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Monthly Archives: February 2021
Wearing underwear designed to absorb my menstrual flow—with no additional protection—has made my period more comfortable. It’s kinder to the planet too.
Period Underwear Changed My Life—and I’m Never Going Back
The company's custom-molding headphones fit perfectly, even if you have oddly shaped earholes.
Ultimate Ears’ Fits Are the Comfiest Earbuds I’ve Ever Tried
Standing desks, computer monitors, and chairs are all on sale if you’re looking to kit out your new home office.
The 20 Best Weekend Deals If You Work From Home
Sure, you can add items to your shopping list, check the weather, and get random trivia. Now let's take your Echo to the next level.
Alexa Skills That Are Actually Fun and Useful
Facebook unveils another experimental app, Atlassian acquires a data visualization startup and Newsela becomes a unicorn. This is your Daily Crunch for February 26, 2021. The big story: Facebook launches rap app The new BARS app was created by NPE Team (Facebook’s internal R&D group), allowing rappers to select from professionally created beats, and then […]
Daily Crunch: Facebook launches rap app
Yelp released its very first trust and safety report this week, with the goal of explaining the work that it does to crack down on fraudulent and otherwise inaccurate or unhelpful content. With focus on local business reviews and information, you might think Yelp would be relatively free of the types of misinformation that other […]
Yelp puts trust and safety in the spotlight
Facebook’s internal R&D group, NPE Team, is today launching its next experimental app, called BARS. The app makes it possible for rappers to create and share their raps using professionally created beats, and is the NPE Team’s second launch in the music space following its recent public debut of music video app Collab. While Collab […]
Facebook launches BARS, a TikTok-like app for creating and sharing ...
The Perseverance rover is positively packed with tech. We talk about the cameras, mics, and sensors bringing the sights and sounds of Mars back to us.
A Very Technical—and Emotional—Journey to Mars
Online consumer intelligence and social media listening platform Brandwatch has been acquired by Cision, best known for its media monitoring and media contact database services, for $450 million, in a combined cash and shares deal. TechCrunch understands Brandwatch’s key executive team will be staying on. The move combines two large players to offer a broad […]