This basic mechanical keyboard may be the gateway into a much more convoluted hobby. William Elcock Mechanical keyboards are all the rage and it’s easy to see why—there’s the pleasure of being able to really hit the keys, the clicky sounds, and the fact that they can be highly customizable. If you want to upgrade…
The Lucy spacecraft needs a boost from Earth’s gravitational field to continue its mission to explore the asteroid belt. Richard Menchaca/NASA Tomorrow morning at approximately 7:04 a.m. EDT, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will skim the Earth’s atmosphere, passing only 220 miles above the planet’s surfance. According to the agency, the spacecraft will be slingshotting past its…
Former President Barack Obama in 2017. Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images Obama said he was concerned about the “weak” level of communication between Washington and Moscow. He said Putin has “consolidated decision-making” to a greater extent than during the Cold War. The ex-president made the comments on the Obama administration alum-run podcast “Pod…
Eve today announced the official launch of its updated HomeKit-enabled Eve Light Switch in the United States, with the new accessory now available for purchase. Eve’s Light Switch is the 15th Eve product to support the upcoming Matter smart home standard that is expected to launch later this year. Matter is designed to allow products…
$399.99 is an aggressive price for a promising Android handheld that has a 6.8-inch OLED screen with 144Hz refresh rate. | Image: Razer Razer is finally showing off the Edge, its portable Android gaming handheld. Good news: it looks a lot better than the last time we saw it in December 2021. There’s a lot…
This Xbox version of the Hammerhead HyperSpeed is the definitive version, so says Razer. It can work with PlayStation and Xbox, while the PS-specific version can’t work with Xbox. | Image: Razer To stand out from the many over-ear headsets that Razer has released for consoles, the company is bringing a new version of its…
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. Global app spending reached $65 billion in the first half of 2022, up only slightly from the $64.4 billion during the same period in 2021, as hypergrowth fueled by…
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. People leave jobs for all kinds of reasons, but when it’s a CFO departing a richly valued company as the company itself conducts layoffs, the exodus can be a sign of a…
HyperSocial CEO Braden Wallake. LinkedIn HyperSocial CEO Braden Wallake is making headlines again after another emotional LinkedIn post. Commenters were quick to accuse Wallake of using his grandmother’s death to promote the marketing startup. Wallake faced backlash in August for posting a crying selfie after having to fire two employees. A marketing startup CEO known…
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a cabinet meeting via videoconference in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. Gavriil Grigorov/Sputnik/Kremlin Pool Photo via AP The President of Tajikistan, a firm ally of Russia, appeared to berate Putin at an international summit. Emomali Rahmon said, “we have history, culture, we love, we want to be respected.” The…