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The long-awaited Apple Watch Ultra 3 that was initially scheduled for a release concurrent with the iPhone 16 series may be delayed by two years. No, not that run-of-the-mill Ultra, but the one with a groundbreaking microLED display that will give a great boost to the Apple Watch line battery life and display brightness, two of the most important specs the company needs to work on for its otherwise top-notch rugged timepiece. How come?Apple and microLED displaysCost futilityApple has been investing in microLED research and development for years in the hope that the technology would one day be able to replace…
Visit any health-care facility, and one of the first things they’ll do is clip a pulse oximeter to your finger. These devices, which track heart rate and blood oxygen, offer vital information about a person’s health.But they’re also flawed. For people with dark skin, pulse oximeters can overestimate just how much oxygen their blood is carrying. That means that a person with dangerously low oxygen levels might seem, according to the pulse oximeter, fine. The US Food and Drug Administration is still trying to figure out what to do about this problem. Last week, an FDA advisory committee met to…
It looks like Waze and Peloton have signed an agreement to bring fans a little bit of both worlds. After releasing a new driving experience voiced by Peloton instructor Matty Maggiacomo back in December, Waze is back at it with a similar theme.This time around Waze users will have the option to choose to receive navigation instructions from Cody Rigsby, another Peloton famous instructor. Apparently, Cody won’t just offer you the necessary navigation instructions but also … dating advice, “in a sharp-tongued and gossipy tone.”That being said, expect to hear prompts like “Flowers are great. But give anything but roses.…
Wouldn’t it be great if the Vision Pro’s weight was under 2 ounces (instead of 20) and its price was $349 (instead of $3,499)? Too much daydreaming is not good even on a Friday.However, if we want to put some smart technology on our face that’s under 2 ounces and costs around $349, we’re fortunate enough to have the Meta and Ray-Ban’s collaboration: the Smart Glasses.Now, the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses get a software update that brings them to Version 2 and several important features of the glasses are enhanced (via Gizmochina).What’s enhanced?Here’s the changelog:Image quality improvements: We’ve made updates…
Whether any of these strategies will fix the bias in pulse oximeters remains to be seen. But it’s likely that by the time improved devices are up for regulatory approval, the bar for performance will be higher. At the meeting last week, committee members reviewed a proposal that would require companies to test the device in at least 24 people whose skin tones span the entirety of a 10-shade scale. The current requirement is that the trial must include 10 people, two of whom have “darkly pigmented” skin. In the meantime, health-care workers are grappling with how to use the…
Are bigger tablets automatically better than their more compact counterparts, siblings, and rivals? Not necessarily. For instance, we wouldn’t recommend the jumbo-sized 12.4-inch Galaxy Tab S9 FE+ mid-ranger over the “standard” 11-inch Tab S9 or the smaller of Apple’s two 2022-released iPad Pro models… unless, of course, you’re primarily focused on spending as little money as possible on a new device with a lot of screen real estate.But when it comes to the Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra, its gargantuan 14.6-inch display is merely the cherry on top of a simply unrivaled spec sheet right now, at least as far as…
3,000 years ago, when we played “Age of Empires II”, sometimes we’d just type “how do you turn this on” and a Shelby Cobra car, equipped with a machine gun, appeared out of the blue. That’s very helpful, especially when your opponents are stuck in the Tool or the Bronze Age with horse carriages, bows and arrows to defend themselves.Cheating (in video games), of course, can be fun only for a while – then it becomes a drag. HoYoverse, creator of the insanely popular mobile game Genshin Impact, for example, is sick of the cheaters and is taking matters to…
After about three months since the last Google Play System update for Pixel phones in November 2023, Google is now making the January Play System update available to a broad range of Pixel phones (via 9to5Google).Some users received the January update last month, but Google appears to have withdrawn it from circulation due to it likely causing the recent Pixel storage bug. The issue has since been resolved, allowing Google to make the update fully available. Additionally, the company has provided a fix for those affected by the bug.The latest update includes:Improvements to user experience.Bug fixes for Account Management services.Support…
