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Galaxy Watch 5: Does Samsung’s temperature sensor actually do anything?

The Galaxy Watch 5 was poised to be a superior fitness tracking wearable, equipped with a temperature sensor for better health measurements. Unfortunately, the temperature sensor doesn’t seem to serve a larger purpose – yet. In comparison to the Galaxy Watch 4 series, the Watch 5 is a couple of steps ahead. It features an improved BioActive sensor that can take more precise ECG…
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GamingNews

Sony's Jim Ryan says Microsoft's Call of Duty promise was 'inadequate on many levels'

Sony PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan has revealed that Microsoft offered to keep Call of Duty available on PlayStation for three years beyond its current Activision deal. “After almost 20 years of Call of Duty on PlayStation, their proposal was inadequate on many levels and failed to take account of the impact on our gamers,” Ryan told GamesIndustry.biz.  Last week, the UK’s…
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Tim Cook explains why Apple refuses to adopt RCS: ‘Buy your mom an iPhone’

Apple CEO Tim Cook sat down with Kara Swisher at Code Conference today alongside Jony Ive and Laurene Powell Jobs. During the question and answer section of the interview, Cook was asked about Apple’s refusal to adopt the Rich Communication Services standard, or RCS. Cook’s answer was unsurprising… Tim Cook on RCS for iPhone Cook said: “I don’t see our users asking us to put a lot of…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Quick Charge Podcast: September 7, 2022

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
MobileNews

Sony teases Android gaming ambitions that probably won’t revive the Xperia Play

With Android gaming on a major upswing as of late, Sony is preparing to announce new “gaming gear” that unfortunately still doesn’t look like the Xperia Play sequel we’ve been waiting for. Between major game releases like Call of Duty Mobile, Fortnite, Apex Legends, and full AAA games in cloud streaming services like Stadia and GeForce Now, there’s never been a better time to be an…
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