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Day: March 13, 2025
Xiaomi to preinstall PhonePe’s app store on smartphones sold in India
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi said on Thursday that its Android smartphones sold in India will come preinstalled with Indian fintech company PhonePe’s app store. Xiaomi’s Android smartphones usually come preinstalled with Google’s Play Store and the Chinese company’s own GetApps. Xiaomi said that it has […]
The best gaming laptops for 2025
While gaming laptops used to be thought of as massive bricks that could never touch the power of desktops, the story is very different today. Modern gaming notebooks can typically achieve framerates close to their desktop counterparts, while also being relatively sleek and easy to […]
Fortnite is coming to Windows on Arm
Fortnite is coming to Windows devices with Qualcomm’s Arm-based Snapdragon chips later this year. Epic Games announced today that it’s teaming up with Qualcomm to add Windows on Snapdragon support for Easy Anti-Cheat, which will let the game be compatible with those devices. “Over the […]
Vornado Sensa Cribside Heater Review: An Accurate Thermostat
A space heater designed for babies offers a real solution to the no good, very bad thermostats on most portable heaters.
Telegram introduces trading and yield features for its self-custodial crypto wallet
Telegram’s self-custodial crypto wallet, developed by a third-party company called The Open Platform (TOP), has introduced new features for people who don’t just use Telegram as a messaging app. The updates include multi-asset trading and yield functionalities. Based on the TON blockchain, TOP launched the […]
Sonos soundbars and speakers are up to 36 percent off right now
Sonos gear is back on sale ahead of March Madness. You can save up to 36 percent on soundbars and speakers right now, and the deals include a $100 off the Sonos Ray compact soundbar. It’s currently available for just $179, down from $279 in […]
Huawei’s lobbying lands it in a bribery scandal with EU politicians
Huawei is at the center of a fresh scandal in Europe, following reports that lobbyists representing the Chinese tech titan bribed members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to curry favor with lawmakers. After being cast out of the U.S. market over fears that its telecommunications […]
FBI, EPA, and Treasury told Citibank to freeze funds as Trump administration tries to claw back climate money
The accounts were frozen in February, but documents filed today make public details which had previously been unknown. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Apple’s appeal against UK’s secret iCloud backdoor order must be held in public, rights groups urge
Privacy rights groups have called on Apple’s legal challenge to a secret U.K. government order asking it to backdoor an end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) version of its iCloud storage service to be heard in public, rather than behind closed doors. The existence of the order emerged […]