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Use an Apple Watch? The brand-new ones lost the oxygen-sensor tech while Apple battles a lawsuit. Yup, a small company says Apple stole its tech. Older models still have the O2 sensors, so they’re fetching more money than ever. Good time to sell yours if it’s just sitting around.
Is your smartphone battery failing?
You know your phone’s battery performance degrades the older it gets. That’s just how lithium-ion batteries work, unfortunately. With each charging cycle, they wear down a bit. Eventually, it becomes too big a problem to ignore and it’s time to replace it.
Apple makes it easy to check
- Open Settings > Battery > Battery Health & Charging.
At the top, you’ll see your battery’s maximum capacity. Don’t panic if it’s below 100%. It’s designed to maintain 80% of its original capacity by 500 charges, so that percentage will tick down over time.
Under Peak Performance Capability, you’ll see whether your battery is operating normally. If it’s seriously degraded, you’ll see a message here.
It’s a little trickier on an Android
Most manufacturers have different steps. Here are a few to try:
- Open the Phone app, dial *#*#4636#*#* and look for an option to check your battery health. If you don’t see it, try another option.
- On Samsung, open the built-in Samsung Members app. Tap Get Help > Check Android battery health.
- Apps like AccuBattery can provide a good estimate if all else fails.
90% accuracy
AI’s guess at whether you’re a man or woman based on brain scans. Research has always been iffy on whether men and women have truly different brains. This is an interesting wrinkle.
Let’s keep wildlife wild: Research shows even educational snaps of wildlife fuel illegal animal trafficking and dangerous human-wildlife encounters. So, uh, it’s best to avoid the lion selfie unless you’re aiming for a Darwin Award.
🤦♂️ No one’s laughing: A 23-year-old cop in Montgomery, Alabama, thought it’d be amusing to “swat” another department. Christopher Eugene Sanspree Jr. used an app to report phony shootings and break-ins on duty because he “thought it was funny.” He’s facing six misdemeanor charges with a $6,000 bond. They should bill this idiot for the lost time and resources.
Court of the future: The NBA rolled out a flashy, new toy recently at the All-Star Weekend in Indianapolis — an LED glass basketball court that switched up its looks on the fly. Think live stats, replays and animations right under the players’ feet. It didn’t steal the spotlight from the slam dunks, but I’m sure ads will follow soon.
Look, Elon! No hands: Neuralink’s first human experiment is a success. A brave soul who had the brain chip implanted can now use just thoughts to scroll and click a computer mouse. Crazy stuff — and just the beginning for this tech.
300 times per day per patient
That’s how often alarms can sound in hospitals. “Alarm fatigue,” aka ignoring and forgetting to turn off or restart alarms, led to 566 deaths in the U.S. over a five-and-a-half-year period. The fix isn’t louder alarms but to make them more musical. Fascinating read!
One down, millions to go: Give the FBI and its allies a high-five for taking down the world’s most notorious ransomware gang — one of LockBit’s dark websites. The big bosses in Russia, likely toasting with vodka over being untouchable, will be back. They always come back.
27.9% of fingerprints
Chinese and U.S. researchers can recreate more than one-fourth of fingerprint biometric scans by sound alone. No kidding, your fingerprints make sounds when you swipe your touchscreens.