The Apple Watch‘s blood oxygen sensor has been at the center of what feels like a never-ending tennis match of legal back-and-forth. In 2020, the Apple Watch Series 6 launched with the sensor that measures your blood’s oxygen saturation (SpO2), which is how much oxygen red blood cells pick up from your lungs and transport … Read More “A Previously Banned Apple Watch Health Feature Is Now Here to Stay” »
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR What looks to be the changelog for stable One UI 8.5 on Galaxy S25 has been posted online. The update will include Galaxy AI improvements, among other new features. We’re expecting the update to roll out in the coming weeks. Android 16-based One UI 8.5 debuted on the Galaxy … Read More “Galaxy S25 One UI 8.5 release imminent as changelog leaks” »
Meta will track its employees’ keystrokes, clicks and mouse movements — and even capture screenshots of what’s on their computer screens — to help train the company’s AI models. That’s according to a Reuters report on Tuesday, citing an internal memo sent to workers. According to the memo, Meta will install a new software program called the … Read More “Meta Will Track Employees’ Keystrokes, Clicks and Mousing to Train AI” »
Security researchers have uncovered two separate spying campaigns that are abusing well-known weaknesses in the global telecoms infrastructure to track people’s locations. The researchers say these two campaigns are likely a small snapshot of what they believe to be widespread exploitation of surveillance vendors seeking access to global phone networks. On Thursday, the Citizen Lab, … Read More “Surveillance vendors caught abusing access to telcos to track people’s phone locations, researchers say” »
The Motorola Edge 70 Pro has been launched in India as the latest addition to the Edge 70 lineup. It joins the Edge 70 Fusion, introduced in early March, and the Edge 70, which debuted late last year. It comes with a 6.8-inch AMOLED display that offers a Full-HD+ resolution, a refresh rate of up … Read More “Motorola Edge 70 Pro goes official with a 6,500mAh battery, Dimensity 8500 Extreme SoC” »
Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority For years, the critique of Apple hardware was as predictable as the product launches. We all knew the script and have been just as guilty of it. Apple would unveil a new iPhone that looked similar enough to the last one, tout a chip that was significantly faster than the … Read More “Android OEMs should be worried that Apple’s “boring” era is ending” »
Engagement is a big deal in the world of social media. On Wednesday, Meta announced Live Chats, a new feature for the Instagram-supported social app Threads. It adds a real-time conversation component, letting people connect during high-interest cultural events, such as playoff or championship games, or even the drop of a highly anticipated album. A Meta … Read More “Meta Adds New Live Chat Feature to Threads for NBA Playoffs, Major Events” »
Microsoft is rolling out a new Agent Mode inside Office apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint this week. Previously described by Microsoft as “vibe working,” the Agent Mode is a more powerful version of the Copilot experience in Office that Microsoft has been trying to sell to businesses. “When we first shipped Copilot, foundation models … Read More “Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint” »
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Comcast has revamped its Xfinity Mobile with new plans that bundle more value upfront. Two new plans are now available, including Mobile Select ($30) and Mobile Plus ($45). Device protection is now included in the Mobile Plus plan, covering loss, theft, and damage without extra fees. Many mobile plans … Read More “Comcast’s new Xfinity Mobile plans bundle upgrades and protection” »
Starting this April, we noticed a new offering from T-Mobile for those who are short on time: The carrier will now DoorDash you its 5G internet equipment, letting you track it just like your local takeout and get your new device within hours. We’ve seen this kind of delivery service before with T-Mobile. The company … Read More “T-Mobile Begins DoorDashing 5G Internet to Customers for Same-Day Deliveries” »
