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Ever since wearables equipped with heart rate tech began entering the mainstream, there have been questions about the accuracy of optical heart rate sensors when taking readings on different skin tones. From Apple’s infamous so-called “tattoogate” shining a green LED light on the problem in 2015 to various academic studies during the years that followed, there has been a lot of discussion, but not a lot of conclusions. What happened? Have sensors changed to cope with different skin tones, or has the industry failed to change?...

What is The Tearsmith about? Netflix movie explained The Tearsmith, a young adult romance movie based on the book of the same name, is on Netflix now — so, here’s what it’s about, who’s in the cast, and if it’s worth watching. There’s an abundance of newmovies hitting streaming this April, with today seeing the arrival of Netflix’s Scoop, set to tell the story of the BBC’s exposé on Prince Andrew and his connections to Jeffrey Epstein....

Hackers have devised a new, deceptive method to trick users into installing a malware named ClickFix, according to cybersecurity firmProofpoint. The scheme involves enticing users with fake solutions to common errors in popular services such as Chrome, OneDrive, and Microsoft. Once users download and execute these “fixes” by clicking the Copy fix button, they unwittingly run a PowerShell or a Windows Run dialogue command thatcompromises their systems. This dialogue installs a “root certificate” to flush the DNS cache, remove the clipboard content, show a fake message, and install an additional remote PowerShell script that does an anti-VM check before the info-stealer is installed....

Who is Liv Schmidt? ‘Skinny influencer’ banned from TikTok TikTok star Liv Schmidt has been banned from the short-form video app for sharing controversial weight loss advice. Liv Schmidt is a 22-year-old social media influencer who was banned fromTikTokfor sharing a series of videos that allegedly promoted disordered eating. She had almost 700,000 followers followers on the video app, where she posted clips about her fitness and diet hacks, including her controversial “Skinny Girl Essentials” and “What I Eat in a Day” series....

Summary TheMarvel Cinematic Universehas plenty of exciting releases set to arrive in 2025, but between animated and live-action series, my most anticipated 2025 MCU TV show isDaredevil: Born Again. When Charlie Cox appeared on the big screen for a quick cameo in 2021’sSpider-Man: No Way Home, it felt like a dream come true. Not only was it exciting for the Marvel Comics fan in me to finally see Daredevil and Spider-Man interact in a movie, but as a major fan of Cox’s work on thethree seasons of Netflix’sDaredevil, his return was a major event....

David Duchovny and Peter Boyle in theX-Filesepisode “Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose.”Fox / Fox “I’m not smiling, I’m wincing.” So says Clyde Bruckman (Peter Boyle), unhappily clairvoyant insurance salesman, in the beloved episode ofTheX-Filesthat bears his name. Smiling, wincing — a viewer might find themselves doing plenty of both across this miniature tragicomedy of death, mortality, and the achingly human tendency to dwell upon both. It’s among the saddest and the funniest 44 minutes ever aired in prime time....

Undead Labs’State of Decay 2might look like every other open-world zombie game at first glance, but where many of its peers focus on fast-paced and enormous battles against the undead, this title forXbox Oneand PC is a deep and challenging survival game. Fail to pay attention to the needs of your ever-growing community and you’ll quickly find it in disarray, but if you focus on gathering the right materials and expanding your influence, you can master the apocalypse....

Summary Bad Boys: Ride or Diehas opened up to mostly positive reviews upon its August 03, 2025 release. The fourth installment of the celebratedBad Boysfranchise seesthe highly anticipated onscreen return of Will Smith and Martin Lawrence.The Bad Boysfranchise recently put out its third installmentBad Boys for Lifein 2020, marking the first movie of the action comedy series since the underwhelmingBad Boys IIin 2003. Based on more than 100reviews ofBad Boys 4, the franchise seems to be doing as good as ever and is even drawing comparisons to the original 1995 classic....

Love or hateSamsung’s One UIsoftware, there’s no denying that it’s perhaps the single most versatile iteration of Android out there. Sure, not everyone needs or even wants all the features on offer, but if you’re into customization, One UI is the way to go. But the fact that there are so many features on offer means that it would be impossible to know what they can all do. Interested in learning more about what your Samsung phone can do?...

With a large APS-C sensor in a compact camera, theRicoh GR IIIis astreet photography favorite— a fact the company is celebrating with a new special edition version of the camera. The GR III Street Edition Special Limited Kit gets a fresh coat of paint to make it look like, well, an actual street, with a textured metallic gray finish and yellow-orange stripe around the lens. It also comes bundled with the optical viewfinder and gains a touchscreen shortcut to activate the Full Press Snap feature, which will also be added to the standard camera via firmware update later this year....

Adin Ross explains why he deleted X/Twitter community of 100k+ fans Adin Ross has explained why he’s taken the move to delete his 100,000-strong fan community on X, formerly known as Twitter, amid his disappearance from streaming. Over the last few years, Adin Ross has taken unscheduled breaks from streaming. However, his current hiatus, which started at the beginning of November, is the longest one for a while. And, it’s been full of drama too....

An airport hotel in Japan has built a full-sized flight simulator into one of its guest rooms so aviation fans can try their hand at piloting a passenger plane the night before their departure. Nervous flyers may want to stay in a regular room. The operator of the Haneda Excel Hotel Tokyu created the so-called “Superior Cockpit Room” to celebrate its 15th anniversary,Travel Dailyreported. Staying in the new room costs around 25,000 Japanese yen (about $230) per night, but firing up the controls of the Boeing 737-800 simulator will cost you extra, putting you at risk of blowing your travel budget even before you’ve reached your destination....

The idea ofswarms of comparatively low-cost robotsthat are able to work together to pull off feats that single large robots are unable to do is pretty exciting. But getting large numbers of robots to carry out coordinated activities without bumping into one another is hard work. The challenge of achieving this is one reason why swarm robotics remains a work in progress, rather than something that is routinely seen in the real world....