New space startup bluShift wants to bring a new kind of propellant to the small satellite launching market, with rockets powered by bio-derived rocket fuels. These differ from traditional fuels in that they offer safety advantages during handli

Charlie launches a mobile app that ‘gamifies’ getting out of debt

Feb 1st, 2021 6m 41s

Charlie, a personal finance app that began as a chatbot, is relaunching today with a revamped experience focused on the larger goal of helping everyday Americans get out of debt. To do so, Charlie presents users with a full picture of their cur

Pivoting to home fitness, Aviron offers gamified rowing machines

Jan 29th, 2021 3m 16s

Few tech sectors had more to gain from the events of 2020 than home fitness. Interest in the category was swift, as gyms were declared one of the bigger problem areas amid the worldwide spread of Covid-19. Suddenly home workouts were more than

Google open sources Tilt Brush VR software as it shuts down internal development

Jan 29th, 2021 2m 27s

As Facebook and Apple begin to fire up more projects in the AR/VR world, Google has spent the last year shutting down most of their existing projects in that space. Today, the folks at Google announced they had ended active development of Tilt

Sony’s tempts professionals with the top-shelf, top-tier Alpha 1

Jan 28th, 2021 4m 4s

Sony is making a play for the top end of the professional digital camera world, where videographers and sports photographers demand immaculate image quality at high resolutions in short order. The new Alpha 1 beats pretty much everything on the

Ring’s new video doorbell is $60

Jan 28th, 2021 2m 16s

The top-line feature for Ring’s latest is no doubt its price. No way around that. At $60, it’s $40 cheaper than the standard Video Doorbell – and prices from there go up significantly, with the “Elite” running $350. Perhaps the company is feeli

GitLab reshuffles its paid subscription plans, drops its Bronze/Starter tier

Jan 27th, 2021 3m 27s

GitLab, the increasingly popular DevOps platform, today announced a major update to its subscription model. The company is doing away with its $4/month Bronze/Starter package. Current users will be able to renew one more time at the existing pr

Tweetbot 6 released with new subscription pricing

Jan 27th, 2021 2m 30s

Tapbots, the company behind Tweetbot, has released a major update for the iPhone and iPad. Tweetbot 6 is now available in the App store. While there aren’t a lot of visual changes, there are a couple of important things happening under the hood

Twitter acquires newsletter platform Revue

Jan 26th, 2021 2m 33s

Twitter is getting into the newsletter business. The social media company is announcing that it has acquired Revue, a Dutch startup that allows users to publish and monetize email newsletters. While Revue hasn’t driven the same wave of “is this

Calling Swedish VCs: Be featured in The Great TechCrunch Survey of European VC

Jan 26th, 2021 2m 45s

TechCrunch is embarking on a major project to survey the venture capital investors of Europe, and their cities. Our survey of VCs in Stockholm, and Sweden generally, will capture how the country is faring, and what changes are being wrought amo

Google refreshes its mobile search experience

Jan 25th, 2021 2m 53s

Google today announced a subtle but welcome refresh of its mobile search experience. The idea here is to provide easier to read search results and a more modern look with a simpler, edge-to-edge design. From what we’ve seen so far, this is not

Xbox Live Gold is getting a big price hike

Jan 25th, 2021 2m 23s

In what feels like an attempt at kicking some bad news under the rug on a Friday, Microsoft announced this morning that the price of Xbox Live Gold is going up.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Raspberry Pi Foundation launches $4 microcontroller with custom chip

Jan 21st, 2021 3m 22s

Meet the Raspberry Pi Pico, a tiny little microcontroller that lets you build hardware projects with some code running on the microcontroller. Even more interesting, the Raspberry Pi Foundation is using its own RP2040 chip, which means that the

Facebook and Instagram’s AI-generated image captions now offer far more details

Jan 21st, 2021 4m 25s

Every picture posted to Facebook and Instagram gets a caption generated by an image analysis AI, and that AI just got a lot smarter. The improved system should be a treat for visually impaired users, and may help you find your photos faster in

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