Hardware

Before Wazer came along, “water jet cutting” and “affordable” didn't belong in the same sentence. That changed in 2016, when the company launched the world's first desktop water jet cutter, pre-selling $1.3 million worth of units. Fast-forward to today, and Wazer s

Apple is set to board the runaway locomotive that is generative AI at next week's World Wide Developer Conference. Reports thus far have pointed to a partnership with OpenAI that will, among other things, help supercharge Siri. A fresh round of rumors reported by Bloomberg shed more light on t

Update: Humane has confirmed the news with technewss, noting in a statement, “At this time, we don't have any further updates, though Humane will plan to provide additional information once its investigation has concluded.” It's fair to say the Ai Pin launch didn'

In late May, Sonos announced that it was getting into the headphone game with the $449 Ace. The addition made perfect sense: The company has spent the past 20-plus years establishing itself as a trusted, reliable name in the world of connected home audio. Besides, nearly every other consumer electr

Last week, technewss paid a visit to Apple’s Austin, Texas, manufacturing facilities. Since 2013, the company has built its Mac Pro desktop about 20 minutes north of downtown. The 400,000-square-foot facility sits in a maze of industry parks, a quick trip south from the company's in-prog

Kobo put out a handful of new e-readers a few weeks back: color versions of the excellent Libra 2 and Clara, as well as an updated monochrome version of the latter. But after testing them all out, I can say that for most users, there’s no reason to switch. First, the color editions. I’

When someone says a product is “new and improved,” it’s wise to take it with a grain of salt. But with Mill's redesigned food waste bin, you can believe it. As before, the bin accepts a wide variety of food waste — only a handful of items like oyster shells are off limits — and g

Amazon has received approval from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fly its delivery drones longer distances, the company announced on Thursday. Amazon says it can now expand its Prime Air service, which uses delivery drones to fly individual packages, to more customers.  The FAA

In 2018, Fitbit launched Ace, a wearable tracker for kids. On Wednesday, it's adding Ace LTE to the line, a device aimed at the same demographic that borrows heavily from its smartwatch, Versa. The Google-owned wearable firm is targeting the 7+ crowd with this one, focusing on gaming with Wii-s

China has closed a third state-backed investment fund to bolster its semiconductor industry and reduce reliance on other nations, both for using and manufacturing wafers — prioritizing what is called chip sovereignty. China’s National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund, also known

A month after launching its first product, Humane's co-founders have reportedly put their well-funded startup on the market. While even the firm's biggest cheerleaders didn't expect the Ai Pin to change the world in such a short timeframe, few of its many detractors expected things to g

Over the past four years, the connected fitness space has experienced some of the highest highs and lowest lows in the venture world. According to figures from Crunchbase, funding — predictably — peaked in 2021. As a whole, the fitness category accounted for $6.4 billion raised over 376 rounds.

Meta is updating its Ray-Ban smart glasses with new hands-free functionality, the company announced on Wednesday. Most notably, users can now share an image from their smart glasses directly to their Instagram Story without needing to take out their phone. After you take a photo with the smart gla

"">Microsoft wants to bring generative AI to the forefront of Windows — and the PCs running it. At a pair of keynotes during its annual Build developer conference this week, the company unveiled a new lineup of Windows machines it’s calling Copilot+ PCs, plus generative AI-powered features