Birdfy sees smart bird feeders and makes you a smart bird bath
Very smart bird feeder 2020. Smart bird bath is clear where. This week at CES 2025, Birdify presented the Bath Pro, taking cues from products like the Bird Buddy and applying it to a large water saucer with a solar power source in the middle. Two versions of the product will be available during the sale in March: a...
Accel can raise billions for India, but keeps $650 million
Accel has kept its India funding size at $650 million for the eighth vehicle, even as other venture firms in the region race to raise a bigger pool of capital. The company has a lot of opportunity to raise "multi-billion dollars," said Shekhar Kirani, a partner at Accel, in an interview with TechCrunch. But unlike its peers who have...
Toyota’s CES 2025 press conference: How to watch
Five years ago, Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda went to CES to show the world his "personal dream field" - a plan to build a prototype city on a 175-hectare site at the foot of Mount Fuji in Japan, where people will live. and work across all Toyota projects, including autonomous vehicle technology, robotics, smart home connected technology, and AI....
YouTuber LegalEagle sues PayPal over ‘sleeping leech’ honey extension
A new lawsuit alleges that the PayPal-owned browser extension, Honey, cheated its creators out of money. Honey, which was acquired by PayPal for $4 billion in 2019, can be used to automatically provide relevant coupon codes while shopping. However, in a video posted last month, YouTuber MegaLag described Madu as a "scam" that "steals money from influencers." Among other...
Sony’s CES 2025 press conference: How to watch
Sony knows how to put on a show at CES 2025. The company's press is a high-octane, star-studded affair, as it happens. In addition to standard Sony fare like TVs and audio systems, there's always a curve ball or two, be it cars, drones, or the "Gran Turismo" movies. It's one of the © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved....
Roomba competitor Roborock is getting a robotic arm
iRobot's ongoing financial crisis, the world of robot vacuums is still moving forward. At CES Sunday, Roborock announced the Saros Z70. Roomba's competitor is showcasing what the company believes will be the next big step in the robovac's evolution: an arm. The idea of mounting aa manipulator is no doubt as old as the vacuum robot itself. However, robotic...
Samsung’s CES 2025 press conference: How to watch
Samsung's CES pressers are always the odd duck. Korean electronics giants generally keep their powder dry when it comes to consumer electronics. After all, it is expected to announce its latest flagship handset - the Galaxy S25 - at the end of January. CES 2025 will continue the company's TV and equipment tradition. There are also odds and ends...
United Airlines is accelerating its Starlink launch, with the first commercial flight planned for spring
A few months ago, United Airlines announced a deal with Starlink to offer in-flight internet access to passengers. At the time, the airline said it would begin testing the new service in early 2024 and then offer passenger flights by the end of the year. United has now accelerated this timeline, with trials starting next month and the first...
Bad news for Adrian Dittman / Elon Musk truthers
After days of speculation that X owner Elon Musk was secretly posting on an account named Adrian Dittman, new evidence suggests Dittman is, in fact, a real person living in Fiji. Efforts to connect Dittman and Musk back at least to 2023; Dittman often posts about Musk, and his voice (as heard on many X Spaces) is very similar....
AI Hardware Is in a ‘Put Up or Shut Up’ Era
Whether someone will implement chatbots and agents for good or in new and exciting ways is harder to say. While the addition of AI might be enough to get the investment needed to build the device, it might not be enough to get people to buy the thing. Chatbots and AI agents have not yet provided enough use cases...
