Tech & AI

Tech & AI

Gemini icon changes on iPhone and Android

Google has swapped icons of the Gemini apps on iPhone and Android, 9to5Google reported. What used to be a purple to blue gradient on a four-point star is now a rainbow gradient more reminiscent of the Google logo, with yellow, green, red, and blue. Credit: Google Credit: Google The star points are also more rounded

Read More
Tech & AI

The 55 Best Deals From REI’s July 4 Outdoor Gear Sale (2025)

The 4th of July is over, but the REI deals continue. The REI 4th of July sale is a great time to get a deal on hiking, camping, and backpacking essentials. This year, there are also great competing July Fourth sales on top brands at Backcountry and Public Lands. We test camping and hiking gear

Read More
Tech & AI

Y Combinator alum launched a new $34M fund dedicated to YC startups, backed by Garry Tan

Investing in Y Combinator startups can lead to significant returns to investors. “If you look at the data: 6% of YC companies become unicorns, and of that 6% a quarter become decacorns,” Kulveer Taggar told TechCrunch. Taggar is a two-time YC alum best known for founding Zeus Living, a property management startup that raised over

Read More
Tech & AI

Best MacBook deal: The 13-inch M4 MacBook Air is under $850

SAVE $150: The Apple MacBook Air, 13-inch (M4, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD) is on sale at Amazon in all colorways for $849, down from the list price of $999. That’s a 15% discount that matches the lowest we’ve ever seen. While we enjoy leftover potato salad and watermelon post 4th of July, it’s time to

Read More
Tech & AI

Best Laptop Stands (2025): 25+ Models Tested and Reviewed

More Laptop Stands to Consider There’s no shortage of computer stands out there, and most of them get the job done. While these didn’t quite make my top picks, they still have some perks worth considering. Rain Design iLevel2 Photograph: Rain Design Rain Design iLevel2 for $65: I wanted to love the Rain Design iLevel2,

Read More
Tech & AI

Kristen Craft brings fresh fundraising strategy to TC All Stage

Raising in 2025 doesn’t look anything like it did in 2021 — and that’s exactly the point. At TechCrunch All Stage on July 15 at Boston’s SoWa Power Station, Kristen Craft, head of Business Development at Fidelity Private Shares, will lead a roundtable session titled “It’s Not 2021 Anymore. Navigating the 2025 VC Landscape,” happening

Read More
Tech & AI

Is Amazon Prime Day a good time to buy a TV? This year, yes, actually.

Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of ContentsThe #1 best time to buy a TV: Black Friday and Cyber MondayThe second-best time to find TV deals: NFL playoff seasonThe third-best time to find TV deals: SpringHonorable mention: Prime Day(s)Frequently Asked Questions On any given day, poking around for TVs on sale is all but

Read More
Tech & AI

Everything You Can Do in the Photoshop Mobile App

You know your software is a success when its name becomes a verb: You’ll now commonly hear about images being photoshopped, even if the editing wasn’t done with the Adobe image editor. Adobe might not like it, but the usage shows how dominant its flagship product has become. On mobile though, Photoshop hasn’t achieved the

Read More
Tech & AI

Ilya Sutskever will lead Safe Superintelligence following his CEO’s exit

OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever says he is stepping into the CEO role at Safe Superintelligence, the AI startup he launched in 2024. In a post on X, Sutskever confirmed Thursday that Daniel Gross, the startup’s co-founder and CEO, departed the company as of June 29. Safe Superintelligence co-founder Daniel Levy is becoming president of the startup, according

Read More
Tech & AI

Sony WH-1000XM6 vs Sony WH-1000XM5: Is it worth the upgrade?

After three years, Sony finally dropped a new pair of flagship headphones — the WH-1000XM6 headphones. I use the XM5s as my daily headphones (as much as I can as someone who tests headphones for a living), so I was especially curious to test out the performance difference between the two headphones that, at first

Read More