[ad_1] We’ve been tracking streaming price increases in 2026, which have piled up in just four months. We’re also always on the lookout for streaming deals, including a new one from Crunchyroll. The anime streaming service is offering new and returning US subscribers three months of either Crunchyroll Fan for $2 per month or Mega … Read More “Crunchyroll Streaming Deal: Get a Fan Subscription for $2 Per Month for 3 Months” »
[ad_1] The Air “pebble” slots into bands from the bottom. Credit: Google The Air “pebble” slots into bands from the bottom. Credit: Google The Fitbit Air will have all the standard wearable health sensors: heart rate, accelerometer/gyroscope, infrared SpO2, and skin temperature. Google notes that the heart rate monitor isn’t as advanced as the one … Read More “Google unveils screenless Fitbit Air and Google Health app to replace Fitbit” »
[ad_1] Prediction market startup Kalshi announced on Thursday a $1 billion Series F round, valuing the company at $22 billion. That’s double the $11 billion valuation Kalshi nabbed just five months ago after raising a $1 billion Series E. This latest round was led by Coatue, with participation from Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, and Paradigm. The … Read More “Kalshi doubles valuation in 5 months, hitting $22 billion” »
[ad_1] Shortly after their global rollout last month, the vivo X300 Ultra and X300 FE have now made their way to India. The phones offer the same specifications as their global counterparts and are now available for pre-order. The vivo X300 Ultra is offered in Eclipse Black and Victory Green color options, and is available … Read More “vivo X300 Ultra and vivo X300 FE debut in India” »
[ad_1] Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority TL;DR Google is making it mandatory to have Play Services for its next-generation reCAPTCHA system on Android. Your phone will need to be running Play Services version 25.41.30 or greater when the system asks you to scan a QR code for verification. This hurdle means that de-Googled phones will … Read More “Google’s next-gen reCAPTCHA system could spell trouble for de-Googled phones” »
[ad_1] Google is ditching the screen on its latest wearable and betting hard on its AI health coach. The new Fitbit Air is a slim, screenless band with a removable sensor with the sole job of collecting health data in the background, removing the distractions of notifications, apps and stats. Read more: Fitbit Air, Redesigned … Read More “Fitbit Air First Impressions: Google’s New Fitness Tracker Has a Built-In Coach” »
[ad_1] The Pulse is a series covering events, insights, and trends within Big Tech and startups. Notice an interesting event or trend? Hit reply and share it with me. Today, we cover: Did Anthropic turn hostile on devs because capacity was running low? For the past few weeks, Anthropic has continually upset devs with its … Read More “Did capacity shortages turn Anthropic hostile to devs?” »
[ad_1] The Realme 16x first surfaced in a leak late last month, and now it’s been certified for sale in India by BIS, so you know it’s definitely real and coming soon. The phone has the model number RMX5270. The certification process hasn’t revealed any of the handset’s specs, but the aforementioned leak did talk … Read More “Realme 16x gets certified on its way to release” »
[ad_1] Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Spotify has released a utility in beta to upload AI-generated podcasts to its platform. The utility uses third-party AI agents to create podcasts and push them to the cloud. Uploaded podcasts are only accessible on the account they were initially uploaded to. Spotify is working to let … Read More “Spotify now lets you upload and stream your own AI podcasts” »
[ad_1] Google is reshaping its health portfolio with three announcements on Thursday that signal a clear shift from hardware-led tracking to software-driven coaching. There’s a new fitness tracker, a rebranded app and an AI health coach that’s graduating from beta. Not all of it will land as welcome news (especially for longtime Fitbit users), but … Read More “Google’s Biggest Health Announcements: Fitbit Air, Goodbye Fitbit App and Hello ‘Coach’” »
