Fitbit’s Charge line of fitness trackers are extremely popular — even more so than its recent smartwatches. The company announced its latest activity tracker, the Fitbit Charge 3, back in August, and now we have an official launch date. Fitbit has confirmed that the Fitbit Charge 3 release date is Sunday, October 7.
Fitbit Charge 3 is here: Water resistant, Fitbit Pay support, and a working SpO2 sensor
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The standard Charge 3 starts at $149.
From personal assistants like Google Assistant and Alexa to content recommendations from YouTube and Amazon, it’s hard to think of a service or technology that machine learning hasn’t radically improved over the past few years.
Simply put, machine learning is a subset of artificial intelligence that allows computers to learn from their own experiences — much like we do when learning or picking up a new skill. When implemented correctly, the technology can perform certain complex tasks better than any human, and often within seconds.
One of the new features packed into Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S7 is a new rear camera unit and it seems that the new sensor also works pretty well for slow motion video capture, as the video above from EuroTech attests to. The five minute video was captured at 720p and 240fps, which has been slowed down to a more standard frame rate to create a slow motion effect.
Impressively, the video was captured without the use of a tripod and still manages to look very steady.
Using PS Remote Play, you can connect your PS5 console to stream to your PS4, meaning you can play the next-gen games on Sony’s last-generation system. If you’re not ready to part with the PS4, it’s a great way to pause your PS5 games in one room and pick them up in the next or play online multiplayer with friends under the same roof. Here’s how to control your PS5 from a PS4.
LG Pay is a mobile digital payment service from LG. It’s only available on a few devices right now and it only recently became available outside of South Korea. The service is very similar to Samsung Pay with support for both NFC payments as well MST (magnetic secure transmissions) to mimic real debit and credit cards. LG uses WMC (Wireless Magnetic Communication) for this trick. It’s still quite new, but it’s already a decent option depending on your financial set up.
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It seems like TVs are one of the more popular items on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, right up there with audio products, gaming-related goodies, and smart home devices.
But a recent article shared in our work Slack group has made me question just how often people are upgrading to a new TV set. So how often are you buying a new TV to replace your old one, then?
Today, Samsung announced its first flash memory chips based on the newly approved eMMC 5.1 standard. eMMC is an embedded version of the MultiMediaCard standard, which packages the NAND memory and controller into a single chip. This technology is found in all smartphones and tablets on the market today. Earlier this month, Samsung began mass producing the industry’s first combined DRAM and eMMC ePOP memory package.
Samsung states that its eMMC 5.
Vivo V17 Pro
If you want an affordable, versatile camera phone you could do a lot worse than the Vivo V17 Pro. But there are far better phones out there that cost less.
Largely overshadowed globally by its more trendy BBK stablemates Oppo and OnePlus, Vivo’s strategy of releasing affordable phones with quirky, cutting edge features has proven to be a winner, particularly in India. While the brand’s most ambitious projects are saved for the Nex series, the brand’s creativity also trickles down to its mid-range phones, including its latest V-series phone — the Vivo V17 Pro.
Xiaomi Mi Max 2The Mi Max 2 is a unique device that sits on the intersection of a large smartphone and a portable tablet, and excels at that offering an incredible battery life.
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Phablets, or smartphones with display sizes larger than 6 inches, can cause quite a divide in opinion. The large form factor is a complete deterrent for most people, yet there is a niche audience for these big smartphones – young people who watch a lot of videos or are gaming enthusiasts, or professionals who enjoy the large real estate while emailing or working on documents and spreadsheets.
Allwinner has announced a new 64-bit System-on-a-Chip (Soc) especially designed for tablets. The Allwinner A64 is a quad-core 64-bit processor with built-in support for H.264 and H.265 at 4K resolutions. For the CPU this new SoC uses four Cortex-A53 cores. The Cortex-A53 is ARM’s most energy efficient 64-bit core. There are unfortunately no details yet about the clock speed, however we do know that the chips will only cost $5 each, when bought in high quantities.