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Perplexity launches an AI email assistant for Max subscribers

Perplexity has introduced a new feature dubbed Email Assistant. With this resource, users can direct an AI chatbot to execute basic email tasks such as scheduling meetings, organizing and prioritizing emails, and drafting replies. At launch, Gmail and Outlook are the only supported email clients. Email assistant is only available to members of the company's pricey Max plan, which costs $200 a month. Perplexity added this upscale subscription option in July. Once an Max user has signed up for th

Breaking Down the Creatures and Secrets of the First ‘Mandalorian and Grogu’ Trailer

This morning Lucasfilm and Disney released the first official trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu, the long-awaited first Star Wars movie to hit theaters since 2019’s The Rise of Skywalker. Although the clip kept details about the film’s story very close to its chest, it was packed with Easter eggs and references to Star Wars‘ past… and still gave us a few little hints about what to expect for the titular Mandalorian and his young ward. The trailer opens with a very familiar ship flying acros

SpaceX's lunar lander could be 'years late' for a planned 2027 mission to the moon

SpaceX's lunar lander has run into a snag and may not be ready for a mission to the moon that was scheduled for 2027, according to a report by Space News . The company's Starship Human Landing System (HLS) is a variant of the typical Starship spacecraft that has been designed to transport astronauts between lunar orbit and the surface of the moon. “The HLS schedule is significantly challenged and, in our estimation, could be years late for a 2027 Artemis 3 moon landing,” said NASA safety analys

Facebook Dating tries using AI to end ‘swipe fatigue’

is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Facebook Dating is getting new AI features to help users avoid “swipe fatigue,” Meta announced today. The new features include a new “dating assistant” AI chatbot that helps you find potential matches as well as a new “Meet Cute” feature that automatically matches you with someone using a “personalized” algorithm. With the dating assistant, you can type out specific promp

Easy Forth (2015)

Introduction This small ebook is here to teach you a programming language called Forth. Forth is a language unlike most others. It’s not functional or object oriented, it doesn’t have type-checking, and it basically has zero syntax. It was written in the 70s, but is still used today for certain applications. Why would you want to learn such an odd language? Every new programming language you learn helps you think about problems in new ways. Forth is very easy to learn, but it requires you to t

The Strange Tale of the Hotchkiss

The Strange Tale of the Hotchkiss Some time ago my attention was drawn to the origins of the word ホチキス (hochikisu) (sometimes ホッチキス) in Japanese. To a native speaker of English who actually knows the word Hotchkiss, it usually refers to a WWI machine gun and related military impedimenta. To a Japanese ホチキス invariably refers to an office paper stapler, for which it is the generic name just as "hoover" is the term for vacuum cleaner in the UK. When I first encountered the term in Japanese I ass

SpaceX’s Starship Lunar Lander Could Be ‘Years Late,’ NASA Safety Panel Warns

NASA aims to return astronauts to the Moon by mid-2027—a feat that would fulfill a decade of preparation. The agency may have to extend that timeline even further, however, as slow progress on SpaceX’s lunar lander threatens to delay the Artemis 3 mission. During a public meeting on Friday, members of the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel warned that the Human Landing System (HLS) version of Starship could be “years late,” SpaceNews reports. The panel reached that conclusion following a visit las

Gemini is coming to Google TV starting today

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. After Google removed the membership fee for Gemini in Chrome and introduced new browser features last week, Gemini is now being added to Google TV. It will be available starting on TCL’s new QM9K series TVs — which were announced earlier this month but are launching today — and come to other TVs and streaming boxes running Google TV later this ye

Earthmover wants to become the Snowflake of weather and geospatial data

Few things generate as much data as simply observing the Earth from above. But Ryan Abernathey and Joe Hamman very quickly realized that all that data still wasn’t enough for their startup to thrive. Their data-centric, climate tech startup, Earthmover, would need to pivot. The pivot isn’t entirely away from climate tech, though. Instead, the company is shrinking the time scale, focusing on how climate affects daily life — in other words, the weather. “What makes a compelling use case for our

Clock’s ticking: Get hands-on experience volunteering at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

September 30 is the final deadline to apply to volunteer at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 — and we’re officially in countdown mode. Whether you dream of launching your own startup, building community, or producing global-scale events, volunteering gives you an unmatched, behind-the-scenes look at how a world-class tech conference comes to life in San Francisco. Image Credits:TechCrunch As a volunteer, you’ll: Get free access to Disrupt when you’re not on shift Gain hands-on experience with event

5 days left to save up to $668 on your TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 pass

