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Google’s latest Clock update may finally fix its Expressive woes (APK teardown)

Stephen Schenck / Android Authority TL;DR Google Clock 8.2 appears to fix some of the rendering issues users saw with the app’s Expressive redesign. Google’s working on a slightly tweaked workflow for alarm creation, making date options more prominent. Alarms that fail to go off as scheduled should start displaying a slightly more helpful error notification. Sometimes, it’s the simplest things in the world that end up causing our most unexpected headaches. Google’s Clock app is about as stra

Vetinari's Clock (2011)

Contents In the excellent Discworld series the character Lord Vetinari has a clock in his waiting room which is designed to tick irregularly in order to make his visitor feel ill at ease. Inspired by a post featured on Hackaday I decided to build my own version of this clock with a simple and easy to make design. Vetinari’s Clock Akafugu.jp have released a kit version of this clock based on the ATtiny25 complete with open-source and open-hardware documentation, so if you want to get you

Personal Safety is the latest Google app with a messed-up clock

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR Personal Safety is rolling out an update that implements a new color scheme. While the app still doesn’t use your system palette, it does improve readability. Google has managed to mess up clock rendering, though, with the time fitting poorly on the screen. Developers like Google are constantly trying out new looks for their apps, and not everyone’s going to be a fan of every change. But even if we prefer one layout over another, or thought an old work

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Multi-Timer Gizmo

Menu Multi-Timer Gizmo My friend, Dave Gauer, built a “multitimer” back in 2021. It is a small desktop gizmo for keeping track of time spent on rapidly switching tasks. One pushes a button and time starts accumulating on that button’s timer. Dave’s multi-timer is based on a RaspberryPi Pico — fancy micro-computer stuff. In fact, his unit has three distinct microcontrollers in it: the keypad and LCD each have their own! Did an academic already do this? Thinking about Dave’s multi-timer, I was

All the Subtle Changes iOS 26 Brings to Your Lock Screen

Apple released the fifth public beta of iOS 26 on Aug. 25. The beta brought a handful of new features to the iPhones of developers and testers, including a new Liquid Glass design and the ability to screen incoming calls. The update also brings more customization options to your lock screen. With the release of iOS 18, you could remove and change the controls on your lock screen, a welcome upgrade if you ever found yourself accidentally pressing your flashlight control when putting your phone b

Google’s Expressive Clock redesign is already ticking people off (Update: Google response)

Stephen Schenck / Android Authority TL;DR The new Google Clock Material 3 Expressive redesign glitches, with jittering digits as the time moves. Some layouts are messy under specific settings, forcing scrolling or text wrapping. The official PixelCommunity Reddit account advises that a solution is in the works. Update, August 29, 2025 (12:40 PM ET): Following the various complaints outlined in our original article below, the official PixelCommunity account posted the following response on on

Google’s Expressive Clock redesign is already ticking people off

Stephen Schenck / Android Authority TL;DR The new Google Clock Material 3 Expressive redesign glitches, with jittering digits as the time moves. Some layouts are messy under specific settings, forcing scrolling or text wrapping. Complaints are piling up on Reddit and Google’s support forum. Google’s flashy Expressive makeover for the Clock app was supposed to be a simple style update, but plenty of people are unimpressed, to say the least. Across Reddit and Google support forums, people are

Here Are the Subtle Changes iOS 26 Brings to Your Lock Screen

Apple released the fifth public beta of iOS 26 on Aug. 25. The beta brought a handful of new features, like the ability to screen incoming calls and a new Liquid Glass design, to the iPhones of developers and beta testers. The update also lets you customize your lock screen in more ways than you could with iOS 18. When Apple released iOS 18, that update let you remove and change the controls on your lock screen. This was great if you found yourself accidentally pressing your flashlight control

Sound the alarm: Google Clock is now getting an Expressive overhaul

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR The latest version of the Google Clock app is rolling out now and includes loads of visual changes. These changes include distinct backgrounds for active alarms, larger buttons for the stopwatch, and more. We also enabled the previously leaked timer page redesign with some tinkering. We uncovered Google’s Clock app redesign back in May, revealing a visual overhaul in line with the Material 3 Expressive style. Now, it looks like this redesigned app is s

This new Pixel 10 feature will make it a little easier to sleep next to your phone

TL;DR Google is introducing a new screen saver trick on the Pixel 10. When you’re charging, you can have the clock switch to low light when the room gets dark. There’s also an option to let the display turn off completely during this time. After months of waiting, Google has officially launched the Pixel 10 series. Along with the launch, the company gave its latest flagship various new features like Voice Translate, Auto Best Take, and more. One new feature that shouldn’t be overlooked is a n

