March 28, 2024

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Google launches the first public beta of Android 14

Google’s Android development cycle runs on a rather predictable cadence these days. Today, after two developer previews, the company launched the first of four planned public beta releases of Android 14. As with previous versions, the first beta is also the first release that anyone can install over-the-air, assuming they have a supported Pixel device, […]

Google launches the first public beta of Android 14 by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch

Want the Nothing phone in the US? Be a beta

Here’s something that seems all but a guarantee: The way we purchase expensive electronics is going to change. Years after the U.S. began moving away from the carrier-based model of phone purchases, it seems as though we’re heading toward another sort of subscription model in the form of hardware as a service. Even with that […]

Want the Nothing phone in the US? Be a beta by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

Viam rolls out a free beta of its cloud-based robotics tools

“What a lot of people tell me is ‘hardware is hard,’” Eliot Horowitz explains. “I have a really big problem with that statement.” The Viam Robotics CEO and MongoDB co-founder describes purchasing a Universal Robotics’ UR5 robot arm and programming it to play chess. “I don’t think hardware is hard. I think hardware is not […]

Viam rolls out a free beta of its cloud-based robotics tools by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch