There are a lot of great fitness trackers and fantastic smartwatches on the market. But if you're not looking to spend a lot of money and want some excellent features, the Amazfit line is going to be for you. The Amazfit GTS 2 Mini features a light and compact design, has a large AMOLED display, and can track over 70 different physical activities. Furthermore, you can track your heart rate, SpO2, and stress levels as well.

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Amazon, Microsoft, and India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the country’s federal enforcement agency, have announced a major crackdown on tech support fraud.The CBI’s post details two instances where scammers pretended they were customer support agents for two “well-known multi-national companies” (Amazon and Microsoft) through pop-ups that “falsely appeared to be security alerts” from the companies. Through their scheme, the scammers would get people to call a toll-free number to one of their call centers, take over a user’s computer remotely, convince users of the “pretense of non-existing problems,” and “make them pay hundreds of Dollars for unnecessary services” while impersonating as workers for Amazon and Microsoft. M... Continue reading…

Jaz Sinclair as Marie Moreau. | Photo by Brooke Palmer / Prime Video As invested as Amazon has been in its adaptation of The Boys, it always seemed like a given that the series’ new spinoff, Gen V, would be coming back for a second season following its debut last month. But just in case there was any doubt, Amazon’s just made Gen V’s sophomore year official.This afternoon, ahead of Gen V’s season 1 finale this November, Amazon announced that it has renewed Gen V for a second season. In a statement about the renewal, Amazon MGM Studios TV head Vernon Sanders described producing Gen V as “an incredible journey” and pointed to showrunners Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters’ desire to push boundaries as sources of the show’s success.“Their unapologetic approach is exactly what audiences love, and it has... Continue reading…

Photo by Steven Ferdman / Getty Images Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee is among a group of authors suing Meta, Microsoft, and other companies over the use of their work in building AI tools. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday, Huckabee and other authors including Christian writer Lysa TerKeurst allege that their books were pirated and used in datasets that trained AI models. EleutherAI, an artificial intelligence research group, is also named in the suit, as is Bloomberg. The proposed class action suit is the latest example of authors alleging tech companies used their work without permission to train generative AI models. Over the past several months, a string of popular authors including George R.R. Martin, Jodi Picoult, and Michael Chabon have sued OpenAI for copyright... Continue reading…

As the year comes to a close, Samsung's still in the top spot when it comes to best Android smartphones, delivering a masterpiece with the Galaxy S23 Ultra. With that said, you're still going to get some fantastic offerings with other Galaxy S23 series devices, each delivering a fantastic experience in a sleek package. Of course, you're going to be paying top dollar when it comes to Samsung's latest devices, but that doesn't mean you can't save if you're on the lookout for a great deal.

watchOS 10 launched back in September, providing users of the latest Apple Watch models with an overhauled interface. Though, welcomed, these cosmetic changes don't introduce many new features. The redesign certainly makes the smartwatch's personality pop, but it just doesn't significantly contribute to its functionality. That's why we're already anticipating 2024's watchOS 11, and we'll be sharing our feature wishlist below.

The October update for the Windows Subsystem for Android is now rolling out for Windows Insiders running the latest preview builds of Windows 11. Coming in at version 2309.40000.8.0, it's a small one, but it does bring an improvement to graphics performance for Android apps.

The original release of Android didn't include accessibility solutions. But, Google has slowly added more and more accessibility features to its platform over the past decade. In 2018, Google released Voice Access, a way to control your excellent Android smartphone using just your voice. While it was amazing back then, it has evolved over time to become a truly powerful tool. Thankfully, because of these improvements, we can now set up an Android smartphone using Voice Access.

Samsung's known for producing excellent display panels for smartphones, TVs, and monitors. So as you might expect, the Odyssey OLED G8 features an impressive OLED panel that not only offers impressive colors and excellent black levels, but also offers a fantastic refresh rate and response time. With that said, this is one of the best OLED monitors you can buy right now.

Amazon’s paper mailers. | Image: Amazon Amazon is fulfilling a small part of its promise to switch from using plastic bubble mailers and air pillows to all recyclable paper packaging for its shipments. The company announced that it has outfitted one facility in Euclid, Ohio, with an upgraded packaging machine that can automatically fold custom-fit boxes to wrap some products, use paper mailers for small items, and slide in paper fillers instead of plastic ones in standard boxes.Amazon’s efforts to switch to nonplastic materials come after the company’s promise in July to cut out plastic mailers in favor of recyclable alternatives. Non-padded paper mailers are largely not as durable as plastic ones, but Amazon says it developed paper rolls that can stretch, seal with heat,... Continue reading…

Image: Lexus Toyota and its luxury brand Lexus will start implementing Tesla’s winning charging plug standard known as the North American Charging Standard, or NACS, in “certain” vehicles starting in 2025. Toyota will also provide current and soon-to-be EV buyers with adapters to access 12,000-plus Tesla Supercharger stations.One of Toyota’s first vehicles to include a NACS connector is a future three-row SUV it is planning for 2025, which will be assembled at the automaker’s plant in Kentucky. Toyota is currently light on EV options compared to most other automakers and has only released the mediocre bZ4X and the Lexus RZ 450e. Welcome Toyota and Lexus owners to Superchargers across North America ⚡️— Tesla Charging (@TeslaCharging) October 19,... Continue reading…

Adobe has announced that you can now download Photoshop Elements 2024 and Premiere Elements 2024. These new releases come with plenty of nifty new features, powered by Artificial Intelligence. You'll also get a fresh new user interface, which makes the apps easier to use.