Different Clocks

Ianto Cannon's clock graphics These clocks are generated as scalable vector graphics using JavaScript. Feel free to use and modify the source code. Each clock displays the current Coordinated Universal Time (UTC): Loading… Binary This clock shows the Unix time: a 32-bit signed integer representing the number of seconds since 1970 Jan 1st. Polygons These polygons show the time in the format yy:M:w:d:h:mm:ss, where M is the month, w is the week in the month, and d is the day of the week. :

Nvidia N1X AI PC chip leaks with the same number of CUDA cores as an RTX 5070

The big picture: Nvidia has long been developing an AI PC processor that combines Arm CPU cores with Blackwell GPU architecture. The chip has now appeared on the Geekbench database for at least the second time, revealing key hardware details and performance metrics. The Nvidia N1X AI PC processor achieved an impressive OpenCL score of 46,361, outperforming all integrated GPUs from Intel, AMD, Qualcomm, and other leading chipmakers. According to the Geekbench listing, it features 48 Streaming Mu

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Monotonic and wall clock time in the Go time package

Monotonic and Wall Clock Time in the Go time package Modern operating systems usually keep track of two kinds of clocks: a wall clock and a monotonic clock. The wall clock is the “real-world” clock that shows calendar dates and times, like UTC or your local time. This clock can be adjusted for synchronization (for example, using NTP) or manually changed by system administrators. It can also suddenly jump due to daylight saving time or leap seconds. Note NTP (Network Time Protocol) is a standa

Monotonic and Wall Clock Time in the Go Time Package

Monotonic and Wall Clock Time in the Go time package Modern operating systems usually keep track of two kinds of clocks: a wall clock and a monotonic clock. The wall clock is the “real-world” clock that shows calendar dates and times, like UTC or your local time. This clock can be adjusted for synchronization (for example, using NTP) or manually changed by system administrators. It can also suddenly jump due to daylight saving time or leap seconds. Note NTP (Network Time Protocol) is a standa

Show HN: A macOS clock that stays visible when coding or binging in fullscreen

Very nice I'm a minimalist by nature and typically keep both my menu bar and Dock hidden. That said, I still like having the clock visible at all times. I've tried various widgets in the past to solve this, but none really did the trick—until now. This app nails it. I can still see the clock and date exactly where I want them, and when I move the cursor to the menu bar, the app tucks neatly underneath, just as it should. The customization options are also thoughtfully designed. Bravo!

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I’ve tried many clock apps on Android, but none have this one excellent Samsung Clock feature

Megan Ellis / Android Authority While I have my favorite apps, including what I consider the best video editing app and best to-do list app, I never thought I’d be very particular about which clock app I used. For as long as I can remember, I used whatever clock came with my phone. But over the past few years, I’ve become accustomed to Samsung Clock’s features. Since it’s only available on Samsung phones, I’ve tried to switch to another clock app that isn’t bound to a particular OEM. Despite t

NIST ion clock sets new record for most accurate clock

(From left to right) Mason Marshall, David Hume, Willa Arthur-Dworschack and Daniel Rodriguez Castillo stand in front of the aluminum ion clock at NIST. With its recent improvements, the clock can pave the way for the campaign to redefine the second as well as explore new ideas in physics. Credit: R. Jacobson/NIST There’s a new record holder for the most accurate clock in the world. Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have improved their atomic clock based o

NIST Ion Clock Sets New Record for Most Accurate Clock in the World

(From left to right) Mason Marshall, David Hume, Willa Arthur-Dworschack and Daniel Rodriguez Castillo stand in front of the aluminum ion clock at NIST. With its recent improvements, the clock can pave the way for the campaign to redefine the second as well as explore new ideas in physics. Credit: R. Jacobson/NIST There’s a new record holder for the most accurate clock in the world. Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have improved their atomic clock based o

Android’s first Canary build adds screen saver features made for phones with Qi2

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google is improving Android’s screen saver with new activation and display options in the latest Android Canary build. New settings can trigger the screen saver only when upright and charging, with a further option to restrict it to wireless charging. A “low light mode” has also been added, which displays a dim clock in the dark regardless of your chosen screen saver. Earlier today, Google launched its Android Canary program, which replaces the previo

The Pixel phone alarm glitch is back - but here's a potential remedy

Artie Beaty / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET If you use your Google Pixel phone as your alarm clock, you probably want to set a backup. Also: Is your Pixel glitchy after Android 16? Here's the best workaround we've found so far Over the past several months, a frustrating bug has started showing up across the Pixel phone lineup, including the new flagship Pixel 9 Pro. For a yet-unexplained reason, alarms set on Pixel phones will randomly stay silent. A "Missed alarm" notification appears, along

