Hardware

Peloton is recalling roughly 2.2 million exercise bikes over safety concerns, several outlets reported this morning. The reason is a faulty assembly, according to a release by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The bike — Bike Model PL01 — can “break during use, p

Who says compact cameras are dead? Well, the market does, actually; the mobile phone has all but killed off the category altogether, so it’s interesting to see Canon take another stab at the market. The PowerShot series of cameras today gained its newest family member, the V10. The main quest

Dutch social enterprise Fairphone is best known for its mission to build ethical smartphones via a brand that promises fairer wages for supply chain workers and design choices that encourage consumers to cherish and repair the hardware rather than toss last year’s model thanks to modularity a

At its I/O developer conference today, Google announced a new way for developers to build Wear OS watch faces, along with overall updates to the Android Wear platform, including Wear OS 4. With this update, developers now get access to a new declarative format to design and build their watch faces,

"" title="Page 2"> ""> ""> ""> Google long ago abandoned the pretense of surprise about the Pixel line. There's an extent to which you can point the finger at the hardware rumor industrial complex. But at the end of the day, the company was always going to take matters into its own hands and ann

We knew the Pixel Tablet was coming. In fact, we've known it for a year. Google teased the device at last year's I/O. It was one of those “don't worry, we're working on stuff” sort of deals, with an extremely broad 2023 release date. The company offered a (slightly) better look

Google is updating Wear OS to bring new features, apps and app experiences to its smartwatch OS platform, the company announced today at its Google I/O developer conference. The features, coming later this year, include improvements to Google’s own first-party apps, like Gmail, Calendar and H

At Google’s I/O developer conference today, the company previewed the next version of its smartwatch operating system, Wear OS 4. The new release promises to bring improved battery life and accessibility features, an easier way to swap out your phone or watch without having to reset the devic

Shortly after last week’s joint announcement which saw Apple and Google teaming up on Bluetooth tracker safety measures and a new specification, Google today introduced a series of improvements coming to its own Find My Device network as well as proactive alerts about unknown trackers traveli

Roku is continuing its latest venture into smart home hardware with the launch of its new home monitoring system, complete with two entry sensors, one motion sensor, a wire-free keypad and a central station with a built-in siren. In addition, Roku announced Wednesday its first solar panel as well a

Happy developer conference season to you and yours. Google's return to an in-person I/O should be an exciting one. For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, technewss will be on-hand at the event, bringing you the news as it breaks. You can read our rundown of all of the leaks, r

Update: Google just went ahead and announced the Pixel Fold over on Twitter. The company gave a good look at the upcoming foldable smartphone from just about every angle. That means all three of the expected pieces of hardware — including the Pixel 7a and Pixel Tablet — have officially

As the war in Ukraine rages on, authorities are cracking down on the smuggling of U.S. technology in support of Russia's war effort, an initiative with implications for the tech industry. One significant example of this is Russia's drone program, with a December 2022 expose describing U.S.

Samsung overtook Apple through a slender 1% lead to secure the top spot in smartphone shipment volumes during the first quarter of 2023, despite the ongoing contraction of the smartphone market, according to a new report. The South Korean electronics giant shipped a total of 60.6 million units, nar