Devin Coldewey 2021-06-30 10:31:46 techcrunch.com To train a robot to navigate a house, you either need to give it a lot of real time in a lot of real houses, or a lot of virtual time in a lot…
Devin Coldewey 2021-06-24 17:41:34 techcrunch.com Regularly testing waterways and reservoirs is a never-ending responsibility for utility companies and municipal safety authorities, and generally — as you might expect — involves either a boat or at least a pair of…
Devin Coldewey 2021-06-08 15:16:42 techcrunch.com Playdate, app and game designer Panic’s first shot at hardware, finally has a firm price and ship date, as well as a bunch of surprise features cooked up since its announcement in 2019. The…
Romain Dillet 2021-06-07 14:09:06 techcrunch.com Apple is rolling out some updates to iCloud under the name iCloud+. The company is announcing those features at its developer conference. Existing paid iCloud users are going to get those iCloud+ features for…
Alex Wilhelm 2021-06-07 15:55:48 techcrunch.com Today’s WWDC keynote from Apple covered a huge range of updates. From a new macOS to a refreshed watchOS to a new iOS, better privacy controls, FaceTime updates, and even iCloud+, there was something…
Romain Dillet 2021-06-07 13:20:23 techcrunch.com During the virtual keynote of WWDC, Apple shared the first details about iOS 14, the next major version of iOS that is going to be released later this year. There are four pillars with…
Romain Dillet 2021-06-07 03:00:46 techcrunch.com Today, Apple is holding a (virtual) keynote on the first day of its developer conference, and the company is expected to talk about a ton of software updates. At 10 AM PT (1 PM…
Romain Dillet 2021-06-02 09:00:37 techcrunch.com Kabuto, the French startup that designs and sells smart suitcases, is releasing a new suitcase today. Called the Kabuto Trunk, this is the company’s biggest suitcase to date. Unlike smart suitcases from other brands,…
Devin Coldewey 2021-05-24 15:09:41 techcrunch.com Research papers come out far too frequently for anyone to read them all. That’s especially true in the field of machine learning, which now affects (and produces papers in) practically every industry and company.…
Devin Coldewey 2021-05-18 15:26:28 techcrunch.com Google is working on a video calling booth that uses 3D imagery on a 3D display to create a lifelike image of the people on both sides. While it’s still experimental, “Project Starline” builds…
Devin Coldewey 2021-05-18 17:23:13 techcrunch.com This year’s I/O event from Google was heavy on the “we’re building something cool” and light on the “here’s something you can use or buy tomorrow.” But there were also some interesting surprises from…
Romain Dillet 2021-05-18 03:01:51 techcrunch.com After skipping a year, Google is holding a keynote for its developer conference Google I/O. While it’s going to be an all-virtual event, there should be plenty of announcements, new products and new features…
Devin Coldewey 2021-05-13 16:36:53 techcrunch.com Orbital imagery is in demand, and if you think having daily images of everywhere on Earth is going to be enough in a few years, you need a lesson in ambition. Alba Orbital is…
Rita Liao 2021-05-13 07:58:47 techcrunch.com TiMi Studios, one of the world’s most lucrative game makers and is part of Tencent’s gargantuan digital entertainment empire, said Thursday that it has struck a strategic partnership with Xbox. The succinct announcement did…
Devin Coldewey 2021-05-06 08:01:34 techcrunch.com Autonomous vehicles rely on many sensors to perceive the world around them, and while cameras and lidar get a lot of the attention, good old radar is an important piece of the puzzle —…
Rita Liao 2021-04-28 23:36:03 techcrunch.com Huawei’s smartphone rivals in China are quickly divvying up the market share it has lost over the past year. 92.4 million units of smartphones were shipped in China during the first quarter, with Vivo…
Devin Coldewey 2021-04-20 13:33:09 techcrunch.com Research papers come out far too frequently for anyone to read them all. That’s especially true in the field of machine learning, which now affects (and produces papers in) practically every industry and company.…
