đ„ Discover this must-read post from WIRED đ đ Category: Gear,Gear / Buying Guides,Gear / Products / Cameras,Buying Guide đ Key idea: Compare our top action camera picksThe B RollDJI Osmo Action 4 Courtesy of DJISome of our previous picks remain good cameras, even though their features lag behind newer versions.DJI Osmo Action 4 camera, $225: The Action Camera 4 is a great action camera. The magnetic mounting system is the best we've tried, the menu system makes switching between modes a breeze, and the resulting photos and videos are great. The Action 5 beats it in a number of…
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Main takeaway: Organic bedding brand Coyuchi recently launched its own organic mattress, combining cotton, wool and Dunlop latex atop individually wrapped coils. Although Coyuchi's linen sheets are excellent, I was a little nervous trying out the company's first effort in mattresses. A bed is not a mattress, after all, and experience does not always transfer through endeavors. In this case, though, I did. The Coyuchi Natural Organic REM Mattress is wonderfully firm without being too firm and is perfect…
đ Explore this trending post from TechCrunch đ đ Category: TC,Commerce,PayPal,Bubble,Klarna,QED Investors,affirm,bnpl,Nigel Morris đ Main takeaway: When Nigel Morris tells you heâs worried about the economy, you listen. As industry observers know, Morris co-founded Capital One and pioneered lending to subprime borrowers, building an empire on understanding exactly how much financial stress the average American can handle. Now, as an early investor in Klarna and other buy-now-pay-later companies like Aplazo in Mexico, heâs watching something that makes him deeply uncomfortable. âTo see that people are using [BNPL services] to buy something as basic and fundamental as groceries,â Morris told me…
đ„ Check out this awesome post from TechCrunch đ đ Category: Space,Amazon,Project Kuiper,amazon leo đ Key idea: Amazon's fledgling satellite internet program is no longer called Project Kuiper. He is now known simply as "The Lion". The name change comes as the company appears to be shifting its focus from âunderserved or underservedâ communities to securing larger commercial contracts. The satellite network has been operating since 2019, and as Amazon says, the name Project Kuiper was only meant to be temporary. LEO is a reference to the network's location in what is known as Low Earth Orbit, commonly referred to…
đ„ Discover this insightful post from TechCrunch đ đ Category: Climate,AI,Equity,OpenAI,Redwood Materials đ Main takeaway: According to a new report from the International Energy Agency, the world will spend $580 billion on data centers this year, $40 billion more than the amount that would be spent to find new oil supplies. These numbers help illustrate some of the big shifts in the global economy, and the comparison of data centers and oil seems particularly apt given concerns about how generative AI will accelerate climate change. Kirsten Korosek, Rebecca Bellan, and I discussed the report's findings on a recent episode of…
đ Explore this awesome post from TechCrunch đ đ Category: Transportation,Tesla,Lucid Motors,Waymo,einride,The Boring Company,techcrunch mobility đ Main takeaway: Welcome back to Navigation TechCrunch - Your central hub for news and ideas about the future of transportation. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free â just click TechCrunch Mobility! It seems like not a day goes by without Waymo making some sort of expansion announcement. Detroit, Las Vegas, Nashville, San Diego, and Washington, D.C., are just a few of the cities the company plans to bring robotaxis to in the coming months. But as I said in…
âš Check out this trending post from TechCrunch đ đ Category: Hardware,Biotech & Health,Gadgets,Apple,Apple Watch,masimo,pulse oximetry đĄ Main takeaway: A federal jury in California ruled Friday that Apple must pay medical device company Masimo $634 million for violating a patent on blood oxygen monitoring technology. Reuters reported that the jury found that the Apple Watch's workout mode and heart rate notification features infringed Masimo's patent. âThis is a major win in our ongoing efforts to protect our innovations and intellectual property, which is critical to our ability to develop technology that benefits patients,â Massimo said in a statement. âWe are…
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Main takeaway: JPMorgan Chase says a total of $142 million has been paid in legal fees to defend Charlie Javis and Olivier Ammar, respectively, founder and chief marketing officer of financial aid startup Frank. JPMorgan acquired Frank for $175 million in 2021, but earlier in the Thai year, Javice and Amar were previously convicted of defrauding the bank by inflating the number of Frank's clients, with Javice being sentenced to seven years in prison. JPMorgan is now seeking to overturn a judge's order requiring the bank to…
âš Explore this must-read post from TechCrunch đ đ Category: Media & Entertainment,Alphabet,Disney,espn,Google,YouTube TV đĄ Main takeaway: After a two-week hiatus, YouTube TV and Disney announced on Friday that they had reached an agreement. In addition to returning Disney networks like ABC, ESPN and FX to YouTube's streaming TV service, the deal will also see ESPN make its new direct-to-consumer service available on YouTube TV at no additional price. YouTube will also be able to sell select Disney networks and the Disney+/Hulu bundle as part of different bundles. In a statement, Disney Entertainment co-presidents Alan Bergman and Dana Walden, along…
đ„ Check out this insightful post from TechCrunch đ đ Category: Apps,Social,DMA,messaging,messaging apps,Meta,WhatsApp â
Hereâs what youâll learn: Meta is preparing to launch third-party chat integration on WhatsApp in Europe, the company announced on Friday. The tech giant points out that the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA) requires it to give users in Europe the option to chat with people using third-party messaging services who have chosen to make their apps interoperable. âAfter successful small-scale testing over the past months, the option for WhatsApp users to chat with users of messaging apps BirdyChat and Haiket directly via third-party chats will…
