Yes, it’s Bag Week, where we celebrate all the best bags of the year here at TechCrunch. And there is little more satisfying than finding a basic black one that’s functional, stylish and unique. Luckily, Canadian urban athletic apparel maker RYU makes three such bags, and while each one has its own particular appeal depending
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As the war between digital assistants intensifies, Google Assistant has once again beaten Amazon Alexa and Apple Siri when it comes to answering queries correctly on smartphones. In its annual test, research-driven venture capital firm Loup Ventures found that Google Assistant understood every single query and answered correctly 92.9 percent of the time. The research
Users on the social bookmarking website Pinboard have slammed China-backed advertisements being run on Twitter, attacking Hong Kong protesters. The ads try to portray the protests as “escalating violence” and call for “order to be restored,” Engadget reported on Monday. “Every day I go out and see stuff with my own eyes, and then I
News about Xiaomi’s MIUI 11 have been doing the rounds for a while and now it seems the new version might just finally release by the end of September. Xiaomi’s product director recently posted about giving away two lucky draw tickets to a MIUI 11 conference, hinting at the MIUI 11 release timeline in the
Microsoft said on Monday it will use chipmaker Nvidia’s real-time ray tracing technology to provide the software company’s Minecraft video game players more realistic graphics on personal computers. Real-time ray tracing, or the ability for the chip to simulate how light rays will bounce around in a visual scene, helps video games and other computer graphics
Apple is expected to launch a host of new products next month including the upgraded Apple Watch Series 5 that is expected to come in titanium and ceramic variants. Brazilian site iHelp BR spotted graphics hidden in the beta code of watchOS 6 that points to ceramic and titanium casings quite possibly for the Apple
Sonos has an event coming up at the end of the month to reveal something new, but leaks have pretty much given away what’s likely to be the highlight announcement at the event: A new, Bluetooth-enabled speaker that has a built-in battery for portable power. The speaker originally leaked earlier this month, with Dave Zatz
Xiaomi is gearing up to launch the Redmi 8 and Redmi Note 8 series phones soon. In anticipation of the upcoming phones, the Chinese smartphone maker has permanently slashed the asking price of the Redmi Note 7S, Redmi Note 7 Pro, Redmi 7, and the Redmi Y3 by up to Rs. 1,000 in India. Aside
In an email distributed to YouTube Premium subscribers, the company confirmed that access to YouTube’s original programming will no longer be exclusive to Premium customers after September 24th, 2019. Instead, many of YouTube’s Original series, movies, and live events will be offered to all YouTube viewers for free, supported by ads. Premium members, however, can
President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he had spoken with Apple’s Chief Executive Tim Cook about the impact of US tariffs on Chinese imports as well as competition from South Korean company Samsung Electronics. Trump said Cook “made a good case” that tariffs could hurt Apple, given that Samsung’s products would not be subject to
Xiaomi and its Redmi brand need no introduction. The Chinese company has made a huge impact on the smartphone space in less than a decade of its existence. Although primarily in the business of developing smartphones, Xiaomi also has a big presence in the Smart TV segment in the last couple of years. The latest
Google is rolling out a major Chrome OS update – Chrome OS 76 – for the month of August, complete with new features like improved media playback, an updated camera app for the Pixelbook and more. For media controls, one can now open system menu and see all of the tabs or apps on Chromebook
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured two luminescent galaxies at play. Catalogued as the UGC 2369, the galactic duo has been caught in an interaction resulting from the mutual gravitational attraction between them. Galaxies interacting is not uncommon, but two similarly sized ones merging is a momentous event – the image shows the galaxies distorting
Apple recently came under the scanner for locking batteries of select iPhones. If a user replaces the iPhone battery through third-party retailer – a ‘service’ message now shows up in the Battery Health section. Furthermore, the Battery Health data is not shown, and an error message is displayed instead. This happens even if the user
Aiming to help movie studios promote their latest releases, social networking giant Facebook is launching two new ad units named movie reminder ads and movie showtime ads. Moviegoers often discover a film months before its release but they often need reminders when a film they care is about to hit theatres. With movie reminder ads,
