Apple will never stop thinking about making a TV
It’s not exactly a secret that Apple has explored the possibility of building a television. Before his death in 2011, co-founder Steve Jobs famously told biographer Walter Isaacson that he’d “finally...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi releases the Pico 2 W, a $7 wireless-enabled microcontroller board
Meet the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W, a tiny board designed around a microcontroller that lets you build hardware projects at scale. Raspberry Pi is once again using the RP2350, its own, well-documented...
View ArticleCorning offers bundle of commitments in bid to settle EU antitrust probe
After the European Union opened a competition investigation into Corning earlier this month, citing concerns over alleged exclusive dealing, the Gorilla Glass maker has offered a raft of changes to its...
View ArticleCambridge materials science spin-out Molyon is on a mission to make next-gen...
Battery tech is pivotal as the world leans into electrification to power decarbonization in the race against climate change. But rising demand is putting more attention on the limits and drawbacks of...
View ArticlePerplexity mulls getting into hardware
Perplexity, the AI-powered search engine, wants to get into hardware — kinda sorta. Aravind Srinivas, Perplexity’s founder and CEO, posted on X on Monday that he was considering making a “simple, under...
View ArticleFTC finds that smart device makers fail to make clear how long their products...
A new paper from the Federal Trade Commission found that many smart device makers fail to disclose to consumers how long they will provide software updates for their products. The agency looked at 184...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi launches Compute Module 5 for embedded apps
Raspberry Pi is better known for its single-board computer with a ton of ports sticking out. The most recent of which is the Raspberry Pi 5, which was introduced in September 2023. These small...
View ArticleDIY and synth-curious? Try putting together the analog POM-400 from Teenage...
The Pocket Operator Modular 400 from Teenage Engineering is an analog modular synthesizer that you put together yourself. If you’re at all interested in DIY kits or synths, this might be a great...
View ArticleAkhetonics gets fresh funding for a contrarian bet on all-optical chips
Photonics — a field that underpins light-based systems for manipulating data — has a bright future, as the rise of AI demands better computing performance, but it has yet to be fully applied to a new...
View ArticleIndoor climbing tracking startup, Lizcore, sharpens its focus on safety as it...
Indoor climbing is a tricky sport to track. That’s why Spanish startup Lizcore caught TechCrunch’s eye at MWC earlier this year. The team of two co-founders — led by CEO Edgar Casanovas Lorente, a...
View ArticleIntel CEO Pat Gelsinger retires
Intel has announced that CEO Pat Gelsinger has retired, effective December 1, and stepped down from the company’s board of directors. Intel execs David Zinsner and Michelle Johnston Holthaus have been...
View ArticleJeff Bezos backs AI chipmaker Tenstorrent
AI hardware startup Tenstorrent raised nearly $700 million in new funding. Tenstorrent raised a $693 million Series D round that values the company at more than $2.6 billion, Bloomberg first reported....
View ArticleThe OpenWrt One router is designed with ‘software freedom and right to...
A new router designed in collaboration with the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) and OpenWrt Project is touted as the first router “designed and built with your software freedom and right-to-repair...
View ArticleGrowl is building the Peloton of boxing
There’s a new connected fitness device in town and it’s called Growl. Inspired by hardware companies like Peloton and Tonal, Growl is building a boxing bag that you can attach to your wall at home....
View ArticleAi Pin maker Humane demos AI software for cars, phones, and smart speakers
When Humane released its Ai Pin, the San Francisco-based gadget maker envisioned a world with dedicated AI devices — something that you would carry with you in addition to the smartphone in your...
View ArticleApple to shell out $1 billion on a manufacturing plant in Indonesia
Negotiating with one of the largest companies in the world doesn’t sound easy, but that’s precisely what Indonesia has been doing for the past few weeks with iPhone maker Apple. The backstory here is...
View ArticleARX launches firestick-like platform to make military trucks autonomous
A startup with founders who previously served in the German military has created a product akin to an Amazon Firestick for legacy defense equipment, complete with a software stack. ARX Robotics claims...
View ArticleFitness startup Ladder comes after Peloton for allegedly copying their app
Ladder, an Austin, Texas-based fitness startup that makes a popular strength-training app, is accusing Peloton of ripping off its work with the launch of Peloton’s new Stength+ app, which exited beta...
View ArticleApple’s Vision Pro might add support for PlayStation VR controllers
Apple is looking to make its Vision Pro mixed reality device more attractive to gamers and game developers, according to a new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The Vision Pro has been pitched as...
View ArticleIt’s a Raspberry Pi 5 in a keyboard, and it’s called the Raspberry Pi 500
Single-board computer maker Raspberry Pi is updating its cute little computer-meet-keyboard device with better specifications. Named the Raspberry Pi 500, this successor to the Raspberry Pi 400 is as...
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