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In the midst of the pandemic, Pantheon Design, a maker of industrial 3D printers from Vancouver, BC, suddenly found itself getting orders from factories in the Midwest, the center of heavy industries. The reason? These manufacturers were having a hard time getting parts out of China as COVID-19 restrictions in the country squeezed global supply chains.

One of Pantheon Design’s e-mobility customers waited 18 months before its injection molds, which are used for producing parts, arrived from China. If your electric vehicle or home appliance order is taking longer to arrive, chances are port closures and lockdowns in the factory of the world are messing up your supplier’s production timeline.

For a long time, 3D printers were too expensive, slow, and short-lived to be economically viable for manufacturers, observes Bob Cao, co-founder and CEO of Pantheon Design, as he speaks to TechCrunch as one of the Disrupt Startup Battlefield 200 companies. Many of the 3D printing startups that secure big VC checks are run by smart people who have never been in a real factory, which is hot and smelly, says the entrepreneur. “So their machines break down all the time.”

“They make the product for prototyping, but they try to sell the idea for manufacturing,” he adds.

Cao’s founder story follows a familiar pattern seen among engineers: five years ago, he and his co-founders bought a bunch of 3D printers to build products for industrial customers, but the third-party devices weren’t meeting their expectations, so they set out

A USB-C iPhone Won’t Kill the Lightning Cable… Yet

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In a rare occurrence this week, Apple provided a tangible clue about the iPhone’s future.

Company executives confirmed that Apple will comply with the European Union’s mandate that all phones in the region adopt USB-C as the common smartphone charging port in 2024. This means that future iPhones will need to shift away from the Lightning connector that’s existed since 2012.

The transition to USB-C seems inevitable for the iPhone given the EU’s new requirements. Greg Joswiak, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide marketing, speaking at the Wall Street Journal Tech Live conference, said that the company has “no choice” and that Apple would “comply with local laws” as it does around the world. But that doesn’t necessarily mean the Lightning cable is becoming heredity just yet. The Lightning port may play a bigger role in Apple’s lineup than you might expect, thanks to the multitude of accessories that still use it and the popularity of older iPhones.

It’s no secret that USB-C has become increasing common on Apple products. It’s present on every iPad in the company’s current portfolio except for the ninth-generation iPad from 2021. You’ll find USB-C ports on Apple’s MacBook Pro and Air lineup as well.

But consumers and tech critics alike have been waiting for USB-C to arrive on the iPhone. An iPhone X that had been modified with a USB-C port even sold for $86,001 on eBay last year. After all, why wouldn’t you want to use the same cord to

FTX Reportedly Seeking $9.4B After Binance Walks Away From Acquisition

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Crypto exchange Binance signed a letter of intent to acquire rival FTX Trading, the companies said Tuesday, but things changed Wednesday when Binance said it won’t proceed with the deal.

“As a result of corporate due diligence, as well as the latest news reports regarding mishandled customer funds and alleged US agency investigations, we have decided that we will not pursue the potential acquisition of FTX,” Binance tweeted.

As a result of corporate due diligence, as well as the latest news reports regarding mishandled customer funds and alleged US agency investigations, we have decided that we will not pursue the potential acquisition of https://t.co/FQ3MIG381f.

— Binance (@binance) November 9, 2022

Binance’s decision comes after the company reviewed FTX’s books and structure. “In the beginning, our hope was to be able to support FTX’s customers to provide liquidity, but the issues are beyond our control or ability to help,” Binance said, adding “we believe in time that outliers that misuse user funds will be weeded out by the free market.”

FTX faces a liquidity crunchBinance founder Changpeng Zhao noted on Twitter Tuesday.

“There is a lot to cover and will take some time,” he wrote. “This is a highly dynamic situation, and we are assessing the situation in real time. Binance has the discretion to pull out from the deal at any time.”

FTX would continue to operate normally during this period, founder and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried assured customers, but that changed Thursday when a message on the

Valve’s latest Steam Deck beta will list its internal components

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Valve is rolling out a fresh batch of beta updates for its Steam Deck, one of which could help with servicing and repairs for the handheld gaming PC by listing internal components and saving owners from cracking the device open themselves to find out.

The new component lookup view will display the model and manufacturer of each major hardware element within individual Steam Decks. However, the list is only a snapshot of factory-installed components, and so won’t recognize or update for any fresh hardware that users install themselves. Users who have enabled beta client updates can access the new component lookup via Settings System Model/Serial Numbers button.

The feature will list factory-installed components, but not recognize new installations.

Valve said that the additional component transparency was being introduced because fans of the system had requested it, and mentioned its benefits for customers looking to repair or replace components via iFixit.

The exact manufacturer of individual components can have a surprising effect on the overall system, as was demonstrated earlier this year when gadget outfitting company Dbrand had to re-engineer its ‘Project Killswitch’ Steam Deck case. It turns out the case’s magnetic kickstand was slowing down the fans in some Steam Deck models — but only those with fans made by Delta, rather than Huaying. Valve notes that the Steam Deck will continue to use both Delta and Huaying fans in future, and that it’s “rolled in an engineered foam solution on the Steam Deck backplate to reduce noise” caused by

Google can’t afford to repeat its past mistakes

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Google has never had the best track record for sticking with its hardware concepts, but with increasing ominous messages coming from the top about cost cutting and hiring slowdowns, now seems like a particularly unlucky time to be Made By Google.

This is the backdrop against which Google will fully unveil the long-teased Pixel 7 and 7 Pro and the even longer-teased Pixel Watch. Regarding the latter, the assignment is simple: don’t suck. “Maybe it’ll get better next year” has been the mantra for Android owners hoping for better wearables for the better part of the last five years. Things have been looking up as Google slowly made moves to improve its smartwatch offerings by acquiring Fitbit and unifying its own platform with Samsung’s Tizen with Wear OS 3. But progress has been slow, and in the meanwhile, Apple has been running laps around Android’s smartwatch options. The bar may be low, but the wait has been long, and Google has run out of time for any more false starts.

Pixel 7 and 7 Pro devices laying on a flat surface — *Google gave us our first look at the 7 and 7 Pro back in May, revealing a design very similar to the 6 series.*

As for the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro, Google doesn’t need to look so far into its past to understand what note to do — only as far as last year. The Pixel 6 and 6 Pro marked a shift for the entire Pixel brand, as Google introduced its custom Tensor chipset and positioned