US seeks to thwart smuggling of Nvidia GPUs with location tracking
The United States has reportedly been investigating reports that Nvidia GPUs have landed illegally in China to be used by Chinese LLMs like DeepSeek, and one US lawmaker will be…
Fitbit’s AI experiments just leveled up with 3 new health tracking features
Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority TL;DR Fitbit Labs is launching three new experimental features for select users. Google Gemini powers these features and allows users to simplify lab reports, decode…
Here’s how Bluetooth Core 6.1 is fighting unwanted tracking
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Bluetooth Core 6.1 introduces Randomized RPA (resolvable private address) Updates. By randomizing the timing of address changes, it will be harder for people to…
Here’s how Oura’s improved activity tracking won me over
Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority For a long time, Oura’s been more of a sleep and wellness tracker than an activity one. With the latest round of updates, though, it’s…
How private prison company Geo Group built a lucrative side business making digital tools like smart watches and tracking apps to help ICE surveil immigrants (New York Times)
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Topgolf and Puttshack founders’ Poolhouse raised a $34M seed to build a “tech-enabled” version of pool, including via video projections and tracking players (Josh Noble/Financial Times)
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Menstrual tracking comes to the OHealth app, will OnePlus watches follow?
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR The latest OHealth v4.31.1 update introduces menstrual health tracking support for OnePlus and OPPO watch users through the companion app. While the new feature…
Pixel Watch 3 vs OnePlus Watch 3 heart rate tracking: A clear winner
Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority I’ve been testing the Google Pixel Watch 3 and the OnePlus Watch 3 extensively since they were announced. Both smartwatches offer the latest Wear OS,…
Cheap EFF Rayhunter project detects LEO phone tracking
TL;DR IMSI catchers, or “Stingrays,” pretend to be cell towers in order to gather data on nearby phones. So far, it’s been very difficult to know if you’ve been a…
Apple’s app tracking privacy framework could fall foul of German antitrust rules
Germany’s antitrust watchdog has been investigating Apple’s app privacy framework since 2022. On Thursday, releasing preliminary findings from this probe, the Bundeskartellamt (FCO) said it suspects the iPhone maker may…