Ring’s new security ‘control center’ isn’t nearly enough – TechCrunch
On the same day that a Mississippi family is suing Amazon -owned smart camera maker Ring for not doing enough to prevent hackers from spying on their kids, the company...
The electric Hummer is real, and it’s as fast as the Cybertruck
It’s real. One of the most surprising rumors of the past few months was that GMC was planning to bring back the Hummer as an electric vehicle. It seemed too...
EU lawmakers take fresh aim at Apple’s Lightning connector with latest e-waste push – TechCrunch
The European parliament has voted overwhelmingly for tougher action to reduce e-waste, calling for the Commission to come up with beefed up rules by July 2020. Specifically, the parliament wants...
We asked an actual Italian about the new ‘Italian hand’ emoji
You’re online, right? That means you must’ve heard about the Unicode Consortium unveiling the latest emoji that’ll soon grace our phones? Of course you have! Well, then you’ll also know there...
Apple’s 2020 gadgets include ‘AirTags’ trackers and fancy headphones
Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is at it again with a new batch of leaks, but there’s more than just iPhones, iPads, and Macs, for a change. Instead, Kuo’s latest research...
Nintendo will stop accepting Wii repairs soon
Like many a Nintendo fan, I still have fond memories of the Wii. I may never play it nowadays, but there was something innocent about that era when, for a...
Stanford’s Doggo quadrupedal robot and siblings Pupper and Woofer are coming to TC Sessions: Robotics+AI – TechCrunch
Animal-like, four-legged robots have been a crowd pleaser since Boston Dynamics’ BigDog, and Stanford’s Doggo shows how the technology can be made open source, accessible, and educational. Doggo’s creators will...
Google Nest begins testing HVAC alerts, partners with Handy for booking service calls – TechCrunch
Google’s Nest is testing a new feature that will alert you to potential HVAC issues and even help you book an HVAC professional to fix it, thanks to a partnership...
Apple’s Q1 2020 financials were great — but it still needs a budget iPhone
If you’re an Apple follower, you’ll have seen the company just released its Q1 2020 financials. There’s a raft of interesting information in there, but without getting bogged down by...
Modified HoloLens helps teach kids with vision impairment to navigate the social world – TechCrunch
Growing up with blindness or low vision can be difficult for kids, not just because they can’t read the same books or play the same games as their sighted peers;...