Apple to invest $1.2 billion in silicon design center in Germany – TechCrunch

Apple to invest $1.2 billion in silicon design center in Germany – TechCrunch

Apple announced that it plans to increase its corporate spending in Germany. In particular, the company wants to build a new plant in Munich. The team, dubbed the European Silicon Design Center, will focus on 5G and potentially future wireless technologies. The company said Munich is already the largest engineering center in Europe. 1,500 engineers…

The keyboards of TechCrunch’s editorial staff – TechCrunch

The keyboards of TechCrunch’s editorial staff – TechCrunch

Few things are more personal than a keyboard, and yet they are often overlooked by Work From Home manuals. Why use the standard keyboard when there are so many options available? This is a selection of some of the keyboards used by the TechCrunch editorial team. Some are boring, others for different languages ​​- and…

SkyMul’s drones secure rebar on the fly to speed up construction – TechCrunch

SkyMul’s drones secure rebar on the fly to speed up construction – TechCrunch

There are many jobs in the construction industry that fall under the “boring, dirty, and dangerous” category that are considered ripe for automation – but few can actually be taken on with today’s technology. Such a job is the crucial but repetitive task of rebar binding, the A startup called SkyMul aims to fully automate…

Tonal triples its physical stores with Nordstrom partnership – TechCrunch

Tonal triples its physical stores with Nordstrom partnership – TechCrunch

TonalThe maker of the smart home fitness trainer announced that it has more than tripled the number of physical locations where devices are sold through a new partnership with Nordstrom. Starting this month, Tonal will have 50-square-foot wards in the women’s activewear departments in at least 40 Nordstrom locations in the U.S., bringing the total…

Orca wants to give boating navigation its ‘iPhone moment’ – TechCrunch

Orca wants to give boating navigation its ‘iPhone moment’ – TechCrunch

Boating is a hobby full of history and tradition – as is the industry and those who support it. With worldwide connectivity, electric boats and other technological changes that are pulling the sector out of old habits, Orca aims to replace the outdated interfaces that people navigate through with a hardware-software combination that is as…

Xiaomi further localizes India supply chain via BYD, DBG partnerships – TechCrunch

Xiaomi further localizes India supply chain via BYD, DBG partnerships – TechCrunch

China’s Xiaomi had dominated the Indian smartphone market for three years in a row until it recently lost the top spot to Samsung. It has followed the Indian government’s set of rules to support domestic manufacturing and making smartphones in India instead of shipping them from their home country of China. Now production in India…

Stoke Space wants to take reusable rockets to new heights with $9M seed – TechCrunch

Stoke Space wants to take reusable rockets to new heights with $9M seed – TechCrunch

Many launch vendors believe that reusability is the best way to reduce space costs and delays. SpaceX and Rocket Lab showed reusable first stages that take a payload to the edge of space – and now Stoke Space Technologies says it makes a reusable one second Stage, which is taking this payload into orbit and…