You navigate via swipes on the screen. Left to right for Google Assistant. Right to left for various widgets for things such as timers, Google Fit and others called Tiles. Swipe up from the bottom for notifications and other bits. Swipe down from the top for quick settings, such as airplane mode, volume, battery modes and Google Pay. Long-press on the watch face to change it. … [Read more...] about Fossil Gen 5 review: Google’s Wear OS smartwatch at its best
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We may have hit a slump after decades of tech progress
Newer companies such as Uber, WhatsApp and Spotify may have come to fore in the last decade, but they were born before 2010, while two technologies that emerged in the middle of the decade – voice assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa, and wearables like Apple’s smartwatch – have become popular fixtures in many people’s lives, but in a somewhat peripheral way. They have augmented, rather than transformed our digital lives. … [Read more...] about We may have hit a slump after decades of tech progress
‘Soft’ robotic heart that uses synthetic material combined with layers of lab-grown human cells could put an end to human transplants by 2028
Coronary heart disease can ultimately end up putting so much strain on the heart or cutting off its blood supply so much the patient has a heart attack or heart failure, which can be fatal. … [Read more...] about ‘Soft’ robotic heart that uses synthetic material combined with layers of lab-grown human cells could put an end to human transplants by 2028
