A company you wouldn’t expect just beat Apple as the No. 1 smartwatch brand

A company you wouldn’t expect just beat Apple as the No. 1 smartwatch brand

Apple’s wearable devices, and specifically its smartwatches, are often deemed the default best. The ecosystem around the Apple Watch is often cited as the core convenience, but there’s no doubt that Apple deserves merit for health innovation and technical prowess, too. It, therefore, comes as a surprise that a sanction-battered company with a far smaller … Read more

South Korean memory chip giants Samsung and SK Hynix push latest products at CIIE

South Korean memory chip giants Samsung and SK Hynix push latest products at CIIE

With one of the biggest booths at the CIIE’s Intelligent Industry & Information Technology section, Samsung featured its GDDR7 chip, touted as one of the world’s most advanced memory products for graphics processing, as well as the HBM3E, which is designed for high-performance computing applications and artificial intelligence (AI) development projects. SK Hynix, meanwhile, showcased … Read more

Future Apple Watches could tell your risk for diabetes

Future Apple Watches could tell your risk for diabetes

An apple a day might keep the doctor away, but an Apple device on your wrist could replace them altogether. Well, sort of. The Apple Watch is already chock-full of health-focused applications, but according to a recent report from Mark Gurman, an app for testing blood sugar levels is in development. Apple has always been … Read more

Oura Ring, Ray Ban Glasses & More

Oura Ring, Ray Ban Glasses & More

Wearable gadgets are smarter, cuter and boast more features than ever, thanks to artificial intelligence. While existing devices get a boost from AI, others are fanning out to stake their claim in other anatomical territory. Some people may recoil at the thought of donning a bot as they go about their business — and there are … Read more

Amazfit Balance deal drops the price to $195: Don’t miss it

Amazfit Balance deal drops the price to 5: Don’t miss it

Amazfit Imagine a smartwatch that comes with over 200 different and unique digital watch faces to choose from. Or, wearing a smartwatch that doesn’t need to be charged every night, or even every few days — with a true ultra-long battery life of 14 days or more. How about balanced workout tracking, sleep and readiness … Read more

4 Fashion-Tech Fails, and Their Learning Lessons for Brands

4 Fashion-Tech Fails, and Their Learning Lessons for Brands

Fashion and technology should be the business world’s ultimate power couple, a duo uniquely suited to wow consumers with style and substance. But all too often, collaborations meant to sizzle just end up fizzling out. The reasons vary, but misfires often come down to forgetting who the intended user is or never defining that customer … Read more

Opinion: The rise of the AI gadget could free us from our smartphones. We just need to find the right device

Opinion: The rise of the AI gadget could free us from our smartphones. We just need to find the right device

It’s impossible to predict all the ways in which AI will change our lives, but one sure bet is that virtual assistants will help us navigate this brave new world. Some will be built into our smartphones, but companies big and small also hope consumers will find space for an extra AI-powered gadget – and … Read more

Samsung Puts AI on the Finger With Galaxy Ring

Samsung Puts AI on the Finger With Galaxy Ring

Samsung may have cemented artificial intelligence’s place in a new frontier — namely the finger. The South Korean electronics giant is officially in the smart ring business now, with a debut wearable called Galaxy Ring that puts AI in jewelry form to power health and fitness monitoring. The company described the device as “a lightweight titanium … Read more

Apple offers workaround for school smartphone bans

Apple offers workaround for school smartphone bans

Apple Apple is aiming to boost sales of its smartwatch by touting it as a device that can enable parents to stay in touch with their children. A new marketing campaign by the tech giant, spotted by CNBC, comes as an increasing number of schools explore the idea of banning smartphones in the classroom amid … Read more