Romain Dillet 2021-04-20 13:47:30 techcrunch.com Apple has unveiled a new, colorful iMac today with an Apple-designed M1 chip. But that was just part of the story as the company used that opportunity to release new Mac accessories. In addition…
Romain Dillet 2021-04-20 09:29:56 techcrunch.com Today, Apple is holding a (virtual) keynote at 10 AM PT (1 PM in New York, 6 PM in London, 7 PM in Paris). And you’ll be able to watch the event right here…
Darrell Etherington 2021-04-06 09:00:47 techcrunch.com Sonos has a new speaker that starts shipping later this month, and it’s a significant departure from the company’s usual offerings in a number of ways. The all-new Sonos Roam is a compact, portable…
Devin Coldewey 2021-03-24 09:01:12 techcrunch.com Lidar companies across the planet are going SPAC, but Baraja isn’t in a hurry to go public. The Australian lidar maker has raised a $31M B round to continue the deployment and development of…
Devin Coldewey 2021-03-18 14:53:58 techcrunch.com An artificial retina would be an enormous boon to the many people with visual impairments, and the possibility is creeping closer to reality year by year. One of the latest advancements takes a different…
Romain Dillet 2021-03-10 10:47:32 techcrunch.com Apple has announced that it plans to increase its corporate spendings in Germany. In particular, the company wants to set up a new facility in Munich, Germany. Called the European Silicon Design Center, the…
Devin Coldewey 2021-03-02 13:22:04 techcrunch.com There are many jobs in the construction industry that fall under the “dull, dirty, and dangerous” category said to be ripe for automation — but only a few can actually be taken on with…
Devin Coldewey 2021-02-25 13:24:31 techcrunch.com Many launch providers think reusability is the best way to lower the cost and delay involved in getting to space. SpaceX and Rocket Lab have shown reusable first stages, which take a payload to…
Devin Coldewey 2021-02-04 12:02:04 techcrunch.com As impressive as the cameras in our smartphones are, they’re fundamentally limited by the physical necessities of lenses and sensors. Metalenz skips over that part with a camera made of a single “metasurface” that…
Catherine Shu 2021-01-29 00:22:17 techcrunch.com The impact of United States government sanctions on Huawei is continuing to hurt the company and dampen overall smartphone shipments in China, where it is the largest smartphone vendor, according to a new report…
Manish Singh 2021-01-29 05:37:19 techcrunch.com Xiaomi, the world’s third largest smartphone maker, today unveiled “Mi Air Charge Technology” that it says can deliver 5W power to multiple devices “within a radius of several metres” as the Chinese giant invited…
Romain Dillet 2021-01-21 05:11:32 techcrunch.com Meet the Raspberry Pi Pico, a tiny little microcontroller that lets you build hardware projects with some code running on the microcontroller. Even more interesting, the Raspberry Pi Foundation is using its own RP2040…
Devin Coldewey 2021-01-16 12:15:16 techcrunch.com Last CES was a time of reckoning for lidar companies, many of which were cratering due to a lack of demand from a (still) non-existent autonomous vehicle industry. The few that excelled did so…
Sarah Perez 2021-01-14 10:00:06 techcrunch.com Alongside its other announcements at Samsung’s event today, the company introduced its new Galaxy SmartTag Bluetooth locator, a lost item beacon for Samsung owners and a competitor with Tile. Like Tile and Apple’s forthcoming…
Brian Heater 2021-01-12 20:20:29 techcrunch.com As expected, this year’s (virtual) CES has brought with it a new flood of smart home gadgets. The technology has been a major presence over the last several CES events, and with a world…
Darrell Etherington 2021-01-13 10:02:11 techcrunch.com Dell’s kicking off 2021 with a new addition to its monitor lineup that aims to hit a variety of sweet spots. The Dell UltraSharp 40 Curved WUHD monitor offers 39.7″ of screen real estate,…
