Spotify is launching its beta music videos feature to Premium subscribers in the US and Canada today, over a year after it rolled out to Premium users in other regions. If you have a Spotify Premium subscription, you should now begin seeing an option to “Switch to video” on some tracks on the iOS, Android, … Read more
After rebooting the Pebble smartwatch brand, founder Eric Migicovsky is expanding his company’s device lineup with a new smart wearable: an AI-powered smart ring known as Index 01. Named for the finger where the ring is meant to be worn, the new $75 ring is not meant to be a competitor to always-on, always-listening AI … Read more
AI research lab Anthropic continues to cement its stake as the predominant AI player in the enterprise space. On Tuesday, Anthropic announced a multi-year partnership with professional services firm Accenture. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed; however, The Wall Street Journal reported that the deal is for three years. TechCrunch reached out to … Read more
Spotify is launching music videos in the U.S., Canada, and a handful of other markets, following the feature’s beta launch in overseas markets last year. The videos, which are provided to the streamer by the labels under new agreements, will be available only to paid subscribers on Spotify’s Premium plan and will stream across iOS, … Read more
Google announced a new “extended repair program” for the Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro XL smartphones yesterday after it confirmed display issues with a “limited number” of devices, as spotted by 9to5Google. The company is doing the same for the Pixel 9 Pro Fold, although Google didn’t specify what’s wrong with it other … Read more
French AI startup Mistral today launched Devstral 2, a new generation of its AI model designed for coding, as the company seeks to catch up to bigger AI labs like Anthropic and other coding-focused LLMs. This announcement follows the recent launch of the Mistral 3 family of open-weight models, and confirms Mistral’s intent to close … Read more
When we look back on 2025, at least in tech, we’ll remember it mostly as a year about AI. We had a race between OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and others to build the best model for the most things. Nvidia became the most valuable company in the world, data centers started to spring up everywhere, and … Read more
About a year ago, we said you probably don’t need the Remarkable Paper Pro. The e-ink device is equal parts outrageous and luxurious; it’s not ideal for consuming books, and the screen can sometimes feel painfully slow. Then there’s the starting price, which is, quite frankly, ludicrous at $629 (up from $579 thanks to US-induced … Read more
It’s now easier for friends and family who aren’t tech savvy or are struggling with app fatigue to share images via your Aura digital photo frame. As the name of the new “text to frame” feature implies, photos can now be shared to an Aura frame through a text message, and they will be automatically … Read more
Sheena Leven says she learned two important lessons when building her first company, CodeSee. The first lesson was knowing the difference between what businesses need versus what sounds visionary; the second was that the fundamentals always apply, even with new technologies such as AI. “Security, compliance, reliability, quality, those things don’t just go away for enterprise … Read more