Bluesky Social Network Ditches Invite Codes, Opens Registrations to All

Bluesky, the decentralized social media platform conceptualized by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, has now opened registration for everyone. On Tuesday, the emerging X and Threads competitor said it was ending its invite-only system, which has managed to gain it over three million users since it debuted a year ago. The public benefit company, which […]

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Report: Pixel Watch 2 ditches Exynos for Snapdragon

A new report sheds first light on the Google Pixel Watch 2, which is due in the Fall alongside the Pixel 8 series. Per this report, Google’s second-gen smartwatch will make the move from Samsung’s Exynos chipset to the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon W5 generation. Whether it’s the Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 or the Snapdragon W5+ […]

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Lenovo ditches old haptic touchpad tech for Sensel’s FusionUX stack — here’s why it’s a big deal

What you need to know Sensel collaborated with Lenovo to develop the touchpads for the second-generation ThinkPad Z13 and Z16. These are the first true all-Sensel technology touchpads, with Sensel providing the touch-sensing, force-sensing, and haptics. Sensel previously did work on Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Studio’s touchpad and earlier Lenovo products. Lenovo invested $18.8 million in […]

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Oura Ring Gen 3 Horizon features a perfectly round design and ditches the flat section

Oura has released the Ring Gen 3 Horizon – its first fully circular smart ring design. A year on from the launch of the standard Oura Ring Gen 3 Heritage model, the Finnish company has now introduced a tweaked design that rids the wearable of the flat section featured on every previous iteration. Instead, the […]

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