Search results for: “electronic paper”
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Hardware
These autonomous, wireless robots could dance on a human hair
11:42 am PDT • September 21, 2022The competition to create ever smaller, ever better robots is a fierce one, and Cornell University is out front now with a set of bots small enough to sit on…
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Media & Entertainment
Roku disables TVs and streaming devices until users consent to new terms
4:51 pm PST • March 5, 2024Roku users around the country turned on their TVs this week to find an unpleasant surprise: The company required them to consent to new dispute resolution terms in order to…
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Apps
Venmo rolls out ‘Charity Profiles’ to allow charities to raise funds directly within its app
7:46 am PDT • October 3, 2022Venmo is launching a new feature called “Charity Profiles” that will allow charities to raise funds and receive donations directly within its app, the PayPal-owned company announced on Monday. The…
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AI
Women in AI: Irene Solaiman, head of global policy at Hugging Face
7:24 am PST • February 17, 2024To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch is launching a series of interviews focusing on remarkable women who’ve contributed…
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Startups
Shield, a communication compliance platform for financial institutions, raises $20M
5:00 am PST • December 1, 2022Two months ago, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it had fined 16 Wall Street firms more than $1.1 billion for “widespread recordkeeping failures” regarding maintaining electronic communications, contravening…
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Climate
Ideon Technologies digs up $16M Series A to use particle physics to find critical minerals
9:50 am PDT • September 19, 2022The startup’s technology promises to significantly slash some of the the time and expense of mineral exploration while also allowing mining companies to be more targeted in their extraction efforts.
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Transportation
Bastille challenges the iconic Brompton bikes with a new folding bicycle
7:00 am PDT • October 5, 2023Meet Bastille, a new French company that wants to challenge Brompton, the most emblematic brand for folding bicycles. The main difference with the British manufacturer is that Bastille wants to…
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Transportation
Alaska Airlines’ new electronic bag tag will let you speed through the airport lobby
6:00 am PDT • July 19, 2022Given the current state of the worldwide aviation industry, checking a bag may not be the best idea right now. But sometimes you don’t have a choice and soon, at…
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Gadgets
Gift Guide: More than 20 STEM gift ideas to inspire kids to code
12:35 pm PST • December 5, 2022All aboard the learn-to-code train! As another holiday season looms and kids everywhere start clamouring for shiny stuff, we’ve got you covered with a bumper edition of our annual STEM…
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Startups
McEasy is digitizing Indonesia’s logistics, transportation and supply chain industries
1:14 am PDT • July 5, 2022In Indonesia, many logistics providers still use old-fashioned systems to track their operations and fleets, including pen-and-paper ledgers. McEasy wants to change that. The startup, which develops software-as-a-service solutions for…
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Space
NASA’s DAGGER could give advance warning of the next big solar storm
2:56 pm PDT • March 31, 2023There’s enough trouble on this planet already that we don’t need new problems coming here from the sun. Unfortunately, we can’t yet destroy this pitiless star, so we are at…
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Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of recent stories in the world…
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Hardware
Fly away, little sensors! These tiny wireless devices can be scattered by the wind
1:02 pm PDT • March 16, 2022If you want to monitor the temperature, humidity and exposure over 100 square miles of forest, you’re going to spend a lot of time tying tech trees. But what if…
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Transportation
New Zealand-based Whip Around wants to make fleet inspection and maintenance less painful
4:00 am PST • December 16, 2021Whip Around, a New Zealand-based SaaS company that aims to make fleet inspection and maintenance a much easier process, just closed a $14 million Series B round. The startup will…
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Transportation
Hyundai Motor eyes acquisition of Korean lidar-free self-driving startup 42dot
2:00 am PDT • August 1, 2022Hyundai Motor is considering increasing its stake in, or fully acquiring, the South Korea-based lidar-free autonomous mobility platform 42dot, the latest signal of its growing interest in the fast-growing space.…
