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TikTok influencers are wearing Apple Watches on their ankles
- Some Apple Watch owners are wearing their watches on their ankles due to small wrists and other practical reasons.
- This trend has gained attention on social platforms such as TikTok.
- Healthcare workers and individuals with wrist tattoos are also joining in on this trend.
- The Apple Watch is specifically calibrated for the wrist, but the company has not commented on this trend.
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Did Apple cancel its sophisticated AR glasses? Not so fast
- Despite rumors of cancellation, Apple's plans for sophisticated AR glasses are still intact.
- Earlier reports suggested that Apple was pausing the AR glasses project due to technological challenges.
- However, considering the rise of AI and competitors working on smart glasses, Apple is more determined than ever to develop their own AR glasses.
- Apple sees AR glasses as a potential replacement for smartphones and cannot afford to abandon the project.
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Apple doesn’t care how many times I wake up family members in the endless search for my iPhone
- The author of this article highlights how they frequently use the Apple Watch to ping their iPhone and how it is not always seamless.
- The author expresses annoyance with the current implementation of the ping feature on the Apple Watch.
- They compare their actions to repeatedly pressing the panic button on a car key fob in a parking lot.
- The author admits to relying on the ping feature instead of retracing their steps, finding it embarrassing.
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South Korean Prosecutors To Appeal After Samsung Boss ‘Not Guilty’ Ruling
- South Korean prosecutors intend to appeal the ruling that cleared Samsung Chairman Jay Y. Lee of all fraud charges.
- Lee was cleared of all 19 charges, including accounting fraud, unfair trading, and stock manipulation, related to a controversial merger in 2015.
- The $8 billion merger of Samsung affiliates, Samsung C&T and Cheil Industries, was alleged to have facilitated Lee's control over Samsung.
- Lee, the third generation of Samsung's founding family, had previously been indicted for advocating the merger and was found not guilty last year.
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Google Pixel Watch 3 is $60 off for Verge readers
- The Google Pixel Watch 3 is available at a discounted price for Verge readers.
- Using the promo code 60VERGE at checkout, the 41mm version can be purchased for $289.99 ($60 off).
- The Pixel Watch 3 is considered one of the best Android smartwatches and Fitbit wearables.
- It offers features like FDA-cleared EKGs, AI-generated workouts, Google service support, offline Google Maps, improved battery life, and control over Google devices.
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Let’s talk about the battery in smart glasses
- Smart glasses, like the Ray-Ban Meta, are susceptible to dying in cold weather due to their exposed batteries.
- Battery life is a crucial factor for smart glasses to become a mainstream gadget for all-day use.
- The Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses currently offer an estimated four hours of moderate use, which is not sufficient for full-day wear.
- Smart features such as the Live AI reduce the battery life of the glasses, hampering their usability.
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Your watch will soon know more about your health than your doctor
- New sensors and AI-driven analysis are set to diagnose more disease than doctors do and predict patients’ future health indicators.
- Smart algorithms already detect changes such as short and long-term changes in resting heart rates – an indicator of overall health – while simplified Apple Watch ECGs can pick up markers suggesting serious conditions like atrial fibrillation (AF).
- Forthcoming sensors will add new data streams to the mix, with Apple said to be considering how watch bands can be used to add new sensors, potentially, blood pressure or blood glucose monitors.
- Wearables could identify twice as many serious health conditions as doctors do by 2028; although regulatory, privacy & access issues still exist.
- Wearables have become catalysts for a proactive approach to healthcare based on predicting what is about to happen rather than monitoring what has happened.
- Experts predict that as such technologies are refined and then integrated into wearable form factors, including watches, smart rings, and even adhesive smart patches, they will become front-line healthcare tools.
- Wearables are empowering remote communities by allowing patients to send sensor data to doctors anywhere in the world.
- Wearables handle a cornucopia of information previously dependent on clinical observations, yielding continuous updates on vital signs.
- Smartwatches and wearables allow giving more health data continuously to individuals more than ever before.
- Yet, today’s wearables still sometimes give out indications of health values that aren’t substantiated by any evidence. Also, they flood users with minutiae
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Amazon Readies Release Of Revamped Alexa AI – Report
- Amazon is preparing to release the revamped version of its AI-powered personal assistant, Alexa.
- The release of Alexa's generative AI voice service has been delayed multiple times, but Amazon has scheduled a press event for later this month to provide a preview.
- The upgraded Alexa is expected to have a more natural and human-like conversational capability, with the ability to respond to multiple prompts in sequence.
- Amazon has invested in AI software from the startup Anthropic to support Alexa's AI capabilities.
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The Apple Watch SE is the cheapest it’s been in months
- The Apple Watch SE is available at a discount of $80, starting at $169 on Amazon and Best Buy.
- The second-gen SE offers basic tracking features, safety features, Apple Pay, and Family Setup.
