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Archives for July 2024

This $56 Casio watch is a retro step tracking dream

It doesn’t do anything other than track steps, but that’s all I want it to do. And at this price? I ain’t complaining.

Victoria Song
The Galaxy Ring keeps you in Samsung’s orbit

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It’s not so much a standalone health tracker or a smartwatch alternative as an accessory for your Galaxy Watch.

Victoria Song
Victoria Song
Victoria Song
Go ahead, take that nap.

Fitbit published a study in Nature Medicine using 6.5 million nights of sleep data from users that shows that sleep quality impacts long term health. In a nutshell, the worse your sleep quality, the more likely you are to have conditions like sleep apnea, obesity, migraines, high blood pressure, etc. You get it.

I won’t blame you for thinking “Duh” but this stuff can be helpful for researchers as it gives hard data to what we already know.

Jess Weatherbed
Jess Weatherbed
Samsung’s latest foldables and wearables are now (mostly) available.

The Galaxy Z Fold 6, Galaxy Z Flip 6, Galaxy Watch Ultra, Galaxy Watch 7, Galaxy Ring, and Galaxy Buds 3 revealed at Samsung’s Unpacked event went on sale globally today, though some regions / carriers may vary.

The exception is the Galaxy Buds 3 Pro, which are delayed (until August 28th in the US) due to quality issues with the removable ear tips.

Inside the global computer crashInside the global computer crash
David Pierce
Suunto’s new headphones finally made me appreciate bone conduction

Usually, I’m all about the bass for workout headphones, so I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the Suunto Sonic and Wing.

Victoria Song
Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Meta has considered investing billions into eyewear giant EssilorLuxottica.

That’s according to the Financial Times, reporting that Meta is looking to further its partnership with EssilorLuxottica, the owner of Ray-Ban and so many other eyewear brands.

The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses released last year now support multimodal AI to identify what wearers are seeing. They also sold more in a few months than the previous pair did in two years, according to EssilorLuxottica’s CEO.

The best Apple Watch deals for Amazon Prime DayThe best Apple Watch deals for Amazon Prime Day
Antonio G. Di Benedetto