Even though Apple didn’t have an official presence at CES 2024 in Las Vegas, the trade show still had a whole area dominated by mixed reality tech. One of the most popular booths there was none other than Xreal (formerly Nreal), which decided to ride […]
Day: January 11, 2024
CNDO is a new ‘challenge-based’ social networking for creators and fans
Tim Schaecker, a TikToker with 8.8 million followers and a member of the German boy band Elevator Boys, officially launched today a new social networking app in an effort to encourage other content creators to connect with their communities in a deeper way and rethink […]
ByteDance is shutting down its music streaming service Resso in India
ByteDance is shutting down its music streaming service Resso in India at the end of this month as the company shifts its focus to expand TikTok Music globally. Notably, Resso was one of the last active properties for Bytedance in the country after it banned […]
Xreal Air 2 Ultra hands-on at CES 2024: Next-gen AR glasses in need of killer apps
Even though Apple didn’t have an official presence at CES 2024 in Las Vegas, the trade show still had a whole area dominated by mixed reality tech. One of the most popular booths there was none other than Xreal (formerly Nreal), which decided to ride […]
Ubisoft accidentally used text-to-speech to voice a character in the new Prince of Persia game
Ubisoft’s Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown launches next week, but players are likely to encounter an amusing bug as they make their way through the game, as reported by IGN. One of the game’s NPCs is voiced by a text-to-speech program, complete with the […]
SpaceX and T-Mobile send the first text messages from orbiting Starlink satellites
SpaceX sent and received its first text messages sent via T-Mobile using its D2D (direct-to-device) Starlink satellites launched just over a week ago, the company announced. First revealed in August 2022, the project aims to provide satellite internet connectivity to regular cell phones so that […]
UK insurtech Hyperexponential raises $73M and eyes US expansion
Hyperexponential, a London-based insurance technology (insurtech) startup that serves the property-casualty (P&C) insurance industry with “decision intelligence” for pricing, has raised $73 million in a Series B equity round of funding. Boston-based venture capital (VC) firm Battery Ventures led the round, with participation from existing […]
Alaska Airlines Flight 1282: How could iPhones survive a 16,000-foot drop?
X user Seanathan Bates documented how he had found an iPhone on the side of the road that came from an Alaska Airlines passenger and had seemingly survived the 16,000-foot drop “perfectly intact.” © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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 designers, artists, and 3D modelers whose digital canvas is their lifeblood, Moustrap is a premium […]
Amazon’s ‘Just Walk Out’ tech now works with employee badges
Amazon’s computer vision and sensor-powered Just Walk Out retail technology, which allows customers to shop at stores and then skip the cashier line when it’s time to check out, is now expanding to corporate domains with support for employee badges as the payment mechanism. The […]

