Browsing: Breaking Tech

Google just added insulin resistance and blood pressure trends to the Fitbit Air and Edge, taking these devices beyond basic fitness monitoring and sleep tracking and into deeper health insights. The new features are part of Google’s “Health Guardian” suite of proactive safety tools for the Pixel Watch and Fitbit.

Slate is bringing something new to the EV truck market. The truck startup has quickly made a name for itself with its minimalist design, low price point and customization features. Playfully crowned the Blank Slate, the Michigan-based manufacturer’s flagship truck does away with pesky features like speakers and automatic windows in favor of a $24,950 base price.…

You can probably still read on it, and, with some finessing, you can turn it into a useful display.

Many investors stand to win big when Anthropic goes public. Stakes held by firms including Menlo Ventures, Sequoia, Sound Ventures, and Spark Capital are expected to return billions.

Most drivers stick with Android Auto’s default setup from the moment they connect their phone, never realizing just how much of the display can be reshaped to fit their habits. From rearranging your layout to building one-tap shortcuts, Android Auto gives you more control over your dashboard than its stock appearance suggests.

Discord is making a policy change that will further increase the visibility of conversations on its largest public servers. On November 16, the platform’s Discoverable Servers will all be getting Server Web Pages. These hubs will display some basic information about the server, including a description and summaries of discussions happening on their public channels.…

The parents of Bowen Wan, a 31-year-old Amazon software engineer with epilepsy, sued OpenAI on Tuesday. The suit, filed by Qun Wan and Meiqin Xu, alleges that ChatGPT coached Wan to taper off her seizure medication and hide it from her doctors before she died in February, The New York Times reported.

The AI boom has led to a gargantuan surge in energy demand across the country. Critics say this upswell in connections is enacting a stress test on America’s aging grid infrastructure. Worries abound that, in the short term, the energy crunch could lead to surging electrical bills and, in the long term, may eventually lead…

Smart glasses are making unwanted surveillance all too easy, but you’re far from powerless against this covert tech.

General Motors plans to invest in its Lansing Delta Township Assembly plant to handle future production of hybrid-electric vehicles, the latest move by the U.S. automaker to claw back market share by appealing to the shifting tastes of consumers.