Category: Tech news

 Dolores Tersigni was hoping she would be taking a long-overdue vacation after leaving Netflix earlier this year — instead, she was spending a lot of time talking to the team over at meditation app Headspace. Now she’s landed a job there as the chief people officer, starting full-time this week. Read More

 Remix 3D is Microsoft’s community site for sharing 3D models from Paint 3D and other 3D modeling tools. Given the company’s focus on mixed and virtual reality, it’s no surprise that the company wants to get people to think about building the kind of 3D models that bring these new experiences to life. The premise of Remix 3D, as the name implies, has always been that it’s… Read More

 Google today announced it’s rolling out a change to its Play Store so that better-performing apps – meaning those that experience fewer crashes and those that don’t drain your smartphone battery – will be ranked higher than apps with bugs and other performance issues. The goal with this new ranking algorithm is to ensure that the best apps are being promoted, which in… Read More

 Plants, like humans, need food, water, beer, and television. What better way to tell if your plant is hungry or thirsty (or bored) than a little nubbin that sits inside its pot and send you notifications when things are amiss. That’s why you need a HelloPlant. The system lets you name your plants and then watch them as they grow. When the soil is too dry you get a notification and you… Read More

 Every great Disrupt debuts fantastic startups and this September 18-20 Disrupt SF will be no exception. TechCrunch has selected 30 outstanding early-stage companies that will be featured in specific category Pavilions in Startup Alley and will present their products on our Showcase Stage during Disrupt SF. Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Mycroft AI Mycroft is developing an… Read More

Don’t have a DSLR with a fancy lens? That’s fine. You can still get some great photos using your phone’s camera.

We test two wireless speakers from Bluesound that offer lossless audio over Wi-Fi.

This year’s kickass $1,200 phone looks just like next year’s kickass $650 phone.

If we don’t learn how to manage relationships with robots that look and act more like humans, we’re in for heartbreak.

These apps will help you keep your accounts afloat.

We look at TapeACall, Google Voice, and other software and hardware options.

Inside Apple’s big cellphone self-own.

Master & Dynamic’s dope concrete speaker, e-bikes to drool over, BuzzFeed’s new cooking gadget, and more.

 Russia has banned VPNs and other technology that allows users to gain anonymous access to websites. Read More

 The history of console gaming is littered with high-profile flops, middling also-rans and vaporware never-weres. In fact, the stories of console failures are perhaps even more compelling than the tales of those companies that crossed the finish line. So join us as we celebrate some of the most colorful and fascinating console failures of the last three decades. Read More