Lenovo’s New Laptops Fold, Flip, and Even Soak Up the Sun Lenovo’s new laptops fold, flip, soak up the sun, and probably do your taxes. We braved their 10,000-word press release so you don’t have to. Here’s what actually matters.
This Week in Snark: The Lag, The Hype, and The Inevitable Pivot to Enterprise We say a glitchy goodbye to Skype, watch Sony desperately insist VR isn’t dead, marvel at Amazon’s bold attempt to make Alexa a paid privilege, chuckle as Brex discovers enterprise money is actually real, and witness Apple throw a casual half-trillion at AI just to stay relevant.
Farewell, Skype: The Rise, Fall, and Glorious Lag of a Once-Great App It is with a mix of nostalgia and profound indifference that we gather here today to mourn Skype's slow, painful, and utterly predictable demise.
Sony Slashes PS VR2 Price in a Last-Ditch Effort to Convince You That VR Isn’t Dead Starting in March, you can grab a PS VR2 for the low, low price of $399.99—which is still somehow more than a PlayStation 5 costs on sale.
Alexa+ Is Here: Amazon’s Plan to Make You Pay for the Voice Assistant You Already Own Amazon launches Alexa+, a $19.99/month generative AI voice assistant with memory, smart home automation, and the new Echo Show 21. Here’s what’s new, how it works, and whether it’s worth it.
Brex Discovers What Every Startup Eventually Does: The Real Money Is in Big Corporations Brex, the fintech darling that once prided itself on being the go-to spend platform for plucky startups, is now fully basking in the glow of its large enterprise era.
Why SiliconSnark Deserves to Win TechCrunch Startup Battlefield (And Why You Should Apply Instead) It’s that time of year again—TechCrunch Startup Battlefield is officially open for applications. There is one startup that stands above them all: SiliconSnark.