Hasta La Gadget!

One of the things that developers are demanding from Apple is that the company allow them to use alternative payment platforms. This would allow them to sell their apps and in-app purchases without having to give a massive 30% cut to Apple. For developers that generate millions in revenue, this 30% is a huge sum of money.

However, Apple has largely resisted the idea. The company even managed to win a stay in their case against Epic which meant that they would not have to implement changes to the App Store for now. That being said, that doesn’t appear to be the case over in the Netherlands where Dutch regulators are now forcing Apple to allow third-party payments.

This is according to a report from iCulture who discovered that Dutch regulators are saying that Apple will need to allow third-party payments in the App Store or risk paying 5 million euros a week in fines. However, what’s odd about this is that this requirement is only for dating apps such as Tinder.

We’re not sure why the focus is on dating apps and not other apps in the App Store. Perhaps developers of dating apps have stronger lobbying in the Netherlands and managed to make this request, but we suppose it’s better than nothing and could help establish precedent.

Dutch Regulators Will Now Require Apple To Provide Alternative Payment Methods For Dating Apps

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These days with wearables being so cheap and with so many brands to choose from, it’s not that hard to find either a fitness tracker or a smartwatch that can track your heart rate. However, if you don’t have plans to hop on board the wearable bandwagon just yet, don’t worry because there are apps for that.

Google has recently updated its Google Fit app for iOS devices in which it can now measure your heart rate using your iPhone’s camera. How this is done is users place their finger on their iPhone’s camera and apply some light pressure to it, and from there, the app will attempt to read the changes in the color of your fingers to determine your heart rate.

It will take about 30 seconds for it to read your heart rate, after which the results will be shown at the bottom of the screen. Google had previously introduced a similar feature to its Android app, so it looks like it has finally made its way onto the iPhone as well. That being said, this feature is more akin to capturing your heart rate in the moment, as opposed to wearables that can provide users with continuous tracking.

However, it could be handy if you’re not feeling well and want to see if there could be something wrong. Google does note that the feature isn’t meant to be used as a diagnosis tool, but like we said, it could be useful if you feel that something isn’t quite right with yourself and you want to bring these results to your doctor for further consultation.

Google Fit For iPhone Can Now Measure Your Heart Rate

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After far too many delays over the years to count, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has a launch date. Provided there’s not another last-minute setback, the successor to Hubble Space Telescope is scheduled to take flight on Saturday, December 25th.

NASA expects the Ariane 5 rocket carrying the JWST to lift off no earlier than 7:20AM ET on Christmas Day from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. You can watch the entire event unfold, beginning with pre-launch coverage, starting at 3AM ET. The space agency will broadcast the launch on its NASA Live website, as well as on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Twitch.

Understandably, there’s a lot of excitement for the JWST to finally make its way into space. Not only will a successful launch represent the end of a tumultuous 14-year development cycle, but the telescope, with its far more advanced sensors than Hubble, will afford astronomers to glimpse at black holes and early galaxies in a way they haven’t been able to do in the past.

Have you ever looked at your mouse and thought “it’s fine, but kind of a big fat waste of space?” Gaming accessory company XPG apparently did, because it’s just unveiled a concept mouse for CES 2022 with a built-in high-speed SSD drive stuffed inside, Digital Trends has reported. 

The XPG Vault Gaming Mouse is a wired USB-C mouse that the company calls a “gaming library in the palm of your hand.” The prototype model supports up to 1TB of memory that can run at a surprisingly fast 985 MB/s. The storage can be controlled by XPG’s gaming software app. “Gaming Launcher software… promises to make your gaming libraries conveniently portable and [add] a higher level of game integration with XPG Prime Software Ecosystem,” the company said.

It looks like a pretty normal mouse, though it’d require a pretty stout USB-C cable to support those kind of speeds. It’s not the worst idea we’ve heard, because it gives you some high-speed storage while freeing up a USB slot that’d normally be taken by a wired mouse. XPG didn’t mention the mouse’s DPI or any other gaming specs. 

Mice with built-in USB storage aren’t unheard of, though we haven’t seen anything notable recently. Wild gadgets often pop up at CES, however, helping companies grab some attention and publicity. Aside from the prototype mouse, XPG also unveiled some products that could come to market next year including PCIe Gen5X SSDs, DDR5 DRAM and the XPG Wired/Wireless Alpha gaming mouse.