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Livestream shopping app Whatnot raises $265M, pinning valuation at nearly $5B

January 8, 2025

Whatnot, the platform that allows users to sell items such as trading cards, comics, and sneakers through live videos, announced on Wednesday that it has secured $265 million in a Series E funding round, a significant investment for a livestream shopping platform. This round puts Whatnot’s valuation at $4.97 billion. The investment marks an important…

Infoblox Threat Intel research sheds light on the use of spoofed domains in malicious spam campaigns

January 8, 2025

GUEST RESEARCH: Infoblox Threat Intel researchers have discovered new insights into the use of spoofed domains in modern malicious spam (malspam) campaigns, sending unsolicited emails that contain harmful attachments or links designed to infect the recipient’s computer with malware or to steal sensitive information. This reveals how threat actors exploit domain spoofing and how pervasive…

WatchGuard Acquires ActZero to Add Scalable and Open-Platform AI Security to Deliver Simplified 24/7 MDR Services

January 8, 2025

COMPANY NEWS: With demand for WatchGuard’s existing MDR service soaring, this acquisition lets MSPs easily add best-in-class MDR capabilities without building and maintaining their own in-house security operations center (SOC).

SteamOS expands to other gaming handhelds with the Lenovo Legion Go S

January 8, 2025

SteamOS is slowly becoming an alternative to Windows for handheld gaming devices. After launching the Steam Deck with SteamOS, its own operating system, Valve is now partnering with third-party manufacturers so that they can release gaming handhelds with SteamOS support. On Tuesday, Lenovo unveiled the Legion Go S at CES 2025. Unlike its predecessor, the…

Casio says hackers stole personal data of 8,500 people during October ransomware attack

January 8, 2025

Siren secures strategic funding for its socks that detect diabetic foot ulcers

January 8, 2025

After studying burn victims and war veterans, entrepreneur Ran Ma hand-made a sock that contained sensors to detect foot ulcers. Now, her company, Siren, has secured $9.5 million, with an $8 million check from lead investor Mölnlycke Health Care to further the development and adoption of its diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) prevention product. It’s now…

UN aviation agency confirms hacker breached recruitment database to access thousands of records

January 8, 2025

Microsoft backs its $3B AI push in India with public and private sector deals

January 8, 2025

Microsoft announced a sweeping series of artificial intelligence partnerships across India’s core sectors on Wednesday, a day after pledging to invest $3 billion in the country over the next two years as it intensifies competition with rivals Google and Amazon. The tech giant’s chief executive Satya Nadella (pictured above) unveiled agreements with five major organizations…

Nomupay raises $37M on a $200M valuation to build payment rails in underserved markets across Asia

January 8, 2025

Wirecard, a German fintech that raised hundreds of millions of dollars only to collapse in 2020 in a sea of scandal and insolvency, still makes headlines today as lawsuits continue against different entities and people once connected to the business. Meanwhile, a Dublin-based startup called Nomupay that was formed in 2023 out of some of…

Indian government websites are still redirecting users to scam sites

January 7, 2025

Delta SkyMiles members can now earn miles riding with Uber

January 7, 2025

Uber announced during CES 2025 a multi-year exclusive partnership with Delta Air Lines that allows SkyMiles members to earn miles when they ride with Uber or order delivery through Uber Eats in the U.S. The partnership will launch in the spring, giving Uber customers access to perks like “improved Uber pickup and drop off experiences…

Sam Altman’s family responds to lawsuit alleging he sexually assaulted his sister

January 7, 2025

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman responded to sexual assault accusations from his estranged younger sister on Tuesday, calling the claims “entirely untrue.” According to the Saint Louis Post Dispatch, in a new lawsuit filed Monday, Annie Altman alleges her older brother sexually assaulted her over a nine-year period in the 1990s and 2000s. The suit echoes…

Delta Air Lines announces an AI-powered assistant in its mobile app and free onboard YouTube Premium and Music at CES 2025

January 7, 2025

Over the last few years, Delta Air Lines’ presence has become a staple of CES, with the airline regularly hosting splashy keynotes. This year, the company has rented out the Sphere to announce its latest slate of updates. These include (can you guess it?) an AI-powered assistant in its app, as well as an updated…

