Tracking Devices

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  Smartwatch Breakthrough Brings GPS Accuracy Down to a Few Centimetres

  A team from the University of Otago, alongside Google and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has achieved an unprecedented breakthrough in GPS accuracy for smartwatches. The device can now pinpoint a location to within eight centimetres, potentially transforming the future of wearable technology for fitness tracking, navigation, and personal safety a...

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  Google Play Gets a Major Upgrade With Gamer Profiles, Rewards System and Gemini Live Guidance

  Google Play is set for a major revamp with new gaming-focused features, Google announced on Tuesday. The update adds tools to help players track stats and achievements across devices, alongside a dedicated “You” tab, gamer profiles, and Gemini Live integration. Google Play Games on PC has also exited beta and is now widely available.

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  WhatsApp Services Restored After Users Report Outage, Connection Issues

  WhatsApp users experienced a brief outage in India on Monday, which lasted just over an hour. Gadgets360 staff encountered persistent errors while trying to log in on a new device and were shown messages typically displayed during device linking failures. Users also reported the issue on a popular downtime tracking website, confirming that the serv...

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  Google Must Pay $425 Million In Class Action Over Privacy, Rules Court

  A federal jury determined on Wednesday that Alphabet's Google must pay $425 million in a class action lawsuit that accused it of continuing to collect data for millions of users who had switched off a tracking feature in their Google account.

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  Seasons And Geographic Locations Strongly Influence Sleep Patterns: Study

  The study, led by researchers from Flinders University in South Australia, finds that sleep is shaped not just by personal habits, but by environmental factors like daylight, temperature, and weekly routines.

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  A Mother-Daughter Love Triangle In Telangana. Then A Marriage And A Murder

  Aishwarya, the 23-year-old woman arrested after her newly-wed husband Tejeswar's murder, got her neighbour Jagan to install a GPS device on her husband's bike so that he could be tracked and murdered when the opportunity arose, the cops have found.

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  Your Phone's Selfie Camera Can Now Detect Depression. Here's How

  Emobot, a medical device app, uses AI-powered facial recognition to track users' emotions and monitor mental health, helping doctors assess depression treatment effectiveness.

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  Your Breath Could Be The New Fingerprint: Scientists Reveal Shocking Discovery

  The study also revealed correlations between breathing patterns and physical and mental health, including anxiety and depression.

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  Huawei Band 10 First Impressions

  The Huawei Band 10 is equipped with an interesting set of features. The smart wearable device features a 1.47-inch AMOLED 2.5D display. The band comes equipped with 100 workout modes and uses AI-based fitness monitoring to track the performance of various sports. It also comes with 24-hour heart rate and SpO2 monitoring.

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  Meta Aria Gen 2 Glasses to Offer Advanced Hand and Eye Tracking, PPG Sensor, and More

  Earlier this year, Meta announced Aria Gen 2 as a research-focussed wearable device and the successor to 2020’s Project Aria. The company has now taken a deep dive into the technology which powers the second generation of the AI and ML-powered smart glasses. It comes with a number of improvements compared to the first generation model, featuring ...

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  This Wireless E-Tattoo Decodes Brainwaves To Monitor And Predict Mental Strain

  This technology can track mental workload and detect mental fatigue, potentially benefiting workers like air traffic controllers and truck drivers.

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  Odisha Tagged Olive Ridley Turtle Travels 1,000 Km To Andhra Coast In 51 Days

  An Olive Ridley turtle, which was earlier tagged with a satellite-linked tracking device at Gahirmatha beach in Odisha's Kendrapara district, has travelled around 1,000 kilometres in the sea in 51 days to reach the Andhra Pradesh coast.

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  Google Rebrands Find My Device Network as Find Hub on Android, to Integrate Satellite Connectivity

  Google announced the rebranding of its Find My Device network at The Android Show: I/O Edition on Tuesday. Going forward, the network will be dubbed Find Hub, and feature a couple of new capabilities. The Mountain View-based tech giant is also partnering with several consumer brands and airlines to give users more options in how they use the locati...

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  Moto Tag With Support for Google's Find My Device Network Launched in India: Price, Features

  Moto Tag has been launched in India. The location tracker comes with support for Google's Find My Device Network. The Bluetooth-supported tracker is compatible with Android devices with an ultra-wideband (UWB) chip. Notably, Motorola initially unveiled the tracker in the US in June 2024, and it is priced at $29 (roughly Rs. 2,423) a piece.

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  Apple's Foldable iPad and iPhone Fold to Reportedly Launch Next Year

  Apple is said to be gearing up to join the foldable market soon. While we're yet to see any official announcement from Apple regarding its entry into the foldable device market, multiple rumours and various credible sources have claimed that a foldable iPhone will land next year. Now, a reputed analyst states that Apple's first foldable iPad is on...