Last week the Jurassic World series of films hit Netflix, with each entry instantly hitting the top ten just days after release. With four movies that comprise a trilogy as well as a soft reboot (and no standard naming conventions or numbering), it can be a little confusing to know…

Oura announced on Thursday that it has acquired Doublepoint, a startup that specializes in technology that enables users to control wearables through simple, natural movements using a combination of artificial intelligence and biometric data. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The move paves the way for the…

Pluto TV already offers hundreds of FAST (free ad-supported TV) channels and thousands of shows and movies you can stream on demand for free, but that isn’t stopping it from adding even more. To kick off March, Pluto TV has added six new FAST channels to its growing lineup, which…

The EV transition might have hit a hurdle in the U.S., but it’s not slowing down in East Africa, where several startups are vying for a piece of the burgeoning electric motorbike market. Zeno is one of those companies, and this week it announced a $25 million Series A to…

In a bid to stave off a major investigation by the European Commission, Meta said on Thursday that it would allow AI companies to offer their chatbots on WhatsApp via its business API for the next 12 months in Europe. The move comes a month after the European Commission told…

This isn’t David Park’s first rodeo. The veteran founder and TechCrunch Startup Battlefield alumnus has certainly been battle-tested in the enterprise arena. On this episode of Build Mode, Park joins Isabelle Johannessen to discuss how he and his team are intentionally iterating, fundraising, and scaling Narada. This enterprise AI solution uses large action models to automate complex, multistep workflows…

KEF recommend giving the Muo at least a 10-hour run-in period, much in the same way you would break in the surrounds on a serious pair of Hi-Fi speakers. True to their word, and after a night of running in, the Muo started to sound less like a Bluetooth speaker,…

One of the more insidious business tactics out there, I think, is the exploitation of our dependence on phones for recording memories. Some of the most important memories of my life were shot on an iPhone , like my son’s birth — these are photos and videos I simply can’t…

It’s midrange phone season. Google’s $499 Pixel 10a goes on sale today, Apple announced its $599 iPhone 17e early this week, and now it’s Nothing’s turn. The UK company—from OnePlus founder Carl Pei—announced the Nothing Phone (4a) and Phone (4a) Pro at an event in London, hot on the heels…

Elie Habib doesn’t work in the defense or intelligence industries. Instead, he runs Anghami, one of the Middle East’s largest music streaming platforms. But as missiles began flying across the region, a side project he coded earlier this year suddenly became something bigger: an open-source dashboard people around the world…