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At IFA in Berlin, Paris-based Circular unveiled the Ring 3 Pro and Ring 3 Slim, adding contactless payment support and the return of haptic vibration alerts to its smart ring lineup. The rings retain Circular's FDA-cleared ECG and AFib detection while adding new wellness features like blood pressure trends, glucose trend estimates and expanded sleep metrics.
A research team has detected an anomalous signal that current physics cannot fully explain, raising the possibility it could be evidence of dark matter or an entirely new phenomenon. The finding comes after years of dedicated searches for dark matter, a substance believed to make up much of the universe's mass but never directly observed.
Shaquille O'Neal has launched the Credit One Bank Credit Tip Off Tour, taking on the role of 'Credit Professor' to visit college campuses and teach students the fundamentals of credit and personal finance. O'Neal says the initiative stems from his own experience learning business concepts like EBITDA and capital gains tax later in life, after feeling excluded from financial conversations early in his career. He is also currently pursuing a degree in criminology while serving as Chief of Community Relations in Henry County, Georgia.
Amazon is selling the Yeedi S14 Plus Robot Vacuum and Mop for $399.98, a $100 cut from its $499.99 list price and tying its lowest recorded price. The device pairs strong suction for dust, pet hair and debris with a self-cleaning OZMO roller mop designed to scrub hard floors more thoroughly than standard pad-based mops.
Amazon is running a limited-time Lightning deal on the Anker Prime Power Bank, cutting its price from $329.99 to $259.99, a $70 discount. The 26,250mAh, 300W power bank can charge multiple devices simultaneously, including laptops, tablets and phones, and includes a smart display showing detailed charging status. It carries a 4.6-star rating and is noted as airline-friendly for travel use.
Amazon has cut the price of Apple's AirPods Pro 3 to $199, a $50 discount off the $249 list price, as part of its Labor Day sale event. The retailer is also running an all-time-low deal on AirTag 2 at $20 each, restocking refurbished M5 MacBook Air units, and offering pre-order discounts on the new M6 Mac mini alongside cheap Apple accessories starting at $5.50.
AI security startup HiddenLayer has closed a $100 million Series B led by Delta-v Capital, with Ten Eleven Ventures and others joining. CEO Chris Sestito says annual recurring revenue grew more than 10x in the past year, reaching the tens of millions, driven mostly by new enterprise customers in financial services, big tech, and government agencies including the Department of Defense.
A veteran entrepreneur reflects on more than two decades of running a business by personally handling every crisis, from vendor problems to client calls, believing that constant involvement equaled strong leadership. He describes realizing that this reliance on him personally was actually a sign of poor systems and an inability to delegate, rather than a badge of competence.
REI is running a Labor Day sale where members can apply the code LABORDAY26 for an additional 20 percent off one outlet item. The store's lifetime membership costs $30, and several sale items are discounted enough to offset that fee. Darn Tough socks are highlighted among the deals, currently marked down 25 percent.
Dell stock jumped more than 13% Wednesday morning after reporting strong quarterly results and raising its fiscal 2027 adjusted earnings guidance by about 42.5%, to $25.50 from $17.90. The gains faded quickly, with shares up only around 5% by late morning, echoing a similar pullback seen after Nvidia's own strong earnings last week.
The piece critiques the romanticized idea of disappearing into private, isolated effort—'the Cave'—citing examples like Michael Phelps's Under Armour ad and personal wrestling experience. The author argues that smart devices, recommendation algorithms, and AI reinforce this isolation by feeding people what they already believe rather than challenging them.
Huawei has rolled out three new smartwatch lines alongside a fresh pair of earbuds. The Watch GT 7 series focuses on outdoor sports with ski and snowboard tracking, resort maps, and group location sharing, while the Watch D3 expands to 24-hour ambulatory blood-pressure monitoring. The Watch 6 series adds over 100 workout modes and eSIM calling, and the FreeBuds Neo bring up to 30dB adaptive noise cancellation with lossless and spatial audio support.