CES 2024
CES 2024 runs from Tuesday, January 9 through Friday, January 12 in Las Vegas. The tech conference will once again feature showcases from NVIDIA, Sony, Samsung and other major tech companies as they look to capitalize on the AI hype. But CES is also a major event for the automotive industry, and TechCrunch will feature a particular focus on the startups looking to make a name for themselves on the show floor.
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Visible wants to track your illness, more than your fitness
There’s no shortage of health and fitness trackers — the list of suppliers is as long as my arm, ranging from the mainstream (Apple, Google, Samsung, Fitbit, Withings) to the more esoteric and specialized (Polar, Suunto, Garmin). The assumption underpinning each of those devices is that you’re more or less healthy, and wanting to get…
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Reencle teases a hungrier, quieter home composter — for a price
If the upcoming smart composter works as advertised, it’ll help households reduce their greenhouse gas emissions from food waste, while generating nutrient-rich fertilizer for gardens.
Transportation tech trends at CES 2024, another micromobility merger and Waymo robotaxis hit the highway
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CES has almost fully succeeded in chasing sex-tech off its show floors
CES has long been a launchpad for innovation and cutting-edge technology. However, at this year’s event, there was a conspicuous void: the near-absence of sex tech. Despite being an industry…
All the future of transportation tech that stood out at CES 2024
TechCrunch walked the floors of CES 2024 to find all the interesting transportation tech. Here are the biggest trends we spotted.
CES was definitely worth watching closely, if only just for the rise of age tech.
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What CES 2024 told us about the home robot
Few tech demos can match the spectacle of robotics. Even as the field grows increasingly prevalent in a broad range of industrial workplaces, mechatronics doing impressive things will never cease to amaze. For many, the mere presence of a robot is shorthand for the future, and for big electronics firms, it’s a quick and simple…
CES 2024: The weirdest tech, gadgets and AI claims from Las Vegas
CES 2024 is in full swing in Las Vegas. We’re on the ground giving you the most talked about news and announcements from the event, but much of the fun…
Makera is releasing a baby sibling of its Carvera desktop 4-axis mill
In the depth of the pandemic, 500 or so backers chipped in to make Makera’s Carvera Kickstarter campaign, a fully automatic desktop CNC machine, hit its goal. Since then, the…
CES 2024: Everything revealed so far, from Nvidia and Sony to the weirdest reveals and helpful AI
One of the year’s biggest tech events has kicked off in Las Vegas, and we’re here to bring all the reveals before the show floor opens.
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A postcard from Las Vegas and CES
This week Devin, Kirsten and I have been running around in Las Vegas for CES to figure out what’s going on in the world of tech.
If CES is anything to go by, 2024 is shaping up to be a great year for makers and hobbyists. I loved taking a closer look at Rownd, but it…
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Smart pepper spray startup 444 is back at CES with a major partnership deal
A year ago, at CES, I broke out the snark-hammer at 444, a startup that was trying to make a “smart” pepper spray device. I came across the same company again at CES this year. To my surprise, it had landed a significant partnership, co-development and co-branding deal with Mace, one of the biggest names…
CES 2024: The biggest transportation news, from Honda’s EVs to Hyundai’s air taxi ambitions
CES has increasingly become defined by what automakers and other mobility-focused companies bring to Las Vegas, and CES 2024 has been no exception. Though some major CES automotive players from…
For years, a coalition of companies, including Google, Amazon and Apple — the Connectivity Standards Alliance — has been trying to get Matter, the smart home networking protocol, off the…
From voice synthesis to fertility tracking, here are some actually helpful AI products at CES
“AI” was everywhere this year at CES; you couldn’t swing a badge without hitting some company claiming generative AI was going to revolutionize your sleep, teeth or business. But a…
If every dumb idea I ever had as a teenager was permanently captured on the internet, I’d be in for a rainbow of embarrassment. In today’s always-on and very socially…
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Hydrogen is back. At least, CES 2024 suggests it is.
Hydrogen vehicles never really caught on, and yet at CES 2024 fuel-cell vehicles of all sizes litter the show floor. What gives?
Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath couldn’t be happier with the integration of Google built-in, the branded product that embeds Google apps and services directly into the company’s EVs. But don’t expect…
Video calls, while essential, often lack the naturalness of in-person conversations, causing fatigue and reduced engagement. There are a ton of tools out there that help you keep eye contact…
ChefPaw makes it easy to cook healthy food for your fluffy friend
ChefPaw is a machine designed to prepare homemade dog food. The appliance aims to provide an alternative to store-bought dog food, focusing on fresh ingredients tailored to individual pet dietary…
Moustrap wants to bring some loving luxury to your mousing about
The humble computer mouse hasn’t seen a huge amount of innovation since it was invented — and let’s be honest, it isn’t a particularly ergonomically friendly piece of kit. For…
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Hyundai’s hydrogen Hail Mary
Hyundai said in its CES 2024 keynote it will produce 3 million tons of hydrogen for its steel mills by 2030. That’s not particularly impactful, even if it follows through.
Whispp brings electronic larynx voice boxes into this millennium
Having a voice is important — figuratively and literally — and not being able to speak is a major impediment to communication. Whispp is working to change the game for…
It’s not news that crypto mining takes a lot of energy. Bitcoin alone is estimated to consume 127 terawatt-hours a year. If Bitcoin was a country, it would slot in…
I’ve been keeping an eye on the Rownd tabletop CNC lathe since it showed up on Kickstarter last year, and I was psyched to get the chance to see it…
Like any good buzz phrase, “software-defined vehicle” is as straightforward as it is obtuse. If you’re trying to figure out what automakers and suppliers mean by this term — which…
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This startup is trying to bring T9-like text input to your TV
Some technologies make so much sense that they just won’t disappear. T9 — the old text input from our trusty Nokia phones from the 1990s — is one of those throwbacks. Direction 9 is a startup that is eager to introduce it to your television, so you can use the directional pad on your remote…
A new audio brand spun out of Japan’s NTT is showing off some personal audio tech at CES 2024 that is remarkable not for what it has, but what it…
