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For the last few years, I wore either an analog watch or Xiaomi Band 6 for basic step tracking and time. I didn’t opt for an Apple Watch because I wasn’t constantly active, I didn’t feel the need to check my notifications, and I didn’t want to think about charging the watch every day. This year, I got a chance to test the new Google Pixel Watch 4, which made me feel like I might start wearing smartwatches again. I have always had a soft spot for circular watches. One of the first smartwatches I owned was the Moto 360,…

When Kevin Hartz’s security system failed to alert him as an intruder rang his doorbell and tried to enter his San Francisco home late one night, the serial entrepreneur decided existing solutions weren’t good enough. His co-founder Jack Abraham had experienced similar frustrations at his Miami Beach residence. In 2024, they launched Sauron — named after the sinister, all-seeing eye from “The Lord of the Rings” — to build what they envisioned as a military-grade home security system for tech elites. The concept resonated in Bay Area circles, where crime had become a constant topic during and after the pandemic,…

Good news for anyone tired of or embarrassed by their current Gmail address: You may soon be able to change it without losing access to your old emails and files. As first spotted by the Google Pixel Hub group on Telegram and subsequently reported in 9to5Google, a Hindi version of the Gmail support website states that Google is “gradually rolling out to all users” the ability to change the email address tied to their Google account, including changing from their current Gmail address to “to a new email address that ends in gmail.com.” If you make the switch, your old…

One of the major battlegrounds in the smartphone world this year was battery. The wider adoption of Si/C (silicon-carbon) batteries this year was particularly noticeable, with some manufacturers cramming capacities of 7,000+ mAh into regular smartphones. In fact our all-time battery life ranking is now dominated by models released this year. Except for the iPhone 16 Plus, the rest were reviewed in 2025. A number of handsets broke the 20h Active Use Score barrier, with the OnePlus 15 topping the charts with a 23:07h score. Its close sibling, the Oppo Find X9 Pro, took the second spot, and the iQOO…

Local police said they have charged an Illinois driver who struck and killed a pedestrian while she was livestreaming on TikTok. The New York Times reports that Tynesha McCarty-Wroten, who posts to TikTok under the name Tea Tyme, has been charged by the Zion Police Department with two felonies —  reckless homicide and aggravated use of a communications device resulting in death. In a video that has been reshared by other accounts on TikTok, woman posting as Tea Tyme can reportedly be seen speaking into her phone when there’s a loud thud. An offscreen child asks, “What was that?” then…

This year, Apple released three new Apple Watch models: the Apple Watch Series 11, Apple Watch SE 3, and Apple Watch Ultra 3. If you received an Apple gift card over the holidays and are exploring the different models, we can help point you in the right direction. With its $799 price tag, the Apple Watch Ultra 3 is clearly aimed at a niche, high-end market and athletes. For most consumers, the purchasing decision likely lies between the Apple Watch SE 3 and the Apple Watch Series 11, starting at $249 and $399, respectively. Despite its lower price tag, the…

Summarize This Article:ChatGPTPerplexityGrokGoogle AIMotorola is taking updates seriously this year and has already released the latest Android 16 update for several of its devices. The smartphone company is also testing Android 16 beta on a bunch of devices. The Moto Pad 60 Pro is now the latest device to receive the Android 16 Beta update.In a Reddit post, a user shared that his friend has already received the Android 16 update through the development version, which is more likely to be a beta update. The Android 16 beta update for the Moto Pad 60 Pro is available with software version…

Nalden, who co-founded the file transfer service WeTransfer in 2009 along with Rinke Visser and Bas Beerens, is not pleased with the company’s direction after the service was acquired by Bending Spoon last year — and he doesn’t mince his words about it. “Bending Spoons doesn’t really care about people, and even though I get that it is their private equity strategy, I notice that since I left [WeTransfer] in 2019, there were a lot of updates that were basically killing the product, in my point of view,” he told TechCrunch. Post-acquisition, WeTransfer made a confusing move related to transfer…

Introduction Oppo released some awesome phones in 2025 – now if only it would let people buy them. Seriously, some of the best phones of the year are exclusive to China. Jealous window shopping aside, Oppo did actually release some impressive phones worldwide – here are the highlights (and lowlights) of the last 12 months. Winners: Oppo Find X9 and Find X9 Pro The Find X9 Pro is “almost too good to be true”. That was our verdict when we reviewed this versatile flagship. The battery life is the second best that we’ve ever tested and the charging speed is…

The mania around data centers has a lot of companies looking to become “picks and shovels” providers, by building profitable businesses that are ancillary to the gold rush gigs of selling server access or training leading AI models. MayimFlow, the Built World stage winner at this year’s TechCrunch Disrupt, is a good example. The startup is focused on essentially one task: preventing damaging water leaks. Data centers use a lot of water, and that water can present a big risk, even if a leak is small. Founder John Khazraee told TechCrunch that many data centers only have reactive solutions for…