Hardware

Apple updates AirPods Max headphones with a USB-C port and new colors

Apple released a new version of its premium over-the-ear headphones, AirPods Max, on Monday during its 2024 Apple Event. The revamp replaces the AirPods Max’s lightning port with a USB-C port and comes in five new colors: midnight, blue, purple, orange, and starlight. The company announced the new headphones, along with new iPhones and Apple […]

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Apple’s iPhone 16 arrives with AI features and devoted camera button, starting at $799

Apple on Monday unveiled the iPhone 16 at its “It’s Glowtime” event in Cupertino. CEO Tim Cook claimed that the new device is “designed around Apple Intelligence, from the ground up,” a reference to new generative AI features announced at WWDC in June. The new handset is made from “aerospace grade” aluminum, according to the

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Apple is adding a sleep apnea detection feature to the Apple Watch Series 10, 9 and Ultra 2

At its It’s Glowtime event on Monday, Apple announced that it’s adding a new Apple Watch feature that can alert users to sleep apnea, a health condition that causes you to stop breathing when you’re asleep. Apple says it expects to receive FDA clearance for the feature “very soon.” The feature will be available on

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Apple Watch Series 10 debuts with bigger screen, thinner display

Apple Watch Series 10 debuted at Monday’s “It’s Glowtime”event, just under a decade after the iPhone maker released its first smartwatch. Headlining the new wearable is a redesign — arguably the largest since the device’s launch. The Apple Watch Series 10 has “our biggest screen and thinnest design,” CEO Tim Cook noted. The company says

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Electro-hydraulic muscles help these robot legs stand straight on uneven terrain

Researchers at ETH Zürich are very good at keeping robots standing upright. Back in 2022, the school’s robotics team taught the quadrupedal ANYmal robot how to hike up mountains without falling over. New research from the school, published in collaboration with the Stuttgart-based Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, takes a unique approach to the

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DJI takes another crack at palm-sized drones, and this one is $199

In 2017, DJI introduced the Spark. With a palm-sized body, gesture control and a sub-$500 price point, the system was firmly targeted at social media. It was, in essence, a selfie-drone. The little quadcopter built up a fanbase, though apparently not one large enough to justify its own continued existence. DJI quietly discontinued the device

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