Qualcomm’s New Smartwatch Chips Promise Big Battery Life Gains
One such example is moving Bluetooth (5.3) into the coprocessor, which no longer needs to wake the main processor up...
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Peloton Will Stop Making Its Own Bikes and Treadmills
Check out our guide on the best mirrorless cameras, and dive deep into all of WIRED’s camera coverage.The UnmentionablesTwitter may...
Leaks Give a Peek at Upcoming Apple and Samsung Watches
Watch out—New timekeeping wearables from Apple and Samsung are on the way.Apple whisperer Mark Gurman reports that Apple plans to...
Robocalls Are (Finally) Being Shaken Up
Hey, have you heard that your car’s extended warranty is about to expire? That’s what the disembodied robot voice on...
The Hyundai Ioniq 6 EV Is Astonishingly Aerodynamic
Hyundai is on a roll. Global sales are up 4 percent, despite ongoing pandemic and supply chain issues, and sales...
Juul Survives a Blow From the FDA—for Now
Can you Currently buy a Juul e-cigarette? That depends on what day of the week it is. Earlier this week the...
Slack Is Adding Video to Huddles. It Looks a Lot Like Zoom.
In the Before Times, we used to huddle in real life. Free of the formalities of a meeting or the...
Microsoft Internet Explorer Is Finally, Really, Fully Dead
It’s the end times, the last cache, the final 404 page, for Internet Explorer.Microsoft finally laid its much maligned web...
Meta Hits the Brakes on Portal, AR Glasses, and Other Hardware
As the old adage goes, “hardware is hard.” Doubly so in the metaverse.The company Meta (née Facebook) has slowed its...
Apple Now Makes the Best Running Watch
Every extant fitness tracker collects a massive amount of biometric data in an effort to help active people improve their...
New EU Rules on USB-C Charging Could Force an iPhone Redesign
Legislators in the European Union have selected one charging port to rule them all. And that charging port is USB-C.On...
The Top New Features in Apple’s iOS and iPadOS 16
It's that time of year again. At WWDC 2022, Apple showed off iOS 16 and iPadOS 16, the next versions...
All the New Features Coming to Your Mac This Fall
Say goodbye to Monterey and hello to Ventura—macOS Ventura, that is. Apple officially unveiled the latest version of its desktop...
Apple’s New MacBook Air Brings Back MagSafe for All
Remember MagSafe? The power cord that magnetically stuck itself to the charging port on old MacBooks to prevent it from...
Everything Apple Announced Today: New MacBooks, iOS 16, and More
Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference kicked off on Monday with a keynote address, and the company used the stage to announce...
Amazon Watches Its Workers and Waits for Them to Fail
Ever sit there waiting for an Amazon package to be delivered, constantly refreshing your screen to see up-to-the-minute location updates?...
Google Meet and Duo Will Finally Become a Single Video Chat App
The long-rumored Google Duo and Google Meet merger is actually happening. Google officially confirmed the move on June 1, explaining...
Finding a PlayStation 5 Is About to Get Easier
If you still haven't been able to get your paws on a PlayStation 5 (and you are not alone) then...
