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The Best Smart Scales for 2025 and How to Get the Most Accurate Reading

Weigh yourself at the same time: To get a consistent reading when using any scale, it's important to weigh yourself first thing in the morning before you've drunk or eaten anything. "You should weigh yourself without clothes, or minimal clothing, and if you do so, try to wear the same clothing each time you weigh yourself," said Stella Lucia Volpe, professor and head of the Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise at Virginia Tech. Volpe recommends weighing yourself no more than once a

HTC takes on Meta with the Vive Eagle smart glasses

HTC is once again attacking the wearable space with a pair of new smart glasses, the company announced. The Vive Eagle is a rival to Meta's Ray-Ban glasses with a fashion-foward lightweight design, open ear audio, voice-activated AI and an ultra-wide AI-powered camera. They look promising, if a bit expensive, but will only be available in Taiwan to start with. The Taiwanese firm clearly noticed that Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses have been a surprise hit. It's easy to see why — in our Engadget re

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The US could really use an affordable electric truck

But if anything can get Americans excited, it’s a truck, especially an affordable one. (There was a ton of buzz over the announcement of a bare-bones truck from Bezos-backed Slate Auto earlier this year, for example.) The big question is whether the company can deliver in this environment. One key thing to note here: This is not the first time that there’s been a big splashy truck announcement from Ford that was supposed to change everything. The F-150 Lightning was hailed as a turning point fo

NIST Finalizes 'Lightweight Cryptography' Standard to Protect Small Devices

Lightweight cryptography is designed to protect information created and transmitted by the Internet of Things, as well as for other miniature technologies. Credit: N. Hanacek/NIST It’s the little things that matter most, as the saying goes, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has got their back. NIST’s newly finalized lightweight cryptography standard provides a defense from cyberattacks for even the smallest of networked electronic devices. Released as Ascon-Based Li

Scientists Unveil Wild New Way to Explore the Edge of Space

Scientists often refer to the mesosphere as the “ignorosphere”—a region that’s too high for planes or weather balloons to explore, yet too low for satellites to probe. Despite our technological advances, we’ve yet to find a decent way to monitor this large stretch of air, which lies about 37 miles (60 kilometers) above the surface. But engineers are inching towards a solution—one inspired by a toy-like invention from the 19th century. A Nature paper published today presents a proof-of-concept f

Humanoid Robots Are Beating Each Other to Pulp in an Underground Fight Club

In a tucked-away San Francisco warehouse, four humanoid robots hang out — quite literally, from standalone frames — as they wait for their flesh-and-blood overlords to train them to kill. As reporter and writer Ashlee Vance writes on his Substack Core Memory, this entirely robotic fight club is known as REK, and is operated by virtual reality entrepreneur and fighting robot enthusiast Cix Liv. With one big robot battle win under his belt from San Francisco's Ultimate Fighting Bots (UFB) league

The number of ICE flights is skyrocketing – but the planes are harder to track

Federal agencies Aviation news Immigration Donald Trump See all topics Follow Richmond, Virginia — Amid the hubbub of passengers and planes shuttling in and out of the international airport in Richmond, Virginia, each week there’s also a steady stream of flights bearing men and women in handcuffs. Last week, CNN was there to see some of these passengers — detainees in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement — being unloaded from unmarked white vans, lined up under the wing of a Boe

My Top Smart Tech Picks for Back-to-School in 2025

CNET staff -- not advertisers, partners or business interests -- determine how we review products and services. If you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. While summer heatwaves are still happening, it's also time to start thinking about back-to-school planning, and that means considering what new smart technology is a good fit. From outfitting dorms with the best lights and smart plugs to giving a classroom new capabilities or simply helping your kids study more efficiently, there

This Might Be the Most Massive Black Hole Ever Discovered

Astronomers have identified what could be a new supermassive black hole, and with an estimated mass 36 billion times that of the sun, it is about 10,000 times heavier than the black hole at the center of the Milky Way. This would make it among the most massive objects ever detected. The finding, published in the Monthly Notice of the Royal Astronomical Society, was made by researchers from the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation at the University of Portsmouth in the UK in collaboration with

Scientists Discover What Appears to Be the Largest Black Hole in the Universe, So Heavy That It Completely Bends the Light Around It Into a Giant Ring

