The folks behind the Brave web browser announced this week that they’re adding a De-AMP feature that lets you circumvent pages that use Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages. Now privacy-centric search engine and web browser maker DuckDuckGo has announced it’s doing the same for its web browsers and browser extensions. In other tech news from around […]
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1 Comment on Lilbits: Fitbit recalls its first smartwatch, Amazon closes its physical bookstores, and new Apple hardware is on the way
Lilbits: Fitbit recalls its first smartwatch, Amazon closes its physical bookstores, and new Apple hardware is on the way
1 Comment on Lilbits: Fitbit recalls its first smartwatch, Amazon closes its physical bookstores, and new Apple hardware is on the wayApple has scheduled an event for March 8, where the company is likely to unveil new hardware that could include an updated iPhone SE and iPad Air and one or more new Mac computers sporting Apple Silicon chips. In other hardware news, Nothing plans to launch something soon: the company’s first smartphone. Google’s Pixel 6a […]
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Lilbits: A smartphone with a smartwatch on the back, mini PCs, and Linux for phones, PCs, and servers
2 Comments on Lilbits: A smartphone with a smartwatch on the back, mini PCs, and Linux for phones, PCs, and serversOver the past few years Unihertz has made a habit of zagging in the smartphone space when the rest of the world is zigging. Looking for a BlackBerry-style phone with a physical keyboard? There’s the Unihertz Titan. Want a small screen? Check out the Jelly, Atom, or Titan Pocket lines. But the upcoming Unihertz TickTock […]
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Meta (formerly Facebook) may be making a smartwatch with a front-facing camera
Smartwatches have been a thing for nearly a decade at this point, letting users view notifications, control media playback, and occasionally even make phone calls Dick Tracy-style from their wrist. But one thing that hasn’t really taken off, despite the occasional attempt from one watch maker or another? Smartwatches with cameras. Now it looks like […]
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Samsung Exynos W920 is a 5nm chip for smartwatches
Most smartwatches running Google’s Wear OS software that have shipped in recent years have been powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear processors. But the new Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 that’s set to launch this week? It’ll be using Samsung’s brand new Exynos W920 processor instead. Samsung says the new chip offers up to 20% faster CPU performance than […]
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The $27 PineTime smartwatch runs open-source software and now it’s ready for non-developers
7 Comments on The $27 PineTime smartwatch runs open-source software and now it’s ready for non-developersThe PineTime is an inexpensive smartwatch designed to run open-source software and serve as a wearable companion to Linux smartphones (like the PinePhone), among other things. First introduced a few years ago, PineTime development kits began shipping in 2020 and coders began writing software for the platform. Now Pine64 is taking orders for a version of […]
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InfiniTime 1.0 open source firmware released for the $25 PineTime smartwatch
The PineTime is an inexpensive smartwatch designed to run free and open source software. And when I say inexpensive, I mean it sells for $25, or roughly one eighth the price of the cheapest Apple Watch. First announced in 2019, the Pine64 began shipping the PineTime to early adopters in 2020, but at the time it […]
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Lilbits: Chip shortage, Pebble smartwatch afterlife, and mining Bitcoin with a Game Boy
1 Comment on Lilbits: Chip shortage, Pebble smartwatch afterlife, and mining Bitcoin with a Game BoyThe global chip shortage is leading to product delays and price increases for a wide range of products including automobiles, game consoles, and single board computers. And it could continue through much of 2021, and possibly into next year or beyond. There are a number of factors contributing to the shortage – rising demand for […]
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Lilbits: Open source keyboards, E Ink smartwatches, the fastest (least user friendly) PinePhone software
3 Comments on Lilbits: Open source keyboards, E Ink smartwatches, the fastest (least user friendly) PinePhone softwareSystem76 has been selling Linux laptop and desktop computers since 2005, but up until recently most of the company’s computers were designed and manufactured by other companies and customized with small tweaks and Linux software by System76. A few years ago the company started manufacturing some of its own desktops, and notebooks may eventually follow. […]
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$50 Watchy hackable e-paper smartwatch goes on sale
Modern smartwatches can sell for hundreds of dollars and run proprietary software or for as little as $25 while running open source code. Watchy is closer to that latter category. It’s a smartwatch with a paper-like monochrome display and open source hardware and software. With a list price of $50, it’s an affordable option for […]