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Is Amazon's Alexa ready to leave home and become a wearable voice assistant?
Sep 25, 8:52PM
Amazon’s device event today played host to a dizzying number of product announcements, of all stripes – but notably, there are three brand new ways to wear Alexa on your body. Amazon clearly wants to give you plenty of options to take Alexa with you when you leave the house, the only place it’s really […]
Meal replacement company Soylent adds mint chocolate flavor
Sep 25, 8:47PM
The meal replacement company Soylent Nutrition, Inc., has added mint chocolate flavor to its line of drinks and snacks. "Our new Mint Chocolate Drink requested by our fans was engineered by Soylent's hard-working team, with the complex tastes of humanity in mind," said Andrew Thomas, Soylent's VP of Brand Marketing, in a statement. In concert […]
Symantec's Sheila Jordan named to Slack's board of directors
Sep 25, 8:15PM
Newly-public Slack taps cybersecurity expertise for growing board.
Project A, the Berlin-based VC, raises $200M fund to back Seed and Series A European startups
Sep 25, 8:12PM
Project A, the Berlin-based VC that backs startups in Europe at seed and Series A stage, has raised a new $200 million fund (€180 million). This brings total assets under management to $486 million (€440 million) and is the third fund Project A has raised. The venture capital firm, whose investments include the likes of […]
Announcing the custom contests for the TC Hackathon at Disrupt SF
Sep 25, 7:46PM
Congratulations to all the motivated hackers, coders, devs and designers who took action and secured their spot in the TechCrunch Hackathon at Disrupt San Francisco 2019 on October 2-4. We limited participation to 800 people, and we're thrilled that the event is completely full. We can't wait to see what 800 of the world's best code warriors create […]
Oculus shows off its latest next-generation headset prototypes
Sep 25, 6:54PM
At its developer conference Wednesday, Oculus showed off a pair of prototype designs for its next high-end headsets. Two years ago, Oculus showed off its Half Dome prototype which utilized a technology called varifocal lenses to allow users to adjust where the points of focus were in an image, this is technology similar to what […]
Your guide to WeWork's CEO shuffle
Sep 25, 6:49PM
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch's venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.
Amazon wants to put microphones into your rings and glasses
Sep 25, 6:45PM
At the end of its hardware event today, Amazon announced a new program for testing and selling its own experimental, limited-volume hardware: Day 1 Editions. The first of these new products is Echo Frames. These are Alexa-enabled glasses, though unlike Google Glass, there’s no camera and no display, just microphones and a speaker. The second […]
Oculus and Respawn announce a Nazi-killing VR shooter
Sep 25, 6:33PM
Two years ago, Oculus announced a radical departure in how they were funding virtual reality developers. Instead of partnering with a ton of upstart teams looking to explore the medium and help fund their low-budget pursuits, the company would be pursuing fewer, more expensive projects with established studios. Their crown jewel would be a made-for-VR […]
Amazon Sidewalk is a new long-range wireless network for your stuff
Sep 25, 6:25PM
At its annual hardware event in Seattle, Amazon today announced Sidewalk, a new low-bandwidth, long-distance wireless protocol the company is developing to connect all of the IoT devices in and around your house. Amazon argues that Bluetooth and WiFi don’t have enough range, while 5F takes too much power and is too complex. “We came […]
Amazon's Echo Buds bring Alexa to your earholes
Sep 25, 6:24PM
Amazon had a lot of surprises at this morning’s big event in Seattle. This one, however, we saw coming from a mile away. Echo Buds are the company’s attempt to compete with the likes of AirPods by bringing its smart assistant directly to wearers’ ears. Priced at $129, the wireless earbuds are relatively inexpensive as […]
How Amazon is closing out competitors by opening up voice
Sep 25, 6:20PM
We’ve come a long way with voice-based interfaces in the last several years: They can find and play the music you like, tell you jokes, set timers, control your lights and help you shop, among many other things. But the battle lines were drawn from the start when it came to territory. The biggest hardware […]
Dropbox will start rolling out the new Dropbox app to everyone today
Sep 25, 6:17PM
Back in June, Dropbox debuted a preview version of the “new Dropbox”. Built around a standalone app interface and focused on integrating all of your work tools (your Slack, G Suite, Zoom calls, etc) into one place, it’s a pretty dramatic overhaul from the simple shared folders that Dropbox has always been known for. Not […]
Amazon introduces an Alexa-compatible smart oven
Sep 25, 6:16PM
The Alexa microwave admittedly seemed a bit goofy when Amazon introduced it at an event this time last year. But low cost coupled with the company’s built-in promotional machine have made it the best selling microwave on the site — that’s no small feat. Now it’s returning with the Amazon Smart Oven. From the look […]
Facebook is building a 'new social layer' for Oculus headsets
Sep 25, 6:11PM
Facebook spent a large amount of time at its Oculus Connect 6 keynote detailing the new links between its VR headset and the company’s core Facebook app. “Starting late this year, we will begin to roll out a completely new social layer across the Oculus platform powered by Facebook,” Oculus exec Megan Fitzgerald said onstage. […]
GM is bringing Amazon Alexa to 2018 and newer Cadillac, Chevy, Buick and GMC vehicles
Sep 25, 6:07PM
General Motors is adding Amazon Alexa to the infotainment systems of its Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac vehicles in the first half of next year — one of the broadest rollouts of an embedded Alexa Auto experience, the automaker said Wednesday. The new in-vehicle Amazon Alexa experience will be added through a software update to […]
Echo Flex is a small, $25 Echo that plugs directly into the wall
Sep 25, 6:06PM
I think we’re on Echo device number seven for the morning? Echo Flex is one of the more interesting additions at this morning’s big event in Seattle. For those cases where the Echo Dot isn’t cheap enough or versatile enough, there’s the Echo Flex. The device plugs directly into a wall outlet, bringing Alexa functionality […]
Amazon introduces new $99 Eero mesh Wifi routers
Sep 25, 6:00PM
Amazon is launching a new generation of Eero router, the first new iteration of Eero hardware since it acquired the company earlier this year. The new router is $99 for one, or available in a three-pack for $249, and is available in the U.S. today and in Europe later this year. Alongside the new hardware, […]
Echo Glow is a $30 Alexa-powered glowing sphere
Sep 25, 5:55PM
Out of all of the hardware announced so far at this morning’s big Amazon event, the Echo Glow is perhaps the oddest entry. It’s a $30 colorful glowing sphere. Why? Because Amazon said so. Tapping the top of the device will cycle through a number of different colors. It can blink. It has a campfire […]
Amazon's new Alexa Food Network service aims to make Echo the Peloton of cooking
Sep 25, 5:50PM
Amazon is partnering up with Food Network on a new recipe service for its Echo Show line of devices, borne out of the interest it saw in users for recipes and cooking videos on the smart video speaker. The new Food Network Kitchen service, which is launching in October, will be available on phones and […]
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