For an AI assistant to become truly useful, it first has to know a lot about you. Ollie, a personal assistant for everyday life, is betting that doesn’t mean you have to hand over all your data and sacrifice your privacy in the process. While some enterprise-focused AI assistants have data privacy protections in place,
We first got eyes on TCL’s new AMOLED Nxtpaper display on a test phone at Mobile World Congress earlier this year. The tech blends the bright vibrancy of an AMOLED screen with the matte finish, low reflection and easy reading of TCL’s Nxtpaper screen tech, creating what CNET’s Katie Collins called a “stunning effect.” Now
SwitchBot has launched a new retrofit smart lock that gives owners multiple ways to enter European homes without a traditional key. Announced at IFA today, the SwitchBot Lock Ultra Max Vision Pro Combo provides multi-user entry and up to 19 ways to unlock doors, including, fingerprint scans, passcodes, NFC card access, contactless authentication via facial
Three months ago, Nvidia took the wraps off its RTX Spark “superchip” and a handful of future laptops that would use it. It felt like a consequential moment in the history of the PC, despite all the questions that remained. And now, as announced at the IFA 2026 tech show in Berlin, we’ve had our first hands-on
The Builders Stage is returning to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, bringing together founders, startup operators, and investors for practical conversations on what it takes to build and scale successful companies. Hear from startup and venture leaders shaping the tech ecosystem, including Grant Lee, CEO and co-founder of Gamma; Leah Solivan, founder and general partner at Precedent.vc; Robby Stein, VP of
I love Xiaomi’s phones and gave the recent Leitzphone — made in collaboration with photography icon Leica — an Editors’ Choice award. But the company has fingers in pies far beyond mobile phones; You’ll find the Xiaomi name on everything from cars, fans, air fryers and robot vacuums, and the company has a trio of