There’s still time — but just barely. Register for TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 by September 26 and save up to $668 before Regular Bird pricing disappears. Disrupt 2025 gives you an exclusive look at tomorrow’s tech. Founders can connect with the right investors and partners to scale their startups. Investors can discover their next portfolio company. Tech innovators and visionaries can glimpse the future of technology while building the connections that help them grow. With 10,000 tech and VC lead

Lift off: First look at the Space Stage agenda at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

TechCrunch Disrupt has always been where the future takes shape, and nowhere is that more literal than on the Space Stage, launching in San Francisco’s Moscone West on October 27. In partnership with The Aerospace Corporation, this stage brings together the leaders shaping the next orbital frontier, unveiling breakthroughs in rockets, satellites, defense, and AI in orbit. This year’s agenda brings together founders, investors, and operators who are turning bold visions into enduring businesses,

The First Trailer for ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Is Here

After what’s felt like (and mostly has been) years of waiting, Lucasfilm has released the first official trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu, the next Star Wars film. Today—timed at the height of a public backlash against Disney for capitulating to the demands of the Trump administration by censoring late-night host Jimmy Kimmel over comments made about the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk—Disney and Lucasfilm released the first official footage from The Mandalorian and Grogu

Easy Forth

Introduction This small ebook is here to teach you a programming language called Forth. Forth is a language unlike most others. It’s not functional or object oriented, it doesn’t have type-checking, and it basically has zero syntax. It was written in the 70s, but is still used today for certain applications. Why would you want to learn such an odd language? Every new programming language you learn helps you think about problems in new ways. Forth is very easy to learn, but it requires you to t

Mysterious Object From Beyond Solar System May Be “Seed” Traveling Galaxy and Creating New Planets, Paper Finds

Astronomers have been fascinated after spotting an object earlier this year that came from interstellar space as is now hurtling through our inner solar system. Since then, they’ve been using powerful telescopes to study the mysterious object, trying to understand its unusual composition and exact origins. Most agree that it’s probably a comet, albeit an unusual one, though at least one has posited that it could be a remnant of an advanced extraterrestrial civilization — a colorful claim, but o

Why the best wireless earbuds I've ever listened to aren't made by Sony or Bose

Status Pro X earbuds ZDNET's key takeaways The Status Pro X earbuds are available for preorder on the official site for $249. These earbuds produce some of the best audio I've ever heard. You have to insert them just right to get the best fit. View now at Status Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. I've tested so many headphones and earbuds these days that it's getting harder and harder to tell them apart. But I've never tested a pair quite like the Status X Pro earbuds. The

Powered by India’s small businesses, UK fintech Tide becomes a TPG-backed unicorn

U.K.-based fintech Tide has entered the unicorn club with a fresh funding of $120 million led by TPG, as the startup now serves over 1.6 million micro and small enterprises globally — with more than half of them based in India, the company’s largest and fastest-growing market. The new round — a mix of primary and secondary investment, though the startup declined to confirm the exact split — values the eight-year-old startup at $1.5 billion. It includes share sales by employees, early angels, an

I created a bouncing DVD screensaver for your terminal

DVD 📀 Video A bouncing DVD screen saver for your terminal. You can configure tmux to start this after a period of being idle for extra fun. Install Using Go on any OS go install github.com/integrii/dvd/cmd/dvd@latest Using Homebrew on MacOS brew tap integrii/dvd https://github.com/integrii/dvd && brew install --HEAD integrii/dvd/dvd tmux Screen Saver Run dvd as a tmux screen saver by using tmux’s lock mechanism. Just add the following to your ~/.tmux.conf : set -g lock-after-time 300 #

VCs are still hiring MBAs, but firms are starting to need other experience more

In Brief The MBA-to-VC pipeline remains a very real thing. But that path is a little shakier than it once was, according to PitchBook reporting and new academic research. Harvard placed 50 of its 1,004 MBA graduates into VC roles in 2024, with a median starting salary of $177,500. Stanford placed around 30 from its smaller class. More than 10,000 Harvard, Stanford, and Wharton MBA alumni currently hold senior positions at U.S. VC firms, PitchBook data shows. The MBA’s grip on venture capital

Sj.h: A tiny little JSON parsing library in ~150 lines of C99

A tiny little JSON parsing library ~150 lines of C99 Zero-allocations with minimal state Error messages with line:column: location location No number parsing: strtod , atoi ? Handle them how you want , ? Handle them how you want No string parsing: bring your own unicode surrogate pair handling (or don't) Usage A small program to load a rectangle from a JSON string into a Rect struct: char * json_text = "{ \"x\": 10, \"y\": 20, \"w\": 30, \"h\": 40 }" ; typedef struct { int x , y , w , h

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The Switch 2’s Game Ports Have Reached Their High-Water Mark

