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Wyze added a big color screen to its latest budget-friendly smart scale​The Verge – All Posts​

The Wyze Scale Ultra includes a 4.3-inch color screen that shares more health data. | Image: Wyze

The addition of a 4.3-inch color TFT screen makes the new Wyze Scale Ultra one of the brand’s most expensive smart scales to date, but at $43.99, it’s still considerably cheaper than offerings from companies like Withings. It’s available from Wyze directly or from Amazon in white or black.
The Wyze Scale Ultra says it can track 13 different health metrics, including your heart rate, your metabolic age (a comparison of how your body burns calories at rest to others your age), and measurements of fat, muscle, and water.
Previous versions of Wyze’s smart scales featured simple segmented LED displays to display basic information like weight, BMI, and muscle mass, leaving more detailed breakdowns of your health metrics for an accompanying…

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Donald Trump files yet another censorship lawsuit​The Verge – All Posts​

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I regret to inform you that former President Donald Trump has once again filed what is almost inarguably a SLAPP complaint, this time against CBS for editing its own interview of Vice President Kamala Harris.
Trump’s lawsuit, first reported by Fox News yesterday, escalates a weeks-long crusade against CBS for its 60 Minutes interview with Harris. Trump argues CBS — which published multiple cuts of the interview — deceptively edited Harris’ answer to make her appear more coherent. This is the kind of editing decision it’s reasonable to argue about, and that people in fact constantly argue about with Trump’s own words. It is less reasonable to:

Claim the edit counts as a contribution to the Harris campaign
Call to strip CBS of its FCC…

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Google is building smart home controls into Gemini​The Verge – All Posts​

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Google is adding a Google Home extension to the Gemini app, allowing you to control your smart home while chatting with the AI assistant. The update, which is available to Android users as part of Google Home’s Public Preview program, will let you use natural language prompts, like “Set the dining room for a romantic date night” to adjust lighting, or “Help me clean up the kitchen” to turn on the vacuum.
Previously, the Gemini app would open Google Assistant if you tried to control your smart home. With the new Google Home extension, you can perform actions across smart lighting, climate control, window coverings, TVs, speakers, and more from within the Gemini app.

The extension in Gemini doesn’t support all smart devices,…

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AI Will Understand Humans Better Than Humans Do​Wired​

Or so says a controversial Stanford researcher, who finds that the latest systems have, against all odds, mastered a high-level cognitive skill.  Read More

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Activo P1 Review: Wired Sound, Tired Looks​Wired​

Activo’s P1 is a decent portable music player, but it looks pretty bland.  Read More

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The AI garage door mystery​The Verge – All Posts​

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You just left your house. As you peel out of the driveway and tear down the street in the coolest way possible, your garage door… well, what does it do? The answer’s probably nothing, and that feels like the wrong answer. The smart home was supposed to have fixed this by now.
On this episode of The Vergecast, we didn’t necessarily set out to talk about smart garage doors for as long as we did, but The Wall Street Journal’s Joanna Stern joined the show with a lot of thoughts about Apple Intelligence, notification summaries, and how we all — and in particular, how Apple’s software leader Craig Federighi — manage their own houses. Given the reporting that Apple is gearing up for a big hardware push into the smart home, what does the…

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The Verge’s favorite social networks​The Verge – All Posts​

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Social networking has become more disconnected, to say the least. Two years ago, Elon Musk began transforming Twitter into what is now X, and the ensuing chaos drove a lot of former users elsewhere — elsewhere being several places, including Threads, Bluesky, Mastodon, and even Facebook or Instagram.
We were curious as to where our staff members were going for their social networking fix these days — or whether they had given up on it altogether. Here are some of their answers.

I just don’t think any single platform is going to be the one-stop shop that Twitter once was
Jay Peters, news editor
I primarily use microblogging social networks, and I bounce between many of them because 1) I need to for my job and 2) because none has really…

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What voting machine companies are doing to avoid another 2020​The Verge – All Posts​

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Smartmatic and Dominion are trying to debunk false stories and rebuild trust — but that’s a tall order in 2024.

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LG Ultragear 34GS95QE Curved OLED Gaming Monitor Review: Big Curve​Wired​

This is one of the most curved ultrawide displays I’ve tried, and that curvature makes all the difference.  Read More

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9 Best Advent Calendars (2024), Tested and Reviewed​Wired​

Whether your loved one likes sweets, spices, or something a little stronger, these treat-filled Advent calendars make a great gift.  Read More