offering
Illumination / NintendoUniversal has been eating Disney’s lunch for a minute While Disney isn’t hurting in the box office department thanks to Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (which outsold the Mario movie on its opening weekend), Disney has been floundering a tad in the animation department as of late. Pixar’s Toy Story spin-off,
Almost every in-game item is throwable this time around Previously, you could only throw weapons, which did significant damage but also left your equipment in a breakable state. In TotK, you can pick up and throw just about everything you find in Hyrule Kingdom. Apples, jelly, flaming objects like fire fruits—whatever Link can get his
/ Our review is quite positive, and these perks for early adopters are positively worthwhile. Plus, more deals on a Gigabyte laptop for creative work and gaming, the Xbox Elite Series 2 controller, and a Capcom-filled Humble Bundle. The 7A’s lovely coral color is exclusive to the Google Store, but it also comes in charcoal,
The U.K.’s floundering National Health Service (NHS) is not in the best of shapes by just about any estimation, the victim of chronic underfunding and understaffing that has led to excruciatingly long waiting times and health care professionals striking en masse. But in the midst of chaos, opportunity often lingers. A growing number of startups
/ The One Point and Card Point will ship in July 2023. Image: Chipolo Google’s freshly expanded Find My Device platform has two new trackers coming from Chipolo: the One Point key finder and the Card Point wallet finder. While these trackers are dedicated to Google’s location tracking service, Chipolo also offers similar One Spot
Who says compact cameras are dead? Well, the market does, actually; the mobile phone has all but killed off the category altogether, so it’s interesting to see Canon take another stab at the market. The PowerShot series of cameras today gained its newest family member, the V10. The main question this product has to overcome
Dutch social enterprise Fairphone is best known for its mission to build ethical smartphones via a brand that promises fairer wages for supply chain workers and design choices that encourage consumers to cherish and repair the hardware rather than toss last year’s model thanks to modularity and a web shop selling replacement (and upgradeable) spare
The new Sony Xperia 1 V retains all the best features of previous Xperia 1 phones, like a 4K high refresh rate display, expandable storage, cutting-edge cameras with eye-tracking autofocus, a 5,000-mAh battery, a dedicated hardware shutter button and a headphone jack, all wrapped in Sony’s lovely, mundane utilitarian design. The phone brims with numerous
Wingcopter, a startup out of Germany that has made a name for itself in the world of delivery drones used primarily for delivery of medicine and other goods to remote areas, has picked up some more financing to expand its business. The European Investment Bank is putting €40 million (close to $44 million) into the
TechCrunch Disrupt is a global event, and the Startup Battlefield 200 cohort reflects the rich geographic genius the world has to offer. Although we’ve never had a startup from Antarctica, that’s probably just a matter of time. Right now, however, we’re looking at the countries that make up APAC and Oceania. APAC and Oceania: Join
I wrote a fair bit last year about Ixion, a deep space city-builder than combined the joys of popping in little structures with some 4X elements like exploration, then wrapped it all up in an engrossing story about the dying days of the human race. I loved the game, but I also hated it. The
/ The AR features are powered by tools from Google. Image: Google Google and Taito are partnering on a new augmented reality version of the arcade classic Space Invaders. The new game, Space Invaders: World Defense, will use Google tools like ARCore and newly-announced Geospatial Creator to let AR Space Invaders aliens fly around real-world
If you’re a frequent Amazon shopper, these two Amazon credit cards just got even better. The two popular cards offered by Chase and Amazon — formerly the Amazon Prime Rewards Visa Signature Card and Amazon Rewards Visa Signature Card — received an impressive facelift at the start of May. Now called the Prime Visa* and
Diablo IV’s campaign promises dozens of hours of button-mashing chill time across multiple character classes, but the real longevity of the action-RPG looter will be based around its seasonal content updates. Blizzard shared a bit more about how those will work in a new blog post, and the whole post-launch experience is sounding a lot
/ Google’s latest midrange phone offers a string of new features found elsewhere in the Pixel 7 lineup, but it also costs $50 more than its predecessor. Unlike the Pixel 6A, the Pixel 7A offers 7.5W wireless charging.Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge The new Pixel Fold wasn’t the only smartphone Google introduced during
We knew the Pixel Tablet was coming. In fact, we’ve known it for a year. Google teased the device at last year’s I/O. It was one of those “don’t worry, we’re working on stuff” sort of deals, with an extremely broad 2023 release date. The company offered a (slightly) better look at the system at
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