Welcome to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its name. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. Welcome to the weekend! We made it. Barely, I think, given how tired everyone sounds on the phone and over on Twitter. But we […]
It’s not just iPhone customers, of course. Image: Apple The difficulties of being a retail employee in a physical location are only exacerbated by a pandemic. more Technically Incorrect You don’t know who’s coming into your store. You don’t know whether they’re vaccinated. You don’t know whether they’re going to tear off their mask and […]
StackCommerce If you want to make your live-recorded or streaming content stand out among the multitude of competitors online, then you’ll love the XSplit Broadcaster Premium: Lifetime Subscription (Windows). It’s a truly exceptional all-in-one application that will do wonders for the content that you’re streaming or recording. It’s used to power some of the most […]
Sakkmesterke/Alamy WHY are fundamental physicists so keen to undermine the very theories that are the bedrock of their success? It is a reasonable question to ask confronted with the excitement bubbling around anomalies that seem to be firming up at CERN’s LHCb experiment. At stake is a particle that might – the “might” bears emphasising – break open […]
In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! You’ll be struck by today’s topic: bolide! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a…bolide? The word “bolide” has two main definitions, and even then it’s never used in a consistent way. The International Astronomical Union, for example, hasn’t established a definition […]
By Layal Liverpool Marius Heil/EyeEm/Getty Images I WANT to hunt for shooting stars, but it’s cold outside so I’m starting the search from my living room. You can do the same by joining the Radio Meteor Zoo project online. If you have ever seen a shooting star, you were probably witnessing a small solid object […]
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record number of downloads and consumer spending across both the iOS and Google Play stores combined in 2021, according to the […]
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. Among many of the entrepreneur catchphrases out there, the one that annoys me the most is: “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” The phrase may be meant to make people with […]
I bought a gold 8GB/256/7 core GPU MacBook Air in early January 2021. The MacBook Air form factor is my favorite — the early ’90s HP Omnibook 300 spoiled me for any notebook over 3 pounds — and I’ve owned a half dozen since the 2nd gen SSD version. Also: The Mac price crash of […]
Looking to set the mood while you cook, chill, or host a party? Bluetooth speakers can fill your space with vibrant sound. And best of all, they don’t have to break the budget. There are many fantastic options available for under $ 50. Our guide helps you find some of the best on the market […]