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Wear OS smartwatches no longer have this leg up over the Apple Watch

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-18 10:52:52

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Apple is restoring blood oxygen tracking to certain US Apple Watch models via iOS and watchOS updates. The refreshed setup uses the watch to take readings but calculates and displays results on the paired iPhone. The feature was removed in January 2024 due to a patent dispute and an import ban. Apple Watch owners in the US are getting a health-tracking feature back that many thought might be gone for good. After more than a year in limbo, the blood oxygen

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Philips Hue ‘Bridge Pro’ leaks with ‘more capacity,’ turns lights into motion sensors

9to5mac.com Ben Schoon 2025-08-18 10:56:54

Philips Hue appears to be preparing a new “Bridge Pro” setup that turns your smart lights into motion sensors, while also supporting more devices. The existing Philips Hue bridge is a core part of any Hue setup. The bridge connects to your network and communicates with each product, and is part of the reason Hue tends to be more stable than hub-less smart home offerings. But the hardware hasn’t been updated in a while, and a common complaint is that it can only support 50 devices at a time. Th

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Flight Deals is Google’s new, AI-powered travel search tool

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-18 10:15:02

The AI-ification of Google seemingly knows no bounds, and now it wants you to turn to AI for booking flights, too. Rolling out in the US, Canada and India over the next week, Flight Deals lives within Google Flights, and is designed for "flexible travelers whose number one goal is saving money on their next trip." Rather than going through the usual process of manually selecting dates, times and destinations, you just tell the AI-powered assistant your travel intentions using natural language p

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Microsoft fixes Windows Server bug causing cluster, VM issues

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-18 09:05:10

Microsoft has resolved a known issue that triggers Cluster service and VM restart issues after installing July's Windows Server 2019 security updates. The company acknowledged the bug in a private advisory seen by BleepingComputer three weeks ago and asked businesses to reach out for support to mitigate the cluster issues. As Redmond explained at the time, the Cluster service (a system component essential to cluster operation) may fail to function correctly after installing the KB5062557 updat

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Pro-Russian hackers blamed for water dam sabotage in Norway

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-18 10:01:37

The Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) says that pro-Russian hackers took control of critical operation systems at a dam and opened outflow valves. The attack occurred in April and is thought to have been a demonstration of Russia’s ability to remotely hack critical infrastructure in the country. At the Arendalsuka annual national forum in the city of Arendal, the head of the PST, Beate Gangås, spoke about the incident saying that it was less of an attempt to cause damage than a display o

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Blood Oxygen monitoring returns to the Apple Watch after US ban - see which models get it

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-08-18 10:01:01

Nina Raemont/ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Blood Oxygen is back for affected Apple Watch models. Will be reinstated with the latest iOS and WatchOS updates. Apple redesigned it to resolve an import ban over patent infringement. Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. After a lengthy pause due to legal issues, Apple is finally bringing back the Blood Oxygen monitor for affected Apple Watch models in the US. Models getting th

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Our favorite Bluetooth tracker for Android and iOS users just got a useful feature upgrade

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-08-18 10:06:00

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET ZDNET's takeaways Pebblebee announces a new safety feature for Clip trackers. Alert Live sends your real-time location to up to five contacts. The feature costs $2.99 a month or $24.99 a year. Days after announcing that its Clip would be the first tracker to be able to use both Google's and Apple's Find My networks, Pebblebee just revealed another major upgrade for the Clip -- a potentially life-saving one. In July, Clip trackers (which made ZDNET's list of the

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Google Pixel Watch 4: I gathered the 8 biggest rumors that make the wait worth it

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-08-18 10:14:00

The Google Pixel Watch 4 may look fairly similar to last year's Pixel Watch 3 (pictured). Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. There's a big chance we'll be getting a new Google smartwatch next week. We're one week away from the August Made by Google event, the tech giant's annual hardware showcase, and rumors and leaks of what's coming on this next generation of AI-infused devices are swirling. Also:

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I've tested every Samsung Galaxy phone in 2025 - here's the model I'd recommend on sale

zdnet.com Kerry Wan 2025-08-18 10:22:20

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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JetBrains working on higher-abstraction programming language

news.ycombinator.com More This Author 2025-08-18 09:49:41

JetBrains, creator of the popular Kotlin programming language, is developing a new programming language intended to make AI and code much more controllable and transparent. In a July 23 interview with InfoWorld, JetBrains CEO Kirill Skrygan elaborated on company plans for an as-yet-unnamed language that would describe a program at a higher level of abstraction. He reflected on how computer code originally was written in Assembler and moved to higher levels of abstraction with C and C++, then on

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KosmicKrisp a Vulkan on Metal Mesa 3D Graphics Driver

news.ycombinator.com Randi Rost 2025-08-16 00:37:56

At LunarG, our mission is to empower developers with robust, high-performance graphics solutions. We’re thrilled to announce KosmicKrisp, LunarG’s new Vulkan driver for Apple hardware, built within the Mesa 3D graphics framework. By focusing on Apple Silicon and leveraging Mesa’s Vulkan driver framework and robust tools, KosmicKrisp simplifies development and sets the stage for full Vulkan conformance at a pace that can keep up with the Vulkan API as it evolves. It is already close to Vulkan 1.

