The Best Amazon Prime Day Book Deals
July 16th and 17th are Amazon Prime Days, and that means a whole lot of sales for members, including on books and Kindles. We’ve included some...
The OnePlus Pad 2 Wants to Be the iPad Air of Android Tablets
It’s packing the latest Snapdragon mobile chip, a 3K screen, and a whopping six stereo speakers, though we’ll need to see if it’s more than another...
WhatsApp introduces ‘Favorites’ for quick access to contacts and groups that matter most
WhatsApp is rolling out a “Favorites” filter to let you quickly access chats and groups for sending them new messages or making calls. © 2024 TechCrunch....
Hasbro’s Latest, Greatest Optimus Prime Is Ready to Roll Out
Inspired by the iconic Transformers: The Movie, there’s more than meets the eye with Hasbro’s newest action figure take on Optimus Prime. Source : Hasbro’s Latest,...
Truck Receives Laser Signal from Space in First-of-Its-Kind Demonstration
The test is part of ongoing efforts to increase space-to-Earth communication speeds by 1,000-fold. Source : Truck Receives Laser Signal from Space in First-of-Its-Kind Demonstration
Perplexity’s Aravind Srinivas on accelerating everyday AI at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
As AI competition heats up, Perplexity has proven resilient due to its focus on using the technology strictly as a tool to let people “learn anything...
‘Disco Balls’ and ‘Peanuts’: North Korea Now Has 50 Nukes, Scientists Say
According to scientists, the DPRK has enough nuclear material to build 130 warheads by the end of the decade. Source : ‘Disco Balls’ and ‘Peanuts’: North...
YC-backed CrowdVolt shakes up the secondary ticket market with its bid-ask model
CrowdVolt operates on a model similar to sneaker resell marketplace StockX, meaning buyers submit bids on tickets, and sellers set asking prices. © 2024 TechCrunch. All...
A company building Wordle for chess raises money from a16z Speedrun, Mark Pincus and Eric Wu
Echo Chunk, a company that is building Wordle-styled daily chess puzzle game Echo Chess, has raised $1.4 million in pre-seed from a16z Speedrun (Andreessen Horowitz’s early-stage...
Announcing The Shortlist for the 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction
The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction, a $25,000 prize honoring a book-length work of imaginative fiction, today announces the shortlist for the 2024 prize....
