Month: June 2021
Archer Aviation hits back against rival Wisk Aero’s request for injunction in trade secret suit
Archer Aviation is ramping up its defense against claims by rival Wisk Aero that it misappropriated trade secrets. Archer, which unveiled its Maker eVTOL earlier this month, alleged in a court filing late Wednesday that Wisk learned of Archer’s aircraft design weeks before it filed its patent design application –…
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The Most Important Things Microsoft Announced Today
After leaks and rumors, we got our first look today at Windows 11 and the future of Windows as a platform. Here’s what you have to look forward to this fall. Source
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Daily Crunch: Google and Jio Platforms unveil ‘extremely optimized Android’ phone for Indian consumers
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for June 24, 2021. There’s an ocean of tech news to get through today, but up top if you care about…
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The Biggest Windows 11 News Is an App Store Overhaul
By playing nice with Android and letting developers use their own payments system, Microsoft has fashioned itself as the anti-Apple for developers. Source
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The Thermapen One promises to make the best meat thermometer even better
The ThermoWorks Thermapen is legendary among chefs as the gold standard in kitchen thermometers, affording the fastest and most reliable temperature readings around. And today, the company has revealed its latest model: the $105 Thermapen One, which promises to achieve even faster temperature readings: less than a second (hence the…
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Nixie’s drone-based water sampling could save cities time and money
Regularly testing waterways and reservoirs is a never-ending responsibility for utility companies and municipal safety authorities, and generally — as you might expect — involves either a boat or at least a pair of waders. Nixie does the job with a drone instead, making the process faster, cheaper, and a…
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