Zeekr RT, the robotaxi built for Waymo, has the tiniest wipers

January 7, 2025

For the autonomous vehicle-obsessed, the Waymo-Zeekr robotaxi is nothing new. In 2021, Waymo and Zeekr announced a partnership. Waymo first showed a concept of the purpose-built robotaxi in late 2022 and began testing prototype versions on public roads in San Francisco last year, even as it began rolling out its commercial fleet of Jaguar I-Pace…

Nvidia CEO says his AI chips are improving faster than Moore’s Law

January 7, 2025

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says the performance of his company’s AI chips is advancing faster than historical rates set by Moore’s Law, the rubric that drove computing progress for decades. “Our systems are progressing way faster than Moore’s Law,” said Huang in an interview with TechCrunch on Tuesday, the morning after he delivered a keynote…

CES 2025 Day 1: Honda, BMW, X’s victory lap, and the first show floor gadget reveals

January 7, 2025

CES 2025 is officially underway in Las Vegas. Monday’s press day saw keynotes from Samsung, Nvidia, Toyota, and Sony, among others, while Tuesday was all about the exciting new gadgets on the show floor. TechCrunch reporters are on the ground giving you the latest reveals at the conference. Below, you’ll find a list of the…

X hires former WSJ editor and bureau chief to lead news group

January 7, 2025

X, formerly Twitter, wants to make its platform a home to the future and news and journalism. On that front, the company has now hired John Stoll, a former editor and Detroit bureau chief at The Wall Street Journal to lead its news group and partnership team at X. The hiring news was announced on…

This pool cleaning company made a robot turtle to track water quality

January 7, 2025

Beatbot makes robotic pool cleaners. In fact, the company is showing off a new one with a docking station this week at CES 2025. What really caught our eye on the show floor, however, is RoboTurtle, because, well, it’s a robot that looks like a turtle. The turtle, sadly, seems to very much be in…

Silicon Valley is so dominant again, its startups devoured over half of all global VC funding in 2024

January 7, 2025

For all the chatter about the decline of San Francisco, the data repeatedly shows that the area is still the best place for venture-backed startups. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

This baseball radar gun plugs into an iPhone

January 7, 2025

Tucked away in the recesses CES 2025’s Eureka Hall startup showcase, CaiqueTech showed off a novel take on the tried-and-true baseball radar gun. After building a standalone device, the Korean firm has created a modular version that plugs directly into a phone via the USB-C port. The PI SpeedGun module has radar built in. While…

Feds investigate Tesla’s ‘Actual Smart Summon’ after several crashes

January 7, 2025

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into 2.56 million Tesla vehicles after several crashes involving the automaker’s “Actual Smart Summon” remote parking feature. Tesla released Actual Smart Summon, or ASS for short, via software update in September. It allows Tesla owners to use their app to command the vehicle drive itself…

AWS says it’ll invest ‘at least’ $11B to expand data center infrastructure in Georgia

January 7, 2025

On Tuesday, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon’s cloud computing division, said that it plans to invest “at least” $11 billion in Georgia to expand its infrastructure to support various cloud computing and AI technologies. AWS estimates that its investment will create roughly 550 jobs in the state. “AWS is proud to expand our operations in…

FTC accuses gig work app Handy of misleading ads and opaque fees for workers

January 7, 2025

The FTC and New York’s attorney general have accused Handy, the gig app customers can use to book cleaners, handymen, and more, of making deceptive claims about how much workers could earn through its platform. In a complaint filed on Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, the FTC…

You can plug a second mic into Shure’s new MV7i

January 7, 2025

Announced in 2022, the MV7 is hands down one of the best podcaster mics on the market. Last April, Shure updated the line to include the MV7+, which has USB-C connect and a few new tricks designed to get a cleaner sound. At CES 2025 on Tuesday, the audio company added yet another entry to…

Nokia’s cellular network ready for Moon in IM-2 lander

January 7, 2025

Mobile operator Nokia and space exploration manufacturer Intuitive Machines have completed the integration of Nokia’s Lunar Surface Communication System (LSCS) into the IM-2 mission lunar lander, named Athena.

