Digital Trends Apple quietly killed the ceramic Apple Watch in 2020, and for the fans of the fancy material, it has been an inexplicable absence ever since. For those catching up, ceramic was the lineup’s most premium material option. It was smooth to touch, scratch-resistant, and had that distinct non-metallic appearance, a characteristic of all […]
Digital Trends I use ChatGPT pretty much every day, but somewhere along the way, I’ve also developed a habit of poking around and looking for features I haven’t tried yet. Some discoveries are genuinely useful, while others are the kind I’ll probably remember once every six months. Every once in a while, though, I stumble […]
BBC News As the south of England continues to enjoy an unusually warm and dry summer, parch marks on lawns across the region have revealed the hidden histories of their location. Among the sites which have seen the outlines of historic installations exposed by the hot weather are Portchester Castle and Blenheim Palace. At Blenheim, […]
Digital Trends Apple already sells some very expensive smartwatches, but it may be preparing to push the ceiling even higher. According to Bloomberg’s latest Power On newsletter, the company is considering new premium Apple Watch models that would sit beyond the current Ultra and Hermès variants. That could get expensive very quickly. The most expensive […]
BBC News The operator of a boat that overturned and capsized near the Statue of Liberty, killing a woman and a five-month-old baby, has been arrested and charged with reckless endangerment, New York police said. Officials said a large search and rescue operation was launched after the incident near the New York Harbour on Saturday […]
Digital Trends Apple may be preparing to give the Apple Watch its biggest redesign in years, but the company appears to be thinking much further ahead than this year’s model. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is considering a broader overhaul of the smartwatch lineup, with plans extending into 2027 and potentially 2028. The report […]
Digital Trends Ever since Apple started making smartwatches, the company has remained loyal to a rectangular design format for the screen. In the meantime, Google’s Wear OS (formerly Android Wear) has seen brands experiment with circular as well as rectangular screens on smartwatches. Well, it seems Apple is ready for a design overhaul, and it […]
Digital Trends Children in the UK are reporting a sharp rise in explicit AI-generated images depicting themselves, according to figures from Report Remove, an online service that allows young people to anonymously report intimate images shared without consent. The service received 420 reports in the first six months of 2026 from children who believed images […]
Digital Trends OpenAI is pausing some work on Astra, an artificial intelligence model designed for agentic coding and cybersecurity, after internal testing showed the system had reached a level of capability that raised security concerns. The company said Astra had made “significant advancements” in agentic coding and cybersecurity and crossed a critical threshold where it […]
Digital Trends When Whoop introduced its eponymous screen-free wearable band, I didn’t expect it to become such a hit. Apparently, there’s a huge market for fitness trackets that don’t tie you into the trap of a distracting screen. Whoop’s formula was copied by multiple brands over the years, with the latest one being Fitbit Air […]
