At the end of last month, the Charge 5 went on sale as Fitbit’s first tracker to feature an always-on display mode. Fitbit is now adding an AOD to the Luxe through a firmware update.
The Fitbit Luxe was announced in April as a more premium fitness tracker. It features a bangle/jewelry-like design and is the company’s first tracker to feature a color display. The AMOLED panel is touted as…
Nikon Z 14-24mm F2.8 S field review
October 12, 2021
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Nikon’s Nikkor Z 14-24mm F2.8 S is a bright wide-angle zoom lens for the company’s Z-mount mirrorless cameras.
With a focal range of 14-24mm on full-frame bodies or 21-36mm on APS-C bodies, it’s a…
Playtika’s Wooga launches Switchcraft story-based mobile game
October 11, 2021
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Playtika’s game studio Wooga is launching Switchcraft, a narrative-based match-3 game that has been in the works for a few years.
The title is the first…
iOS 15.1 brings back option to disable Apple TV and Apple Watch Keyboard notifications
October 11, 2021
When iOS 15 was released to the public last month, a common complaint quickly emerged about notifications. In previous versions of iOS, Apple offered a dedicated way to disable Apple Watch Keyboard and Apple TV Keyboard notifications on your iPhone, but this option was removed in iOS 15 without reason.
iOS 15.1 is currently in beta testing with developers and public beta users, and as it turns…
Security updates are designed to keep Android devices as secure as possible, but you’re only as safe as your latest update. OnePlus does promise regular updates for its smartphones for at least two years, so let’s see how they’re handling the September 2021 security…
Here’s what 9to5Google readers said they prefer between fingerprint scanners and face unlock
October 11, 2021
With the Pixel series, up until now, we’ve relied on a capacitive fingerprint scanner save 2019, where Face Unlock was briefly added to the mix. Because the Pixel 6 is set to include software-based Face Unlock and an in-display fingerprint scanner, we wanted to know just…
Google AdSense helps monetize millions of websites, making it a crucial tool for many. This morning, though, some were left in shock as the AdSense dashboard was suddenly down, leaving publishers and site owners unable to check their earnings or manage ads.
Navigating to AdSense this morning, the site itself is up and running, but the publisher dashboard was down for many over the past few…
Google TV starts rolling out user profiles next month on Chromecast, televisions from Sony, and TCL
October 11, 2021
Over a year after its debut, Google TV is getting a major and welcome upgrade. Rolling out next month, Google TV is getting user profiles.
Google TV is all about personalized recommendations, which made the lack of personal profiles on the platform a pretty huge downside…
Google TV update will bring cards to Ambient Mode w/ info including weather, sports scores
October 11, 2021
Alongside the announcement of user profiles, Google TV is getting another fairly big upgrade in the near future. Soon, the Ambient Mode screen on Google TV will add support for cards that show information and content from select apps and services.
“Glanceable” cards on…
Tesla announced a new “Gigabeer” with Cybertruck-inspired bottle that it plans to sell out of its factory in Germany.
From a fart machine inside Tesla vehicles to flamethrowers, Elon Musk has had plenty of strange ideas that sounded like jokes but became reality.
Back in 2018, Musk poked fun at Tesla haters with an April Fool’s joke about the company going bankrupt.
As part of the joke…
