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Jan 18, 2024 • 7min
NASA’s robotic, self-assembling structures could be the next phase of space construction
Bad news if you want to move to the Moon or Mars: housing is a little hard to come by. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 18, 2024 • 3min
Apple tops Samsung in worldwide smartphone shipments for the first time
Apple’s iPhone has overtaken Samsung for the first time ever as the best-selling smartphone in 2023, according to a new report from IDC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 17, 2024 • 3min
FedEx announces its own commerce platform for merchants
Logistics company FedEx announced its own commerce platform called FDX today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 17, 2024 • 3min
Elon’s Tesla robot is sort of ‘ok’ at folding laundry in pre-scripted demo
Elon Musk’s Optimus humanoid robot from Tesla is doing more stuff — this time folding a t-shirt on a table in a development facility. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 16, 2024 • 3min
Google will allow more real-money games on the Play Store
Google announced today that the company plans to support more real-money games (RMG) on the Play Store this year by allowing more types of games in the category following local laws. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 16, 2024 • 4min
LG opens its first US EV charging factory in Texas
LG Electronics has opened its first electric vehicle (EV) charger facility outside of South Korea — in Fort Worth, Texas — to capture a share of North America’s competitive EV charging market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 15, 2024 • 6min
As Disney pushes towards streaming profitability, Pixar to undergo layoffs in 2024
Disney-owned animation studio Pixar is poised to undergo layoffs this year, TechCrunch has learned and the company confirmed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 12, 2024 • 6min
Google Cloud rolls out new gen AI products for retailers
Google wants to inject a little generative AI into retail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 12, 2024 • 4min
Smart molluscs – yes, smart molluscs – could watch our waterways 24/7 for pollution
If the clams could speak, what would they say? Surely we all ask ourselves this question every day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 11, 2024 • 7min
App economy recovered in 2023, with $171B in consumer spending, but downloads were flat
After the app economy slowed for the first time ever in 2022, things picked up pace again over the past year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
