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Archives for May 2024

Victoria Song
Victoria Song
Oura, Clue, and UC Berkeley are teaming up to study perimenopause.

Or the period before menopause, when ovaries gradually stop working. This particular study is aimed at shedding light on the physiological changes that happen during perimenopause and menopause — something that’s still not well understood as menopausal people are often excluded from studies.

Oura’s also adding a Cycle Insights Report feature, as well as including period data when calculating Readiness scores.

Sheena Vasani
Sheena Vasani
The Apple Vision Pro is approved to go on sale in China

An Apple “wearable computer” made by the Vision Pro’s manufacturer received the necessary quality and safety accreditation for it go on sale, according to the website of the Chinese product standards body that granted its approval.

The report aligns with recent rumors suggesting the Pro will roll out internationally after WWDC on June 10th, though an exact date is still unknown.

Wes Davis
Wes Davis
Google Wallet won’t be supported on these older Android or Wear OS versions.

Starting June 10th, a Google support page says the digital wallet app will start requiring Android 9 or higher and Wear OS 2 or higher to work, as earlier versions no longer get security updates.

As 9to5Google notes, it only required Android 5.2 when it fully rolled out in 2022.

The Garmin Lily 2 was the tracker I needed on vacation

Its limitations made it fall short in daily life but ended up being a plus while trying to disconnect from the world.

Victoria Song
Victoria Song
Victoria Song
Of course Tim Cook had ‘Made on iPad’ Nike kicks.

For one, he’s a board member at Nike. But according to Hypebeast, Cook had one-of-a-kind pair of Nike Air Max 1 ‘86s. On the tongue, there’s a lil handwritten “made on iPad” and the iconic swoosh features a rainbow stitching that looks like it was drawn with an Apple Pencil Pro.

The sneaks are real cute, but unfortunately, you can’t buy ‘em. Unless you can convince Cook to part with his.

Image: Apple via Hypebeast
Nilay Patel
Nilay Patel
The sharks are in the water for Peloton.

A number of private equity firms are thinking about buying Peloton and taking it private, according to CNBC. That’s after the company’s bad quarter (and lack of strategy) led to both a 15 percent staff layoff and CEO Barry McCarthy stepping down. How will the PE vultures fix things? They have “zeroed in on cutting Peloton’s operating expenses,” of course. That’ll fix it, sure.

Victoria Song
Victoria Song
ICYMI: Fitbit Pay’s going away.

I was clearing out my vacation inbox when I noticed an email from Fitbit saying Fitbit Pay will be no more starting July 29th. You can still use existing cards until then, but Google’s encouraging Fitbit users to switch over to Google Wallet.

Are we surprised? No. The signs have been there for a while and the Googlefication of Fitbit continues.

Wes Davis
Wes Davis
Google is shutting down developer access to Google Fit APIs.

The company says it stopped accepting new sign-ups for API access and that developers will have until June 30th, 2025 to migrate from Google Fit to Android Health.

For now, the Google Fit app still works as it always has; just know that it seems bound for the Google graveyard next year.

Peloton announces new round of layoffs as CEO quitsPeloton announces new round of layoffs as CEO quits
Victoria Song and Thomas Ricker