Google Home, YouTube integrate with Volvo Cars

Google unveiled at CES on Wednesday a range of new ways to keep its Android devices connected, and that includes cars. As more vehicles go electric and automakers evolve into software developers, we can only expect to see more plays directed at turning cars into connected devices. One...

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Google expands Fast Pairing beyond headphones

This year’s CES is likely to be fairly light from Google on the hardware front, but the company’s got a number of new software features to announce. Chief among them are some key updates to its Fast Pair offering, which has thus far largely been the domain of earbud pairing....

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FTC settles with data analytics firm after millions of Americans’ mortgage files exposed

Two redacted files among millions of mortgage and financial documents found on the exposed server. Image Credits: TechCrunch The Federal Trade Commission has approved a settlement with a mortgage data analytics firm for a 2019 security lapse that exposed millions of sensitive...

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GM’s BrightDrop brings on Walmart as new EV customer as FedEx ups existing order

General Motors’ commercial electric vehicle unit BrightDrop has scored Walmart as a customer with a reservation of 5,000 e-delivery vans to help the retail giant reach a zero-emissions logistics fleet by 2040, the company said on Wednesday at CES. In addition, existing customer...

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Ring’s alarm system gets a broken glass detector

Amazon-owned Ring’s home security ecosystem got another key piece of the puzzle this week at CES. The new Ring Alarm Glass Break Sensor is designed to detect the sound of breaking glass up to 25 feet away, sending a notification to the app, so the user can act accordingly. It...

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Instagram is testing private likes on Stories with select users

Instagram has started testing private likes on Stories as part of a limited test. The Meta-owned company confirmed that the feature is not broadly available and is currently only visible to a small group of people globally. The company also explained that only the person who...

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Panasonic to use Redwood’s recycled materials in battery cell production at Tesla gigafactory

Panasonic battery cells made at the Gigafactory it operates with Tesla will use more recycled materials by the end of 2022 as part of an expanded partnership with startup Redwood Materials. Panasonic said Tuesday at the 2022 CES tech trade show that Redwood Materials will start...

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John Deere’s self-driving tractor arrives later this fall

The 8R tractor has been in select customers’ hands for “a few seasons” now, according to John Deere. After all, like any kind of autonomous machinery, a self-driving tractor isn’t the kind of thing you just unleash on the world without extensive testing. Prototypes have been...

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TechCrunch+ roundup: 2022 enterprise predictions, Justworks IPO, startup theses to watch for

Happy new year! As is our custom, you’ll see quite a few TechCrunch+ articles in the coming days that share predictions for 2022. Upcoming topics include fintech, crypto/blockchain and growth marketing, but yesterday, TechCrunch reporter Ron Miller shared his predictions for...

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4 trends that will define e-commerce in 2022

Ben Parr Contributor Share on Twitter Ben Parr is president and co-founder of Octane AI. More posts by this contributor Collect and leverage zero-party data to personalize marketing and drive growth The Three Qualities Twitter’s Next CEO Must Have If 2020 was the year of the e-commerce boom, 2021 was the year the industry hit major challenges:...

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GE Lighting adds smart thermostats, security cameras and other bright ideas

GE Lighting, a Savant company, today expands its smart home lineup with a smart thermostat, a temperature sensor, a suite of security cameras and a crate of new lighting products. The company also teases it’s got a lot more home-smartification gadgets in the pipeline, all tied...

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Kiddo picks up $16Mfor a kids’ wearable aimed at four chronic conditions

Kiddo, formally known as GoodParents Inc., announced a $16 million Series A round on Tuesday. Through a combination of wearables, parental coaching, and telehealth, the company has its sights firmly set on managing care for kids with chronic health conditions.  Kiddo has been working on developing a wearable and software combo for children’s health...

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TikTok tests its own version of the Retweet with a new ‘Repost’ button

TikTok is testing its own version of Twitter’s retweet with the addition of a new “Repost” button which allows users to amplify videos on the platform by sharing them with their own followers. The new Repost button is found in the “Share” menu where you could otherwise send...

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Qualcomm commits to auto sector, locking in new clients for its Snapdragon Digital Chassis

Tech giant Qualcomm signaled a strong commitment to furthering its technologies in the automotive sector at CES this year, announcing new OEM clients and the opening of an engineering software office in Berlin to support the company’s European auto customers with the latest...

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VCs and founders are max bullish as public markets flash warning signs

Kicking off 2022 may feel like we’re stuck the third round of 2020, but things have actually changed quite a lot in Technology Land, even if the pandemic is still with us. Crypto has become far more established in the intervening period, for example, with more investors, startups...

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DriveU.auto to power remote piloting of EasyMile’s autonomous shuttles, Coco’s sidewalk robots

Autonomous shuttle company EasyMile and sidewalk robot delivery startup Coco are integrating DriveU.auto’s teleoperation and connectivity platform into their operations, DriveU.auto, an Israeli startup that came out of stealth last year, they announced at CES. The autonomous...

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