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Sources: Apple is planning to add health features, including a blood pressure monitor and thermometer to track fertility, to Watch as soon as 2022 (Rolfe Winkler/Wall Street Journal)

Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Apple is planning to add health features, including a blood pressure monitor and thermometer to track fertility, to Watch as soon as 2022 — Tech giant seeks to push past obstacles in adding health features on your wrist — Apple Inc. is working on new health-related features for

Apple saving big health upgrades for future Apple Watch, says new report

That’s according to the Wall Street Journal… What you need to know Apple Watch Series 7 is reportedly just weeks away. A new report says the company might save its biggest health innovations for a future model. WSJ reports that blood pressure monitoring, fertility tracking, sleep apnea detection, and diabetes are all in the pipeline.

Seattle-based Carbon Robotics, which offers an AI-powered deweeding robot, raises $27M Series B, bringing total funding to $36M (Taylor Soper/GeekWire)

Taylor Soper / GeekWire: Seattle-based Carbon Robotics, which offers an AI-powered deweeding robot, raises $27M Series B, bringing total funding to $36M — Investors are putting more cash behind the self-driving weed-zapping machines made by Carbon Robotics that are attracting attention from farmers across the world.

Facebook enters the fantasy gaming market

Facebook is getting into fantasy sports and other types of fantasy games. The company this morning announced the launch of Facebook Fantasy Games in the U.S. and Canada on the Facebook app for iOS and Android. Some games are described as “simpler” versions of the traditional fantasy sports games already on the market, while others

Bellevue-based ProbablyMonsters, which operates multiple AAA game studios, raises $200M Series A led by LKCM Headwater Investments (Trilby Beresford/The Hollywood Reporter)

Trilby Beresford / The Hollywood Reporter: Bellevue-based ProbablyMonsters, which operates multiple AAA game studios, raises $200M Series A led by LKCM Headwater Investments — The Bellevue, Washington-based company operates a collection of AAA studios each focused on a different game genre and player experience.

Facebook says it is launching Facebook Fantasy Games in the US and Canada, available free on the Facebook app (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Facebook says it is launching Facebook Fantasy Games in the US and Canada, available free on the Facebook app — Facebook is getting into fantasy sports and other types of fantasy games. The company this morning announced the launch of Facebook Fantasy Games in the U.S. and Canada on the Facebook

Google appeals ‘disproportionate’ French copyright talks fine

Google is appealing the more than half a billion dollar fine it got slapped with by France’s competition authority in July. The penalty relates to the adtech giant’s approach toward paying news publishers for content reuse. In a statement today, Sebastien Missoffe, a Google France VP and country manager, characterized the fine as “disproportionate” —

The Fight to Define When AI Is ‘High Risk’

Everyone from tech companies to churches wants a say in how the EU regulates AI that could harm people.

I’m Vaccinated. When Is It Safe to Take My Mask Off?

Mask guidance continues to change. Here’s what you need to know, depending on who you are, to protect yourself—and, most importantly, others.

LastPad is a reusable menstrual pad that does away with disposable towels

Direct to consumer online sales have helped a number of female-focused startups get products to market in recent years — often pitching better designed and generally more thoughtful feminine hygiene products than mainstream staples. The lack of innovation in the mainstream market for feminine hygiene has certainly created a gap for startups to address. Examples

DJI’s next smartphone gimbal might include a telescoping selfie stick

Gimbal, meet selfie stick. | Image: WinFuture DJI appears to have another smartphone gimbal on the way with a telescoping selfie stick built into its handle, according to WinFuture. The Osmo Mobile 5, which is an apparent successor to last year’s Osmo Mobile 4, is likely to make its first appearance at DJI’s September 8th

TikTok adds educational resources for parents as part of its Family Pairing feature

TikTok is expanding its in-app parental controls feature, Family Pairing, with educational resources designed to help parents better support their teenage users, the company announced morning. The pairing feature, which launched to global users last year, allows parents of teens aged 13 and older to connect their accounts with the child’s so the parent can

You told us: Sony should think about launching a new PlayStation portable

Credit: Oliver Cragg / Android Authority Portable gaming has taken off once more with the abundance of mobile titles, more powerful phones, and portable consoles like the Nintendo Switch. But one gaming company is sorely missed from the mobile arena. Sony has a long history of offering portable gaming systems, with the Vita and the

Apple expanding Today at Apple Creative Studios to Chicago, D.C.