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Space
GPS signals could detect tsunamis better and faster than seismic sensors
10:40 am PDT • May 5, 2022GPS networks are already a crucial part of everyday life around the world, but an international team of scientists has found a new, potentially life-saving use for them: tsunami warnings.…
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Startups
Nigeria’s Curacel raises funding to power insurance offerings and expand into North Africa
1:04 am PST • February 14, 2023As many as 2.8% of Africans are insured, which is less than half the global average of 6.3%, making it the least insured continent in the world. Despite the abysmal…
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Hardware
Anker’s new GaNPrime charger lineup is cranking out up to 150 W of power
9:42 am PDT • July 25, 2022Keeping your devices juiced on the go is a perennial challenge for the road warriors among us. Today, Anker is revealing a lineup of chargers that is promising to keep…
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Featured Article
Hackers claim MGM cyberattack as outage drags into fourth day
6:21 am PDT • September 14, 2023Hotel and entertainment giant MGM Resorts continues to battle a widespread outage after a cyberattack forced it to shut down systems across its properties. MGM, which operates a number of…
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AI
Google created an AI that can generate music from text descriptions, but won’t release it
9:19 am PST • January 27, 2023An impressive new AI system from Google can generate music in any genre given a text description. But the company, fearing the risks, has no immediate plans to release it.…
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Featured Article
The 20 best STEM toys and games to gift young learners and curious minds
12:05 pm PST • November 21, 2023There’s no doubt the STEM toys category has lost a bit of its magic. The hype that started about a decade ago, powering a wave of startups to launch creative…
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Social
A CES 2024 preview, 23andMe victim blaming and MIT’s obesity-fighting pill
1:15 pm PST • January 6, 2024Welcome, folks, to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter that recaps the week in tech that was. Hope the holidays were restful for those who observed them. We at…
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Startups
Simplify debugging to reduce the complexity of embedded system development
5:00 am PST • December 20, 2022Debugging embedded systems is more complex than ever as features keep getting added. Thankfully, there are some practical ways to simplify the process.
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Startups
Ex-Chime engineers raise $4M for B2B payments infrastructure startup Streamlined
11:00 am PDT • April 27, 2022While working as the head of treasury at Braintree, Boris de Souza once discovered a $90 million payment that went “missing” for over two weeks because of poor payments infrastructure.…
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Featured Article
DocuSign could be suffering from a pandemic growth hangover
6:00 am PDT • April 1, 2023DocuSign was flying during the pandemic when people couldn’t meet in person, but it might have grown too quickly, and it’s paying the price.
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Climate
Meet the Extreme Tech Challenge 2022 Global Finals category finalists and special award winners
8:00 am PDT • June 3, 2022Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC), the world’s largest startup competition focused on purpose-driven innovation, and sponsor of TechCrunch Sessions: Climate, has chosen 10 category finalists and three Special Award winners to…
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AI
CES 2024: How to watch Nvidia, Samsung, Sony and others make their big reveals if you missed them live
12:05 pm PST • January 9, 2024CES 2024 is finally upon us, taking over Las Vegas with throngs of crowds, booths full of products and a lot of companies making claims about how AI is improving…
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Startups
Apple, Samsung partner Servify raises $65 million for its devices’ after-sales and management platform
11:31 pm PDT • August 23, 2022Servify, a startup that manages the lifecycle of devices for several popular smartphone vendors including Apple and Samsung in many markets, has raised $65 million as it eyes becoming a…
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Startups
Dear Sophie: How can early-stage startups improve their chances of getting H-1Bs?
9:30 am PDT • October 26, 2022We have a stealth early-stage biotech startup. Do we qualify to petition a co-founder on STEM OPT for an H-1B in the lottery? Are there better altenatives?
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AI
Stanford’s gecko-inspired robot hand sets its sights on fruit picking
12:15 pm PST • December 15, 2021Stanford’s made a lot of progress over the years with its gecko-inspired robotic hand. In May, a version of the “gecko gripper” even found its way onto the International Space…