One UI 8 beta introduces a shape-shifting lock screen clock design

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR The latest One UI 8 beta brings a clock widget for the lock screen. Similar to iOS’ depth effect for the clock, Samsung’s clock automatically wraps around faces in real or animated images. The clock can also be moved around the lock screen, where its text adjusts to the available space. Samsung has already begun beta testing its upcoming interface, One UI 8, and is speculated to release it alongside the Galaxy Z Fold and Flip 7 phones in July. Unlike the

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This free Android app helps me optimize my workflow — here’s how

Saeed Wazir / Android Authority My life as a freelancer involves writing different articles for various clients daily. I also spend a significant amount of time caring for my daughter and attending to household chores. Balancing my workload and home life would be challenging without a time-tracking tool to log each task and monitor my progress. I use Clockify because I can accurately track the time spent on each project and analyze my performance with in-depth reports. Clockify is available fo

Here’s My Experience With 5 Cheap Gadgets I Bought From AliExpress

If you're shopping online, you may have noticed products from Temu and AliExpress often come up in your shopping search. These items are so cheap that you may wonder if it's really a steal or if you should stay away. I was in that boat as well. And I love a good YouTube video where the host tests cheap tech from low-cost retailers. So, curious as I am, I decided to try my hand at testing cheap home products from the popular discount marketplace, AliExpress. Now, when shopping for a new piece of

OpenSERDES – Open Hardware Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes) in Verilog (2020)

OpenSERDES Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes) is the most important functional block used in high speed communication. SerDes converts parallel data into a serial (one bit) stream of data that is transmitted over a high-speed connection, such as LVDS, to a receiver that converts the serial stream back to the original, parallel data. A global CLOCK signal is present to sequence the serialization and deserialization of data from one block to another. Technology: Skywater OpenPDK 130nm Tools Use

Homomorphically Encrypting CRDTs

Here’s a problem with local-first software. You want to work on a document together with a friend who lives far away from you. That sounds like local-first’s bread and butter: store the document as a CRDT, then use some sort of sync server to merge updates and relay them between you and your friend. But there’s a catch: the contents of that document are secret. So secret, in fact, that you don’t even want the app developer to know what they are. One way to solve this is end-to-end encryption.

OpenSERDES – Open Hardware Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes) in Verilog

OpenSERDES Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes) is the most important functional block used in high speed communication. SerDes converts parallel data into a serial (one bit) stream of data that is transmitted over a high-speed connection, such as LVDS, to a receiver that converts the serial stream back to the original, parallel data. A global CLOCK signal is present to sequence the serialization and deserialization of data from one block to another. Technology: Skywater OpenPDK 130nm Tools Use

Android 16 QPR1 beta 2 has a hidden customization option for the lock screen clock

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google introduced new lock screen clock customization options in Android 16 QPR1 beta 1. In the second beta release, the company has added another hidden customization option for the lock screen clock. This new option lets you switch between “Rounded” and “Sharp” font styles for the default lock screen clock. Google rolled out the first Android 16 QPR1 beta release last month, introducing a new customization option for the lock screen clock. The beta

Unprecedented optical clock network lays groundwork for redefining the second

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: Strontium optical lattice clock at NPL. Credit: Andrew Brookes In a new study, researchers carried out the most extensive coordinated comparison of optical clocks to date by operating clocks and the links connecting them simultaneously across six countries. Spanning thousands of kilometers, the experiment represents

Google Clock starts drip-feeding its big Material 3 Expressive makeover

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR Google Clock v7.14 brings small but noticeable visual updates to the alarm and settings toggles. The refreshed toggle design is part of Google’s shift toward Material 3 Expressive. A full redesign is expected with version 8 of the Clock app. Google’s Clock app is still waiting on its big Material 3 Expressive makeover, but a more minor update is already starting to move the visuals in that direction. Version 7.14 of the app introduces some subtle UI tw

Rohde and Schwarz AMIQ Modulation Generator Teardown

Introduction Every few months, a local company auctions off all kinds of lab, production and test equipment. I shouldn’t be subscribed to their email list but I am, and that’s one way I end up with more stuff that I don’t really need. During a recent auction, I got my hands on a Rohde & Schwarz AMIQ, an I/Q modulation generator, for a grand total of $45. Add to that another 30% for the auction fee and taxes and you’re still paying much less than what others would pay for a round of golf? But i