At times, Kubernetes can feel like a superpower, but with all of the benefits of scalability and agility comes immense complexity. The truth is, few developers understand how Kubernetes works.
Wear OS is getting a multi-generational leap in power thanks to Samsung
After years of starvation at the hands of Qualcomm, Samsung is here to save Wear OS.
亡命したベラルーシの五輪陸上選手、Google翻訳を使って日本の警察と連絡
東京オリンピック序盤となった今月1日、ベラルーシ代表のクリスツィナ・ツィマノウスカヤ選手が、不本意な形で女子1600メートルリレー予選のメンバーに選出されたため拒否、ポーランドへの亡命を希望したことで話題となった。同選手は東京で強制的にベラルーシへの帰国便に乗せられるのを防ぐため、空港にいた警察官に「強制的に出国させられる」という助けを求める内容の文章をGoogle翻訳で表示することで意思を伝えていたそうだ。空港でWi-FiをつなぐことでGoogle翻訳を使用できるようにしていたという（Bloomb…
Privacy-oriented search app Xayn raises $12M from Japanese backers to go into devices
Back in December 2020 we covered the launch of a new kind of smartphone app-based search engine, Xayn. “A search engine?!” I hear you say? Well, yes, because despite the convenience of modern search engines’ ability to tailor their search results to the individual, this user-tracking comes at the expense of privacy. This mass surveillance […]
This Week in Apps: In-app events hit the App Store, TikTok tries Stories, Apple reveals new child safety plan
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spend in 2020. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion minutes using apps on Android devices alone. […]
Google is Planning a New Silicon Valley Campus With Hardware Hub, Plans Show
Google announced arguably its most serious attempt at hardware this week when it said it will be ditching Qualcomm chips and creating its own, including those used for its flagship Pixel phone. From a report: It also has been using its own chips for it…
Google Considered Buying ‘Some or All’ of Epic During Fortnite Clash, Court Documents Say
Google considered buying Epic Games as the companies sparred over Epic’s Fortnite Android app, according to newly unsealed court filings. From a report: Last night, Google lifted some of its redactions in Epic’s antitrust complaint against Google, whic…
zeroheight raises $10M round led by Tribe Capital to scale DesignOps for UX teams
High-quality UX for websites and apps is no longer a nice-to-have, it’s a must-have if a company is to succeed. But scaling the impact of UX teams is not simple, and in recent years teams have turned to what’s know as DesignOps platforms to help them. Now, a new startup hopes to become a key […]
家の見守りを強化、GoogleのIoT製品新モデル「Google Nest Cam」と「Google Nest Doorbell」が登場
グーグルは、バッテリー式のスマートカメラ「Google Nest Cam（屋内、屋外対応／バッテリー式）」とバッテリー式のビデオドアホン「Google Nest Doorbell（Battery Type）…
New Google Nest Cams Can Record Video Without a Monthly Subscription
In addition to new hardware announced today, Google has made a big change to its new line of Nest cameras: they no longer require a monthly subscription fee to record video. Ars Technica reports: We’ll get to the new models in a minute (editor’s note: …