Anyone lucky enough to see F9 in Imax earlier this year saw the first footage from next year’s Jurassic World: Dominion. The film opens 65 million years ago at the moment where a certain mosquito gets caught in amber, setting up everything that comes next. What came next was five movies, and counting, and this sixth…
One of Fitbit’s more affordable trackers would be its Charge series, which for the most part has largely kept a similar design throughout the years. However, if you feel that maybe the lineup has gotten a bit long in the tooth, then you might be interested to learn that Fitbit has since announced the Fitbit Charge 5.
The device was actually leaked about a week ago where we caught a glimpse at the brand new design. It looks like the leaked renders were right on the money. Instead of sporting a design with flatter and sharper edges, Fitbit has opted for more gentle and organic-looking curves, which we have to say does make the device look a bit more modern.
Fitbit has also, unfortunately, increased the price of the device. Instead of priced at $150 which is what the Charge 4 was priced at, it will now cost $180. However, don’t worry because the increase in price does come with a bunch of new features and sensors. The Charge 5 is now capable of detecting skin temperature variations, it can read SpO2 levels, breathing rates, and there is a built-in ECG monitor that might be useful in detecting AFib in its users.
There are also software features like a Stress Management Score that lets you know if maybe it might be time to take a break, and a Daily Readiness tool that based on your past activity, lets you know if today might be a good day for a recovery from your workouts.
The Fitbit Charge 5 is available for pre-order and will also come with a six month subscription to Fitbit Premium.
Fitbit Charge 5 Officially Announced With A Heftier Price Tag And A New Design
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When TikTok first launched, videos were limited in length. The idea was that these videos were meant to be quickly consumed, but at the same time, these limitations meant that creators who wanted to upload longer form content would have to seek out alternative platforms like YouTube, for example.
Obviously not keen on losing users and content to competitors, it seems that TikTok will be changing that. According to Matt Navarra, he has discovered that it seems that TikTok could be testing out allowing users to increase video upload length to as long as 5 minutes.
TikTok is testing a longer 5 minute video upload limit 🕺 🤳🏻 pic.twitter.com/qiRbJmHkma
— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) August 25, 2021
It should be noted that this isn’t the first time TikTok has made these changes. Back in 2020, TikTok actually expanded on video length by testing video uploads up to 3 minutes in length, before eventually pushing out those changes last month. These changes shouldn’t be surprising, especially with platforms like Instagram who initially limited video length, before introducing IGTV that allowed for longer form content.
Since this new 5 minute duration appears to be a test, not everyone will see it. Those who do will get a similar notification as you can see in Navarra’s tweet above, but if you don’t, don’t worry because eventually this feature should be made available to everyone.
TikTok Could Soon Allow Video Uploads Of Up To 5 Minutes
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Whenever you search for things using Apple’s Safari browser, by default it uses Google. Is this because Google is the best search engine out there? Possibly, but it is also because Google pays Apple billions a year to remain Safari’s default search engine, and it looks like that relationship is not only continuing, but the price is increasing as well.
According to a report from Ped30, they have gotten their hands on an investor’s note from Bernstein’s analysts where they are claiming that Google is now paying Apple as much as $15 billion in 2021 to remain Safari’s default search. This is higher than what Google had paid Apple in 2020 at $10 billion, and it seems that this figure is only expected to grow.
According to the analysts, “We now estimate that Google’s payments to AAPL to be the default search engine on iOS were ~$10B in FY 20, higher than our prior published model estimate of $8B. Recent disclosures in Apple’s public filings as well as a bottom-up analysis of Google’s TAC (traffic acquisition costs) payments each point us to this figure…We now forecast that Google’s payments to Apple might be nearly $15B in FY 21, contribute an amazing ~850 bps to Services growth YoY, and amount to ~9% of company gross profits.”
They go on to estimate that this figure will jump to $18-$20 billion in 2022, and the reason behind the increase in payments is because Google wants to ensure that Microsoft (and other competitors) don’t outbid them. However, the analysts also believe that at some point, it will get too much for Google and they might have to revisit their strategy.
Google Continues To Pay Apple Billions To Remain Safari’s Default Search Engine
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Samsung went all out on its third-gen foldable phones, and those have been the focus of a lot of attention, reviews, and even negative feedback in the past few days. That’s not really surprising considering the novelty and price tag of the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and even the Galaxy Z Flip 3. Not all of Samsung’s customers, however, are … Continue reading
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Have you ever played a VR game for so long that you lost awareness of the fact you were playing a game at all? Perhaps you went to sit in a virtual chair, only to thump into the ground and remember, in one embarrassing moment, that the reality you perceived wasn’t real. This same effect, it seems, can effectively distract … Continue reading
Facebook is considering forming a commission to advise on thorny issues related to global elections, according to a report Wednesday from The New York Times. The company has begun to approach academics and policy experts, who The Times says could potentially weigh in on issues ranging from political ads to election misinformation. What’s more, it is not just US elections where a commission could find itself weighing complicated election issues; the commission would also likely have a mandate to weigh in on closely watched elections in Hungary, Germany, Brazil and the Philippines.
Facebook declined to comment.
On its face, the commission sounds a lot like Facebook’s Oversight Board, an independent panel of journalists, academics and activists often described as a “Supreme Court” that’s tasked with reviewing Facebook’s policies. The Oversight Board is perhaps best known for upholding Facebook’s decision to ban Donald Trump, though since its formation last year it has also agreed to weigh in on doxing; hate speech; how politicians at large should be treated; content moderation in coup-torn Myanmar; moderation by algorithms; and the appropriate treatment of satire content.
But though the makeup of the election commission sounds like the Oversight Board — and could similarly let Facebook side-step ownership of controversial decisions — there could be an important difference, according to The Times. Whereas the Oversight Board weighs in on decisions that Facebook has already made (much like the Supreme Court considers contested court rulings), the election commission would have the latitude to proactively offer advice, even on matters where Facebook had not yet taken a public stance.
If Facebook goes ahead with outsourcing election-related decisions to an advisory committee, it would be a departure from its previous attempts to counter election misinformation, which have been largely reactive, and almost always imperfect. Even after a temporary ban on political ads ahead of the 2020 US election, some ads were still showing as active in Facebook’s ad library. Facebook last year also endeavored to label ads from politically connected publications, and earlier this year moved to show users less political content altogether.
Though Facebook reportedly hopes to launch the commission ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, The Times also describes the outreach as preliminary, with no guarantee that Facebook will move forward on this.
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