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A Whoop band for tracking vulnerable relatives? Fitbit founders launch new screenless wearable with GPS, heart monitoring, sleep tracking and more — and even aspeaker so you can check in

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Fitbit founders are launching a new screenless fitness tracker The Luffu Link is designed for caregivers, bringing all your relatives’ health data to one place It’s available for pre-order now, and will roll out early next year Watch out Whoop, there’s a new screenless health and fitness wearable on the way — and it’s coming … Read more

Logitech’s 4.5-star webcam and business headset get a price cut for Amazon for Business Brand Week

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As part of Amazon for Business Brand Week, Logitech is offering a big accessories upgrade sale for buying teams kitting out the office, while emphasizing the “hidden cost of low-quality” hardware. And if you’re looking to improve video calls on Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and Google Meet, the Logitech Zone 305 wireless headset is down to … Read more

‘I’ll just use Google Maps’: Apple Maps users rebel against new ads that you can’t turn off, even with an iCloud subscription

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Apple Maps is now showing ads for users in the US and Canada Currently, ads appear as the top result in search and Suggested Places Users are unsurprisingly unhappy about this change, with some saying they’ll switch to Google Maps We’ve known they were coming for a while, but now ads have started appearing in … Read more

Furious star Quincy Tyler Bernstine on the importance of representation in Hulu’s new crime series: ‘I was so interested in the idea of a female serial killer’

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Furious is a must-watch new crime series that’s streaming on Hulu (US) and Disney+ (internationally), and it’s female-led story is a huge part of why I love it. The series, created by Elizabeth Meriwether, centers around FBI agent Alice Black (Emmy Rossum) on the hunt for a calculating female serial killer, Catherine Grace (Lola Petticrew). … Read more

I’m a pro photographer — here’s how I’m going to capture the extraordinary lunar eclipse blood moon on August 27-28

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August’s celestial wonders aren’t done yet. Following the stunning total solar eclipse and the peak of the Perseid meteor shower a couple of weeks ago, we’re set for another extraordinary show this week — a lunar eclipse. On August 27-28, night sky observers in North America, South America, Europe, Africa and Western Asia are in … Read more

The PocketBook Q ereader is a phone-sized rival to the Boox Palma 2 Pro —but it doesn’t run Android

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The PocketBook Q is a new ereader with a 5.84-inch screen It’s slimmer and lighter than most phone-sized rivals However, it doesn’t run Android, limiting your access to apps It seems like there’s a growing hunger for small ereaders, as following in the footsteps of the Boox Palma series, the Viwoods AiPaper Reader, and the … Read more