Technology

Holoride launches new device to bring VR entertainment to any vehicle

January 4, 2023

Holoride, the Audi-backed startup, is ready to take its in-vehicle virtual reality entertainment system into the mainstream. The company unveiled Wednesday at CES 2023 in Las Vegas a device about the size of a smart speaker that can be retrofitted into any vehicle to make it VR ready. The product marks a turning point for […]

Holoride launches new device to bring VR entertainment to any vehicle by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: the future of batteries, and China’s chips

January 4, 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 batteries Every year the world runs more and more on batteries. Electric vehicles passed 10% of global vehicle sales in 2022, and they’re on track to reach 30% by the…

Nowatch is a health-focused smartwatch without the watch part

January 4, 2023

Your health is all you’ve got, and you can’t change what you can’t measure, so it’s little wonder that health trackers are everywhere. The problem with a lot of them, however, is that in addition to measuring steps and heart rate and what-have-you, they also deliver a deluge of notifications. Nowatch takes another tack, offering […]

Nowatch is a health-focused smartwatch without the watch part by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

SurrealDB raises $6M for its database-as-a-service offering

January 4, 2023

There’s plenty of vendors in the managed database services market — and plenty that are well-financed. Take a look at SingleStore, which last October raised $30 million to bring its database tech to new customers. There’s also EdgeDB, which landed $15 million in November ahead of the launch of its cloud database product. Tobie Morgan […]

SurrealDB raises $6M for its database-as-a-service offering by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Wireless Power Consortium is working with Apple to bring MagSafe-like capabilities to Android

January 4, 2023

Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) — an organization that overlooks wireless charging standards — announced a new standard called Qi2. The headline is that the WPC is working with Apple to bring Magsafe-like capabilities to Android. It’s been over two years since Apple introduced MagSafe for iPhones — a wireless standard that opens up a ton […]

Wireless Power Consortium is working with Apple to bring MagSafe-like capabilities to Android by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch

Chinese chips will keep powering your everyday life

January 4, 2023
China Report is MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology developments in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. What’s better to do at this time than to indulge in some predictions for 2023? This morning, I published a story in MIT Technology Review’s “What’s Next in Tech” series, looking at what will happen…