Nuclear startup Deep Fission plans to bury micro-reactors to power data centers

January 7, 2025

Threads prototypes custom display names and cover images for profiles

January 7, 2025

Instagram Threads is developing new features that would bring its user experience more in line with that of X (formerly Twitter) and the social network Bluesky. The Meta-owned company is internally prototyping the ability to set a display name and add a cover image to profiles. A spokesperson for the company confirmed to TechCrunch on…

Deutsche Telekom consolidates wholesale business under T Wholesale

January 7, 2025

German communications giant Deutsche Telekom has consolidated its national and international wholesale activities into a single entity called T Wholesale, in a move the telco says is intended to reflect the growing demand for integrated telecomms services.

Anthropic reportedly in talks to raise $2B at $60B valuation, led by Lightspeed

January 7, 2025

OpenAI rival Anthropic is in talks to raise $2 billion in new capital in a funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, according to The Wall Street Journal. The round, which The Journal reports would value Anthropic at $60 billion, would bring Anthropic’s total raised to $15.7 billion, going by Crunchbase’s data. It would also…

Xpeng Aero HT unveils ‘flying car’ that’s part-van, part-eVTOL at CES 2025

January 7, 2025

Xpeng Aero HT, the aerospace company under Chinese EV startup Xpeng, unveiled at CES 2025 its “modular flying car,” the so-called Land Aircraft Carrie. It’s ssentially an electric minivan with a small folding eVTOL (vertical takeoff and landing vehicle) tucked in the back, which can be rolled out and launched into flight. The company says…

South Park Commons is raising $40M for an India-specific fund

January 7, 2025

Telegram reports spike in sharing user data with law enforcement

January 7, 2025

Honda reveals its futuristic ‘0 SUV’ prototype at CES 2025

January 7, 2025

Honda is adding to its so-called 0 Series of EVs with a new SUV it just revealed at CES 2025. The company showed off a mid-size SUV prototype dubbed, surely enough, the 0 SUV, which will join the 0 Saloon that Honda showed off at last year’s show. A production version of the SUV will…

Panasonic unveils an AI-powered wellness coach, powered by Anthropic’s Claude, at CES 2025

January 7, 2025

At CES 2025 in Las Vegas, Panasonic unveiled its upcoming digital assistant, Umi, which offers families a personalized, AI-powered wellness coach. Created in partnership with Anthropic, Umi uses the Claude AI model to help families “care, coordinate, and connect” with each other, the company said. More specifically, this involves an AI assistant that focuses on…

Pure Storage and Micron collaborate to deliver scalable, energy-efficient solutions for hyperscale data centers

January 7, 2025

COMPANY NEWS: Pure Storage®, the IT pioneer that delivers the world’s most advanced data storage technology and services, today announced the expansion of its strategic collaboration with Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MU), a global leader in memory and storage solutions. This strategic collaboration enables the high-capacity and energy-efficient solutions that hyperscalers require using Micron G9…

Pia CEO to Step Down, Executive Group to Fill Duties in Interim

January 7, 2025

AI-led help desk automation platform for managed service providers (MSPs) Pia has announced that Gerwai Todd will be stepping down as CEO, effective immediately. Pia will now pursue a full-time CEO to meet its business needs. Todd, who served as the CEO of both Pia and TimeZest simultaneously, will remain CEO at TimeZest. The help…

Granite’s Greenix Earns Patent for Orchestration Platform

January 7, 2025

Telecommunications solutions provider for businesses and government entities, Granite Telecommunications, has been issued a new patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for its Greenix technology, a low-code workflow editor designed to streamline and automate complex network deployments. This is the second patent that Greenix has been awarded in 2024 by the USPTO.…

HR software startup OnPay was inspired by the founder’s family payroll business

January 7, 2025

In 2007, Jesse Burgess joined his family’s payroll business. He quickly noticed that the business’ six payroll clerks were getting bogged down by repetitive, monotonous tasks — and so he sought to streamline those tasks by creating workflow automation tools. Several years later, Burgess sensed an opportunity to bring the tools he developed for his…

BMW’s new UI puts widgets on the windshield

January 7, 2025

BMW is totally revamping its in-car user interface, starting with the Neue Klasse sedan later this year and ultimately spreading to all models, the company announced at CES 2025. Some of it looks and feels familiar, but the big change is a widget-based system that lets users customize the layout — including on the car’s…

At CES 2025, Uber teams up with Nvidia to scale autonomous driving faster

January 7, 2025

Uber will use Nvidia’s new generative world model simulation tool, Cosmos, and cloud-based AI supercomputing platform, DGX Cloud, to support the development of autonomous vehicle technology, the companies announced at CES 2025. Cosmos is being marketed to robotics and autonomy companies as a tool that generates physics-based videos from a variety of inputs, including 9,000…

What the heck happened at fintech Bench?

January 7, 2025

Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! It’s good to be back. This week, we’re looking at the wild ride that was Bench’s shutdown and acquisition; dozens of companies that are hiring in the fintech space; lawsuits against PayPal; an IPO update; and more! This edition is a bit longer than normal since we were on a hiatus…

Google puts $1M into 3D design app Rooms after more than 1 million ‘rooms’ created

January 7, 2025

3D design app Rooms just landed more funding. Launched into beta in 2023, the app from ex-Google employees allows users to build and code interactive 3D rooms and mini-games using a library of more than 10,000 items, which can be further edited using the programming language Lua. Now, Google itself has invested $1 million into…

US government set to launch its Cyber Trust Mark cybersecurity labeling program for internet-connected devices in 2025

January 7, 2025

The cybersecurity consumer labeling program will launch in 2025, the Biden administration confirmed, after initially slated for last year. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

RadioShack is back (kind of)

January 7, 2025

The 21st century has not been kind to RadioShack. The once-dominant electronics component retailer simply couldn’t compete with big box stores like Best Buy and online retail juggernaut Amazon. February 2015 saw the company delisted from the New York Stock Exchange before declaring bankruptcy the same month. Later that year, RadioShack began the process of…

Trump announces $20B plan to build new data centers in the US

January 7, 2025

Meticulous shows off its smart espresso machine at CES 2025

January 7, 2025

Meticulous is showcasing its smart espresso maker, which it says is the world’s first robotic lever espresso machine, at CES 2025 in Las Vegas this week. The prototype has raised nearly $5 million in funding on Kickstarter and another $1.6 million million on Indiegogo. The company’s first batch of espresso machines is set to ship…

Employer.com offers to buy failed fintech Level, a week after it makes offer for Bench

January 7, 2025

Employer.com has offered to acquire Level, a fintech startup that just last week abruptly shut down after failing to find a buyer, according to The Information. But Level is still mulling over the offer, its Employer.com CMO Matt Charney told TechCrunch. “It’s with legal,” he said. Founded in 2018 by early Square employee Paul Aaron,…

Manhattan Associates Predicts Four Game-Changing Retail Trends for 2025

January 7, 2025

GUEST OPINION: Omnichannel innovation, AI-driven personalisation, and sustainability among the key drivers shaping the future of retail

Singtel’s Paragon wins Platform award at 2024 World Communication Awards

January 7, 2025

Singtel has announced that its all-in-one aggregation and business orchestration platform, Paragon, has won the Platform award at the 2024 World Communication Awards (WCA), for addressing a critical challenge faced by enterprises: orchestrating multiple technology solutions to serve their business needs.

SentinelOne Recognised as a 2024 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms

January 7, 2025

COMPANY NEWS: 98% of end users willing to recommend Singularity Cloud Security to protect cloud-native environments from advanced threats

Exabeam Rips Up the Rule Book on SOC Automation

January 7, 2025

COMPANY NEWS: Exabeam leads the way in security operations productivity as the first platform to embrace Open API compatibility

GigaOm Radar Names Hitachi Vantara a Leader and Outperformer in Primary Storage for Virtual Storage Platform One

January 7, 2025

COMPANY NEWS: Industry recognition highlights Hitachi Vantara’s continued leadership and innovation in primary storage, delivering exceptional cloud integration, ransomware protection and enterprise performance

