Why a Chest Strap Is the Best Way to Track Your Heart Rate During Exercise

Chest straps are the most accurate, and can be used with or without a smartwatch.

I’m a Deals Writer, and These Are the Top 10 Tech Sales This Week

Great prices on the AirPods, JBL speaker, Meta Quest Pro, and more.

I Put Over 1,000 Miles on a Pair of Cheap Running Shoes, and Here’s What I Learned

I’ve been tracking my shoes’ mileage in the Garmin Connect app since last summer.

Microsoft Teams Will Soon Tell Your Boss When You’re Not in the Office

Teams is no team player.

?? Tutorial: 3 Powerful Things You Can Do With ChatGPT Atlas

PLUS: Video tutorial inside…

?? Your AI Break membership just got even more valuable

Just launched: Your AI Tool Discount Dashboard (save up to $20,000/month)

Stand Up for Research, Innovation, and Education

Right now, MIT alumni and friends are voicing their support for: America’s scientific and technological leadership Merit-based admissions and affordable education Advances that increase US health, security, and prosperity Our community is standing up for MIT and its mission to serve the nation and the world. And we need you to join us at this…

The Download: carbon removal’s future, and measuring pain using an app

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. What’s next for carbon removal? After years of growth that spawned hundreds of startups, the nascent carbon removal sector appears to be facing a reckoning. Running Tide, a promising aquaculture company, shut down…

An AI app to measure pain is here

How are you feeling? I’m genuinely interested in the well-being of all my treasured Checkup readers, of course. But this week I’ve also been wondering how science and technology can help answer that question—especially when it comes to pain. In the latest issue of MIT Technology Review magazine, Deena Mousa describes how an AI-powered smartphone app…

What’s next for carbon removal?

MIT Technology Review’s What’s Next series looks across industries, trends, and technologies to give you a first look at the future. You can read the rest of them here. In the early 2020s, a little-known aquaculture company in Portland, Maine, snagged more than $50 million by pitching a plan to harness nature to fight back…

Second firmware update released for the Hue Bridge Pro

There is another new software update from Philips Hue. This time, the focus is on the Hue Bridge Pro, which is receiving its second firmware update in the second month after its launch. This time, the manufacturer is addressing network problems that could occur under certain conditions. “We have resolved an issue where in very…

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Real extensions for the Hue Flux Lightstrip are coming in 2026

The Hue Flux Lightstrip is something like the new all-rounder from Philips Hue. My first impression was already very positive, and another version is set to be released soon in the form of the ultra-bright Hue Flux Lightstrip. However, I did ask myself one question during the presentation in September: What about extensions for the…

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Instagram Adds Option To Draw on DM Chats

Another option to help spice up your IG chats.

YouTube Paid Out $8B to the Music Industry Over the Past Year

YouTube continues to provide a valuable pathway for creative talent.

LinkedIn Offers Users Opportunities To Help Train Its AI Systems

LinkedIn members can help to annotate data sets related to their industry. 

YouTube Shares More Info on Its ‘Ask Studio’ AI Bot

The tool will provide insights into how to optimize your YouTube content. 

Solara One’s Latest Update Lets You Create Music Among The Stars

Solara One’s developer dives deep into place-making with a sense of scale for the cosmos.

Google’s XR Studio Releases ‘Job Simulator’ Style MR Experience Exclusive to Android XR

Owlchemy Labs, the Google-owned XR studio, released a new mixed reality title exclusively for Android XR which expands the Job Simulator universe. The News Owlchemy Labs, the studio behind VR games Job Simulator (2016) and Vacation Simulator (2019), released both games on Android XR’s first officially supported headset, Samsung Galaxy XR. Alongside it comes a free mixed reality […]

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Former Oculus Execs’ AI Smart Glasses Startup ‘Sesame’ Raises $250M Series B Funding

Sesame, an AI and smart glasses startup founded by former Oculus execs, raised $250 million in Series B funding, which the company hopes will accelerate its voice-based AI. The News As first reported by Tech Crunch, lead investors in Sesame’s Series B include Spark Capital and Sequoia Capital, bringing the company’s overall funding to $307.6 […]

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This Upcoming Google Photos Feature Turns Your Selfies Into Memes

Who asked for this?

The Apple Watch SE 2 Is $80 Off Right Now

This Apple Watch might be a couple years old, but at this price, it’s hard to beat.

Sora Will Soon Let You Make Cameos of Your Pets

Meanwhile, the app is also on its way to Android.

The Spotify App Is Crashing on Android, but There Are Workarounds

It’s only crashing on wifi.

?? Goodbye Chrome? OpenAI Enters the Browser Wars with ChatGPT Atlas

PLUS: Reddit sues Perplexity AI…

Redefining data engineering in the age of AI

As organizations weave AI into more of their operations, senior executives are realizing data engineers hold a central role in bringing these initiatives to life. After all, AI only delivers when you have large amounts of reliable and well-managed, high-quality data. Indeed, this report finds that data engineers play a pivotal role in their organizations…