- It is powered by the same chip as the Apple Watch Series 8, but lacks some advanced health and fitness features.
- If you don't need advanced features, the Apple Watch SE is a great choice as an entry-level smartwatch.
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The Peloton story: everything you need to know
- Peloton faced supply chain issues, recalls, and a failure to anticipate a post-pandemic world reopening.
- Despite the challenges, Peloton remains the leader in connected fitness and is focusing on content subscriptions.
- The company has undergone a change in leadership, layoffs, and faced multiple gaffes.
- Peloton has been fined for safety issues and is halting production of some products.
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Med Tech Morphs Into Consumer Wearables
- Doctors have been using advanced technology for years, but the growing trend is for consumers to use devices at home and have direct access to their data.
- Watches and rings that were once primarily used for counting steps or registering sleep patterns can now read blood pressure, heart rate, blood oxygen, body temperature, and other early signs of illness.
- DSPs coupled with MEMS sensors are commonly used in wearable devices, along with other types of sensors, and/or electrodes, which are then connected to a data analytics platform via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.
- Ansys also is exploring wearable optical sensors and helping designers address such challenges as compact system integration, precise optical path management, and real-world lighting conditions to ensure the wearables deliver reliable, actionable insights.
- The smart watch market growth rate was expected to decline as the technology matured, while the hearables market was predicted to grow. Demand for smart rings and glasses is also expected to increase.
- Medical devices face much more stringent testing than consumer devices, but regulators are starting to approve more technology.
- Home-use medical devices can come in many forms, depending on what data is being captured.
- Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other tools have been used in the medical space for some time and applications are surfacing every day for better ways of filtering data to provide better insight than a human is capable of, such as screening for breast cancer.
- Devices and patches can gather data, but they also can create haptic sensations beyond vibration.
- For example, Infineon partnered with Theranica on a migraine patch.
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AI is Driving a Smart Glasses Boom. Will It Last?
- Companies like Meta, Amazon, Snap, Samsung and Google are betting on AI-powered smart glasses to be the next popular connected wearable.
- About a dozen smaller companies are aslo making AI-powered smart glasses, using the AI of popular large language models like ChatGPT.
- AI-powered smart glasses offer hands-free connectivity to users, who can use the embedded AI assistant to do online searches, take photos or videos, read and write text messages and translate foreign languages in real time.
- Ziad Asghar, Qualcomm’s general manager of extended reality (XR) said, “the real value comes in the integration of generative AI and a digital assistant that understands your preferences and needs”.
- AI-powered smart glasses are more intuitive and practical for everyday use and act as a personal assistant that anticipates user needs, streamlines daily tasks and performs activities like ordering food, hailing a ride and others.
- Even Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, whose Ray-Ban smart glasses are said to be the best-selling in the market, wasn’t so sure.
- This year will determine if AI glasses will eventually become the next computing platform or if this is just going to be a longer grind as per Zuckerberg.
- Jiang said smart glasses probably won’t replace smartphones anytime soon but rather will complement them and lead to reduced screen time.
- Mithilesh Ramaswamy, a senior engineer at Microsoft who specializes in AI and security, thinks smart glasses still have a way to go before becoming truly mainstream.
- Zuckerberg chose to be optimistic about the future of AI smart glasses: “there are a lot of people in the world who have glasses. It’s kind of hard for me to imagine that a decade or more from now all the glasses aren’t going to basically be AI glasses”.
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The next Apple Watch fitness challenge is on Valentine’s Day
- The next Apple Watch fitness challenge requires you to close your exercise rings on Valentine’s Day to earn a virtual medal and animated stickers.
- The challenge is in celebration of American Heart Month and aims to raise awareness of heart and blood vessel diseases.
- Apple Watch owners will receive a wrist notification to participate at least a day or two before Valentine’s Day.
- Completing the challenge will earn you a virtual medal and animated stickers for iMessage chats and FaceTime video calls.
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Nomad’s new USB-C cable can charge your iPhone and Apple Watch at the same time
- Nomad has released a new USB-C cable that can charge multiple devices simultaneously.
- The cable includes an inline charging puck for the Apple Watch and is wrapped in a durable double-braided Kevlar outer weave.
- Nomad's cable is priced at $100 and requires at least a 20W power output for charging multiple devices.
- It supports fast charging for specific Apple Watch models and allows for charging the AirPods simultaneously.
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Nomad launches Universal Cable for Apple Watch, a USB-C cable with an integrated charging puck
- Nomad has launched the Universal Cable for Apple Watch, a USB-C cable with an integrated charging puck.
- The cable allows charging of Apple devices in various configurations depending on the user's needs.
- It supports 100W power delivery and fast charging for the Apple Watch.
- The Universal Cable is durable, 1.5 meters long, and is priced at $100.
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