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Pebble just announced the Index 01, a smart ring for recording thoughts. It’s a little ring with a built-in microphone and that’s about it. The Index 01 is almost anti-tech in its simplicity. There’s no needless AI component shoehorned in, aside from speech-to-text. It’s a ring with a microphone that you whisper ideas into and I want one.Here’s how it works. You get an idea while walking down the street, so you quietly whisper it into the ring. The ring sends the idea to a notes app or saves it for later review. Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky calls this an…
When someone asks me for gadget buying advice, I normally tell them to stick with their current device. In 2025, most new tech products aren’t a worthwhile upgrade over even something that was released a few years ago — and with the price of everything going up, that new iPhone can wait. But things aren’t normal right now.On December 3, The Wall Street Journal reported memory manufacturer Micron would wind down Crucial, its consumer business, to focus on components for the AI industry. The PC I’m writing this article on has an SSD and RAM from Crucial. Overnight, Micron decided…
The popular telehealth platform is expanding its partnership with the luxury fitness and wellness brand, offering Equinox members full access for $249/month Function Health, the at-home diagnostic testing platform co-founded by Dr. Mark Hyman, is expanding its partnership with Equinox to bring personalized healthcare insights directly to the luxury fitness and wellness operator’s members. Previously, only Equinox Circle members had access to Function through Equinox Optimize, the $3,000-per-month luxury longevity membership the brand unveiled last year. Now, the updated collaboration is extending the personalized, data-driven health solutions to all Equinox members for $249 per year, discounted down from Function’s normal…
Australia’s world-first social media ban for under-16s has begun. The Federal government-imposed shutdown on the globe’s most popular social media platforms and websites, including TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Kick, Twitch, and Reddit, means millions of children and teenagers lose access to their social media accounts. Parents and children won’t be punished by Canberra for breaking the ban – but companies face fines of up to A$49.5m (U.S.$32m, £25m) for breaches that occur on their services. U.S.-based Reddit remains one of the few remaining firms to say whether or not it would fall into line, AFP reports. “While we disagree about the scope,…
New Zealand will pin their hopes on a rookie attack and field a new wicketkeeper when they take on the West Indies in the second Test in Wellington starting on Wednesday following a slew of injuries. The Black Caps lost the services of pacers Nathan Smith and Matt Henry during the drawn series-opener in Christchurch, all but crushing their victory hopes. With Kyle Jamieson also unavailable for the Basin Reserve, the hosts have dug deep into their pace reserves to bring the uncapped duo of Michael Rae and Kristian Clarke into the squad. Either could make a Test debut in…
XRP Spot ETFs have nearly crossed the $1 billion mark in assets under management (AUM), marking one of the quickest ramps since Ethereum, according to Ripple’s CEO. Related Reading Rapid Fund Growth In Weeks According to the disclosure, the four XRP ETF products now hold about $1.23B in total net assets, which equals 597 million XRP at a reported XRP price of $2.06. Reports have disclosed a fresh inflow of $30 million on Monday, Dec. 8, and the cumulative net inflow into these products stands close to $935 million. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse highlighted that the collective figure reached the…
The Dogecoin price is already struggling amid the bearish pressure that has dominated the crypto market recently. After the initial fall to $0.2, DOGE bulls had attempted to hold support, pushing for a rebound. However, with the bearish headwinds of the last quarter of the year, the Dogecoin price has since succumbed and is now trading below the $0.15 support level, and continues to struggle. Despite the already troubling price performance, crypto analyst Weslad says that the worst might be yet to come. This is due to a corrective structure that has appeared on the meme coin’s price chart, and…
Fast bowler Mark Wood will play no further part in the Ashes tour and is to fly home from Australia at the weekend, England announced Tuesday. Wood, 35, returned to action in the first Test in Perth after surgery kept him out for eight months, only to miss the second match in Brisbane after his left knee flared up again. “Wood will return home later this week and will work closely with the ECB medical team on his rehabilitation and recovery,” said an England statement. Wood said he was “gutted” in a lengthy post on social media. “After extensive surgery…
Backed by $7 million in seed funding, Biologica debuts with beverage-based formulations that are built around a woman’s hormonal age, not chronological age Biologica launched today as the newest venture from Allbirds co-founder Joey Zwillinger, but the company’s origins sit with his wife and co-founder, Liz Zwillinger, whose years of navigating shifting hormonal symptoms exposed a gap in the women’s health market. As a 43-year-old former family law attorney and mother of three, Liz spent more than a decade moving through pregnancy, postpartum and the early stages of perimenopause, feeling as though no single product reflected what her body was…
It’s the end of another year, so it’s time for the Engadget staff to compile a list of the year’s biggest losers. We scour over articles from the previous 12 months to determine the people, companies, products and trends that made our lives worse over the course of the year. Some selections may be so pervasive they actually make our list of biggest winners. But, for the most part, we’re confident you’ll share in our collective rage over the biggest losers of 2025.OpenAIOpenAI CEO Sam Altman delivers a speech with video at the SK AI Summit 2025 at COEX in…