Peacock is experimenting with mini-games and short videos

January 7, 2025

As Peacock continues to trail behind major players in the entertainment industry like Netflix, TikTok, and YouTube, the streaming service is adopting strategies similar to its rivals with two new initiatives: mini-games and a short-form vertical video feed. The company previewed these experiments at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Monday. Starting this…

Meta to phase back in political content on Facebook, Instagram and Threads

January 7, 2025

As a part of a significant overhaul of its content moderation policies announced on Tuesday, Meta admitted that its approach to limiting political content across its platforms had been “pretty blunt” and would now be addressed. The company said it would once again phase in political content into Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, allowing people who…

UK confirms plans to criminalize the creation of sexually explicit deepfake content

January 7, 2025

The U.K. is forging ahead with plans to make the act of creating sexually explicit “deepfake” images a specific criminal offence. A deepfake refers to manipulated media, often video or audio, created using AI to make someone appear to say or do something they didn’t. The U.K. had already made sharing — and the threat…

Ultrahuman stakes a claim to luxury smart rings with trio of 18K gold and pt950 platinum bands

January 7, 2025

Smart ring maker Ultrahuman took the wraps off a trio of extra shiny high-tech trinkets at CES 2025 on Tuesday, adding a premium jewelry collection to its range of wellness wearables. It’s given the Ring line the brand name Rare, a neat verbal echo of the company’s mainstream smart ring, the Ring Air. The Indian…

Reddit intros new trends tools for businesses and an AMA ad format

January 7, 2025

At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Reddit unveiled new trends tools aimed at businesses and a new ad format for its Ask Me Anything (AMA) Q&A sessions. The announcements come after a record fiscal quarter for Reddit. In Q3 2024, the social network reported over 100 million daily active users for the first…

Serve Robotics raises additional $80M as it scales sidewalk delivery robots

January 7, 2025

Nvidia and Uber-backed Serve Robotics has raised $80 million in a direct offering of 4.2 million shares of common stock, money that will help the company extend its runway through 2026 and scale its fleet from the 100 robots on the streets of Los Angeles today to the 2,000 Serve hopes to deploy by the…

Alta Resource breaks down e-waste for rare earth metals that electronics need

January 7, 2025

Nvidia, Apple, and the Pentagon want more rare earth metals. Alta says it can capture more of the critical minerals from low-grade sources than other methods. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Cynomi Announces Hiring of Former CyberArk CISO Dror Hevlin

January 7, 2025

vCISO platform and security advising vendor Cynomi announced this week that Dror Hevlin has been appointed as the company’s CISO, effective immediately. Hevlin joins Cynomi after a year-long stint as the CISO of security vendor CyberArk. Appointment marks the next chapter of Hevlin’s relationship with Cynomi According to information released by Cynomi, Hevlin’s role will…

Fermata uses computer vision to detect diseases and pests in plants

January 7, 2025

When Valeria Kogan started her Ph.D. program in bioinformatics, the scientific field that uses computation and software to analyze biological data, in 2017, she imagined her career would always be within the fields of mathematics, medicine, or biology. But after the first AI boom in the late 2010s, she got an intriguing opportunity in a…

Withings launches BPM Vision, a $130 home blood pressure monitor, at CES 2025

January 7, 2025

Withings has made a name for itself by making clinical grade health technologies accessible to consumer. This week at CES 2025, the firm revealed two new products that fit the description nicely, one hardware and one software. BPM Vision is the more notable. It’s a travel size home blood pressure monitor, complete with interchangeable arm…

German Bionic’s new exoskeleton supports 80-pound lifts

January 7, 2025

At CES 2025, German Bionic announced the Apogee Ultra, a new robotic exoskeleton it claims is the “world’s most powerful.” What did the system do to earn such a lofty title? It offers up to 80 pounds of dynamic lift assistance. That mean a payload of 70 pounds feels more like 9 to 11 pounds…

UN aviation agency ‘investigating’ security breach after hacker claims theft of personal data

January 7, 2025

Getty Images and Shutterstock to merge to form $3.7 billion stock photo giant

January 7, 2025

Getty Images has announced plans to merge with its rival Shutterstock in a cash-and-stock deal. The combined entity is expected to be valued at $3.7 billion based on yesterday’s closing share prices. This announcement confirms earlier reporting from Bloomberg. Both companies offer stock photos and video footage that can be licensed and reused. This content…

Segway dropped two e-bikes at CES that are stylish and packed with tech for under $3000

January 7, 2025

Micromobility giant Segway launched two new e-bikes at CES 2025 that are designed to make the experience of riding a bike easier, safer, more convenient, and more accessible. The new bikes – the Xyber that’s giving dirt bike energy, and the classic-looking Xafari – are available for pre-order now, with expected delivery in February, according…

Kombu is changing the way we make our ‘booch’ with its modern kombucha brewer

January 7, 2025

Kombucha, a fermented tea that has been around for thousands of years and was once considered a niche health drink, is currently experiencing a surge in popularity as more consumers look for gut-friendly beverages. However, this fizzy drink isn’t exactly cheap, and home brewing can be messy, overly complicated, and time-consuming. Additionally, the supplies needed…

Petcube’s new water fountain aims to protect your cat’s urinary health

January 7, 2025

Dehydration is a major cause of illness in cats and affects millions of them each year. To address this issue, Petcube, a pet tech company known for its smart cameras and treat dispensers, introduced its first pet water fountain at CES 2025 on Tuesday. This fountain gives pets access to clean, safe water when their…

Acer’s new gaming handheld is ridiculously large

January 7, 2025

Acer unveiled two new gaming handhelds at CES 2025. The company clearly believes that bigger always means better, as it is pushing the physical limits of gaming handhelds with an enormous 10.95-inch display. Named the Nitro Blaze 11, the device comes with an AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS processor — a CPU originally designed for laptops…

Cybersecurity trends predictions for government agencies: Public Sector technology chief

January 7, 2025

Ransomware and wiper malware will continue to evolve and wreak havoc across government agencies, according to 2025 government cybersecurity trend predictions from security company Rubrik.

Spotlight on Security: Best Practices to Protect Your Mobile Devices

January 7, 2025

Mobile devices are indispensable tools in the modern workplace. They carry sensitive personal and professional information, from emails and financial data to company records. Smartphones, tablets, and rugged devices now function as entry points to critical systems, shaping how we work and live. However, this dependence on mobile technology comes with a challenge: ensuring their…

NXP to buy automotive safety software firm TTTech Auto for $625M

January 7, 2025

Dutch semiconductor giant NXP on Tuesday said it plans to acquire TTTech Auto, an Austrian company specializing in safety software for autonomous vehicles, in an all-cash transaction valued at $625 million. TTTech Auto spun out of TTTech Group in 2018, with some $78 million in backing from the likes of AUDI, Samsung and GE Ventures.…

Just Eat Takeaway completes Grubhub sale to Wonder for a modest $650M

January 7, 2025

After looking for a buyer for more than two years, Just Eat Takeaway.com has finally closed the menu on Grubhub. On Tuesday, the Dutch food delivery giant said it completed the sale of the U.S. business to Wonder, the food startup founded and led by e-commerce veteran Marc Lore. The deal has an enterprise value…

Microsoft to pump $3 billion into cloud and AI push in India

January 7, 2025

Microsoft plans to invest an additional $3 billion to expand capacity for its artificial intelligence and cloud Azure services in India, the software giant’s chief executive said Tuesday. The software giant, among the top cloud and AI providers in India, is already seeing many of its clients in the South Asian market use its newest…

Apple to label notification summaries to indicate use of AI

January 7, 2025

Apple said on Monday it would release an update to better indicate that its notification summaries are generated by artificial intelligence. “A software update in the coming weeks will further clarify when the text being displayed is summarization provided by Apple Intelligence. We encourage users to report a concern if they view an unexpected notification…

Nvidia is helping humanoid robots learn through Apple Vision Pro instruction

January 6, 2025

Robotics have been a foundational element of Nvidia’s stratospheric growth in recent years. When the chip maker announced GR00T in March of last year, it was heralded as a watershed moment from humanoid robotics. Most of the category’s biggest names were available from launch, including, 1X Technologies, Agility Robotics, Apptronik, Boston Dynamics, Figure AI, Fourier…

