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Product news and hardware reviews, focusing on the latest hardware innovations from the latest startups to the biggest players like Apple, Samsung, Amazon Google, Microsoft and DJI, from smartphones, smartwatches and smart homes to drones, connected fitness, laptops, wearables and AR/VR.
Microsoft was ahead of the game in the world of enterprise AR.
Get ready for TechCrunch Disrupt 2024, our signature event for startups of all stages, taking place at Moscone West in San Francisco from October 28-30. This year, we’re expecting a…
Palmer Luckey tried to crush aeronautics startup Salient Motion. But Anduril backer a16z invested.
Anduril sued defense tech startup Salient Motion. It still raised $12 million with participation from Anduril investor a16z.
The company laid out a plan it hopes will go a long way toward reversing fortunes and repairing relationships.
Raspberry Pi, the company that sells tiny, cheap, single-board computers, is releasing an add-on that is going to open up several use cases — and yes, because it’s 2024, there’s an…
The Pixel 9 Pro Fold is back, bigger and better than before, with a thinner design and excellent tri-camera system.
For years, Silicon Valley and Wall Street have questioned Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to invest tens of billions of dollars into Reality Labs. This week, Meta’s wearables division unveiled a prototype…
The video debuted along with a research paper of the same name at IEEE’s International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Rotterdam this week.
Meta Connect 2024: Orion glasses, Quest 3S headset, Meta AI upgrades, Ray-Ban Meta real-time video, and more
Meta Connect 2024 is a developer-centric event featuring a keynote from CEO Mark Zuckerberg. He showcased new hardware and software to support two of Meta’s big ambitions: AI and the…
The Meta Quest 3S is up for preorder Wednesday. It starts shipping October 15.
The Orion glasses, which are notably significantly smaller than Snap’s recently announced Spectacles 5, are true AR.
Meta’s next-gen Orion AR glasses come with a wrist-worn “neural interface” for navigation and control.
Meta has yet to announce the languages that will initially be available.
Meta updates Ray-Ban smart glasses with real-time AI video, reminders, and QR code scanning
The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses got an update with new familiar smartphone features and AI capabilities coming later in 2024.
Onstage during its Connect 2024 developer conference, Meta showed Hyperspace, a feature that lets users scan real-life spaces and explore them in VR.
With the budget Quest 3S now up for preorder, Meta will no longer sell the Quest 2 and Quest Pro once back stock is deleted.
Meta Connect starts Wednesday at 10 a.m. PT and is set to focus on Meta’s XR platforms, the metaverse, and its generative AI platform, Llama.
The Rodecaster Video is up for preorder starting today. It ships October 10.
The Nothing Ear Open costs $149 and will ship starting October 1.
Insta360 is announcing two additions to its Link webcam line: the Link 2 and Link 2C.
Ephos wants to shatter the market for AI and quantum chips with a new design based on glass
A theoretical physicist believes he has made a breakthrough in photonics research that will enable us to have faster and better processors — a major need in artificial intelligence, quantum…
Rabbit is ready to release the first generic version, which is to say not specific to any app or interface, of its Large Action Model.
The “embedded digital access credentials” work over Bluetooth.
Ahead of the launch of Google TV Streamer, the company’s new set-top streaming box, the tech giant is also bringing updates to all Google TV devices. This includes a home…
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Zin Boats’ bigger, faster electric leisure craft is built from the hull up with PNW pride
After taking on water during the pandemic, Zin Boats is back with a bigger, better electric watercraft that it has built from the hull up — again.
Chipmaker Qualcomm is trying to buy rival Intel, according to multiple reports. The Wall Street Journal broke the news late Friday that Qualcomm had approached Intel about a takeover. The…
Apple published step-by-step instructions for swapping out the new handset’s battery.
The iPhone 16 officially goes on sale Friday. But for its earliest adopters, it arrives with a fundamental compromise baked into the deal. Put simply, this is not the iPhone…
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Plaud’s $169 ChatGPT-powered NotePin has a permanent place in my travel bag
The $169 Plaud NotePin is a tiny magnetic recording device. Recordings are transcribed and AI provide summaries of meetings.
The team points to glass’ optical properties and its “infinite recyclability” as reasons for turning to the material.
