This Week in Tech

Tamagotchi Smartwatch Will Let You Live Your ’90s Dream

Tamagotchi Smartwatch Will Let You Live Your ’90s Dream

The Tamagotchi is back for its 25th anniversary — this time as a wearable. Now you can raise your mini electronic pet right from your wrist, and use a microphone to call out to it and the touchscreen to pet it…


Ikea’s $199 Symfonisk Picture Frame Speaker Lets You Hang Your Tunes on a Wall

Ikea’s third collaborative project with Sonos under the Symfonisk brand is the $199 Symfonisk Picture Frame Speaker, a 22 by 16-inch rectangular Wi-Fi speaker that can be hung in portrait or landscape orientation on a wall, or sat freestanding on a flat surface. It goes on sale at Ikea-usa.com and in stores on July 15. At that time, buyers will be able to choose between black or white frame colors, and a dark grey or light grey geometric print as the speaker grille/artwork. Two additional print options will be available at launch for $20 each…


YouTube Says iOS Picture-in-Picture Coming to All US Users

After a long wait, YouTube for iOS is officially gaining picture-in-picture support, allowing all users, non-premium and premium subscribers, to close the YouTube app and continue watching their video in a small pop-up window…


Facebook Researchers Say They Can Detect Deepfakes And Where They Came From

Facebook researchers say they’ve developed artificial intelligence that can identify so-called “deepfakes” and track their origin by using reverse engineering…


Let There Be Light! New Tech for Night Vision

Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have developed new technology that allows people to see clearly in the dark, revolutionising night-vision…


This Simple Dock Turns Your Apple Watch Into a Bedside Orb

Have you ever tried using your Apple Watch as a bedside clock, but given up because the screen is just too dang small? Well, boy do we have a $49.99 dock for you. The NightWatch is combination charging dock, magnifying glass, and acoustic amplifier, bringing together these functions to turn the Apple Watch’s nightstand mode into a bona fide bedside alarm, complete with a tap-to-wake feature to show you the time…


Apple Reportedly Explored Setting Up Primary Care Clinics, With Apple Watch Relaying Health Data to Apple Doctors

According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Apple had considered setting up an in-house medical service that would offer primary care clinics with doctors employed by Apple. The Journal says the company was exploring how the Apple Watch could be used to improve healthcare…