Ouster’s Color Lidar Pushes Robots Toward Fewer Sensors and Richer Perception Ouster is trying to simplify one of robotics’ hardest hardware problems: how machines understand the physical world. The lidar company announced its Rev8 lineup, which TechCrunch reports can capture c... AI Hardware Autonomous Vehicles Lidar Robotics Sensors May 4, 2026
Apple’s iPhone Revenue Jump Shows AI Demand Is Straining Hardware Supply Chains Apple’s latest earnings update offered a familiar headline with a newer twist: demand is strong, but the hardware supply chain is under pressure. The Verge reported that iPhone revenue rose to $57 bil... AI Hardware Apple Earnings Semiconductors Supply Chain Apr 30, 2026
Orbital Compute Goes Commercial as Kepler Opens a 40-GPU Space Cluster Kepler Communications has opened what TechCrunch describes as the largest orbital compute cluster currently in operation, with 40 GPUs now available for commercial workloads. Whether or not space-base... AI Hardware Edge Computing Satellites Space Tech TechCrunch Apr 13, 2026