Jio Fiber and other announcements by Reliance Jio were the biggest stories this week, including such revelations as Jio Fiber plans, pricing, a commercial launch date, bundled services, and more. Realme 5 Pro and Realme 5 were also revealed to be launched next week in India, with a few details being teased ahead of that
Realme 5 Pro, one of the upcoming phones by Realme, has supposedly made an appearance on benchmark site Geekbench along with its key specifications. The online listing shows the handset with model number RMX1971 and highlights its initial benchmark performance. The fresh revelation comes just days after the Realme 5, which is expected to debut
In a bid to challenge Google Maps, Chinese smartphone manufacturer Huawei is reportedly planning to unveil its own mapping service known as Map Kit. Map Kit would offer developers a street navigation system as well as a way to show users real-time traffic conditions. It would support augmented-reality mapping and would not be for direct
The guest Wi-Fi at your home is prone to hacking owing to inadequate in-built security, say researchers. Most routers sold today offer consumers two or more network options – one for the family which may connect all the sensitive smart devices and computers and the other for visitors or less sensitive data. A study by
Zomato Founder Deepinder Goyal took to Twitter on Saturday evening to respond to the Logout movement by the National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI), which saw nearly 300 restaurants in Gurugram de-listing themselves from platforms such as Zomato Gold, EazyDiner, and Dineout’s Gourmet Passport, among others, over deep discounting practices. Meanwhile, restaurants under the NRAI
Ajit Pai has long signaled that he would approve a T-Mobile/ class=”crunchbase-link” href=”https://crunchbase.com/organization/sprint-nextel” target=”_blank” data-type=”organization” data-entity=”sprint-nextel”>Sprint merger, but today the FCC Chairman made it official. In spite of widespread opposition suggesting that the combining of the country’s third and fourth largest carriers would reduce competition in the marketplace, Pai takes the stance that such a
Ikea’s smart home investments to date have been smart but scattered – now the Swedish home goods brand says it’s going to amp up its smart home bets with a brand new dedicated business unit. The company’s smart home endeavors began in 2012, and focused on wireless charging and smart lighting. It’s iterated in both
OLED screens have become the current gold standard in the smartphone space, but such panels are far more expensive to manufacture at the scale needed for TVs. We’ve been big fans of the technology for a while now but OLED TVs are still priced at a significant premium, and are indeed accessible only to buyers
Telegram has added a slew of new features to the messaging app. The headline feature being a Slow Mode designed to combat spammers and help keep group chats more orderly. There’s also the option to send silent messages and add custom titles for admins. Telegram Competes With Messenger and WhatsApp While Telegram cannot compete with
Facebook users suing the world’s largest social media network over a 2018 data breach say it failed to warn them about risks tied to its single sign-on tool, even though it protected its employees, a court filing on Thursday showed. Single sign-on connects users to third-party social apps and services using their Facebook credentials. The lawsuit,
Google has removed 85 apps from its Play Store after security researchers at Trend Micro found a particularly annoying adware hiding inside. “We found another example of adware’s potential real-life impact on Google Play. Trend Micro detects this as AndroidOS_Hidenad.HRXH. Apart from displaying advertisements that are difficult to close, it employs unique techniques to evade
Apple iPhone 11 will reportedly come with the same OLED displays used for Samsung’s Galaxy S10 and Note 10.The move is likely to assist Samsung Display in a number of ways, including reducing the list of suppliers it uses to acquire materials, and buying more from a smaller supplier pool, a report has claimed. Ever
Apple’s next Apple Watch revision could include new materials for the case, including titanium and ceramic. That’s according to new assets pulled form the latest watchOS beta release, as uncovered by Brazilian site iHelp.br (via 9to5Mac). The new screens discovered in the beta show graphics used to pair the Apple Watch during setup, and list “Titanium
Silicon Valley season 6 has a release date – October 27. HBO shared a teaser trailer for the final season, where we see Richard Hendricks (Thomas Middleditch), the CEO of Pied Paper, flounder through a Zuckerberg-style Congressional committee hearing on the security of user data, while the rest of his company look on in trepidation.
Good on Motorola for keeping it interesting. At the end of the day, I’m not sure how large a market there is for a budget “action camera” phone, but in a world of samey electronics, at least the Lenovo-owned brand continues to shade in interesting corners. Honestly, I’m surprised more phones didn’t attempt to position
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