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The Propella 9S Pro V2, unveiled late last year, is one of only a few low-cost torque sensor-enabled electric bikes to reach the market. And now the new model is officially shipping to customers. Torque sensors are praised among electric bike riders who actually spend a significant amount of time pedaling their bikes instead of simply using the throttle. While they’re fairly standard in Europe, lower-cost e-bikes in the US often use a simpler and more rudimentary sensor known as a cadence…

If you’re in the market for a new Apple Watch, you’ll want to be aware that as of today, Apple has been forced to disable a major feature on select models of the smartwatch. All Apple Watch Ultra 2 and Apple Watch Series 9 models that Apple sells in the United States now no longer come with a working blood oxygen sensor. The sensor previously monitored the levels of oxygen in the blood.The reason Apple disabled the blood oxygen sensor is a legal one. Apple has been in an ongoing patent dispute with medical device maker…

Xiaomi 360 Home Security Camera 2K was recently launched in India. The company says that the updated security camera offers improved surveillance and communication support. As the name suggests, it supports a 360-degree panorama view to help capture every corner of the room and is also equipped with AI Human Detection technology that is said to provide more accurate alerts and reduce false alarms. The camera also comes with Xiaomi Home app compatibility.Xiaomi 360 Home Security Camera 2K price in…

Researchers have used a novel manufacturing technique to create a minimally invasive, customizable sensor that can wirelessly record deep brain activity down to a resolution of one or two neurons. The device has potential applications in a wide range of neurological conditions such as treatment-resistant epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, and chronic pain.A gold standard approach used in a wide variety of neurological disorders, such as treatment-resistant epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease, is stereoelectroencephalography…

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNETJust a month ago, Apple halted US sales of its new Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 models over a patent dispute regarding the watch's blood oxygen sensor. A federal court is still reviewing the case, but it appears Apple is preparing to move forward before a decision is made by dropping the feature entirely.According to a report from Bloomberg, Apple has started shipping watches that don't have the functionality in question. This appears to be a software change instead of a hardware one,…

Updated Jan. 15, 2024 2:27 pm ETAppleis removing a blood-oxygen sensor from some of its smartwatches to get around a patent dispute related to the technology, a step likely to avoid further sales disruptions but one that may raise questions about the company’s push into health.The company halted sales of some watch models briefly last month after a U.S. import ban went into effect stemming from an October ruling by the U.S. International Trade Commission. The trade agency found Apple had violated the patents of…

Samsung's ‘Modes and Routines‘ feature lets Galaxy device users automate tasks (Routines) and create system-wide settings presets (Modes). The feature is very clever but often feels optional, and because it works in the background more often than not, it's easy to forget it exists. However, there is at least one Mode in Modes and Routines that Galaxy device users, particularly Galaxy Watch owners, must know about. It's called Sleep Mode, and it's a ‘must-have' if you intend to sleep with your Galaxy Watch on your wrist.…

Oppo announced today its latest flagship – Find X7 Ultra. The phone brings a few firsts in the smartphone industry, including the world's first dual-periscope telephoto cameras and the first device with a 1-inch Sony LYT-900 sensor. The camera tuning was once again done in partnership with Swedish company Hasselblad. The quad-cam setup of the Find X7 Ultra brings the so called HyperTone engine that promises to keep your photos' natural look without compromising quality. Oppo put a 120 Hz 6.82” LTPO OLED at the front…

An innovation in using natural language models brings artificial intelligence to field-deployable sensors, including drones. Los Alamos National Laboratory is exploring the AI technology for locating and characterizing orphaned oil and gas wells that emit climate-warming methane. Credit: Los Alamos National LaboratoryA new method employing natural-language models is expanding AI applications in edge computing.An advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technique allows for the reconstruction of extensive datasets, like the…

iPhone 16 Pro camera upgradesAccording to Ming-Chi Kuo’s report, the iPhone 16 Pro will get the tetraprism zoom camera from the iPhone 15 Pro Max.  The screen size of the standard Pro version is tipped to be bumped to 6.27-inch and this will be quite an upgrade. To recall, the vanilla Pro model has a 6.1-inch screen size historically.Kuo says the standard 12MP ultra-wide-angle camera will be bumped to a 48MP 1/2.55-inch (0.7µm) unit.However, the lens will still produce pixel-binned 12MP 1.4µm images. The ultrawide will…