I replaced my space heater and ceiling fan with one Dyson appliance | TechCrunch
Designed for year-round comfort, the Dyson Hot+Cool HF1 combines quiet operation and simple controls with Dyson's signature bladeless design.
Gadgets
300 stories
Parents want safer phones for kids. These companies are answering the call. | TechCrunch
As parents look for alternatives to unrestricted smartphones, a growing number of companies are building phones designed specifically for kids, from feature-limited mobile devices to minimalist home phones.
reMarkable’s new Paper Pure is good. That’s why I wrote this review on it.
Remarkable's Paper Pure replaces Remarkable 2, and it is quite good.
Even Microsoft couldn’t make Windows 11 work well on 8GB of RAM
Microsoft’s new entry-level 13-inch Surface Laptop pairs last year’s great hardware with a higher price and just 8GB of RAM. Thanks, RAMageddon.
Microsoft open sources Comic Chat, the 90s IRC client that helped introduce Comic Sans.
The source code for Microsoft Comic Chat is now available, opening up the workings of a project released in 1996 that turned the walls of text from chats into comic strips, generating panels and illustrations that represent the chat and are still backward-compatible with text-only clients. I wasn’t familiar with the app until now, although it apparently shipped as part of Internet Explorer 3.0, and used Microsoft typographer Vincent Connare’s then-new font for its speech bubbles. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/07/fasf.webp?quality=90&strip=all]
Microsoft tests Windows Search without all the ads and fluff
Microsoft is testing an update to its Windows 11 search menu that gets rid of recommended content and ads.
Microsoft might have more plans for connecting your phone and Windows.
This Windows Central rumor says Windows 11 could add a dedicated flyout menu for the phone companion to show your phone’s status and things like DND status or “find my phone.” Other possible updates could bring a standalone SMS syncing app and sync your clipboard history beyond just the last entry. [Link: Microsoft wants to integrate your smartphone more deeply with Windows 11: Plans major UX enhancements that will make your PC and phone more seamlessly connected | https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-wants-to-integrate-your-smartphone-more-deeply-with-windows-11-plans-major-ux-enhancements-that-will-make-your-pc-and-phone-more-seamlessly-connected | Windows Central]
SK Hynix raises $26.5B in the biggest foreign IPO in US history, is urged to build new US fabs | TechCrunch
The AI chip boom just produced its biggest Wall Street moment yet. Now SK Hynix and Samsung are being asked to build U.S. factories.
Apple to produce Made in America wireless chips with Broadcom | TechCrunch
Apple has signed a $30 billion+ multiyear deal with Broadcom to design and produce more than 15 billion U.S.-made custom wireless connectivity chips for Apple products.
Amazon updated 2023’s Fire HD 10 tablet with 4GB of RAM
The 32GB model is now available with a bump from 3GB to 4GB of RAM with a small price increase.
Apple’s email-hiding feature is reportedly exposing real email addresses.
Tyler Murphy, the co-founder of EasyOptOuts, tells 404 Media that he notified Apple about a bug in its Hide My Email feature more than a year ago, but it’s reportedly still not fixed. The vulnerability allows someone to obtain a person’s real email through the fake one generated by Apple’s tool, 404 Media reports. [Link: Apple ‘Hide My Email’ Vulnerability Reveals Peoples’ Real Email Addresses | https://www.404media.co/apple-hide-my-email-vulnerability-reveals-peoples-real-email-addresses/ | 404 Media]
Formula E’s new season is starting to look more like F1
Formula E’s season 13 calendar includes three new race locations and 30-minute “unleashed” sprint races in the new Gen4 cars.
Half a billion people are using Threads every month
Threads has surpassed 500 million monthly active users, and it’s launching new features for communities and to tweak your algorithm.
All the gear a 20-year gadget blogging veteran packs when traveling
Here are my tips for what to bring while traveling, from bags and chargers to entertainment and photo gear.
The world’s first trillionaire is a killer
Elon Musk’s empire of wealth is built on suffering.
Jeff Bezos's Prometheus raises $12B to build an 'artificial general engineer' for the physical world | TechCrunch
The new round values the physical AI startup that aims to automate heavy engineering and drug design at $41 billion.
Meta remembers the Portal exists and turns it into an AI dev kit.
The company’s new agentic developer tools are giving the discontinued smart displays a second life as a smart home controller, family message board, art display, or anything you can dream up. The move comes shortly after Microsoft announced Project Solara. Meta says the tools are hardware-agnostic and work with many existing devices. Still, anything that breathes new life into a defunct gadget is a good thing. [Media: https://www.threads.com/@boztank/post/DZLR8WWjR-b?xmt=AQG0giZ_PItYplpFoyy-0lpZb-FEIEWty4EpmluHXCdVXg]
Meta mercifully spun out VR fitness game Supernatural instead of just killing it | TechCrunch
Meta appears to have listened to the Supernatural users who protested the app's sad fate after sweeping layoffs.