Just in case you needed another set of numbers to highlight Apple’s incredible 2023 performance on the global mobile stage, Canalys is now out with its newest list of the ten top-selling smartphone models around the world.This one covers the entire last year, showing exactly how the Cupertino-based tech giant managed to defeat Samsung for the first time in history in terms of sales volume (and not just profits) despite continuing to maintain a much “leaner” product portfolio. The magnificent seven that made the West (and East) trembleDo you know how many iPhone models Apple officially sells at the time of…
MediaTek took a gamble with its flagship Dimensity 9300 by configuring the chipset with four Cortex-X4 Prime CPU cores and four Cortex-A720 Performance CPU cores. There were no low-power Efficiency CPU cores employed by the Dimensity 9300 which also features the Arm Immortalis G720 GPU. The Dimensity 9300 application processor (AP) is powering the vivo X100 series and manufacturers are also using the chip to power flagship tablets such as the upcoming vivo Pad 3.Per Economic Daily (via Wccftech), MediaTek grew its flagship chip revenue by 70% last year thanks to the Dimensity 9300 SoC which generated more than $1…
Are you a Samsung fan on a quest to find an affordable Galaxy Tab S9 alternative? Seek no further, for you just found what you’re looking for – the Galaxy Tab S9 FE is now seeing killer prices at the world’s largest online retailer, Amazon. The 128GB slate is currently $80 cheaper than usual. Now, that’s a price cut that hasn’t been seen before at the e-commerce giant! Being a true bargain hunter, you might find this highest-ever markdown quite tempting. And why shouldn’t you? This puppy packs a punch at that price and easily rivals some of the best…
Waze was purchased by Google in June 2013 and the crowdsourced navigation app continues to focus on the actual journey from point “A” to point “B.” Google Maps, on the other hand, not only gets users from point “A” to point “B” quickly and safely, but it will also recommend to travelers places to eat, sleep, or find entertainment once they arrive at point “B.” Waze users report on certain traffic, road, and weather conditions to help others know what to expect in terms of delays or detours while alerting them to areas where there is a police presence. Per…
When someone says to you, Bang & Olufsen, the first thing that probably comes to mind is stylish design and incredible sound. That is because Bang & Olufsen makes some of the best speakers and headphones out there, and its products have a luxurious look and feel and, of course, hefty price tags.But the good news is that you can find good deals on Bang & Olufsen speakers and headphones from time to time. Like this one you are currently reading, as it lets you snag an awesome Bang & Olufsen Bluetooth speaker at a bonkers discount right now!Yep, at…
Imposter app LassPass posing as the popular password manager LastPass has been removed from the App Store one day after the creators of the original app issued a warning against it.Apple prides itself on keeping the App Store safe by performing numerous safety checks before approving an app and it does seem to have a higher bar for security than its immediate competitor. That doesn’t mean it’s doing a perfect job of keeping the App Store safe, as the latest incident shows.What makes the oversight feel particularly worrisome though is that LastPass is a service people use to store logins and passwords…
The fourth-generation model of the iPhone SE could be released in 2025. Previous rumors said that the device would borrow the design language of the iPhone 14 although it would be equipped with the Dynamic Island and a single rear camera, neither of which is a feature you’d find on the iPhone 14. Today, leaker Majin Bu posts on “X” that he has been told that the iPhone SE 4 “could have a design very similar to that of the current iPhone 16 still in development.” The tweet says that the iPhone SE 4 will indeed include the Dynamic Island…
Gemini, the new chatbot from Google’s large language model (LLM), is now available on Android devices, providing users with a direct and interactive way to engage with the AI. It is now available through the Google Play store as a standalone application, seamlessly integrating with the Google App.It was leaked earlier this week that Bard, Google’s web based chatbot, would complete its rebrand to the name “Gemini” this week, matching the name of its newest AI model. As part of the rebrand, a new Android app was also rumored to be in the works, in order to fully bring this…