The Nintendo Switch 2 is not the most powerful game console, not by a long shot. Instead, it is powerful enough to give developers the breathing room to port modern games to it. Where the original Switch forced developers to pare back visuals, Star Wars Outlaws, which launched on Nintendo’s handheld on Sept. 4, signals what players should come to expect with Switch 2 ports. It still has the best parts of what made the game beautiful in 2024. On handheld, it may finally be worth slogging through

6 days left: Last chance for Regular Bird savings for TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 passes

Time’s ticking. Register by September 26 at 11:59 p.m. PT to lock in Regular-Bird pricing and save up to $668 on your pass to TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening in San Francisco’s Moscone West on October 27-29. Join 10,000+ startup and VC leaders in San Francisco for: Image Credits:Kimberly White / Getty Images Get an exclusive look at 100+ startup innovations across Moscone West in an immersive, hands-on showcase. Plus, catch live demos on the industry stages from tech leaders at Apptronik a

TechCrunch Mobility: The two robotaxi battlegrounds that matter

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for all things “future of transportation.” To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Seven or eight years ago, anyone consuming business tech news might have come across the phrase “the race to build autonomous vehicles.” In private conversations, company execs and startup founders I spoke to sometimes referred to the commercialization of autonomous vehicle technology as “a race.” The phrase seeped into repor

I took a 360-degree camera underwater in Hawaii, and the shots I got blew me away

Insta360 X5 waterproof action camera ZDNET's key takeaways The Insta360 is the premier camera for shooting underwater footage, for $549 on Amazon. Diving accessories such as the Invisible Dive Case and Floating Hand Grip ensure your X5 stays safe in the water. I had some pairing issues while on a dive. View now at Amazon I recently spent a week in Hawaii for my daughter's wedding, and captured some fantastic underwater video with the Insta360 X5. I went snorkeling with manta rays, explored th

Bringing restartable sequences out of the niche

Bringing restartable sequences out of the niche Please consider subscribing to LWN Subscriptions are the lifeblood of LWN.net. If you appreciate this content and would like to see more of it, your subscription will help to ensure that LWN continues to thrive. Please visit this page to join up and keep LWN on the net. The restartable sequences feature, which was added to the 4.18 kernel in 2018, exists to enable better performance in certain types of threaded applications. While there are users

An AI Stan Lee Hologram Is Coming to LA Comic Con (Really)

Los Angeles Comic Con is next week, and one of its big guests is, apparently, an AI hologram of Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee. Per the Hollywood Reporter, the hologram will be part of the Stan Lee Experience at LACC. Along with the standard $15-20 experience fee to join the booth, fans can spend money to take selfies with the hologram or have one-on-one conversations with it for three minutes. It was created by Proto Hologram—the company that made an interactive mirror for malls to promote The

Amazon, Google, and Microsoft warn employees to rush back to the US

IMPORTANT ADVISORY: New travel restriction for H-1B visa holders Hi all--We have now reviewed the actual text of today’s Presidential Proclamation on H-1B visas, which you can find here: Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers - The White House. Here’s what you need to know: First, the proclamation is structured as a travel restriction. Beginning at 12:01 am eastern time on September 21, 2025 (so, 9:01 pm Pacific time tomorrow), individuals will not be able to enter/return to the

I tested Google’s Pixelsnap vs the Pixel Stand, and one is clearly better in every way

Robert Triggs / Android Authority I don’t usually develop a near instant dislike of new technology, but I’ve quickly come to loathe the new Pixelsnap accessory for the Pixel 10 series. While MagSafe certainly has its merits, Google’s little charging puck is not going to convince me that this is what the future of wireless charging looks like. Especially not when I have the highly regarded Pixel Stand 2nd Gen on my desk (which I’ll refer to as the Pixel Stand from here on out) against which to c

Only 7 days left to save on TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 tickets — lock in Regular Bird pricing now

Time is running out to grab your pass to TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27–29 in San Francisco. With less than 7 days left to lock in Regular Bird pricing, now’s your chance to save up to $668 on your ticket and join 10,000+ founders, investors, and builders at one of the most iconic startup conferences of the year. Disrupt brings together 250+ top voices in tech across 200+ sessions spanning five industry stages, roundtables, and breakouts. You’ll also meet 100+ emerging startups a

Can't hear TV dialogue? This portable soundbar solved my audio problems for cheap

Creative Stage Pro soundbar ZDNET's key takeaways The Creative Stage Pro soundbar is available on Amazon for $170. This cost-effective soundbar excels at producing clear dialogue. The Stage Pro subwoofer won't blow you away, but it does add some depth to voices. View now at Amazon Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. This space-saving soundbar/subwoofer combo from Creative might not meet the lofty demands of an audiophile, but for anyone who wants more sound from their movie