Month: September 2024

Abbott’s OTC glucose monitor is now available in the US

Health tech company Abbott has been working on a number of biometric wearables for regular consumers. Now, we can get our hands on one. The company just released the Lingo continuous glucose monitor.  This is an over-the-counter device, so you can just order it without prior approval. However, it’s not…

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10 years later, Apple Pay is amazing — and about to change

When Apple launched Apple Pay in 2014, at an event 10 years to the day before this year’s iPhone launch, Apple promised the feature would “change the way you pay.” The company didn’t just let you save a credit card number on your phone; it let you pay for things…

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New Golang malware capable of cross-platform backdoor attacks spotted in the wild

Cybersecurity researchers from Trend Micro have recently spotted a never-before-seen backdoor malware being used to target a Chinese trading company. The malware is called KTLVdoor, and since it’s written Golang, it can be used against both Windows and Linux-powered endpoints. It is designed to tamper with files, run code, and…

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Forget folding displays, incredible stretchable displays are the next big thing

Long a pioneer in flexible and transparent displays, LG Display is staking out new territory with what it’s calling a groundbreaking development: stretchable displays. Yes, you heard that right. According to LG Display, “Stretchable displays…can be freely stretched, folded, and twisted.” The folding and even twisting part is not that…

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Flic is ready to control all your Matter devices

Shortcut Labs has been openly working toward the goal of turning its smart home hubs — the Flic Hub LR and the Flic Hub Mini — into Matter controllers for quite a while, and now the company tells The Verge it has done it. On Friday, Shortcut will release an…

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