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This magnetic Qi 2.2 powerbank looks like a classic Sony Cybershot

When it comes to inventive USB-C accessories with rad designs, nobody does it like Sharge. Now it’s following up its classic Mac-inspired chargers, its Braun turntable-inspired battery, and whatever the heck this is supposed to be, with a new MagSafe battery that specifically echoes Sony’s classic T-Series Cybershot cameras. It’s called the Icemag 3, and […]

Equity Video, Hardware, identity verification, sam altman, Startups, Tech, Tech News, tools for humanity, World

Should you trust Tools for Humanity’s iris-scanning orb?

Ever wonder if you’re talking to a real person online or just another bot? As bots increasingly outnumber humans online, leading to an explosion of deepfakes and AI-driven fraud, one company has a solution straight out of sci-fi: scanning your iris to verify your humanity.  Today on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan spoke with Adrian […]

AI, News, Reddit, Tech, Tech News

Reddit sues Perplexity for allegedly ripping its content to feed AI

Reddit is suing Perplexity and three “data-scraping service providers” to “stop the industrial-scale, unlawful circumvention of data protections by a group of bad actors who will stop at nothing to get their hands on valuable copyrighted content on Reddit,” according to the complaint. The company equates the data scraping companies — SerpApi, Oxylabs, and AWMProxy […]

Electric Bikes, Electric Cars, Rideables, Tech, Tech News, Transportation

Inside Rivian’s $4,500 electric bike gamble

Before RJ Scaringe founded the adventure-themed EV company Rivian, he was thinking about bikes. Well, not bikes exactly. More like pedal-powered hybrid microcars and other forms of alternative transportation. This was three years before Scaringe launched Rivian, and nearly 13 years before the company eventually came out of stealth. By then, Scaringe had decided against […]

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