The dream of autonomous driving everywhere is still a long way off. But soon Mercedes Drive Pilot, its level 3 autonomous driving system, will be launched in Germany for the S-Class and the EQS. We got the chance to try the system out on the automaker’s test track and while it did what it was … Read more
Startups, the so-called Deep tech often has a hard time raising capital for a variety of reasons. At the TechCrunch Early Stage: Marketing and Fundraising, two experienced investors spoke on the subject and advised startups on a challenging fundraising path. Pae Wu and Garrett Winther are both partners at SOSV and lead the fund’s programs … Read more
Google took today’s Doodle to extremes to mark the start of the Tokyo Olympics. Select the modified logo and you can play Doodle Champion Island Games, an anime-inspired title with sports mini-games. Google says it’s the biggest interactive doodle it’s ever made. You control Lucky the Cat in a pixel art landscape dotted with Japanese … Read more
GM is rolling out three major upgrades, including automatic lane changing and towing assistance, to its Super Cruise hands-free driver assistance system and making it available in six vehicles, including the all-new 2022 GMC Hummer EV Pickup. While GM’s Super Cruise has steadily improved since its launch in 2017, it has been limited to its … Read more
Instagram is testing a new feature called Limits that allows users to lock their accounts and limit potential interactions if they feel they are the target of harassment. When introducing the tool, Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, referred to the recent Euro 2020 final, in which three black players from the English national team … Read more
Waymo, Google’s former self-driving car project that is now a separate business unit of Alphabet, is expanding its presence in the eastern US in the steel city. The company will initially hire about a dozen engineers, a source familiar with the move told TechCrunch, and they will be based in Google’s existing offices in the … Read more
It is tempting to get your child every shiny new toy they ask for. But some toys are better than others when it comes to stimulating your child’s brain and keeping them entertained at the same time. The parents of the Engadget team know this well and we have tried a number of educational toys … Read more
Jeff Bezos receives a bespoke Blue Origin astronaut lapel pin from former NASA astronaut Jeff Ashby, who now serves as Blue Origin mission control director. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) Hundreds of deep pocket tourists are likely to embark on suborbital space travel as Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space company and Virgin Galactic, founded by … Read more
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s greatest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3:00 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Extra Crunch for July 21st, 2021. It was a good day for crypto fans as major coins bounced back a bit from their recent lows. However, Bitcoin and … Read more
Valve is on the lookout for new Counter-Strike: Global Offensive weapon skins and hopes to entice creators into submitting designs to a $ 1 million art competition. The company will select 10 original looks with dream motifs. The winning design creators will each receive $ 100,000 and the skins will be added to the game. … Read more