Technology

VR comes of age, as Rendever, a mixed reality startup focused on the elderly, acquires Alcove from AARP

January 5, 2023

Elderly people are not typically thought of as early adopters of cutting-edge technology, but there are startups looking to buck that trend, banking on an opportunity to provide them with them with new services like VR, to address the specific needs of elderly consumers, Today one of the bigger startups in the space, Rendever, is […]

VR comes of age, as Rendever, a mixed reality startup focused on the elderly, acquires Alcove from AARP by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch

Ossia is taking its wireless power tech to consumers with a new charging base

January 5, 2023

Ossia’s wireless power tech, Cota, has been kicking for a long time now. In fact, we wrote about the thing nearly a decade ago. Certainly the promises attached to the technology are intriguing: over-the-air power at a distance, without a line of sight. So, where does one sign up? Today at CES, the Pacific Northwestern […]

Ossia is taking its wireless power tech to consumers with a new charging base by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

Picsart’s AI-powered SketchAI app turns images and outlines into digital art

January 5, 2023

Riding the generative AI wave, Picsart, the developer behind various photo and video editing apps for the web and mobile devices, is introducing a new iOS app that transforms photos and drawings into digital art. Called SketchAI, the app lets users sketch a picture or upload an existing image and apply different artistic styles to […]

Picsart’s AI-powered SketchAI app turns images and outlines into digital art by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Here’s a roundup of the top AI-powered products we saw at CES 2023

January 5, 2023

This year, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) — the celebration of all things tech and then some — brought what it usually brings to the Vegas Strip: AI-powered gadgets. Of course, AI comes in many forms, and not all that’s advertised as AI is in fact true AI. But there’s always diamonds in the rough, […]

Here’s a roundup of the top AI-powered products we saw at CES 2023 by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: mRNA vaccines, and batteries’ breakout year

January 5, 2023
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. What’s next for mRNA vaccines As the covid pandemic began, we were warned that wearing face coverings, disinfecting everything we touched, and keeping away from other people were some of the only ways…

MeetKai launches new room-scanning tech and metaverse builder

January 5, 2023

Not everyone believes that the metaverse — social, VR-centric worlds — has staying power. But MeetKai is among the steadfast optimists. Founded in 2018, the startup initially focused on conversational AI, aiming to build cutting-edge, top-of-the-line voice recognition and speech synthesis tech. It soon broadened its focus, introducing products to help developers build components of […]

MeetKai launches new room-scanning tech and metaverse builder by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

CircleCI warns customers to rotate ‘any and all secrets’ after hack

January 5, 2023

CircleCI, a company whose development products are popular with software engineers, has urged users to rotate their secrets following a breach of the company’s systems. The San Francisco-headquartered DevOps company said in an advisory published late Wednesday it is currently investigating the security incident — its most recent in recent years. “We wanted to make you aware […]

CircleCI warns customers to rotate ‘any and all secrets’ after hack by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch