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Corsair is buying mechanical keyboard maker Drop

July 17, 2023

Everyone seems to be buying a mechanical keyboard company these days. Corsair has one-upped them all by buying its own mechanical keyboard company. The Fremont, California-based peripheral maker today announced that it’s acquiring “certain assets” from Drop for an undisclosed, all-cash deal. “Drop has been acquired by Corsair,” Drop CEO Jef Holove wrote in a […]

Corsair is buying mechanical keyboard maker Drop by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

Intel backs robotics startup, Twitter loses money, and fintech shows signs of life

July 17, 2023

Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Our Monday show covers the latest in tech news from the weekend and what’s making headlines early in the week. Here’s the rundown from this morning! Stocks are largely down around the […]

Intel backs robotics startup, Twitter loses money, and fintech shows signs of life by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch

Rocket Lab aiming to advance Electron reusability with tonight’s launch

July 17, 2023

Rocket Lab has made improvements to the first stage of the Electron rocket to make it more resilient to ocean water, upgrades that will be put to the test with tonight’s launch. The “Baby Come Back” mission will launch from the company’s launch complex on Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand, with a launch window that opens […]

Rocket Lab aiming to advance Electron reusability with tonight’s launch by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

Common Sense Media, a popular resource for parents, to review AI products’ suitability for kids

July 17, 2023

Common Sense, a well-known nonprofit organization devoted to consumer privacy, digital citizenship and providing media ratings for parents who want to evaluate the apps, games, podcasts, TV shows, movies, and books their children are consuming, announced this morning it will introduce another type of product to its ratings and reviews system: AI technology products. The […]

Common Sense Media, a popular resource for parents, to review AI products’ suitability for kids by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Facebook puts more emphasis on video again with new discovery and editing tools

July 17, 2023

Facebook announced new video-related features today ranging from editing to discovery to make the platform competitive with YouTube and TikTok. It is also renaming its “Watch” tab to “Video” tab to unify all its video experiences under one place. The company is porting editing tools for Reels to videos for the main feed — this […]

Facebook puts more emphasis on video again with new discovery and editing tools by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch