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Sony Sony is reportedly pausing production of the PlayStation VR2 headsets because it has a backlog of unsold headsets. This report comes from Bloomberg, which claims that PSVR2 sales have slowed every quarter since its February 2023 release, causing stocks of the device to build up. It says Sony has produced 2 million headsets but reportedly hasn’t sold through them yet. As a result, it’s apparently pausing the production on new units until it works through some of that backlog, according to Bloomberg’s anonymous…

The doesn’t seem to have been a major hit for . Just over a year , the company has paused production until it deals with a stockpile of unsold inventory, according to .The company is said to have manufactured well more than 2 million units. According to analysts at IDC, the company sold around 1.7 million headsets in 2023. Perhaps most concerningly for Sony, sales appeared to have slowed significantly throughout the year. Hardware sales often pick up ahead of the holidays, but the fourth quarter was the most sluggish…

Google has paused downloads of Android 15 Developer Preview 1 (DP1) due to a bug. The company says an issue with sideloading OTA images is leading to a “Device is corrupted” message on the screen for some users. It has temporarily halted downloads for OTA images until the issue is fixed. The firm recommends that developers flash a factory image to test devices. Android 15 DP1 downloads halted due to a bug Last week, Google released Android 15 DP1 for eligible Pixel devices—Pixel 6 series through Pixel 8 series, Pixel…

In a matter of days, we saw not one but a couple of reports detailing Apple’s purported plans for foldable iPhones. That includes a story from a reliable source of Apple rumors. The Information has learned that Apple is working on a couple of foldable iPhone prototypes. These are phones with designs similar to Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip handsets. I bring those reports up because a sketchy rumor about Apple’s foldable iPhones just made its way online from China. A source with no established track record but a big…

It has been a rocky year for plans for large-scale cultivated meat production. In May 2022, another Californian startup, Eat Just, announced its plans to build up to 10 large bioreactors, each with a 250,000-liter capacity, with the bioreactor firm ABEC. The deal later fell apart, with ABEC later filing an amended legal complaint in federal court claiming over $61 million in unpaid invoices.The lack of large amounts of funding leaves companies in a chicken-and-egg situation, says Chow. Cultivated meat is still much more…

Samsung has been racing to the finish line with the rollout of the One UI 6.0 (Android 14) update for Galaxy smartphones and tablets. While the rollout has gone pretty smoothly for the most part, Samsung has found an issue in the One UI 6 update for the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Galaxy Z Flip 4 in Korea and has pulled it off the air. Samsung says that a problem was discovered in the security patch that is included with the update. The company doesn't seem to have offered any details about the problem, but that's probably…

The latest Apple Watch models are back on sale in the United States after a federal appeals court granted the tech giant’s request to temporarily pause an import ban on some of its smartwatches. The Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2, which were pulled shortly before Christmas in preparation for the ban, became available for purchase once again in stores Wednesday and online Thursday afternoon.  “We are thrilled to return the full Apple Watch lineup to customers in time for the new year,” Apple said in a…

Apple was banned from selling Apple Watches in the US featuring SpO2 (blood oxygen level) sensors following a patent dispute with medical technology company Masimo. Apple appealed against this order in the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to halt the ban temporarily until the US Customs could determine if the changes it's making to the Apple Watch would be enough to avoid the dispute, and, much to Apple's respite, the request has been granted. Following the ban, Apple pulled the Watch Series 9 and Watch…

Update: Apple has responded to TechCrunch’s request for comment. The Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2 are on sale at Apple brick and mortar locations starting today and will hit the company’s online store tomorrow. Apple notes, “We are thrilled to return the full Apple Watch lineup to customers in time for the new year. Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2, including the blood oxygen feature, will become available for purchase again in the United States at Apple Stores starting today and from apple.com…

A federal appeals court in Washington D.C. has allowed Apple to continue importing the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 models on Wednesday. The court’s decision comes a day after Apple against a decision by the International Trade Commission (ITC) to ban imports of both models of the Apple Watch, which are at the heart of a patent dispute.The court’s ruling is temporary. It has given the ITC until January 10 to respond to Apple’s motion for a longer-term pause on the ban during the appeals process, Reuters .…