Google brings Material 3 Expressive to Pixel 6 and newer devices, along with other features
The tech giant is introducing Material 3 Expressive to Pixel phones, Adaptive Audio for the Pixel Buds Pro 2, on-wrist navigation for the Pixel Watch, new AI writing tools in Gboard, enhanced audio sharing capabilities, the ability to create custom Android bots, and more.
Read moreOrchard Robotics, founded by a Thiel fellow Cornell dropout, raises $22M for farm vision AI
The startup uses truck-mounted cameras to collect and analyze data about crop health.
Read moreGoogle’s NotebookLM now lets you customize the tone of its AI podcasts
When generating an Audio Overview, users can now choose whether they want their AI podcasts to be formatted like a "Deep Dive," "Brief," "Critique," or "Debate."
Read moreOpenAI Acquires Statsig: Vijaye Raji Named CTO of Applications
OpenAI acquires Statsig, a product experimentation and feature management platform. The all-stock transaction is valued at approximately $1.1 billion, based on OpenAI’s most recent $300 billion valuation. As part of the deal, Vijaye Raji, Statsig’s founder and CEO, will join OpenAI as Chief Technology Officer of Applications, reporting to Fidji Simo, OpenAI’s CEO of Applications.
Read moreTymeBank Joins Home Affairs in Expanding Digital Public Services
TymeBank announces a landmark partnership with the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) to enable millions of South Africans across the country to secure Smart IDs and passports quickly, securely, and conveniently. As one of the world’s fastest-growing digital banks, TymeBank will play an integral role in the DHA’s transformative initiatives
Read moreVenezuela’s president thinks American spies can’t hack Huawei phones
Huawei phones, given their custom hardware and operating system, may actually be easier to hack than other brands.
Read moreHow to watch Apple announce the iPhone 17
Apple is debuting the iPhone 17 at its annual hardware event on September 9.
Read moreThese 20- and 22-year-olds raised $5M from YC, General Catalyst to study online behavior using vision AI
Amogh Chaturvedi is running on little sleep but plenty of conviction at 6 a.m. He’s groggy, apologetic for rescheduling, and still reeling from a recent scare involving a family member and an electric scooter. Within minutes, though, the 20-year-old Stanford dropout snaps into focus, walking me through how he and
Read moreWarp brings new diff-tracking tools to the AI coding arms race
The AI coding tool Warp is releasing a new set of features designed to give users more oversight over command-line coding agents, with more extensive difference tracking and a clearer view of what the coding agent is doing.
Read more3 days left to lock in your exhibit table at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Time is running out to showcase your startup in front of the most influential eyes in tech. In just 3 days, the exhibitor table deadline closes for TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 in San Francisco. And with only 10 tables still available (or fewer by the time you read this), every minute
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