Toyota’s next-generation cars will be built with Nvidia supercomputers and operating system

January 6, 2025

Toyota announced at CES 2025 that its next-generation vehicles will have automated driving capabilities powered by Nvidia’s Drive AGX Orin supercomputer and safety-focused operating system, DriveOS. TechCrunch has reached out to Toyota to learn more about the automaker’s plans to deploy vehicles with autonomous capabilities. DriveOS is the operating system for Nvidia’s autonomous vehicle platform…

Nvidia details Mega, a fleet manager for warehouse robots

January 6, 2025

Nvidia continues its expansion into robotics software with Mega an Omniverse Blueprint designed specifically for robotic fleet management at scale. The offering, announced at CES Monday, specifically targets warehouses, a space that saw massive robotics adoption during the pandemic. Even so, most still lack significant automation. Companies like Locus Robotics have made significant headway in…

Nvidia unveils $2,000 RTX 5090 GPU

January 6, 2025

As anticipated, Nvidia Monday kicked off its CES 2025 keynote by unveiling the new RTX Blackwell family of GPUs. The centerpiece of the line is the RTX 5090. The card bears a striking resemblance to its predecessor, but now sports, 92 billion transistors, 4,000 AT TOPS, 380 ray-tracing TFLOPS, and 1.8 TB/s bandwidth. The 5090…

Sony-Honda’s Afeela EV will start at $89,900

January 6, 2025

Sony has been trickling out details of the Afeela brand it launched with Honda, ever since it unveiled the EV in 2023. But it’s held back one big detail — until today. Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida announced Monday at CES 2025 that the four-door Afeela EV would have a starting price of $89,900. The Sony-Honda…

Nvidia announces Digits, a $3000 personal AI supercomputer

January 6, 2025

Nvidia boss Jensen Huang has announced the company is releasing a personal AI supercomputer in May, called Digits. The device comes with 128GB RAM, up to 4TB of SSD, enough computing power to handle sophisticated AI models with up to 200 billion parameters, yet sits on your desk and plugs into a standard powerpoint taking…

Sony’s CES 2025 press conference: How to watch

January 6, 2025

Sony knows how to put on a show at CES 2025. The company’s pressers are high-octane, star-studded affairs, as these things go. In addition to standard Sony fare like TVs and audio systems, there’s always a curve ball or two, be it a car, a drone, or a “Gran Turismo” movie. That’s one of the…

Nvidia’s CES 2025 keynote: How to watch

January 6, 2025

Nvidia will no doubt have the biggest CES 2025. After all, the company has pretty much the biggest everything nowadays. The chip giant is sporting a $3.4+ trillion market cap, due largely to its foundational position in the ongoing AI boom. Companies like OpenAI and Meta have purchased Nvidia processors by the boatload, and that’s…

Anker shows off its solar beach umbrella at CES 2025

January 6, 2025

At CES 2025, Anker unveiled its first solar umbrella, designed to charge electronic devices — like coolers or phones — while outdoors. The new umbrella is part of Anker’s SOLIX lineup, which includes energy-efficient products like portable power stations and solar generators intended for powering home appliances during blackouts and emergencies. Though many solar-powered beach…

CES 2025 Press Day: Everything Nvidia, Sony, Toyota, Samsung announced, and more

January 6, 2025

CES 2025, the annual consumer tech conference held in Las Vegas, is here. TechCrunch reporters are on the ground giving you the latest announcements and reveals at the conference. Today is Press Day, which features keynotes from the biggest players, including Samsung, Nvidia, Toyota, Sony, and more. Below, you’ll find a list of the biggest…

Samsung will unveil the Galaxy S25 on January 22

January 6, 2025

In what as an otherwise uneventful CES 2025 press conference, Samsung on Monday announced January 22 as the date for its next Unpacked event. The timing lines up with earlier reporting. The event, which is being livestreamed through Samsung’s site, will almost certainly serve as a launching pad for the company’s latest flagship, the Galaxy…

Toyota is ‘exploring rockets’ and has made its first investment into Interstellar Technologies

