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,…
Devin Coldewey 2021-01-13 12:04:03 techcrunch.com GoPro may have started out at the intersection of capability and affordability in the action cam space, but since then it has increasingly leaned towards use by professionals or deployment by businesses. The latest…
Romain Dillet 2021-01-11 09:30:18 techcrunch.com LG spent a good chunk of its CES press conference talking about its lineup of TVs for 2021. You can expect bigger, slimmer and brighter TVs. I’m not going to list the specifications of…
Devin Coldewey 2021-01-05 16:02:09 techcrunch.com Dell’s latest monitors reflect the growing need for simple, solid solutions to video conferencing needs, with a clever pop-up camera and a perhaps too clever by half Teams integration. The new displays integrate a…
Devin Coldewey 2021-01-05 17:25:21 techcrunch.com Any teacher in the San Francisco Unified School District who needs a second monitor can request one free of charge from Two Screens for Teachers, the nonprofit that recently extended a similar privilege to…
Devin Coldewey 2020-12-11 15:13:58 techcrunch.com You don’t have to buy into 5G conspiracy theories to think that you could do with a little less radiation in your life. One way of blocking radiation is a Faraday cage, but this…
Darrell Etherington 2020-12-07 07:14:40 techcrunch.com Apple is reportedly developing a number of Apple Silicon chip variants with significantly higher core counts relative to the M1 chips that it uses in today’s MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and Mac mini computers…
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Devin Coldewey 2020-11-18 14:01:31 techcrunch.com One of the jobs for which robots are best suited is the tedious, repetitive “pick and place” task common in warehouses — but humans are still much better at it. UC Berkeley researchers are…
Rita Liao 2020-11-17 22:08:15 techcrunch.com Tech companies around the world are still identifying the “next big thing” enabled by 5G connections. Some, such as Oppo, are betting it will be augmented reality. The Chinese smartphone firm showcased its progress…
Darrell Etherington 2020-11-17 05:00:57 techcrunch.com Lego’s partnership with Nintendo delivered a pretty awesome debut earlier this year with the interactive Lego Super Mario Starter Course, and now it’s following that up with additional sets designed to complement the first.…
Devin Coldewey 2020-11-13 15:15:14 techcrunch.com The next generation of gaming is here with the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X — except it isn’t, because there are almost no next-generation games to play on them. Demon’s Souls is the…
Devin Coldewey 2020-11-12 16:51:39 techcrunch.com Buying someone a gadget is a time-honored tradition, but these days it can be particularly fraught, considering you may buy them a fitness tracker that also monitors emotions, or a doorbell that snitches to…
Lucas Matney 2020-11-10 18:30:57 techcrunch.com In the past several weeks we’ve seen refreshes and product expansions from about every facet of the smart home virtual assistant world. Apple launched the HomePod Mini, Google offered a long-overdue refresh of the…
Zack Whittaker 2020-11-10 13:42:21 techcrunch.com Apple’s upcoming desktop and laptop operating system, macOS Big Sur, will be released on November 12, the company announced today. MacOS Big Sur — which stays with the company’s California-themed naming scheme — will…
Romain Dillet 2020-11-10 13:43:38 techcrunch.com In addition to the MacBook Air, Apple also introduced a new Mac Mini. It runs Apple’s first custom chipset specifically designed for Mac computers, the M1. It still features the same familiar design, but…
Romain Dillet 2020-11-10 03:01:47 techcrunch.com Apple is organizing its third event in three months today. The company is holding a (virtual) keynote at 10 AM PT (1 PM in New York, 6 PM in London, 7 PM in Paris).…