Google’s Pixel 10 Pro Fold is the first foldable with an IP68 rating for dust- and water-resistance, and that might be all some people need to make the jump.
subotai01:
“For someone that has not bought a foldable yet, the IP68 certification is the tipping point. Time to get one.”
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It’s ending its hiring spree with a sudden freeze, The Wall Street Journal reports. It’s spent big on superintelligence, hiring over 50 new AI researchers and engineers, with offers worth tens of millions of dollars, but all that expenditure has some investors spooked.
A lot of people are very excited about the return of Pebble smartwatches, but our first good look at the Time 2’s design has some admitting that nostalgia alone won’t get them to switch smartwatches.
Subsy:
“I love this for nostalgic reasons, but can’t ditch the Apple Watch for it.
I need NFC payment support, LTE for leaving my phone at home, and a good fitness app.”
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Its new 115-inch Micro RGB TV might cost more than some cars, but don’t think that means Samsung is about to pony up for Dolby’s licensing fees.
Ahurazo:
Hysterically funny that they’re selling a 32 thousand dollar television that still doesn’t support dolby vision.
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I love this description of falling into the rabbit hole of TikTok Live streams of farm workers and other manual laborers, calmly and quietly going about their work. It’s competence porn that highlights the divide between those of us making stuff, and those of us watching from our phones.
