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We’re nearly a month away from the next Made By Google event, but the company’s alredady gone ahead and revealed the Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro and Pixel Watch 2. The reasons are simple: That’s just how Google does things…

Not all who wonder are lust. Some of us will be forming an orderly queue in the holding room at One Apple Park Way on Tuesday morning. At 10 AM PT September 12, Tim Cook and co. will be back…

Ello aims to eradicate childhood illiteracy by leveraging artificial intelligence and child speech recognition technology. The startup announced today that it secured $15 million in Series A financing to help it do so, and the funding will go toward product…

Nextdoor has become ground zero for the spread of many rumors, hoaxes and unfounded allegations. Source: techcrunch.com

If you’ve been following the onslaught of gadget news out of Berlin this week, you’ve no doubt heard Qi2 pop up more than once. Notably, Anker and Mophie have both announced products that adopt the standard. So, [Seinfeld voice] what’s…

Bladder health isn’t the sexiest subject in the world so it probably won’t surprise you there are so few startups focused on the area. Only one actually, according to Jude founder Peony Li — who’s just closed a $4.24 million…

We’re out-of-this-world excited to announce the complete Space Stage agenda at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023. We’re joining forces with the Aerospace Corporation to host this stage and of course are excited to hear the startup pitches from the Space Domain Awareness…

The startup industry has been whistling a happy tune since the British chip designer ARM filed paperwork with the SEC late last month for an IPO. The growing expectation is that the hotly anticipated offering will force open the IPO…

Welcome back to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point A to Point B. Kirsten is away, so I’ll be your host this week. It’s been another week…

Would you eat lab-grown meat? Would you give the same answer if someone asked you to use a beauty product that had lab-grown collagen as an ingredient? Cellular agriculture — the process of growing an agriculture product from cell cultures…

Economic headwinds have scattered many of the gains that fintech companies made during the tech funding boom of 2021. Case in point — global payment platforms Stripe and Checkout.com lowered their internal valuations. Still, it would be unwise to count…

Managing returns efficiently is a necessity for online sellers; to keep their customers happy to retain them, but also because reducing their environmental impact becomes no longer optional. Source: techcrunch.com

A version of this story original appeared in TechCrunch’s weekly robotics newsletter, Actuator. Subscribe here.  A big and often unremarked upon aspect of being a reporter is knowing your audience. It’s not always as straightforward as it sounds — particularly…

Welcome, folks, to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s newsletter that recaps the major happenings in tech over the past few days. If you’ve been too slammed to follow the developments play-by-play, you’ve come to the right place. That’s what WiR…

TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 kicks off in just two weeks, and we can’t wait to meet you there! This is the startup world’s main event, and it’s where you’ll find the knowledge, tools and connections you need to grow a successful…

Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. It’s sometimes hard to remember that, as a startup founder, you have influence over aspects of your business that you wouldn’t have if you were…

Apple attempts to sway more soccer fans into signing up for MLS Season Pass with its newest discount. The subscription, which gives viewers access to every Major League Soccer game, now costs $14.99 per month or $29 for the rest…

Tesla just chopped $3,000 off the price of its “full self-driving” beta software. The 20% cut brings the cost of FSD down to $12,000 in North America. That’s precisely what Tesla previously charged for the advanced driver assistance system (ADAS)…

IFA technically kicks off today in Berlin, but it seems like Lenovo may have won the thing outright. I’ve given the company plenty of credit in the past for its willingness to try new things in this oft-staid world of…

Salesforce had a better quarter than expected, but it’s reporting and forecasting those results based on prior work, to a real degree. Source: techcrunch.com