The Made by Google 2025 event is finally happening, notably before Apple’s hardware event is expected to take place in September. On Wednesday, the tech giant debuted its Pixel 10 series, a new foldable, the Pixel Watch 4, the second generation of the cost-friendly A-Series earbuds, generative AI capabilities with …
Read More »Google launches its own ‘MagSafe’ with PixelSnap
Google announced its own version of “MagSafe” called PixelSnap, which allows magnetic accessories to work with the newly launched Pixel 10 series of devices. The company’s announcement comes nearly five years after Apple announced its own slew of magnetic accessories with the iPhone 12 in 2020. The company said that …
Read More »Co-founder of Elon Musk’s xAI departs the company
Igor Babuschkin, a co-founder of Elon Musk’s xAI startup, announced his departure from the company on Wednesday in a post on X. Babuschkin led engineering teams at xAI and helped build the startup into one of Silicon Valley’s leading AI model developers just a few years after it was founded. …
Read More »Waymo finally has a music experience worthy of its robotaxi
I’m riding in the back of a Waymo that’s autonomously navigating the busy streets of San Francisco with relative ease thanks to 29 external cameras, six radar, and five lidar sensors all feeding into an AI model. For just 15 bucks, I get to experience what feels like a miracle …
Read More »Google CEO adds a new calendar feature at Stripe co-founder’s request
Talk about customer service. On Wednesday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai posted on X about Google Calendar’s new feature to duplicate events — an addition that was specifically requested by Stripe co-founder John Collison last month, also via an X post. On July 5, Collison asked if Google Calendar users could …
Read More »India’s Rapido begins testing food delivery to take on Swiggy, Zomato
Rapido, a popular ride-hailing platform in India, has quietly begun beta testing its food delivery service in Bengaluru, marking its first serious move to challenge market leaders Swiggy and Zomato in one of the world’s fastest-growing delivery markets. The 10-year-old startup has started testing its food delivery service in three …
Read More »NASA has sparked a race to develop the data pipeline to Mars
For decades, NASA built and flew its own relay orbiters and spacecraft to ferry valuable data back to Earth. Now the agency is shifting to buying connectivity as a service, much like it does for launch and astronaut transport. That pivot has sparked a race, with major contenders pitching ways …
Read More »Instagram is developing a feature that helps users find shared interests
Instagram is working on a feature called “Picks” that aims to help users find common interests. The Meta-owned social network confirmed to TechCrunch that Picks is an internal prototype and isn’t being tested externally. The feature was first spotted by reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi, who often finds unreleased features while they’re …
Read More »Monarch Tractors won’t be built by Foxconn after Ohio factory sale
Foxconn will no longer build electric tractors for California startup Monarch Tractor after the Taiwanese tech giant recently sold its Ohio factory to SoftBank. Monarch CEO Praveen Penmesta confirmed the news in a LinkedIn comment Tuesday. He also said his company worked with Foxconn to “build up inventory” before the …
Read More »Pocket FM gives its writers an AI tool to transform narratives, write cliffhangers, and more
India-based audio series platform maker Pocket FM aims to be the Netflix of audio. That is, the company intends to match its audio series with hundreds of episodes to its users’ tastes. For that to work, it needs to release content rapidly — something it’s now turning to AI to …
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