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Gemma 3 270M: The compact model for hyper-efficient AI

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-18 10:08:36

Today, we're adding a new, highly specialized tool to the Gemma 3 toolkit: Gemma 3 270M , a compact, 270-million parameter model designed from the ground up for task-specific fine-tuning with strong instruction-following and text structuring capabilities already trained in. The last few months have been an exciting time for the Gemma family of open models. We introduced Gemma 3 and Gemma 3 QAT , delivering state-of-the-art performance for single cloud and desktop accelerators. Then, we announce

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Kodak has no plans to cease, go out of business, or file for bankruptcy

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-18 09:09:23

Media reports that Kodak is ceasing operations, going out of business, or filing for bankruptcy are inaccurate and reflect a fundamental misunderstanding of a recent technical disclosure the Company made to the SEC in its recently filed second quarter earnings report. These articles are misleading and missing critical context, and we'd like to set the record straight. The most important things to know are: Kodak has no plans to cease operations, go out of business, or file for bankruptcy prote

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‘Witchboard’ Summons a Fun but Uneven Remake of a Cult Classic

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-08-18 10:00:48

Released in 1986, the original Witchboard‘s cultural impact lingers mostly because it stars Tawny Kitaen—known more for being a music-video vixen than an actor. But the stunt casting works: her character’s Ouija board curiosity turns tragic when an evil spirit takes a shine to her, possibly lured in by her perfectly teased hair. The movie delivers more cheese than frights, but you can easily see why it became a cult classic. Less clear is why Witchboard needed a remake, especially one that only

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One of the Most Prolific VR Headset Makers (Not Meta) Now Has Smart Glasses (Not Ray-Bans)

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2025-08-18 10:28:40

XR, or extended reality, headsets are on the outs, but smart glasses are eating more and more of what was once VR’s slice of the face-mounted wearables pie. HTC, one of the few lingering pioneers of VR headsets with its Vive series, couldn’t stand up to Meta’s Quest for cheap consumer virtual reality, but it may be able to shoulder in some room with a new pair of smart glasses that goes tit for tat with Meta’s Ray-Ban and Oakley HSTN smart eyewear. The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses have proved pop

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Atlantic’s First Major Hurricane May Be Just Hours Away

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-08-18 10:45:44

Tropical Storm Erin is on track to reach the Caribbean this weekend, with current forecasts predicting it will curve north of the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico without making landfall. Still, Caribbean nations are bracing for severe storm impacts as Erin moves into warmer waters, increasing the risk of rapid intensification. A National Hurricane Center update issued at 5 a.m. AST Thursday, August 14, stated that Erin should gradually strengthen over the next day or so. After that, the storm w

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‘Peacemaker’ Season 2’s Red Band Trailer Is Ready to Drop Bombs

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-08-18 10:45:48

Call it a crisis of superhero faith in himself; DC Studios’ Peacemaker (John Cena) is back with a big bombshell of a secret. And no, it’s not that there’s a new theme song or dance—we already knew that. It turns out another pocket dimension really does exist, and it happens to be located in Peacemaker’s daddy’s room. When this piece of information gets out, none other than Rick Flagg Sr. (Frank Grillo) uses it as an excuse to finally exact revenge on the man who killed his son—no matter how muc

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Have a Headache? These Are the Best Foods to Help Relieve It

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-18 05:39:00

Headaches can be annoying and persistent, and taking aspirin or simply lying down may not always help. If that sounds like you, you may want to look at changing your plate of food for more relief. Of course, just changing what food you consume won't automatically cure headaches or migraines, but some foods may help ease them when they arrive -- in addition to hydration, exercise, sleep and stress management. Tracking those habits and symptoms over time can be easier with the right smartwatch. "

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The End of Wireless Dead Zones? Starlink Texting Now Available on AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon Phones

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-18 06:01:00

After six months of beta testing, Starlink's partnership with T-Mobile officially launched on July 23. The direct-to-cell messaging service enables texting from anywhere in the US. It's not limited to T-Mobile customers, either -- AT&T and Verizon mobile customers can purchase it for $10 a month. T-Mobile says its goal is to "eliminate mobile dead zones for good" by way of 657 Starlink satellites that'll be used exclusively for cellphone service. The new satellite texting service represents a

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How to Play Battlefield 6 Beta: Open Access Is Back for the Weekend

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-18 06:41:00

EA's DICE studio has blown the lid off the multiplayer for its upcoming military shooter Battlefield 6, and after an exciting first beta weekend, you can join the fray again in just a few days. Battlefield 6's first public beta is available to everyone and has fully resumed, letting players jump back into the fray right now. It's not too late to join in, and here's how. The Battlefield 6 open beta is the first chance for players to experience the game's multiplayer before its full release on Oc

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I Tested a $250 Budget Phone and It Didn't Make Me Look Like a Cheapskate

