MobileNews

Here’s why Google Fit doesn’t work with Fossil’s Wear OS 3 update, wonky on Pixel Watch

October 17, 2022
Wear OS 3 is finally heading to users, as the platform’s reboot is now rolling out to Fossil Gen 6 smartwatches. Unfortunately, the update also removes Google Fit from Fossil’s smartwatches. Google first unveiled Wear OS 3 in mid-2021, but it’s taken well over a year for the update to land on anything beyond Samsung’s Galaxy Watch series. But it wasn’t until the Montblanc Summit 3 and…
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MobileNews

Sealed OG iPhone auction; $42k Apple-1 manual actually a replica [New iPhone record at $39k]

October 17, 2022
This past summer we saw an auction of rare Apple hardware including Steve Jobs’ prototype Apple-1 sell for $700k and an unopened original iPhone command $35,000. Now in a new auction that’s currently running, another sealed original iPhone is expected to go for 50 times the original price or beyond. And in a wild auction story, a rare Apple-1 manual that was sold for $42,000 was recently…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

MOKE International returns to US with street-legal 50 mph open-top electric vehicle

October 17, 2022
Remember those fun little Jeep-like Moke cars from the heyday of 1960s open-top fun-mobiles? Just months after landing a $55M funding deal, MOKE International is bringing them back to the US for the first time in decades with its new MOKE Californian model. MOKE Californian returning to US Some of our readers may remember that Mokes were Jeep-like British cars first built in the 1960s. They…
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MobileNews

Android 12 update rolling out to 4K Chromecast with Google TV

October 17, 2022
After launching on the cheaper HD model earlier this month, Android 12 is now rolling out to the Chromecast with Google TV 4K released in 2020. The update — build number STTE.220621.019.A2.9082754 —  comes in at 722MB and “upgrades Android TV OS from 10 to 12.” It…
AI & RoboticsNews

We are entering a new era for AI-powered robotics 

October 17, 2022
Did you miss a session from MetaBeat 2022? Head over to the on-demand library for all of our featured sessions here. Many observers were disappointed with the recent demo of the AI-enabled “Optimus” robot at Tesla’s AI Day. One reviewer cleverly titled his article “Sub-Optimus.” However, these views actually miss the point. Whatever else may be said of Elon Musk, he is a genius at…
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