Beauty tech startup BoldHue raises capital to ship its ‘Keurig for makeup’
BoldHue's device essentially scans your face and dispenses a customized foundation formula that matches your skin tone. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
View ArticleComputing and shielding startups join forces to put AI-capable chips in space
Sophisticated spacecraft often run on shockingly outdated computing systems: consider that the Perseverance rover runs on a PowerPC 750, the processor famous for running on iMacs in the late 1990s....
View ArticleLG acquires smart home platform Athom to bring third-party connectivity to...
LG has acquired an 80% stake in Athom, a Dutch smart home company and maker of the Homey smart home hub. According to LG’s announcement, it will purchase the remaining 20% of Athom within the next...
View ArticleNano Dimension is buying Desktop Metal
The news brings closure to more than two years of volleying back and forth between some of the biggest names in additive manufacturing. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
View ArticleWhy deep tech VC Driving Forces is shutting down
With increasing competition for what is, essentially, still a small number of hard tech and deep tech deals, Sidney Scott realized it would be a challenge for smaller funds like his. © 2024...
View ArticleAmazon revives its Echo Spot with an upgraded look and improved audio
Amazon has released an all-new version of its Echo Spot ahead of Prime Day, the company announced on Monday. The 2024 version of the Alexa-enabled smart alarm clock costs $79.99, but is currently on...
View ArticleSamsung Unpacked 2024: What we expect and how to watch Wednesday’s hardware...
The Samsung event will feature updates to the Galaxy Z Fold, Galaxy Z Flip, as well as more details on the Galaxy Ring and Galaxy AI. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy Z Fold and Z Flip 6 arrive with Galaxy AI and Google Gemini
At the heart of the features is the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, which is the same system on a chip that powered the Galaxy S24. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
View ArticleSamsung’s Galaxy Ring, its first smart ring, arrives July 24 for $399
At Unpacked 2024, the company shared more details about the Galaxy Ring, which represents the first take on the category from a hardware giant. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use...
View ArticleSamsung unveils Galaxy Buds 3 Pro and Buds 3, available for preorder now and...
While Samsung has maintained its own familiar design with the standard Galaxy Buds 3, the Pro are experiencing a sort of Apple identity crisis. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use...
View ArticleFormlabs acquires 3D printing startup Micronics mid-Kickstarter campaign
What this means for the future of the Fuse line remains unclear, though the companies confirmed with TechCrunch that the Micronics branding is going away. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For...
View ArticleTechCrunch Minute: Unpacking Samsung Unpacked
It’s a big day in the Samsung universe. At Samsung’s Unpacked 2024 event, the company debuted new phones, headphones and even a wearable ring. As expected, Samsung is emphasizing its Google-enabled AI...
View ArticleIndia clings to cheap feature phones as brands struggle to tap new smartphone...
India is struggling to get new smartphone buyers, as millions of Indians don’t go for an upgrade and continue to be on feature phones. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
View ArticleBird Buddy’s new AI feature lets people name and identify individual birds
Name That Bird determines individual members of a species by identifying distinguishing characteristics that most humans would be hard-pressed to spot. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For...
View ArticleDyson’s new OnTrac headphones don’t purify air
Given the years and money invested in the Zone’s creation, there’s logic in Dyson’s decision to turn its R&D work into a more standard set of headphones with the OnTrac. © 2024 TechCrunch. All...
View ArticleMade by Google 2024: Pixel 9, Gemini, a new foldable and other things to...
Google is expected to announce four Pixel devices: the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL and Pixel 9 Pro Premium, running Android 15. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
View ArticleFormer Velodyne CEO’s delivery robot startup is ditching LiDAR for foundation...
Vayu Robotics is working to make delivery robotics cheaper and more scalable. Ditching LiDAR is a piece of that puzzle. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
View ArticleElon Musk sets 2026 Optimus sale date. Here’s where other humanoid robots stand.
Tesla was not the first company to begin working on a humanoid form factor, but while being the first to market does carry weight in this high-tech space, we’re at the very beginning of the humanoid...
View ArticleAlphabet X spinoff partners with Arc’teryx to bring ‘everyday’ exoskeleton...
Skip, a wearable tech startup that began as a secretive project inside Alphabet, exited stealth this week to announce a partnership with outdoor clothing specialist Arc’teryx. The deal is the first to...
View ArticleMax Space reinvents expandable habitats with a 17th-century twist, launching...
Max Space's expandable habitats promise to be larger, stronger, and more versatile than anything like them ever launched, not to mention cheaper and lighter by far than a solid, machined structure. ©...
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