During a keynote at re:Invent 2022 today, Amazon announced CodeCatalyst, a service designed to take away the heavy lifting of working across different codebases, tools and environments to build apps. Based on the concept of blueprints, CodeCatalyst — currently in preview — provides a “single place” developers can use to create an app on Amazon…
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Over the years, Mike Butcher has covered Hour One a number of times here on TechCrunch. The company is using AI to create text-to-video solutions with realistic-looking human avatars. The space seems to be exploding, and Hour One has been on quite the trajectory. The company raised $5 million back in 2020, was taking on…
A little-appreciated fact about Amazon’s Alexa is where the voice service’s public debut took place before it became widely available to customers. The venue was CSUN, the longstanding conference dedicated to assistive technology for people with disabilities, notably vision loss. No one had more to gain from a machine that could provide quick replies to…
SAVE $311: As of Dec. 1, the eufy RobotVac LR20 vacuum is on sale for $188 at Walmart. That’s a savings of 62%. There are multiple reasons why robot vacuums are so popular. They help us save time, take tasks off our hands, and are a wholesome device to brag about. Think of them as…
The Transformers are back — and they’ve got company. The trailer for the ’90s-set Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is chock-full of metallic mayhem. Yes, we’ve got our standard conflict between the Autobots and the Decepticons, but now we get to see a new breed of Transformer: the Maximals. This includes their leader, Optimus Primal,…
Ghana will take on Uruguay in a group-stage FIFA World Cup clash at the Al Janoub Stadium. The Ghanaians will be hoping to secure three points after a clash with South Korea on Nov. 28. Meanwhile, the Uruguayans will be coming from a match with Portugal. Ghana vs Uruguay kickoff time Kickoff time for the…
Leading password manager LastPass and its affiliate, communications software provider GoTo, has revealed it suffered a breach to its cloud storage infrastructure following a cyberattack in August 2022. In an update regarding the ongoing incident, the company admits that it has recently detected “unusual activity” within a third-party cloud storage service used by both LastPass…
Workout app Fiit has launched new workouts that can be completed on indoor bikes including the Concept2 BikeErg and indoor Keiser M3i bike. This comes after interactive rowing and treadmill workouts were added to the app earlier this year. The addition of these hybrid workouts, which can be done at home or in the gym,…
Cybersecurity researchers from Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) are saying that a commercial company from Spain developed an exploitation network for Windows, Chrome, and Firefox, and likely sold it to government entities sometime in the past. In a blog post published earlier this week, the TAG team says that a Barcelona-based company called Variston IT…
Patrick Flynn. Salesforce Salesforce has a new marketplace for carbon credits, also known as carbon offsets. Companies can use their carbon credits on projects designed to help alleviate the climate crisis. This article is part of “Enterprise Tech Blueprint,” a series exploring the strategies leading-edge companies use to innovate and grow. More companies are…