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Oculus Rift S first look: It's not Rift 2, but it makes VR look and feel better
[20/03/2019]
It’s been three years since we first strapped the Oculus Rift to our faces; three years since the new virtual reality race began in earnest. Since then we’ve seen all sorts of VR systems - on PC, consoles and mobile - but the OG Rift has, until now, remained untouched. So meet the Oculus Rift…
Oculus Rift S ditches the room sensors, pumps up the visuals
Oculus has revealed its next VR headset, the Oculus Rift S, which updates the headset with better visuals, improved comfort and, finally, no more awkward sensors to set up. The Oculus Rift S can best be described at the Rift 1.5; it will slip into the same ecosystem and all games that run on the…
Apple AirPods 2 land boasting improved internals and new Wireless Charging Case
Apple AirPods are getting an upgrade, with a second generation of the smart earbuds announced by the company. There's no dramatic new look or health-focused features, but inside lies a new H1 chip designed specifically for AirPods 2. Apple says that new chip is able to deliver performance efficiencies, faster connect times, more talk time…
How to connect Apple AirPods to your MacBook, PC and other Bluetooth devices
Connecting Apple AirPods to a MacBook, PC or another Bluetooth device isn't quite as straightforward as pairing it to an iPhone or iPad. While the smart earbuds hit it off instantly with an iOS deice when taken out of the charging case, there's a couple more hurdles to jump over when pairing to a the…
Tag Heuer has made a golf edition of its Connected Modular 45 smartwatch
Tag Heuer has announced it's taken the Modular Connected 45 smartwatch it launched back in 2017 and given it a makeover for golfers. The Tag Heuer Connected Modular 45 Golf Edition introduces what the Swiss watchmaker says is a golf-inspired design, with shock-resistant materials making it a better fit for when you're out for a…
Polar OH1+ brings heart rate monitoring skills to your swimming goggles
Polar has unveiled the follow-up to its OH1 heart rate monitor armband, which will monitor your heart in the water as well as on land. The OH1+ takes the form of the same small, disc-shaped device packed with light-based optical sensors, which can be clipped into an armband. Polar promises HR accuracy on par with…
Apple's reality: All the latest details on Apple's AR exploits
[19/03/2019]
Apple's AR exploits jumped into high gear back when it announced ARKit in June 2017. That was only the beginning, as the company is also working on a pair of AR smartglasses, with reports saying it'll unveil them in late 2019 and release them in early 2020. But how will it all work? Who's behind…
Fitbit Inspire HR v Charge 3: Battle of the Fitbit fitness trackers
There's a new Fitbit fitness tracker in town. It's called the Inspire HR and it's replacing the Alta HR as well as the Flex, Zip and One trackers in Fitbit's family of wearables. It costs , making it one of the most affordable fitness trackers in the Fitbit collection. It's a feature-packed device,…
HP's new Reverb VR headset has a lightweight design and high resolution
HP's Windows Mixed Reality Headset was bulky and plasticky, and a far-cry from the more comfortable designs of devices like the Oculus Go or Rift. But now the company is back with a new headset that has a less generic name, the HP Reverb. The new headset sports a slightly larger field of view at…
Apple AirPods missing manual: Your complete guide to the smart earbuds
Apple AirPods may not be the smartest wireless earbuds you can buy in 2019, but they've certainly proved the most popular since first launching two years ago - and there's now AirPods 2 to explore. For many owners taking the toothbrush head-looking AirPods out of the box for the first time, it can be tough…
Let's dig into that Apple Watch heart study a little more
At the American College of Cardiology conference in New Orleans, the results of an eight-month study into Apple’s heart rate technology were published. The study, sponsored by Apple and carried out by Stanford University, analyzed 419,000 Apple Watch wearers to determine whether Apple's heart rate technology could accurately detect atrial fibrillation. While Apple made a…
Dyson's new backpack will tell kids how much toxic air they're breathing
Dyson, best known for making vacuums, hand dryers and pricy hair dryers, has announced it's building a backpack that will monitor air quality. The backpack, which is part of a study by King's College London, Greater London Authority and C40's Breathe London initiative, will measure London's air quality, specifically for inner-city kids. Read this: The…
Citizen's Eco-Drive Riiiver is a hybrid smartwatch with IFTTT-like powers
[18/03/2019]
Back in October, Citizen and Fossil formed a new partnership that would let Citizen use Fossil's tech to make hybrid smartwatches. The fruit of that labor is the Citizen Eco-Drive Riiiver (yes, with three i's). The Riiiver is a hybrid that'll do all the hybrid things, like track your steps and activity, but it's also…
Remembering the Samsung Gear S - and how the next generation can learn from it
We’re entering the era of the bendy wearable smartphone – with new patents from Samsung, a new product in the form of the Nubia Alpha and the whole world of tech getting flexible. Seeing the tech world get into a frenzy over the Nubia Alpha in Barcelona felt a little like déjà vu. We'd seen…
Smart assistants on wearables tipped for big things in latest future-gazing report
The rise of smart assistant-packing wearables is something to keep an eye on, according to the latest wearables forecast from research firm IDC. Siri is already on the Apple Watch, Google Assistant is on Wear OS smartwatches, and Amazon's Alexa has also made its way to wrists and ears. IDC recognises that while it's still…
Armani Exchange AX Connected review
The Armani Exchange AX Connected is the first proper smartwatch to launch out from what the Italian fashion house calls its more 'accessible' brand. That more affordable offshoot was originally devised to bring the fashion house to a wider, younger audience. Running on Google's Wear OS, the Connected unsurprisingly goes high on looks, but it's…
How to set and delete an alarm on the Apple Watch
The Apple Watch may be an all-powerful smartwatch, but sometimes basic features like setting an alarm can become its most useful. Not only does the Apple Watch alarm let you avoid having to get out of bed to snooze your iPhone, but using one also means you don't have to wake up your partner (or…
Cycling: George Bennett completes top overall finish at Paris-Nice
[17/03/2019]
George Bennett has claimed one of the best results in his cycling career.The Kiwi climber finished 14th on the eighth and final stage of Paris-Nice, to secure sixth place overall, an impressive result on his return to the professional...
Kiwi cyclist races towards a World Transplant Games medal following life-saving transplant
Kiwi cycling star Justin Grace is on a mission to win gold at the World Transplant Games - almost three years on from receiving a life-saving liver transplant.Grace won 13 national track titles and raced for New Zealand at the 2002...
And finally: Samsung’s wearable smartphone revealed
Welcome to And finally, our home for the stories of the week that are unsubstantiated, rumoured, and just require massive caveats. In the week that we saw the Mi Band 4 announced, informally, in an earnings call at Xiaomi – there’s plenty else going on. Fitbit’s new devices look strong and the Apple Watch keeps…
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