I have wanted a robot pet at least since Sony introduced the original Aibo in 1999 – probably earlier, but Aibo made it seem tangible. Since the, there’s been a steady stream of attempts at making robot pets a reality that matches what we often see in futuristic science fiction – including a recent Aibo […]
Like me, Loona the Petbot is dumb but lovable by Darrell Etherington originally published on TechCrunch
After eight months, Netflix’s Kids Mystery Box feature has officially rolled out to Android devices today. Android users worldwide can now discover new children’s shows and TV characters by clicking on the “Mystery Box” in the “Favorites Row” at the top of the Netflix homepage. The company today updated its previous announcement post from May, […]
Netflix’s ‘Kids Mystery Box’ feature now available on Android devices by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch
Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced today that the social network is launching its text update Notes feature across Europe and Japan. Notes are short posts of up to 60 characters that include just text and emojis, and appear above your profile photo. Prior to this expansion, Notes was already accessible everywhere Instagram is available beyond […]
Instagram’s text update Notes feature is expanding to Europe and Japan by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch
Despite continuing talk about a possible recession, slumping tech stocks, and a slowdown in the world of startup investing, the business of funding was positively humming last week.
Is venture funding already back? by Connie Loizos originally published on TechCrunch
Sovereign Labs has raised $7.4 million in seed funding led by Haun Ventures to scale blockchains through ZK-rollups.
Haun Ventures leads Sovereign Labs’ $7.4M seed round to help scale blockchains by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
“I can’t explain it. It’s weird,” Alphonzo “Phonz” Terrell said. After losing his job at Twitter when Elon Musk took over, the former global head of Social & Editorial didn’t want to rest — he wanted to build. “Coming straight out of it, I was just like, ‘Oh, it’s time. It’s time to build, whether […]
Three months ago, he was laid off from Twitter. Now, his competing app Spill is funded. by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch
Arrival is going through another restructuring — this time led by a newly appointed CEO — that will slash its workforce by about 50% as the the U.K.-based commercial EV company attempts to reduce operating costs and preserve cash. The company said Monday that Igor Torgov, former executive VP of digital at the company, has […]
EV company Arrival to cut workforce by 50% in third restructuring effort by Kirsten Korosec originally published on TechCrunch
A bug in a new centralized system that Meta created for users to manage their logins for Facebook and Instagram could have allowed malicious hackers to switch off an account’s two-factor protections just by knowing their email address or phone number. Gtm Mänôz, a security researcher from Nepal, realized that Meta did not set up […]
Hacker finds bug that allowed anyone to bypass Facebook and Instagram 2FA by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai originally published on TechCrunch
Meta is killing off yet another project from its in-house R&D group, the NPE Team, following the company’s sizable layoffs announced in November, impacting 13% of its workforce. The latest experiment to be wound down is the social to-do list app called Move, launched last spring, which allowed users to earn points for completing tasks […]
Meta is killing Move, another experimental social app from its in-house incubator NPE Team by Sarah Perez originally published on TechCrunch
Netflix announced today that its “One Piece” live-action series would be available to stream sometime in 2023. The company tweeted the announcement alongside a new poster of the upcoming series. The poster shows the main character, Monkey D. Luffy (played by Iñaki Godoy), with his back turned. Adventure is on the horizon! One Piece sets […]
‘One Piece’ live-action series set to arrive on Netflix this year by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch