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OnePlus Watch 2R OnePlus Watch 2RThe OnePlus Watch 2R, powered by Google’s Wear OS, is an early contender for my “Smartwatch of the Year.” Combining great performance, great battery life, and enhanced fitness tracking, the 2R ticks all the boxes. Firstly, the watch has presence and looks great on the wrist with its sturdy aluminum case and glass face combination (IP68 rated at 5ATM). Setup is easy thanks to Fast Pair, notifications and messages are clearly displayed on the large display, and you can control music and smart home features. Wear OS allows you to use the full potential of…
MOSCOW (AP) — Kremlin orders have forced the U.S. Embassy to stop hiring Russians, cut its consular staff by 75% and restrict many services.The order, which took effect on Wednesday, has taken rapidly deteriorating U.S.-Russia relations to a deeply personal level. The cuts have left the embassy with only very limited services, including reviewing “life-or-death” visa applications. As a result, Russian businessmen, exchange students and romantic partners are left in limbo, unable to obtain visas. Even Americans are unable to register their newborns or renew their passports.This is a major blow to Anastasia Kuznetsova, 20, who is engaged to a…
Days after the Indian government announced its decision to reduce import duties on foreign-made smartphones to 15% from 20%, Apple on Friday cut the prices of all its iPhone models in India. The price cuts vary depending on the iPhone model, with the locally manufactured iPhone 13, iPhone 14 and iPhone 15 seeing smaller cuts of around 300 rupees ($3.60). However, other iPhone models saw bigger price cuts, including a 2,300 rupee ($27.50) price cut for the iPhone SE. iPhone Pro models get price cut in India The ultra-premium iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone Pro Max will see the biggest…
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Daniel Sanchez is one of Spain’s luckiest electric-car owners: A free charging station less than a kilometer from his home just north of Barcelona keeps his Tesla ready to go.”I can’t imagine stopping at a gas station again,” said the 41-year-old trucking company owner. “I feel like the people who got off the carriage and got into their cars. There’s no turning back.”Other Spaniards are less enthusiastic: A lack of charging stations and high electric car prices compared to Western and Northern Europe have left Spain lagging behind in the continent’s race to go green.Now the…
A new report claims that Apple is working on a foldable iPhone that could be released as early as 2026. According to a report from The Information, Apple’s purported foldable iPhone would feature a horizontal folding mechanism reminiscent of the clamshell design popularized by Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip series. Previous reports from February suggested that Apple was considering multiple foldable prototypes, but the latest reports suggest that the company may have narrowed down its design options. The project has reportedly been given the internal code name V68, suggesting it has moved past the early concept stage and is currently in…
LONDON (AP) — London’s Science Museum and Cambridge University Library announced Wednesday they have acquired a major collection of the late physicist Stephen Hawking’s belongings, ranging from his personal wheelchair to groundbreaking papers on theoretical physics to scripts from his appearances on “The Simpsons.” All items from Hawking’s Cambridge office – including communications equipment, memorabilia, scientific bets and office furniture – will be preserved as part of the Science Museum Group’s collection.Hawking worked in an office in the university’s department of applied mathematics and theoretical physics from 2002 until shortly before his death in 2018. Highlights will go on display…
Looking to improve your health and reduce stress in your day-to-day life? Investing in some must-have gadgets can be a game changer. From smart devices that track your health metrics to electric head massagers that promote relaxation, there are plenty of options to help you achieve a stress-free lifestyle. Whether you’re in India or anywhere else, finding the right gadgets within your budget can make a big difference in helping you manage stress and improve your overall mental health. Let’s take a look at some popular gadgets that can help you on your journey to a more balanced, stress-free life.Evolve…
The Wall Street Journal reported this week that Amazon’s division focused on Alexa-enabled gadgets lost $25 billion between 2017 and 2021. Amazon claims to have sold more than 500,000 Alexa devices, including Echo speakers, Kindle readers, Fire TV sets and streaming devices, and Blink and Ring smart home security cameras. But since its debut, Alexa has struggled to make money, much like other voice assistants. In late 2022, Business Insider reported that Alexa was expected to lose $10 billion that year. The Journal said it derived the $25 billion figure from “internal documents” and could not specify whether the losses…
This article is republished with permission from Wonder Tools, the newsletter that helps you find the most useful sites and apps. Subscribe here.Walk into my home office and you’ll see a dozen or so physical tools that I rely on for productivity, creativity, and well-being: notebooks, pens, reading lights, timers. It’s a quirky mix of practical (and quirky?) items.Grocasund reading lightI bought this $14 reading light for nighttime reading. It’s about the size of a Snickers bar and easily attaches to any book. It has three simple buttons: on/off, brightness, and shade selection. I usually use the softest yellow for…
Ten years ago I wrote the gadget column for Tatler magazine and unearthed fantastic things like a toaster that burned your face into each slice of toast, wine bras that consisted of cups filled with wine to enhance your bust and self-medicate with alcohol, bikinis made from solar panels that generated enough power to charge your phone and, my favourite, a pelvic floor-operated games console remote control designed to train new mums’ pubic visceral muscles while simultaneously destroying alien spaceships. My contract lasted for years because the excitement over new gadgets proved deep-rooted: At the end of 2022, the UK…