Category: Gaming
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Electric outboard startup Pure Watercraft is selling itself for parts
A tough market seems to have put an end to Pure’s ambitions. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. A hopeful entrant in the emerging market of electric watercraft is out of action and being sold for parts. Pure Watercraft was founded in 2011 with the intention of replacing gas-based outboard…
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India’s Oyo acquires Motel 6 for $525M
One of India’s largest startups, budget hotel company Oyo, has reached a deal to acquire G6 Hospitality, which operates Motel 6. Oyo says it will pay Blackstone Real Estate $525 million in an all-cash transaction. The acquisition also includes the Studio 6 extended stay brand and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of…
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Qualcomm may be trying to buy Intel
Chipmaker Qualcomm is trying to buy rival Intel, according to multiple reports. The Wall Street Journal broke the news late Friday that Qualcomm had approached Intel about a takeover. The New York Times subsequently corroborated the story, while adding that no official offer has been made. Even if there is an offer, it’s not clear…
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Amazon says no to remote work
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is calling for a full return to office at the start of 2025. For the last 15 months, employees have been expected to work in the office three days per week. Now employees will be expected to be in the office five days a week, with work from home being OK…
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Internet surveillance firm Sandvine says it’s leaving 56 ‘non-democratic’ countries
Sandvine sold its internet surveillance products to authoritarian regimes, including Belarus, Egypt, Eritrea, the United Arab Emirates, and Uzbekistan. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Sandvine, the makers of surveillance-ware that allowed authoritarian countries to censor the internet and spy on their citizens, announced that it is leaving dozens of…
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The iPhone 16 launches today without its most hyped feature: Apple Intelligence
The iPhone 16 officially goes on sale Friday. But for its earliest adopters, it arrives with a fundamental compromise baked into the deal. Put simply, this is not the iPhone 16 that they were promised. Apple CEO Tim Cook said it would be the “first iPhone built for Apple Intelligence.” But that “for” is key:…
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The 25 battery tech startups that just got a piece of $3B in federal funds
This tranche of funding went to startups across 14 states, but there were certain winners that will see the bulk of the expected 18,000 jobs to be created as a result of this funding. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. The federal government is handing out another $3 billion to…
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Apple breaks down iPhone 16 repair process
Apple published step-by-step instructions for swapping out the new handset’s battery. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. As noted on Wednesday, Apple quietly took steps to improve the iPhone 16’s repairability. In addition to adding new items to the list of repairable components, the company introduced a clever new method…
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Here are the hottest product announcements from Apple, Google, Microsoft and others so far in 2024
We’ve poked through the many product announcements made by the biggest tech companies and product trade shows of the year, so far, and compiled them into this list. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. If you love gadgets and gizmos, this year’s product conferences have been right up your alley.…
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Grok’s image generator, Black Forest Labs, is raising $100M at a $1B valuation, say sources
Black Forest Labs, an image GenAI startup that only came out of stealth two months ago, has closed a a monster new round, sources say. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. While OpenAI pursues yet another monster fundraise, it is not stealing all the oxygen in the room: AI startups…