Hyundai released fresh details Thursday at the LA Auto Show about the 2023 Ioniq 6, the all-electric vehicle that the Korean company debuted in June. With an estimated range of 340 miles and an on-sale date in spring of 2023, the hotly anticipated follow-up to the Ioniq 5 crossover is one more step towards the…
Facebook is notifying users that it will remove four information fields from profiles starting next month. These fields include religious views, political views, addresses and the “Interested in” field, which indicates a user’s sexual orientation. The change will go into effect on December 1. A spokesperson for the company told TechCrunch in an email that…
Plaid today announced that it has named Meta veteran John Anderson to serve as its new head of payments. The fintech startup has slowly been evolving its offerings beyond its core product of account linking. Earlier this year, it moved into identity and income verification. Payments feels like a natural evolution of its business. In…
A legal dispute over robotic patents is devolving into a war of words, as Ghost Robotics fires back against Boston Dynamics. The Philadelphia firm calls the suit both “obstructive and baseless” in a statement sent to TechCrunch. It notes, in part, Ghost Robotics’ success has not gone unnoticed by Boston Dynamics. Rather than compete on…
You know what really sucks? Your IoT devices not being able to phone home. Rarely a problem when you’re in the center of a well-populated urban center with oodles of cell towers, but think of that water temperature buoy floating around in the Atlantic, an autonomous drone flying above the rain forest or a glacier-creep…
Anime streaming service Crunchyroll has partnered with Discord. Starting today, users will be able to display the movie or TV show they’re currently watching on their Discord profile. Crunchyroll is the latest media company to add “Rich Presence,” the “Now Playing” functionality that automatically displays the video you’re watching, the game you’re playing, the song…
It isn’t Black Friday yet, but Amazon’s already rolled out some seriously covetable deals on the Google Pixel collection, including phones, cases, earbuds, and watches. Here are some of our favorites: BEST PHONE DEAL: Google Pixel 7 — $499 $599 (save $100) BEST CASE DEAL: Google Pixel 6a Case — $19 $29 (save $10). BEST…
Google is rolling out a new feature that will allow Google Chat users to automatically schedule ‘Do Not Disturb’, which the company hopes will give a handy boost to concentration when needed. Up until now, users have been able to set a custom duration for their ‘Do Not Disturb’ period. This has meant that they…
Cybersecurity researchers from Trend Micro have recently spotted a new infostealer campaign, leveraging open-source software and file-sharing services to distribute malware. According to the company’s blog post, an unknown threat actor took the source code of an app called ResignTool, and modified it to carry the infostealer. ResignTool is a macOS application used to change…
Stock photo platform Dreamstime has launched a new freemium pricing plan and a new way for photographers to make more money from their contributions to the site. Overhauling its free content plan, the Adobe Stock alternative has also enabled more ways to support content creators on the site, with users able to tip photographers whose…