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Here’s why you want a mixed reality headset, says Apple CEO

04/06/202304/04/2023 L. Green

Mixed reality headset - Welcome to Mixed Reality

According to Tim Cook, there will be advantages to creativity, business, and communications. Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, recently took the opportunity to use a media interview to describe why he believed a mixed reality headset produced by his company is something consumers will want to have when one launches in coming months. The company is traditionally quite closed lipped about the projects it has underway. While Tim Cook didn’t officially confirm that Apple would be launching a mixed reality headset in the interview with GQ, he did spend some…

Could your wearable technology stop your medical devices from working?

03/28/202303/27/2023 Sam Lambert

Wearable technology - Fitness Tracker - Workout

Should you be wearing a Fitbit if you’ve also got a pacemaker? Wearable technology such as fitness trackers and smartwatches have become extremely popular, as bioimpedance sensing tech help us to keep track of a number of helpful health stats. However, according to new research, that same tech could be affecting the way that implanted medical devices, such as pacemakers, function. Smartwatches, smart rings, smart scales, fitness trackers and other gadgets can all cause interference. The study was published in the Heart Rhythm journal showed that a broad spectrum of…

Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant misses its mark

03/08/202303/07/2023 John Montgallo

The company is now making the largest cuts in its history to the teams working on that technology. The teams at Amazon that have been working on the Alexa voice assistant are being hit by the largest job cuts the company has ever seen. The concept of Alexa was first created by Jeff Bezos more than a decade ago on a whiteboard. In Bezos’ vision of the voice assistant, it would provide the user with help in completing a full spectrum of different tasks ranging from reading a bedtime story…

Nokia isn’t a cell phone company anymore, and it changed its logo to spotlight that

03/07/202303/06/2023 Sam Lambert

The logo has been redesigned for the first time in decades to help redefine the brand. Nokia has unveiled the newest redesign of its logo, something it hasn’t done in decades, to help place the spotlight on the fact that it is no longer a cell phone company. The company has been working to rebrand itself now that smartphones aren’t what it’s about. The new logo is a clear move away from being a cell phone company. It contains five different shapes which each come together to spell the NOKIA…

Researchers discover phone battery flaw (and easy solution) in most devices

02/23/202302/22/2023 Julie Campbell

The Canadian team explained a main cause of self-discharging batteries in laptops and smartphones. Canadian researchers have determined a phone battery manufacturing flaw affecting most smartphones and laptops, causing them to self-discharge. The scientists also identified a simple solution that can be used to remedy the situation. Researchers in Halifax, Canada found that a surprisingly widespread flaw in laptop and phone battery manufacturing causes them to slowly drain unnecessarily. “This is something that is totally unexpected and something that probably no one thought of,” said Dalhousie University assistant professor Michael…