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-18 08:44:00

CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. 7.0 / 10 SCORE TCL 60 XE NxtPaper 5G $250 at Amazon Pros Quality display for the price E-reader mode extends already-solid battery life NxtPaper Color Ink mode is perfect for night owls Cons Grainy picture quality on main camera Slight delay when multitasking Gets uncomfortably hot when gaming The TCL 60 XE NxtPaper 5G is an impressive budget phone th

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Incan numerical recordkeeping system may have been widely used

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-18 10:10:09

Inca bureaucrats recorded all the goings-on in their bustling empire using knotted cords called khipu, where the position and order of the knots represented numbers. They relied on the khipu system to track people, taxes, produce, livestock, and products like woven cloth and beer. Because khipu were so vital to the Inca government, and because the khipu itself is such a sophisticated way of recording numbers, colonial writers decided that these tools must be the exclusive knowledge of a very sp

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The First Federal Cybersecurity Disaster of Trump 2.0 Has Arrived

wired.com Lily Hay Newman 2025-08-18 04:20:00

The second Trump administration has its first federal cybersecurity debacle to deal with. A breach of the United States federal judiciary’s electronic case filing system, discovered around July 4, has pushed some courts onto backup paper-filing plans after the hack compromised sealed court records and possibly exposed the identities of confidential informants and cooperating witnesses across multiple US states. More than a month after the discovery of the breach—and in spite of recent reports

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REI Co-op Base Camp 6 Review: All-Weather, All-Season Family Tent

wired.com Scott Gilbertson 2025-08-18 07:00:00

When my wife and I had kids, one of the first things we did was get a bigger tent. Fifteen years ago, the nicest car camping tent I could find was REI's Kingdom 6. All these years later, that tent is still going strong (a friend is off camping in it right now), but it turned out that we never really needed all that room. I'd happily trade that room for little more strength in stormy weather, which always seem to find me when I'm camping, and a smaller footprint that will fit in more spots. That

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Microsoft is getting ready to return to the office

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-08-18 10:00:00

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft originally encouraged its employees to work from home amid the coronavirus outbreak in 2020. This new flexible working arrangement then became an official “hybrid workplace” policy several months after the pandemic began, allowing managers to approve permanent remote work. Now that the pandemic has settled into endemicity, Microsoft wants employees to return to the of

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Google Flights can help you book a trip when you don’t know where to go

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-08-18 10:05:28

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. It seems like Google is looking for a way to put AI into everything these days, and now its efforts have reached its airfare-booking service, Flights. On Thursday, Google announced that it’s testing a new AI-powered Flight Deals tool, which could come in handy if you’re planning a trip on a budget but aren’t quite sure where you want to go yet. Ins

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Apple’s AirPods Max are $70 off in every color

theverge.com Barbara Krasnoff 2025-08-18 10:53:08

Rumors and official teases about Google’s upcoming Pixel 10 phones are flowing like Niagara Falls, which to budget-minded folks means now is a good time to save on the soon-to-be-last-gen model. You can get a really good deal on the(in its Obsidian color) for $599 at Best Buy , which is a savings of $400 over its usual $999 cost. If you prefer the Pixel 9 (or if you’re not in time to get the deal on the Pro), you can find Google’s 2024 flagship smartphone with 128GB for the same $599, which is $

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Airbnb will allow US users to book stays without paying up front

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-08-18 07:00:00

Airbnb has launched a new feature called “Reserve Now, Pay Later” that lets users in the U.S. reserve a property without paying up front, potentially allowing people to cancel their bookings with less hassle if their plans change. The feature is applicable to properties that have a “flexible” or “moderate” cancellation policy. Flexible policies let users cancel their reservation up to 24 hours before they check in, while moderate policies allow for no-fee cancellations until five days before ch

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Lovable projects $1B in ARR within next 12 months

techcrunch.com Dominic-Madori Davis 2025-08-18 09:48:52

In Brief Vibe coding startup Lovable aims to hit $1 billion in annual recurring revenue within the next 12 months, according to its CEO, Anton Osika. Speaking on Bloomberg TV on Thursday, Osika said the company grows by at least $8 million in ARR each month. In a blog post written this summer, the company said it passed $100 million in ARR just eight months after making its first $1 million. Osika told Bloomberg Thursday the company is projecting to reach $250 million in ARR by the end of this

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Kodak denies it’s shutting down amid media reports of financial struggles

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-08-18 10:39:11

Eastman Kodak is denying reports that it’s shutting down. On Wednesday, media outlets like CNN and CNBC detailed the company’s ongoing financial challenges, including statements made in its earnings report that warned investors it didn’t have “committed financing or available liquidity” to meet debt obligations coming due within 12 months. However, Kodak quickly published a press release to counter these claims, noting it has “no plans to cease operations” or file for bankruptcy protection. Ra

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Wear OS smartwatches no longer have this leg up over the Apple Watch

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Flight Deals is Google’s new, AI-powered travel search tool

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Kodak has no plans to cease, go out of business, or file for bankruptcy

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Atlantic’s First Major Hurricane May Be Just Hours Away

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Airbnb will allow US users to book stays without paying up front

Lovable projects $1B in ARR within next 12 months

Kodak denies it’s shutting down amid media reports of financial struggles

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