When Fossil announced it was leaving the Android smartwatch space, I wasn’t surprised. The signs had been there for a while. What I didn’t expect was how sad it made me feel. Fossil’s smartwatches had never been the best. Their battery life was meh, health tracking could be iffy, and before Wear OS 3, the… Read more
read more...The Fossil-size hole in Wear OS
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Wacom says its first OLED drawing tablet is cool and skinny
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Wacom has thrown a tablet-shaped curveball at digital creatives waiting on Apple’s highly anticipated OLED iPads. The company introduced the Wacom Movink 13 on Wednesday, its own OLED-based offering that targets creatives in need of a highly portable display drawing tablet. Available now for $750 via the Wacom web store, the Movink features a full… Read more
read more...Ford looks to future EV breakthroughs — and smaller cars — to staunch the bleeding
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Ford is the No. 2 seller of electric vehicles in the US. It’s very proud of that fact, but the amount of cash it had to burn to get there is enough to make you wonder whether it can keep that title. The company reported its first quarter earnings last night, and woo boy, it’s… Read more
read more...Google Meet now lets you switch devices without hanging up
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Google is making it a lot easier to move between devices during a meeting. The new “Switch here” feature allows you to move an active Meet call from your computer to your smartphone or vice versa. This means you can swap devices as you sit down at your desk or get up to go somewhere… Read more
read more...Anyone want to buy TikTok?
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Anyone want to buy TikTok? / On this episode of The Vergecast: the $100 billion sale coming soon, the Rabbit R1, Tesla earnings, and more. By David Pierce, editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host with over a decade of experience covering consumer tech. Previously, at Protocol, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired. Apr 25, 2024, 12:53 PM… Read more
read more...Microsoft needs to win back trust
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The world’s largest tech company has a security problem. A series of high-profile security incidents have rocked Microsoft over the past few years, and a scathing report from the Cyber Safety Review Board recently concluded that “Microsoft’s security culture was inadequate and requires an overhaul.” Inside Microsoft, there is concern that the attacks could seriously… Read more
read more...The next big game from Clash of Clans developer Supercell launches in May
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Supercell doesn’t release a lot of games, but the studio’s mobile releases tend to be big hits. Think Clash of Clans, Brawl Stars, and Clash Royale. Now, the developer is gearing up for its next major release: Squad Busters, which will be out globally on both Android and iOS on May 29th. It’s a competitive… Read more
read more...Zuckerberg says it will take Meta years to make money from generative AI
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The generative AI gold rush is underway — just don’t expect it to create profits anytime soon. That was the message from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to investors during Wednesday’s call for the company’s first-quarter earnings report. Having just put its ChatGPT competitor in a bunch of places across Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp, much of… Read more
read more...Threads wants to let you wipe your old posts away
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Threads is testing the option to automatically hide your old posts. Instagram head Adam Mosseri says the feature is only available to a “small number” of users for now, but it will let you choose to archive individual posts manually or have them automatically archived after a certain amount of time. You can see an… Read more
read more...The BattlerGC Pro might be the GameCube controller’s final form
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This new BattlerGC Pro controller looks like it could be the ultimate GameCube gamepad — one with drift-resistant Hall effect joysticks, hybrid analog / digital triggers, programmable back buttons, a rechargeable battery with a USB-C port, and the ability to use it across different consoles and systems thanks to Bluetooth support. And of course, it’s the… Read more
read more...Airlines will soon have to pay you back if they cancel or delay your flight
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The Department of Transportation (DOT) finalized rules that will soon require airlines to quickly refund passengers if they cancel or delay flights or make significant changes. Airlines must pay passengers back either in cash or in the original form of payment, no matter the reason they cancel their flight. Alternatively, passengers can choose to accept… Read more
read more...WhatsApp for iOS is rolling out passwordless logins with passkeys
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Skip to main content WhatsApp for iOS is rolling out passwordless logins with passkeys / Passkeys come to the iOS app a few months after the Android version. By Wes Davis, a weekend editor who covers the latest in tech and entertainment. He has written news, reviews, and more as a tech journalist since 2020…. Read more
read more...TikTok will stop paying people to watch videos every day
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TikTok will stop paying people to watch videos every day / TikTok is suspending a reward program that pays users a small amount each day for interacting with the platform. By Allison Johnson, a reviewer with 10 years of experience writing about consumer tech. She has a special interest in mobile photography and telecom. Previously,… Read more
read more...Paramount Plus is trying to carve out a safe streaming space for kids
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There are two types of parents I’m friends with: those who let their kids watch YouTube and those who work very hard to keep their kids as far from YouTube as possible. Given I know at least one small child who developed an obsession with dictators after getting around the YouTube parental controls, I understand… Read more
read more...Feds charge Iranian nationals for cyberattacks against US government
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The US government has charged and sanctioned four Iranian nationals over claims they carried out a yearslong hacking campaign against US government agencies and companies. It also accuses the group of waging these attacks on behalf of the Iranian government. An indictment unsealed on Tuesday alleges that from around 2016 through at least April 2021,… Read more
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