March 14, 2025

Tern AI’s low-cost GPS alternative actually works

We’ve all experienced that moment of frustration when the GPS glitches and you miss an exit on the highway. The team at Tern AI, which is building a low-cost GPS alternative, says that’s because the current technology is limited by its reliance on satellite positioning.  Tern AI says it has figured out how to locate […]

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Polygon partners with rollup provider Eclipse to expand blockchain interoperability with Solana

February 23, 2023

Polygon is partnering with customizable rollup provider Eclipse to launch a Solana-focused scaling solution, the companies exclusively told TechCrunch. Rollups, a part of the layer-2 blockchain ecosystem, are a scaling solution to help make blockchains faster and cheaper. Rollups work by compiling a number of transactions into one bundle to go onto a layer-1 blockchain […]

Polygon partners with rollup provider Eclipse to expand blockchain interoperability with Solana by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch

Google Photos’ AI-powered ‘Magic Eraser’ is now a Google One subscription perk

February 23, 2023

One of the Google Pixel’s best photo-editing features, “Magic Eraser,” is now making its way to other Android and iOS devices. But it won’t be free. Today, Google announced that the popular tool, which uses AI to remove unwanted content from images, will become available to Google One subscribers in addition to existing Pixel owners. […]

Google Photos’ AI-powered ‘Magic Eraser’ is now a Google One subscription perk by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch

Two days in the Bay

February 23, 2023

It was genuinely a bit surreal seeing deep green hills in the South Bay last week. Growing up in Fremont, I know the change from brown to green is about as close as we get to having seasons, but it’s been so long since I’ve seen them, I’d genuinely forgotten they can exist. It’s an […]

Two days in the Bay by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

EU asks who should fund future networks, as telcos eye Australia-style Big Tech bargaining code

February 23, 2023

The European Union has kicked off a consultation on how to fund the “massive” upgrades to Internet connectivity which regional lawmakers believe are needed for the bloc to make the most of transformative technologies like AI or immersive virtual worlds while delivering on the big bang, cross-industry digitization it also wants to characterize the next […]

EU asks who should fund future networks, as telcos eye Australia-style Big Tech bargaining code by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch