Tome, a book-tracking app and book lovers community, is closing its doors. Built on the back of the sizable and influential BookTok community — creators who discuss and review books on TikTok — the app offered readers a place to chronicle and rate their books, get recommendations, and even add…
Apple might have to make a major change to the MacBook Neo, and your wallet won’t like it
In my view, the MacBook Neo is without a doubt one of the most compelling laptops Apple has ever made. At $600, it’s a powerful and reliable option for students or anyone looking for a laptop that won’t break the bank, and it stands head and shoulders above many Windows…
Google unveils Whoop-like screenless Fitbit Air
Google on Thursday unveiled its new Fitbit Air, a Whoop-like screenless wearable that retails for $100. The device includes health and fitness tracking features like 24/7 heart rate monitoring, heart rhythm monitoring with A-fib (atrial fibrillation) alerts, blood oxygen level, resting heart rate, heart rate variability, sleep stages and duration,…
How I use my Amazon Fire TV Stick as a gateway to access free live TV
There’s nothing quite as satisfying as watching completely free television shows and movies, without the worry of recurring subscription fees, the never-ending march towards price creep, and the incessant need to enter credit card details. Thankfully, there are a growing number of free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) services out on…
How Anthropic’s Mythos has rewritten Firefox’s approach to cybersecurity
When Anthropic unveiled its new Mythos model in April, it also delivered a stern warning to anyone developing software. The model was so powerful at sniffing out software vulnerabilities, the lab claimed, that it had discovered thousands of high-severity bugs that would need to be fixed before it could be…
Google’s $9.99-per-month AI health coach launches May 19
Alongside taking the wraps off the new Fitbit Air, a Whoop-esque fitness band, Google on Thursday also said it is rebranding its Fitbit app as Google Health and launching an AI-powered health coach as a subscription service. The Health app will become a central part of Google’s fitness strategy, capitalizing…
Amazon is dropping the Fire TV name for its smart TVs
I think it’s fair to say there’s been a lot of Fire TV news lately. Amazon recently launched the new Fire TV Stick HD, a refreshed version of its entry-level 1080p streaming stick. Alongside that, it announced that all future Fire TV Sticks will run Vega OS, its new Linux-based…
Exhibit at Disrupt 2026 in front of 10,000 decision-makers
You can spend months trying to get in front of the right people. Or you can show up where they’re already looking. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, more than 10,000 founders, investors, and operators will gather at Moscone West from October 13–15. And at the center of it all — where deals start, conversations accelerate, and…
Sleep Number ComfortNext Lux Smart Bed: Redefining Support
Photograph: Julia Forbes Like any Sleep Number smart bed, the ComfortNext Lux offers 100 firmness levels, and the one you select is your “Sleep Number,” or the firmness you prefer to sleep on. I usually skew toward firmer for lumbar support and weight distribution, which has previously been in the…
Spotify’s AI DJ now supports French, German, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese
Spotify said on Thursday that its interactive AI DJ feature now supports four additional languages: French, German, Italian, and Brazilian Portuguese. Until now, the feature, which you can interact with to request songs and get AI-powered spoken commentary, was only available in English and Spanish. The company said the AI…