Happy Friday! In yesterday’s e-newsletter, I defined how Apple was thriving on this planet of wearables, however not everybody desires so many notification pings and a watch that wants charging day by day. There continues to be very a lot a spot for easier wearables, and as we’re approaching vacation season, most of them are additionally much less expensive than the high-end choices from Apple, Samsung and Garmin.
Fortunately, now we have Valentina Palladino on workers. She’s written about wearables for years, even earlier than becoming a member of the Engadget crew. She’s now laid out what health trackers are able to in 2021 and whether or not it is best to go for one or store round smartwatches as a substitute. Spoiler alert: Our prime choose is a Fitbit.
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Create line drawings or fairly patterns alongside your wall.
Nanoleaf Lines
Nanoleaf’s fashionable light-up tiles adorn loads of trendy houses (and YouTuber backdrops), however the firm has added an much more customizable form: strains. The Nanoleaf Line is a backlight LED gentle bar roughly 11 inches lengthy. It can be a part of to its siblings at both finish or at a 60-degree angle. Nanoleaf Lines can be found to pre-order immediately, with the nine-line starter package setting you again $200, whereas three-line add-on packs will price $80.
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Astronomers found a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a white dwarf.
Scientists have noticed a Jupiter-like exoplanet orbiting a useless star that was as soon as like our solar. According to a paper within the journal Nature, the white dwarf star and planet round 6,500 gentle years away supplies a preview of what is going to occur to our personal photo voltaic system in roughly 5 billion years. The discovering signifies that planets with broad orbits are in all probability extra widespread than interior planets. It additionally reveals that a few of our photo voltaic system’s worlds could survive the Sun’s dying. Probably not Earth, nevertheless.
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It’s Mac time.
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On October 18th, Apple will maintain its second occasion of the autumn, and judging by the rumors, it’s prone to be a Mac-centric present. Let Igor Bonifacic stroll you thru our preview, from MacEbook Pros to probably cheaper AirPods.
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It’s now energetic till October 2022.
Last yr, Apple launched a restore/alternative program for AirPods Pro items experiencing sound points, reminiscent of crackling or static. It was solely imagined to final for 2 years after the buds had been first bought on October thirtieth, 2019, which suggests this system was going to return to a detailed in a few weeks. As first observed by somebody on Reddit, although, Apple has quietly up to date its program’s data web page to increase its availability. “The program covers affected AirPods Pro for three years after the first retail sale of the unit,” the up to date web page reads. Funnily sufficient, I received my very own crackling AirPods Pro fastened simply final weekend.
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It’ll price $500.
HTC
As the rumors earlier yesterday instructed, HTC has revealed a brand new form of VR headset. The HTC Vive Flow is a pair of glasses weighing simply 189 grams (6.6 ounces). They pair with a smartphone to allow you to play VR content material or just watch TV. It’s pitched as each leisure and a meditative system.
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