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Less than two years after Nokia bought the French digital health startup Withings, it was decided that the business was struggling to “meet its growth expectations,” leading to Withings reacquiring itself from Nokia this past May. Now the company is back with a new logo and a new fitness tracker. …

Twitter has made a surprise change to how it shows tweets to its users, following a viral thread earlier today that discussed ways to reverse the platform’s algorithmic timeline. Now, when you uncheck the settings box reading “Show the best tweets first,” Twitter will completely revert your timeline to a …

After a seventh season that ventured well beyond The Wall — and the stories laid out in the George R. R. Martin novels — Game of Thrones won Outstanding Drama Series at the 70th Emmy Awards, beating out critical and fan favorites like The Americans, The Handmaid’s Tale, Stranger Things, …

Audi unveiled the final production version of the E-tron SUV, its first electric car, on Monday in San Francisco. It’s one of the most anticipated luxury EVs slated to hit the market in the next few years, and it looks to be a distinctly high-tech alternative to not only Tesla’s …

This evening, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gave an update on the design of SpaceX’s future massive rocket, the Big Falcon Rocket (BFR), during an event announcing the first passenger who will fly on the vehicle. The rocket’s capability has changed. Musk claims that once the rocket is complete, it will …

This evening, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed that Yusaku Maezawa, a Japanese billionaire and founder of Japan’s largest online clothing retailer site Zozotown, will be the first private customer to ride around the Moon on the company’s future massive rocket, the Big Falcon Rocket (BFR). He plans to fly on …

It’s time for the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards, and in the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, two entertainment forces are facing off. In one corner is established TV powerhouse HBO, which has 29 different Emmy nominations for shows like Westworld, Silicon Valley, Game of Thrones, and Insecure. In the other …

FCC chairman Ajit Pai said that California’s newly passed net neutrality bill is “egregious,” “radical, anti-consumer,” and “illegal” in a speech on Friday. The bill, which was passed last month but has not yet been signed into law, enacts even stricter net neutrality rules than those the FCC recently overturned. …

Apple’s latest mobile operating system, iOS 12, was released to the public earlier today, and that means it’s a great time to get well acquainted with some of its more useful new features. One of those is Password Autofill, a password manager tool that lets you store login credentials for …

Amazon is planning to introduce as many as eight new Alexa-powered smart home devices later this year, according to a report from CNBC today. Those devices will be a wide-ranging offering of voice-controlled gadgets: a microwave oven, an in-car gadget of some sort, and a set of higher-end home audio …