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Ultrahuman Ring PRO Launches in Australia with Advanced Health Tracking and Extended Battery Life

Ultrahuman Ring PRO Launches in Australia with Advanced Health Tracking and Extended Battery Life

Ultrahuman Ring PRO Launches in Australia with Advanced Health Tracking and Extended Battery Life
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Bluetooth Core 7.0 to Quadruple Speeds by 2027, Enhancing Smart Home and Audio Applications

Bluetooth Core 7.0 to Quadruple Speeds by 2027, Enhancing Smart Home and Audio Applications

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has officially unveiled Bluetooth High Data Throughput (HDT), a significant upgrade set to be part of the Bluetooth Core 7.0 standard. This revision will supercharge Bluetooth Low Energy by increasing maximum bit rates to 7.5Mbps, effectively quadrupling the throughput of existing LE 2M technology. Compatible devices are expected to be available starting in 2027. This advancement will primarily benefit premium wireless audio devices like earbuds, enabling richer experiences such as high-resolution, lossless, surround, and spatial audio. Beyond audio, the enhanced speeds will also improve various other applications, including spatial computing, AI-related data exchange with local devices, health wearables, and a wide range of smart home applications, such as streaming music through smart speakers or dimming smart bulbs. The core of this speed increase lies in a new physical layer for Bluetooth, which utilizes new modulation schemes to handle and transmit data more effici...
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Meta expands AI age checks for Instagram teens as lawsuits mount

Meta expands AI age checks for Instagram teens as lawsuits mount

Nov 9 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms said on Monday it would expand its AI age-estimation technology globally to move millions more teens on Instagram into Teen Account protections, even if they have given birth dates showing they are adults, as the company faces lawsuits alleging its platforms harm
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Dyson Introduces Advanced Airwrap Multi-Styler with Enhanced Features and Bluetooth Connectivity

Dyson Introduces Advanced Airwrap Multi-Styler with Enhanced Features and Bluetooth Connectivity

Dyson Introduces Advanced Airwrap Multi-Styler with Enhanced Features and Bluetooth Connectivity
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Lawrence Man Arrested for Allegedly Filming Child in Lowell YMCA Locker Room

Lawrence Man Arrested for Allegedly Filming Child in Lowell YMCA Locker Room

Joel Giron, a 28-year-old man from Lawrence, has been arrested and accused of secretly recording a child in a family locker room stall at the Greater Lowell YMCA. The incident occurred on October 21, when a child reported seeing a cellphone pointed towards her from an adjacent stall while changing. The child's mother alerted YMCA staff, who confronted Giron. Although Giron claimed he did not know he was not supposed to be in the family locker room, surveillance footage showed him entering the facility and then the family changing area. Lowell police were called, and Giron was identified through YMCA membership records. He was arrested the following day, October 22, at his Lawrence address, wearing the same clothing seen in the surveillance footage. Giron had three outstanding warrants, including a felony warrant for open and gross lewdness. He was arraigned on October 23 on a charge of photographing, videotaping, or electronically surveilling the intimate parts of a child.
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Meta AI Integrates into Ray-Ban Smart Glasses, Offering Hands-Free Assistance and Enhanced Features

Meta AI Integrates into Ray-Ban Smart Glasses, Offering Hands-Free Assistance and Enhanced Features

Meta AI is now integrated into the Ray-Ban Meta Wayfarer Gen 3 smart glasses, providing users with an on-the-go assistant. This integration allows for hands-free functionalities such as price comparison, deal finding, and instant context about landmarks while shopping or traveling. Users can ask Meta AI to compare product prices, find deals, and surface reviews without needing to use their phone. The smart glasses also feature hands-free capture capabilities with a 12 MP ultrawide camera, offering up to 3K ultra HD video quality and dynamic photo capture. New capture modes like hyperlapse and slow motion are also available. The Meta AI app complements the glasses, enabling users to manage settings, import and share media, and continue conversations with the AI assistant seamlessly. Additionally, the glasses incorporate noise reduction technology for clear voice commands and a bystander privacy LED to indicate when photos or videos are being recorded. Some features are exclusively available in the U.S. for ...
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Minions and Monsters Film Explores Hollywood's Silent to Sound Era Transition

Minions and Monsters Film Explores Hollywood's Silent to Sound Era Transition

Minions and Monsters Film Explores Hollywood's Silent to Sound Era Transition
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WHOOP Faces Scrutiny Over Subscription Model and Device Functionality

WHOOP Faces Scrutiny Over Subscription Model and Device Functionality

WHOOP Faces Scrutiny Over Subscription Model and Device Functionality
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New Multi-site PPG Dataset Released for Wearable Physiological Monitoring Research

New Multi-site PPG Dataset Released for Wearable Physiological Monitoring Research

A new physiological dataset, 'Multi-site PPG,' has been introduced to advance research in wearable health monitoring. This dataset addresses the current limitation of public photoplethysmography (PPG) datasets, which are largely wrist-centric or confined to short, controlled studies. Multi-site PPG was collected in real-world conditions from four custom-developed, unobtrusive wearable devices: a smart earring, ring, watch, and necklace. Each device recorded green and infrared reflective PPG, 3-axis acceleration, and temperature, with timestamps for cross-device alignment. A Polar H10 chest strap provided reference electrocardiogram (ECG) data. Participants wore these devices for one to multiple days during their normal daily routines, accumulating over 350 hours of raw data and 230–290 hours of preprocessed, modeling-ready data per wearable. Benchmarking of heart-rate estimation methods revealed substantial body-site differences, with the earring achieving the lowest mean absolute error (MAE) of 2.30 bpm, ...
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Research Indicates Dynamic Visual Changes in Smart Clothing Deter Consumer Adoption

Research Indicates Dynamic Visual Changes in Smart Clothing Deter Consumer Adoption

Research Indicates Dynamic Visual Changes in Smart Clothing Deter Consumer Adoption
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Companies Introduce Safer, Screen-Free Phones for Children Amid Parental Concerns

Companies Introduce Safer, Screen-Free Phones for Children Amid Parental Concerns

Companies Introduce Safer, Screen-Free Phones for Children Amid Parental Concerns
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Box Office: ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ Roars With $31 Million Debut, ‘Cat in the Hat’ Fizzles With $20 Million

Box Office: ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ Roars With $31 Million Debut, ‘Cat in the Hat’ Fizzles With $20 Million

The Cat in the Hat was no match for the mighty Godzilla. “Godzilla Minus Zero” climbed to the top of box office charts with $31.6 million from 3,254 theaters, a roaring start for a foreign language epic in North America. Meanwhile, “The Cat in the Hat” stumbled with $20 million from 4,003 locations, a weak […]