Astronomers have discovered what could be the largest black hole ever detected. With a mass of 36 billion times that of our Sun, its gravity is so powerful that it bends the light of an entire galaxy behind it into a near-perfect circle called an Einstein ring, effectively reducing a realm with trillions of stars of its own into an astrophysical fashion accessory. It's 10,000 times as heavy as our Milky Way's own central black hole, and is nigh unto breaking the universe's theoretical upper limi

UK government suggests deleting files to save water

is a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment with more than a decade of experience. She is also the host of Hell or High Water: When Disaster Hits Home , a podcast from Vox Media and Audible Originals. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Can deleting old emails and photos help the UK tackle ongoing drought this year? That’s the hope, according to recommendations for the public included in a press release today from the Nat

Your Oura Ring just got a major update for free - especially for women's health tracking

Nina Raemont/ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Oura launched features for pregnant and perimenopausal users on Tuesday. The science-backed features provide further context during periods of drastic biological change. The features are personalized, and the brand stresses data protection and privacy. Pregnant and perimenopausal women are getting more ways to track and understand their health, thanks to several new features Oura announced on Tuesday. The smart ring brand launched a redesigned Pregn

I've tested the Apple Watch, Oura Ring, and other sleep trackers - 5 tips to get the best results

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET There are thousands of songs about staying up all night to have fun, yet fewer about how nice it is to go to bed early. After a long day of work, nerve-inducing headlines, and strenuous exercise, all I want is sleep. That's when the lyrics of Hall and Oates' song, "When the Morning Comes," a tune mainly about rejection that can be interpreted as an ode to a good night's rest, come to mind: "It'll be all right when the morning comes," the duo sing. As a sleep enthus

Best Home Security Cameras With Floodlights in 2025: Illuminate Your Yard

Does the camera have night vision? Does it have extra features like color night vision? Does the floodlight camera have adjustable motion detection? Does it have motion zones or sensitivity options? Does it include objection recognition for people? Are there extra costs for these features? Do you prefer a wired or wireless camera? Do you have a junction box where you want to install a wired camera or are you willing to have one installed? Can you control the brightness of the camera's floodli

Uber Freight CEO joins self-driving truck company Waabi, says era of autonomous big rigs on U.S. roads is here

Lior Ron, founder and CEO of Uber Freight, is joining self-driving truck startup Waabi as chief operating officer. The move, Ron says, is based on his belief that the era of autonomous big rigs on the roads at scale is here, with the freight industry to be transformed by the economics of driverless technology in the semi cab. "The first decade of my career in logistics was building Uber Freight, putting the rails in place to usher in the era of digitalization for logistics," Ron said. "It's ti

UK government advises deleting emails to save water

The National Drought Group met today (Monday 11 August) with the current water shortfall situation in England now defined as a “nationally significant incident.” Five areas are officially in drought, with six more experiencing prolonged dry weather following the driest six months to July since 1976. Despite the unsettled weather last month, many river flows and reservoir levels in England continued to recede compared to June. Rainstorms and showers helped mask the fact that July was still the

The Oura Ring Gets Its First-Ever Menopause Feature and Upgraded Pregnancy Insights

The Oura Ring is upgrading its existing features to better assist you if you're pregnant or perimenopausal, a new demographic for the ring. Oura is well known for its holistic sleep and wellness insights and already supports pregnant individuals, but this upgrade improves its data insights to help you look at everything from the gestational stages, trends related to temperature, resting heart rate, heart rate variability and more. Oura's traditional data markers based on readiness, sleep, rest

Ladies, your Oura Ring’s new tools will now cover everything from bumps to hot flashes

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Oura has announced two major updates related to women’s health: a redesigned Pregnancy Insights experience and the first-ever Perimenopause Check-In. Available now, Pregnancy Insights offers daily gestational age updates, trimester-specific trend views, faster symptom tracking, and tailored insights, all informed by member data. Oura’s Perimenopause Check-In launches tomorrow (August 13) and includes a Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) Survey, a provider-re

Women's health tracking features take center stage with this Oura update

Nina Raemont/ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Oura launched features for pregnant and perimenopausal users on Tuesday. The science-backed features provide further context during periods of drastic biological change. The features are personalized, and the brand stressed data protection and privacy. Pregnant and perimenopausal women are getting more ways to track and understand their health, thanks to several new features Oura announced on Tuesday. The smart ring brand launched a redesigned Pregn

US influencer stranded in Antarctica after landing plane without permission

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OURA Ring Introduces Its First-Ever Menopause Feature Plus Upgraded Pregnancy Insights

The Oura Ring is upgrading its existing features to better assist you if you're pregnant or perimenopausal, a new demographic for the ring. Oura is well known for its holistic sleep and wellness insights and already supports pregnant individuals, but this upgrade improves its data insights to help you look at everything from the gestational stages, trends related to temperature, resting heart rate, heart rate variability and more. Oura's traditional data markers based on readiness, sleep, rest

How to save a smart home company

is a senior reviewer focused on smart home and connected tech, with over twenty years of experience. She has written previously for Wirecutter, Wired, Dwell, BBC, and US News. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The smart home can be scary. It seems like every other month, we hear about another smart home company going out of business, leaving you scrambling for a new way to turn on your lights. Why is it so hard for smart home manufacturers

You can now watch Apple TV+ shows for free on United Airlines flights

You can now watch Apple TV+ shows on in-flight entertainment systems across United Airlines’ fleet of planes, thanks to a new partnership announced today. United travellers can get free access to Apple Originals like Severance, Slow Horses, and Ted Lasso, with more titles being added on a monthly basis. The United partnership follows a similar long-running deal Apple has had with American Airlines. In the case of United, customers can watch using the in-flight entertainment system in the back

Artificial biosensor can better measure the body's main stress hormone

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Graphical abstract. Credit: Journal of the American Chemical Society (2025). DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c05004 Cortisol is a crucial hormone that regulates many important bodily functions like blood pressure and metabolism, and imbalances of this stress hormone can lead to health problems. Traditionally, cortisol levels mu

Flying With Delta? Crunchyroll Anime Is Coming to Your Flights

Crunchyroll and Delta Air Lines announced a partnership Monday to offer anime as part of the in-flight entertainment on the airline. The anime addition is set to arrive later this year, and Delta passengers will be able to stream content handpicked from Crunchyroll. SkyMiles members will receive an exclusive perk of a 24-hour free trial of the streaming service that can be used abroad the flight or after touching down. Crunchyroll will hit more than 169,000 seatback screens on Delta aircraft. T

The Joy of Mixing Custom Elements, Web Components, and Markdown

The Joy of Mixing Custom Elements, Web Components, and Markdown I love Markdown. I write faster and more natively in it than any other format or tool. If we zoom way out, here’s the most basic philosophy of Markdown: replace complicated stuff with simpler stuff. That’s all it does, really. It replaces some tedious nested taggy stuff with way simpler stuff that makes more visual sense and is faster to type. At its core, Markdown is really just a bunch of macros. This website runs on 6,000-ish

Apple Fitness Plus Targets Ozempic Users With New Weight-Loss Partnership

If you're a FuturHealth member, you'll now have a free membership to Apple Fitness Plus as part of your program. It's Apple Fitness Plus’s first direct integration with a personalized GLP-1 weight loss program. FuturHealth offers personalized weight loss guidance and medications with the help of licensed dietitians and doctors. These include GLP-1 agonists such as semaglutide -- better known as Ozempic. It's partnered with Valisure, a tech company that provides independent quality assurance, to

Apple Fitness+ access now available for free through GLP-1 weight-loss program

Apple Fitness+ access is coming to another partner platform. FuturHealth, a personalized weight-loss service, announced today that it’s offering complimentary Apple Fitness+ access to all program members at no additional cost. Fitness+ provides guided workout sessions with tight Apple Watch integration FuturHealth provides a subscription weight-loss program that offers “access to weight loss medication, our digital weight loss platform, ongoing guidance from clinicians and personalized nutritio

Apple Fitness Plus Targets GLP-1 Users With New Weight-Loss Partnership

If you're a FuturHealth member, you'll now have a free membership to Apple Fitness Plus as part of your program. It's Apple Fitness Plus’s first direct integration with a personalized GLP-1 weight loss program. FuturHealth offers personalized weight loss guidance and medications with the help of licensed dietitians and doctors. These include GLP-1 agonists such as semaglutide -- better known as Ozempic. It's partnered with Valisure, a tech company that provides independent quality assurance, to

Paramount Plus will soon become the exclusive home to the UFC

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Paramount has just snapped up the rights to the UFC, joining an industry-wide race to buy up remaining sports streaming rights. The $7.7 billion deal will bring 30 of the UFC’s “Fight Nights” and 13 marquee events to Paramount Plus subscribers for seven years st