Malaysia has developed its first domestic edge AI processor. Malaysian chip design company SkyeChip announced its MARS1000 processor at an industry event on Monday. While an edge processor is not as powerful as an advanced Nvidia chip, it still represents…
Pixel devices have always reflected Google’s vision for Android, serving as a platform to showcase the company’s apps and technological advances. In the current era, this vision is deeply intertwined with Google’s consumer AI suite. The company aims for Pixel…
We are thrilled to unveil the 2025 Startup Battlefield 200, TechCrunch’s annual, handpicked list of the 200 most promising early-stage startups from around the world. These founders rose to the top from thousands of applications spanning every industry and geography.…
Hardware company Plaud.ai has released its new physical note taker, the Plaud Note Pro, on Wednesday. The device is priced at $179 and arrives two years after the original Plaud Note was released, and a year after the company released…
The U.S. Treasury has sanctioned an international fraud network used by North Korea to infiltrate American companies. The scheme involves hackers posing as legitimate job seekers using fake identities and documents. Once employed, these individuals earn a wage while also…
Confession time: my household owns two cars, one with leather and one with “leather.” The former feels amazing, while the latter is not fooling anyone. Based on the samples currently on my desk, leather alternatives do not have to feel…
Google introduced its new video editor, Vids, for the Google Workspace productivity suite last year. This week, the company announced several new features, including AI avatars, automatic transcript trimming, and image-to-video tools. It is also releasing a free version of…
McDonald’s has made starting a burger restaurant a straightforward process. Franchisees buy into the system and receive equipment, marketing support, and a detailed operating manual. Terraton aims to apply that same franchising model to biochar, a technology that converts agricultural…
Seven years after unveiling Mirror at TechCrunch Disrupt in 2018, Brynn Putnam is returning to the stage where it all began. The serial entrepreneur, who turned a fitness concept into a $500 million acquisition by Lululemon, will debut her latest…
SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket successfully completed its tenth test flight on Tuesday evening. The mission achieved several long-sought milestones and ended a previous string of failures. The 403-foot vehicle lifted off from Starbase, SpaceX’s launch facility, at 7:30 p.m. ET…
