If you’re looking for a gadget that makes a great gift for a kid, but doesn’t give them another screen, a Yoto Player is a great choice. It’s made for kids between three and 12, and uses physical cards that kids can slot into the top of the device to…

TechCrunch’s StrictlyVC evening in Los Angeles late last week brought together two of the more straight-talking investors working in AI right now. Carter Reum is co-founder of M13, an early-stage firm with $2.5 billion in assets under management that has been a seed or Series A investor in 17 unicorns,…

Roughly 500,000 Americans suffer nerve injuries that require treatment each year, whether from an errant attempt to hack out an avocado pit or an unfortunate woodworking accident. Many will never get full feeling back in their fingers. But a startup has developed a thick and sticky liquid that could change…

Look, I get it. I was a holdout on bidets. Like most Americans, I didn’t grow up with one. I hadn’t tried it, but didn’t like the idea of jets of water pointed at my keister. And then I moved into a house that already had one installed, and became…

There’s an undeniable upward trend for laptop pricing. But it’s Prime Day, and that’s a time for exceptions to this pattern. I’ve been checking prices on all my favorite laptops, and there’s one clear winner for Prime Day this year: the Surface Laptop. Despite suffering official price hikes earlier this…

Look, I don’t know anyone dying to get an old-school upright vacuum these days, but if you know someone who is, the Dyson Ball Animal 3 is the way to go. The Ball Animal 3 Extra is on sale for Prime Day and comes with extra attachments than the regular…

Whether you’re a baseball fan or not, there’s a lot to love about Ribbie, a vibe-coded website that turns real-time Major League Baseball (MLB) data into 8-bit broadcasts with arcade-style, animated pixel art. “I love how much data is available to baseball fans […] but when I try to follow…

As quick commerce becomes India’s next e-commerce battleground, Walmart-backed Flipkart said Wednesday that its Minutes service has built a network of 1,000 micro-fulfillment centers — small, strategically located warehouses designed to enable deliveries in minutes — less than two years after launch, a milestone Amazon is also targeting as it…

One of the benefits of being a leader in the smartphone space is that success builds on success. Apple’s iPhone still reigns supreme in rich markets like the US, Canada, and Japan, so app and accessory creators flock to it for the best chance of turning a profit. This support…

Indian customer engagement software firm MoEngage has acquired San Francisco-based startup Aampe in an all-cash deal, betting that AI agents that make decisions for individual customers will become the future of marketing. MoEngage did not disclose the financial terms of the transaction, but a source familiar with the matter told…