Google is bringing fall detection to the Pixel Watch without having to launch new hardware. In a blog post, the company announced that it is rolling out fall detection to its smartwatch today. Like competing smartwatches, the Pixel Watch will use the motion sensors built into the hardware and machine learning to figure out if…
Enlarge (credit: Meta) Meta’s Portal displays have always felt pretty niche. The 10- to 14-inch screens were heavily marketed as video-calling devices for apps like Facebook Messenger and Zoom. Even with the addition of music apps like Spotify and productivity apps like Microsoft Teams and a calendar, the products struggled…
The new Moto Razr. [credit: Motorola ] Lenovo’s Motorola division still hasn’t given up on a modern reboot of the Motorola Razr. Last night, the company announced the “Moto Razr 2022,” though it will seemingly be available only in China. The good news is that there’s a big price drop…
Enlarge (credit: Simone Marchi/SwRI) One of Earth’s defining features is its plate tectonics, a phenomenon that shapes the planet’s surface and creates some of its most catastrophic events, like earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions. While some features of plate tectonics have been spotted elsewhere in the Solar System, the…
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Meta is ever so slowly expanding its trial of end-to-end encryption in a bid to protect users from snoops and law enforcement. End-to-end encryption, often abbreviated as E2EE, uses strong cryptography to encrypt messages with a key that is unique to…