Fitbit users currently report problems syncing data and logging into the Android app. The company confirms that an outage is in progress, and is currently under investigation. Right now there doesn’t seem to be anything users can do, so just sit tight and avoid the temptation to reinstall the app. Update, July 17, 2025 (12:53
Read MoreYou’d think this would’ve existed by now, but…there’s a new way to preserve your cash flow, save time, and get a powerful new MacBook every two years. More and more entrepreneurs, financial advisors, and top professionals are switching to Upgraded. It’s a MacBook Upgrade program that lets you spread the cost of a MacBook over
Read MoreEarlier this week, Elon Musk posted an image of Tesla’s robotaxi service area in Austin, Texas, that was in the shape of a penis. Hilarious, I know, but more importantly: it appeared that Tesla’s map was slightly larger than Waymo’s service area, which covers just 37 square miles in Austin. Today, Waymo announced its own
Read MoreCredit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority Apple will reportedly offer scratch-resistant, anti-reflective coatings on the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max. This comes months after a report that Apple has decided against using this tech due to yield issues. The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra and Galaxy S25 Ultra already offer protective glass with an anti-glare
Read MoreCredit: Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority Open AI appears to be working on an annual billing option for its ChatGPT Plus plan. New code spotted in the latest ChatGPT beta release for Android indicates that the annual subscription could cost $200. OpenAI currently only offers monthly billing for its premium ChatGPT Plus and Pro tiers,
Read MoreSamsung has filed a trademark for its upcoming triple-screen foldable. The filing reveals the name “Galaxy Z TriFold,” but we’re skeptical of this being final. The foldable is rumored to launch in October, but with availability limited to China and South Korea. Samsung’s progress on a new style of foldable with three inner screen faces
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Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority An Android Authority teardown has discovered a new UI for the “view details” page in Google Messages. This option typically pops up when you long-press a message, giving you more information about it. The new UI will give you more detailed info about the message and recipients. Update, July
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Recently, my cousin asked me whether Verizon’s myPlan Unlimited Welcome was better than his legacy plan, prompted by a promotional email he received. At first glance, the new plan looked cheaper and similar in features. But upon closer examination, his legacy plan had notable advantages, especially higher-priority data and
Read MoreWhen I started in this industry, there was a bad but common practice. Each new project started with a database schema. The DBAs or whoever was in charge of Oracle would have a long discussion and many meetings, and then you, the developer, would be “blessed” with a schema. The schema was usually a bit
Read MoreA network-attached storage (NAS) is supposed to give you an alternative to cloud storage — one that’s safer, more private, and free from monthly subscriptions. A lot of home users may still consider those strange black boxes nerd territory, but Synology wanted to make the transition easier for Google Drive users. Its own alternative, deceptively
Read MoreCredit: Samsung A long-time leaker claims that Samsung will launch its first triple-screen foldable or tri-fold device in September. This comes a week after Samsung’s mobile head said the company wants to launch the device before the end of 2025. Samsung’s tri-fold is said to offer a Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, a 10-inch folding screen,
Read Morealternative_right shares a report from Phys.org: Monitoring changes in water temperature and pressure at the seafloor can improve understanding of ocean circulation, climate, and natural hazards such as tsunamis. In recent years, scientists have begun gathering submarine measurements via an existing infrastructure network that spans millions of kilometers around the planet: the undersea fiber-optic telecommunications
Read MoreBefore social media brought the Internet to the masses, and before even Napster, ICQ, and AIM gave those with a phone line a reason to connect online at all, those who went online often went to a BBS messageboard. By modern standards these text-only environments would have been extremely limited, with only weather updates, stock
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: For some years now, detractors of battery electric vehicles have held up hydrogen as a clean fuel panacea. That sometimes refers to hydrogen combustion engines, but more often, it’s hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, or FCEVs. Both promise motoring with only water emitted from the vehicles’
Read MoreUnited Airlines mengatakan bahwa berkat ketidakpastian yang kurang geopolitik dan makroekonomi, permintaan untuk bepergian pada hari Rabu sejak awal Juli. Namun, maskapai berbasis Chicago mengharapkan kuartal yang ada akan menderita karena pembatasan operasional di bandara Newark dekat New York City, salah satu pusat terbesar dan paling intens di negara itu. United melaporkan poin akselerasi 6
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: For some years now, detractors of battery electric vehicles have held up hydrogen as a clean fuel panacea. That sometimes refers to hydrogen combustion engines, but more often, it’s hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, or FCEVs. Both promise motoring with only water emitted from the vehicles’
Read MoreIn case you can’t wait for your flash memory to die from write cycling, TeamGroup now has a drive that, via software or hardware, can destroy its own flash chips with a surge of voltage. If you wonder why you might want this, there are military applications where how you destroy a piece of equipment
Read MoreCredit: Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority Did you miss out on this year’s Prime Day deals? If you were looking to get a projector, here are a couple of great ones from Yaber and LG that are still at last week’s prices. These are at different price levels, with different customers in mind. Keep reading
Read MoreIntel is laying off more than 5,000 employees across four states, according to updated Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filings. From a report: Most of the cuts are happening in California and Oregon. Intel more than doubled its layoff estimates for Santa Clara and Folsom to a total of 1,935 affected employees, according to California
Read MoreCredit: SoundGuys If you’re looking for a portable speaker, JBL makes some of the most popular ones. The best ones that are still easy to carry around are the JBL Charge 6 and JBL Flip 7, and both are hitting new record-low prices right now. Let’s tell you a bit about them. Buy the JBL
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Security researchers say Chinese authorities are using a new type of malware to extract data from seized phones, allowing them to obtain text messages — including from chat apps such as Signal — images, location histories, audio recordings, contacts, and more. In a report shared exclusively with
Read MoreSteam has begun banning games that violate the payment rules of banks and card networks, targeting adult content in particular — especially titles with extreme or controversial themes. Engadget reports: The new clause states that “content that may violate the rules and standards set forth by Steam’s payment processors and related card networks and banks,
Read MoreOpenAI has rolled out a new record mode feature for ChatGPT on macOS, allowing paid users to record and transcribe audio directly in the desktop app. ChatGPT Record Mode now live on Mac for Plus users Announced in early June in an update video, ChatGPT’s record mode is a new feature designed to transcribe and
Read MoreThe abstract of a paper featured on NBER: Most U.S. innovation output originates from firms that operate R&D facilities across multiple local markets. We study how this geographic structure influences aggregate innovation and growth, and whether it is socially optimal. First, we develop an endogenous growth model featuring multi-market innovative firms that generate knowledge spillovers
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