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FDA qualifies Apple Watch’s AFib history for use in clinical studies

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge The Apple Watch’s atrial fibrillation (AFib) history feature, which records and alerts the wearer’s relevant heart events, has been qualified to join the FDA’s Medical Device Development Tools (MDDT) program — a first for a “digital health technology.” That means the Apple Watch is now usable...

Thu May 2, 2024 20:42
Passkeys: all the news and updates around passwordless sign-ins

Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty Images Follow along as websites, apps, and services adopt passkeys in preparation for a passwordless future. The need to remember lengthy, complicated passwords to sign in to your accounts could soon be a thing of the past thanks to passkeys: a new login technology that replaces...

Thu May 2, 2024 20:21
The last thing the iPad needs is a spec bump

The iPad is kind of a computer... but kind of not. | Image: Dan Seifert / The Verge When Apple CEO Tim Cook and a bunch of his deputies take the virtual stage next week to announce new iPads, they’re going to spend a lot of time talking about specs. If the rumors are true, we’re going to get new iPad Pros with OLED screens...

Thu May 2, 2024 20:12
Microsoft made the biggest renewable energy agreement ever to fuel its AI ambitions

Satya Nadella, the executive chairman and CEO of Microsoft Corporation speaks during the “Microsoft Build: AI Day” event. | Photo by Peerapon Boonyakiat / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images Microsoft just agreed to support the development of 10.5 gigawatts of new renewable energy capacity around the world, a massive...

Thu May 2, 2024 19:51
The highest observatory in the world just opened in Chile

Image: University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory (TAO) officially opened on Tuesday after 26 years of planning and construction. Sitting 18,500 feet high on Mount Chajnantor in the Atacama Desert in Chile, the 6.5-meter optical-infrared TAO telescope is now the highest in the world. TAO replaces a...

Thu May 2, 2024 19:51
Warrantless FBI searches of American communications drop 50 percent

Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images The FBI cut its warrantless searches of American data in half in 2023, according to a government report released on Tuesday. According to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s annual transparency report, the FBI conducted 57,094 searches of “US person”...

Thu May 2, 2024 19:40

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