Snap recalls discontinued Pixy drone over fire risk
Snap and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are recalling the company’s discontinued Pixy drone and telling owners to stop using it or charging the batteries because of a fire hazard. This comes after the safety agency received “four reports of the battery overheating and bulging, resulting in one minor
Read moreIntroducing: CodeSignal Learn
Since 2015, technical leaders have relied on CodeSignal to identify people with the right skills for their business needs. Building on what we’ve learned over the past 9 years, we’re proud to introduce a revolutionary new learning experience that helps people develop and master in-demand skills: CodeSignal Learn. CodeSignal Learn
Read moreArc is building an AI agent that browses on your behalf
For years, Google (or any other search engine) has been the main gateway for people to discover websites and other content. The Browser Company, which makes the Arc Browser, is on a quest to change that by building an AI that surfs the web for you and gets you the
Read moreMeta Quest adds support for Apple’s Spatial Video ahead of Vision Pro launch
Apple’s brand-new Vision Pro headset has lost one of its competitive advantages over rivals, as Meta announced today that it, too, will add support for spatial video playback on its more affordable Meta Quest. Spatial video, also known as stereoscopic videos, are videos Apple customers themselves can film with any
Read moreProbabl is a new AI company built around popular library scikit-learn
Probabl isn’t your average AI startup as this new French company is an Inria spin-off company that revolves around an open-source data science library called scikit-learn — Inria is a well-known French technology research institute. As for scikit-learn, with more than 45,000 stars on GitHub, this Python module is widely
Read moreApple Vision Pro to launch with over 600 apps and games optimized for the new headset
The pace is picking up for the Apple Vison Pro apps ahead of the spatial computing device’s Friday launch as developers ready their apps for the new platform. While just last week, only 150-plus apps had been specifically designed for the Vision Pro so far, according to a third-party analysis
Read moreWhy one founder thinks the Apple Vision Pro is going to make it
Skyflow CEO and co-founder Anshu Sharma joins Equity to discuss Apple's Vision Pro and how it fares against the Innovator's Dilemma. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreIzote Biosciences takes in $2.6M to develop a fermentation process sans oxygen
The startup is developing a proprietary method that enables bacteria to "breathe without oxygen" inside a bioreactor. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreGoogle releases GenAI tools for music creation
As GenAI tools begin to transform the music industry in incredible — and in some cases ethically problematic — ways, Google is ramping up its investments in AI tech to create new songs and lyrics. The search giant today unveiled MusicFX, an upgrade to MusicLM, the music-generating tool Google released
Read moreCast your votes for TC Early Stage Audience Choice Roundtables
A not-so-humble brag here, so brace yourself. The programming at TechCrunch Early Stage — April 25 in Boston, Massachusetts — is gonna be off the proverbial hook. How do we know? We read hundreds of applications from experienced founders and startup ecosystem experts eager to participate in Audience Choice for
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