UK startup BackPedal uses GPS tracking to reclaim stolen e-bikes

August 31, 2023
New e-bike models keep coming off production lines with GPS tracking enabled, with the idea that such tech will deter theft and help you recover your bike if it gets stolen. But how exactly does knowing roughly where your bike is going to help you get it back? “Customers don’t care if they can track […]

The Eve Play turns any classic stereo system into an AirPlay 2 speaker

August 31, 2023
Eve, the manufacturer of smart home devices that work particularly with Apple’s ecosystem and HomeKit, just unveiled a brand new device at IFA, a consumer electronics trade show. The Eve Play is a small AirPlay 2 receiver that can turn any traditional speaker into a smart, connected speaker. It will be available on November 14 […]

Starfield review: Guns and ships galore, but a vacuum of wonder

August 31, 2023
The long-awaited “Skyrim in space,” Starfield, is out today after many years in development over at Bethesda. It’s ambitious and lavishly produced, but despite its size it lacks the sense of wonder and vastness that its pastoral predecessor epitomized. (I and my colleague Darrell both played the game and came away with differing impressions — […]

Reed Jobs will discuss his new venture firm at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023

August 31, 2023
You may be more familiar with his father, Steve Jobs, but Reed Jobs aims to make his own impact on the world by making cancer nonlethal. Jobs, who lost his father to pancreatic cancer while a student at Stanford, this year took the wraps off his venture firm Yosemite with a $200 million fund. The […]

Withings’ ScanWatch 2 arrives with a temperature sensing

August 31, 2023
Withings introduced the original ScanWatch in Europe back in 2020, before bringing it to the U.S. the following year, with FDA-cleared features like atrial fibrillation (afib) detection. Announced today during the IFA event in Berlin, the ScanWatch 2 arrives with its predecessor’s features,  such as SPO2 (oxygen saturation) measurement, activity tracking and sleep tracking. The […]

Longplay rolls out a big refresh to its album-focused music app

August 31, 2023
Love listening to full-length albums instead? Longplay, an indie music app from developer Adrian Schoenig that focuses on the album-listening experience, is out today with a significant update that improves on the album-playing app first launched in 2020. While the original version offered a unique music discovery experience by offering a visual wall of your […]