Author: Dhiraj K.

Oura, the company behind one of the most popular smart rings on the market, is facing a proposed class action lawsuit over its sleep tracking accuracy claims, TechCrunch reports. The complaint, filed in a California district court, argues that Oura rings cannot capture the physiological signals that define real sleep cycles, such as eye movement and brain activity. Instead, plaintiffs say the device relies on indirect measurements to estimate sleep stages. What the Lawsuit Claims According to the complaint, Oura has promoted several generations of its ring by emphasizing their sleep-tracking precision. The company markets its latest device, the Oura…

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a recall of the Goal Zero Yeti 3000X portable power station after discovering that its circuit board can overheat and potentially start a fire. The good news for owners: the fix doesn’t require returning the unit, since a firmware update resolves the defect. Weighing 92 pounds and priced at $3,000, the Yeti 3000X commonly powers worksites, campsites, and homes during outages. Consumers purchased the units through REI, Costco, Back Country, and Goalzero.com, among other retailers, between May 2020 and August 2025, according to the CPSC recall notice. What Triggered the Recall Goal…

xAI’s Grok chatbot ran into trouble this week, generating nonsensical replies to straightforward user questions. TechCrunch first reported the issue, noting that Grok’s answers had devolved into strings of unrelated words. One user asked Grok to create a PDF and instead received a response that opened with “match it without and your they and two for planets can practical and often cheese,” according to TechCrunch, and reportedly continued in the same disjointed style. Another user found that links Grok provided as sources actually pointed to unrelated reinforcement learning research pages. Users say the problems started on Grok Lite on Wednesday…

Starting September 1, every major gaming console will cost more than it did when it first launched. That price jump is creating real problems for Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo, all of which are watching sales slide—not just for consoles, but for accessories and games too. The trend should worry all three companies, especially since they’re each planning even pricier hardware down the road. July Sales Hit a Post-Pandemic Low July was rough for console makers. According to data from analyst firm Circana, published by Bloomberg, U.S. spending on console hardware fell 29% year-over-year to $282 million. Nintendo’s Switch 2 still…

Limited-edition Analogue hardware keeps arriving, and the latest Analogue Pocket colorways are no exception. A striking candy-apple red stands out among the new options, but every unit carries the increasingly ubiquitous Supreme branding on its cartridge slot. Same Hardware, New Branding Functionally, nothing has changed. The five-year-old Analogue Pocket still relies on a custom FPGA (field-programmable gate array) chip to run original Game Boy cartridges, and this Supreme-branded release essentially rebadges the all-aluminum unibody model Analogue sold for $500 in 2024. Supreme, the streetwear label famous for slapping its logo on nearly everything, has simply added its name to the…

The same underlying problem drives the data center backlash and the growing pushback against Flock surveillance cameras. It’s a serious breakdown in public trust between residents and the officials who represent them. How the Data Center Backlash Began With Secrecy When the data center boom accelerated a few years ago, developers began asking city council members to sign non-disclosure agreements. These agreements stopped elected officials from sharing project details with constituents. That left the approval process wrapped in a layer of secrecy residents never agreed to. Why a Betrayal by Local Officials Cuts Deeper That secrecy amounts to a breach…

New York City has pulled ahead of San Francisco in total tech workers for the first time on record. A new report from investment firm CBRE shows the shift, and it lines up with warnings some tech executives made when they predicted an exodus from California over the state’s progressive policies. New York now counts 394,300 tech workers, up by 30,640 since 2022. San Francisco, meanwhile, dropped to 375,730 workers, a decline of 23,900 over the same three-year stretch. San Francisco Still Leads on Talent Quality San Francisco hasn’t lost its crown entirely. CBRE’s broader “Tech Talent Scorecard Ranking” still…

Sony’s flagship WH-series headphones have earned their reputation for a reason. The sound quality is outstanding, the active noise cancellation ranks among the best available, and they’re comfortable enough for all-day wear. The catch has always been price, since Sony’s top-tier models rarely come cheap. A new leak suggests that may be about to change. A Budget-Friendly Variant of the WH-1000XM4 According to a report from Dealabs (via machine translation), Sony is developing a new pair of wireless headphones aimed at a more accessible price point. The leak points to a variant of the older WH-1000XM4, reportedly set to be…

Spirit Airlines shut down for good earlier this year after filing for bankruptcy a second time, but its records haven’t disappeared. The airline agreed on Friday to hand over a large trove of company data to Google for use in training new AI models. Now, former flight attendants are organizing to stop the deal from moving forward. Union Files a Formal Objection The union representing Spirit’s former staff argues that while the deal requires Google to scrub all customer data before it arrives, no similar safeguards protect the thousands of flight attendants who once worked for the airline. What the…

Smart glasses have drawn criticism from a wide range of groups, including privacy advocates, celebrities, and women who say the devices make covert recording too easy. Despite that backlash, one group appears to be embracing the technology: police officers. Florida Sheriff’s Offices Confirm Purchases A report from the Miami New Times, a Florida-based outlet, cites records obtained under the state’s Sunshine laws — which require police records to remain public — showing that at least two South Florida sheriff’s offices have bought Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses. Documents posted to Muckrock, a site that compiles records obtained through Freedom of Information…