January 6, 2025

Japanese automaker Toyota is “exploring rockets,” chairman Akio Toyoda announced on stage at CES 2025 on Monday, while hinting at the idea of moving people through space. The rocketry mention on the CES 2025 stage came while Toyoda was in the middle of explaining how he views his company’s myriad technologies as “invention by kakezan,”…

Consumer tech spending will break records in 2025 if Trump’s tariffs don’t squash it, CTA predicts

January 6, 2025

AI is leading US consumers towards a tech spending bonanza this year if tariffs don’t materialize, new research from the Consumer Technology Association finds. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Toyota’s Woven City is open for business and looking for startups

January 6, 2025

Toyota Motor Chairman Akio Toyoda revealed Monday at CES 2025 his vision for a living laboratory chock full of startups and technology. His message: Woven City — a prototype city on a 175-acre site at the foot of Mount Fuji in Japan — is open for business and searching for inventors. “Today, I say to…

Toyota is ‘exploring rockets’

January 6, 2025

Japanese automaker Toyota is “exploring rockets,” chairman Akio Toyoda just announced on stage at CES 2025, while hinting at the idea of moving people through space. Toyoda did not offer any details explaining what he meant. But he showed a rendering on stage of a rocket designed by Interstellar Technologies, a private Japanese spaceflight company…

Toyota is teaching robot arms to fold t-shirts the Japanese way

January 6, 2025

Monday’s Toyota CES press conference was all about Woven City, the carmaker’s planned community at the base of Mt. Fuji. Robotics will undoubtedly play a major role in the company’s bid to automate as much of the 2,000-person city as possible, including autonomous cars and drones designed to chaperone people back home after dark. One…

Space42 launches geostationary Thuraya 4 satellite into orbit

January 6, 2025

UAE-based space-tech company Space42 has launched its Thuraya 4 telecommunications satellite into orbit, making it the company’s sixth geostationary satellite.

Sierra Space CEO Tom Vice steps down, CNBC reports

January 6, 2025

Tom Vice, the CEO of private space technologies company Sierra Space, has left the company, according to a CNBC report. Vice held the position for three and a half years, overseeing the VC-backed company’s $290 million fundraise at a $5.3 billion valuation in 2023 and securement of a military satellite contract in early 2024. Despite…

Goodbye, Dell XPS

January 6, 2025

In a bid to streamline, Dell is dropping some of its most iconic laptop brands. At CES 2025 on Monday, the PC company announced that XPS, Inspiron, and Latitude are moving to a farm upstate. In their stead come Dell, Dell Pro, and Dell Pro Max. The move is a bid to create “unified branding”…

Openreach hits FTTP milestone claiming 50% UK coverage

January 6, 2025

BT-owned fibre network provider Openreach has claimed a new milestone with its FTTP product Ultrafast Full Fibre now available to 17 million premises – half of all UK homes and businesses.

Flying Flea electric motorcycles will feature connected services powered by Qualcomm

January 6, 2025

Flying Flea is the latest electric two-wheeler manufacturer to embrace the connected vehicle trend. At CES 2025, Flying Flea shared plans to integrate some of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon products into its upcoming line of motorcycles, bringing connected capabilities like voice assistance, smartphone-enabled keys, and customizable ride modes. Indian motorcycle manufacturer Royal Enfield introduced the Flying Flea…

CISA says ‘no indication’ of wider government hack beyond Treasury

January 6, 2025

AMD unveils new chips for laptops, desktops, and gaming handhelds at CES 2025

January 6, 2025

At CES 2025 in Las Vegas, AMD unveiled a slew of new chips destined for devices ranging from desktops to gaming handhelds. AMD is riding high coming into this year’s CES. The company commanded a 28.7% share of the desktop CPU segment in Q3 2024, up 9.6 percentage points compared to the same quarter the…

Bluesky bump from X exodus is slowing down, data shows

January 6, 2025

Social network and X competitor Bluesky’s massive growth slowed in December in the U.S., after having surged from 9+ million in September to north of 20 million users in November. The slowdown is based on an analysis of web traffic and mobile app daily active users by analytics firm Similarweb, which found that Bluesky grew…

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