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In September, Apple launched its latest fleet of smartwatches, including the Apple Watch Series 11, the SE 3, and the Ultra 3. Each wearable offers something a little different (their prices indicate their breadth of features), and we’re already starting to see big price drops. Additionally, we’re still recommending some recent predecessors in Apple’s portfolio, including the Series 10 and Ultra 2, for which discounts are fairly common.But with all of those options, which one should you pick? Generally speaking, you want to buy the newest watch you can afford so that it continues to receive software updates from Apple.…
Natural Cycles, the company behind a controversial FDA-cleared birth control app, is replacing its thermometer with a wristband that measures skin temperature, heart rate, and movement during sleep. The newly-launched wristband costs $129.99 and syncs with the Natural Cycles app, which uses an algorithm to determine a person’s “daily fertility status.”Users can already track their fertility by pairing an Apple Watch or Oura Ring with Natural Cycles, but the wristband could be an option for users who don’t have either of these devices handy. While Natural Cycles also works with newer Samsung Galaxy smartwatches and the Galaxy Ring, it’s meant…
More reports have suggested the headline physical change for this year’s flagship iPhones will see the addition of the long-awaited under-display Face ID technology. On the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, the large, floating pill-shaped Dynamic Island on the Pro models will become a punch hole for the camera, with the rest of the tech out of sight beneath the OLED panel, recent reports have suggested. The latest publication to weigh-in is the Digital Chat Station on Weibo (via MacRumors), that lists the purported display sizes for the next-generation models. It’s not clear whether the Face ID sensors going…
LG might have just revealed its new C6 OLED TVs at CES 2026, but we still don’t know when they’ll actually hit stores. If you don’t want to wait — or spend a couple thousand dollars on a brand new model — the current-gen LG C5 OLED is a fantastic option now the 65-inch model is $1,197.59 ($1,502 off) when you use code FAVEFINDS20 at eBay. That’s just $2 shy of the TV’s all-time low price, though you’ll have to use that code by the end of January 20th to get the discount.The C5 delivers the deep, inky blacks and…
Google has acknowledged a Fast Pair flaw that theoretically enabled hackers to hijack the Bluetooth connection between mobile devices and headphones to track and eavesdrop on unsuspecting victims. Security researchers in Belgium discovered a security vulnerability that allowed them to access the microphones on, for instance, a pair of wireless headphones and access the location of the users. This worked even if the audio device was already paired to the user’s phone running on Android. A Wired report reveals the vulnerability was found with 17 models from 10 companies – Sony, Jabra, JBL, Marshall, Xiaomi, Nothing, OnePlus, Soundcore, Logitech, and…
The US just lowered Taiwan’s tariffs in exchange for a massive domestic chipmaking promise, the Commerce Department announced on Thursday. Under the deal, tariffs on goods from Taiwan will decrease from 20 to 15 percent, while Taiwanese technology companies will invest $250 billion into building and expanding chipmaking facilities in the US, supported by at least $250 billion in credit offered by Taiwan’s government.Last year, President Donald Trump threatened to impose a 100 percent tariff on chips and semiconductors not made in the US, something that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick tells CNBC is still on the table. “That’s what they…
Spotify has once again raised the price of Spotify Premium in the United states, marking the third time since 2023 that the streaming giant has bumped the monthly fee. From February, Spotify Premium for individuals will cost $13 a month, with the increase going into effect on the next billing cycle. Spotify Premium began life in the US for $10 a month and remained that way until July 2023 when Spotify first bumped the price by a dollar. It happened again in July 2024 and 18 months on we’re getting another. So that’s a 30% increase in price in under…
Amazon has announced that the servers for New World: Aeternum, one of the company’s MMOs, will be shut down on January 31st, 2027. The game will also be delisted and no longer available for purchase starting today, January 15th.Last year, Amazon announced that it would be pivoting away from MMOs to put more of a focus on party games, and the company said at the time that it wouldn’t be releasing new content for New World: Aeternum and that the game’s servers would be active through 2026. But the longer-term future of the game was unclear, and now we know…
For an AI loser, Apple did an awful lot of winning last year.The mess that was the Apple Intelligence rollout was embarrassing, to be sure, but through it all, the company kept doing what it does best: selling iPhones. With this week’s news that it’ll use Gemini models to power the long-awaited smarter Siri, Apple seems to have taken a big ‘ol L in the whole AI race. But there’s still a major challenge ahead — and Apple isn’t out of the running just yet.Apple Intelligence got off to a well-documented rough start in 2024. The iPhone 16 was “Built…
Amazon’s data centers will reportedly utilize copper from a mine in Arizona that’s leaching metal from ores using microorganisms, the Wall Street Journal reports.Amazon Web Services will be the first customer for Nuton Technologies, which developed the “bioleaching” technology. AWS will also be providing “cloud-based data and analytics support,” helping to optimize Nuton’s mining process.Nuton’s bioleaching method uses naturally-occurring microorganisms to extract copper from low-grade ore that would otherwise be too expensive to mine, while also using less water and producing less carbon emissions than traditional mining methods. This allows for harvesting more copper from previously-closed mining sites, which could…
You know a gadget category is starting to go mainstream when patent lawsuits start cropping up. Today, Xreal filed a lawsuit in the US against Viture, alleging the firm is infringing on a patent for its AR glasses technology.According to Xreal’s press release, the suit was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas and involves US Patent No. 11,988,839. In a nutshell, the patent outlines optical tech that helps enhance image quality and field-of-view in a lightweight form factor. Xreal argues Viture has several products, including the Viture Pro, Luma Pro, and Luma Ultra,…
Ultrahuman is taking a big swing at one of the world’s most misunderstood health problems – migraines. Shortly after adding Snore and Environment Insights at the end of last year, this new software upgrade for the Ultrahuman Ring Air (one of the best smart rings around) adds migraine tracking and prevention tools via a feature called ‘Migraine PowerPlug’. Why migraines? Migraines affect more than one billion people worldwide, hitting around 15 to 20-percent of the global population. Women bear the brunt, experiencing migraines at nearly three times the rate of men, and for those aged 15 to 49, it’s the…