“We’re so excited to be able to connect young people from underrepresented communities with artists and mentors to guide and inspire them in Washington and Chicago” What you need to know Apple is expanding its Today at Apple Creative Studios initiative. The program is coming to Chicago and Washington D.C. in September. Apple has today

All AMD CPUs Found Harboring Meltdown-Like Security Flaw

When news began to break three and a half years ago regarding a pair of new security flaws, Meltdown and Spectre, it quickly became apparent that plenty of eyeballs were laser-focused on Intel’s security implementations. There was nothing wrong with this, as such — CPU security deserves to be scrutinized — but in many cases,

Andy Jassy says Amazon plans to hire over 55,000 corporate employees globally, including over 40,000 in the US, a 20% increase in tech and corporate staff (Jeffrey Dastin/Reuters)

Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters: Andy Jassy says Amazon plans to hire over 55,000 corporate employees globally, including over 40,000 in the US, a 20% increase in tech and corporate staff — Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) is planning to hire 55,000 people for corporate and technology roles globally in the coming months, Chief Executive Andy Jassy told

Nest Cam or Logitech Circle View? Here’s how they stack up!

Nest Cam (2021) Best for Google $180 at Google Pros Works indoors and out Multiple mounting options Long battery life One-hour local storage Theft protection included Cons Expensive Most features require a subscription Must be plugged in for continuous recording Google’s versatile Nest Cam (2021) offers flexible mounting options and plays nicely with iOS and

1Password subscriptions are 50 percent off for Verge readers today

Many of us would agree that online protection is more vital than ever before, but trying to remember a random string of letters and symbols for every site you frequent — or don’t — isn’t always easy. Password managers like 1Password are a great way to store your login credentials and beef up your security,

Israeli startup PayEm, which offers accounting tools for businesses to manage invoices, bills, and more, comes out of stealth with $20M Series A and $7M seed (Christine Hall/TechCrunch)

Christine Hall / TechCrunch: Israeli startup PayEm, which offers accounting tools for businesses to manage invoices, bills, and more, comes out of stealth with $20M Series A and $7M seed — Itamar Jobani was a software developer working for a medical company and “hated that time of the month” when he had to use the

Analysis: governments intentionally blocked internet access nearly 850 times in the past decade, including 213 shutdowns in 2019, 155 in 2020, and 50 in 2021 (James Vincent/The Verge)

James Vincent / The Verge: Analysis: governments intentionally blocked internet access nearly 850 times in the past decade, including 213 shutdowns in 2019, 155 in 2020, and 50 in 2021 — A favorite tactic for stifling dissent in the 21st century — The number of government-led internet shutdowns has exploded …

How Android 12 lets you control your phone with facial gestures

A new accessibility feature that is being introduced with Android 12 allows you to control your screen using facial gestures: raise eyebrows, smile, open mouth, look up, look left, look right. This feature, called “Camera switches,” uses the phone’s camera to watch for these gestures and allows them to signal simple screen operations. These operations

No Man’s Sky free update adds alien settlements for you to discover and rule

No Man’s Sky’s latest update is adding alien settlements for you to discover as you explore its procedurally-generated universe. The appropriately titled “Frontiers” expansion was first teased last month, and represents the game’s seventeenth major update since its launch five years ago. It’s available to download today, free of charge, like the rest of No

Dems push for federal probe of alleged ad collusion between Google and Facebook

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Four Democratic members of Congress are calling for an investigation into whether an alleged secret 2018 agreement between Google and Facebook concerning digital advertising violated federal antitrust law. Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Mondaire Jones (D-NY) wrote a letter

Apple secures first states to support digital driver’s licenses, but privacy questions linger

Apple’s plan to digitize your wallet is slowly taking shape. What started with boarding passes and venue tickets later became credit cards, subway tickets, and student IDs. Next on Apple’s list to digitize are driver’s licenses and state IDs, which it plans to support in its iOS 15 update expected out later this year. But

Artificial Intelligence and the ‘Gods Behind the Masks’

In an excerpt from AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future, Kai-Fu Lee and Chen Qiufan explore what happens when deepfakers attack the deepfakes.

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