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While hand tracking works for me about 70% of the time, when I'm focused on efficiency and getting work done, I need the headset to be as reliable as my laptop. Therefore, pairing the headset with a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse is my preferred method for navigation until Samsung can improve the reliability of its hand and eye tracking. The availability of apps like Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Microsoft Office is strong, and they perform as expected.

Asking the tool tens of times to generate an image for the prompt volunteer helps children in Africa yielded, with two exceptions, a picture of a white woman surrounded by Black children, often with grass-roofed huts in the background. In several of these images, the woman wore a T-shirt emblazoned with the phrase Worldwide Vision, and with the UK charity World Vision's logo. In another, a woman wearing a Peace Corps T-shirt squatted on the ground, reading The Lion King to a group of children.

If you've owned a Switch for a decent length of time, you've likely hit your storage limit. Even the Nintendo Switch OLED model, released in 2021, includes only 64GB of internal storage. The original 2017 Switch offers just 32GB, and with a portion of that dedicated to essential system files, you really have only about 25GB free for games. To put that into perspective, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom comes in just over 16GB.

The actual name is the Withings U-Scan, a $380 at-home urinalysis test with a removable cartridge that either measures your nutritional biomarkers or the likelihood of developing kidney stones. Somehow, for legitimate work purposes, I was going to spend the next several weeks measuring my pee. Because my pee was going to provide crucial data about my ketone, vitamin C, hydration, and "bioacidity" levels, whatever the hell that meant. Armed with this data, I could theoretically further optimize my diet and... I don't know. Be healthier?

Elon Musk says Tesla's Full Self-Driving software will enable users to glance at their phones in certain driving scenarios. On Thursday, Musk said drivers can use their phones while driving with FSD activated "depending on context of surrounding traffic" after an X user asked if they're able to "text and drive on FSD v14.2." The only issue: It's still pretty illegal to text and drive.

Sony extended Cyber Monday deals by a few extra days with discounts still active on the PS5 Pro, DualSense controllers, and PS VR headsets. If you want the ultimate PlayStation experience with Sony's most powerful console, this is it, currently sitting at $648 instead of the usual $749 in a record low deal. This pricing matters because the performance gap between the Pro and the standard PS5 Slim becomes impossible to ignore once you see games running at their maximum potential.

Govee makes some of our favorite solutions out there, and we just spotted its smart RGBIC Christmas tree lights going for less at Amazon. On a regular day, these lights would run you around $140, but the retailer just slashed the price by 36%, offering them for just $90 right now. It's the lowest we have seen them drop to in a long while. It was also originally a Black Friday discount, which managed to survive the main event.

A poll of 2,000 adults found that holiday magic is highest for children age six - a time when parents believe their child's imagination is at its most vivid. This is when they begin to weave stories, characters and worlds with effortless ease, making the wonder of Christmas even more magical. A quarter of parents say anticipation is at fever pitch as their children don their pyjamas and put out mince pies and carrots on Christmas Eve.

You can easily recognize Ressence, an independent watchmaker, from the crowd with its uncanny watches that make time telling unique, detailed, and exceptionally designed. For its latest iteration, the Type 3 MN, Ressence founder Benoît Mintiens has collaborated with Australian design genius, Marc Newson (a name we know from the first Apple Watch), and the result is easily the most intriguing watch in the industry.

Every military has weapons that looked unbeatable in brochures but fell apart the moment they reached the field. These guns were hyped as cutting-edge, reliable, or downright revolutionary, until soldiers actually used them. From fragile rifles to jam-prone machine guns, 24/7 Wall St. is taking a closer look at the firearms that never lived up to their reputations. To identify the overhyped guns that soldiers actually hate, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed various historical and military sources.

The Mustang is powered by a 750-watt motor nestled into the bike's rear hub, which can deliver up to 90 newton-meters of torque to its wheel. If you aren't versed in torque ratings, rest assured that 90 Nm is more than enough to get me, a 6' 4", 255-pound bike commuter, up a hill near my home that averages a 4 percent gradient, with incline pitches over 15 percent.

This CD player is clearly vintage-inspired, but it has some modern touches. Back in the day, you needed batteries for your CD player, but this one charges through USB-C. Like a classic boom box, the Yintiny has speakers built in, but it also has Bluetooth, so if you have a preferred or higher-quality speaker, you can have the CD's audio play through that instead.

When I received the device, I was stunned at how small the box was. Then I pulled out the stand and realized why the box was so tiny. The Ku Xiu stand folds in such a way that it fits in the palm of your hand. It's also heavy, because it's made of metal. Additionally, the bottom of the stand features a non-slip surface, ensuring it stays in place without risk of accidental removal from your nightstand or desk.

Realme Watch 5 is priced at Rs. 4,499 in India, but a launch offer brings the price down to Rs. 3,999 with a Rs. 500 discount. The first sale will begin on December 10 at 12pm (noon) IST on the Realme India e-store, Flipkart, and mainline retail channels. The smartwatch is available in Titanium Black, Titanium Silver, Mint Blue, and Vibrant Orange colour options.

Many Echo Show owners have been frustrated for some time by unremovable ads on their devices. Ads suddenly appear between calendar, time, and family photos, sometimes in full-screen format. Amazon seems to be testing how far users will tolerate these measures. Now, the ads are even reaching pure Echo audio models. Alexa is Amazon's intelligent voice assistant, primarily used on Echo models. In addition to the various Echo Shows with displays, there are also Echos that function solely as speakers.

That's a great deal because, even though Meta released the Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2) at the end of October, the last-gen glasses still offer great value. They're largely similar, offering much of the same experience - letting you play music, take photos, record 1080p video, and even livestream to Facebook or Instagram without pulling out your phone. And while the newer model shoots sharper 3K video at 30fps, both use the same 12-megapixel sensor so the image quality isn't noticeably different.

Most desks accumulate a scattered collection of control devices over time. There's the keyboard and mouse, maybe a Stream Deck for shortcuts, a volume knob for your speakers, a phone running smart home apps, and a separate remote for the desk lamp. Each solves a specific problem, but together they create a landscape of disconnected gadgets competing for space and attention. The monitor sits above it all, while everything underneath becomes a tangled mess of cables and redundant functions.

With DJI facing an imminent import ban in the US and its flagship drones disappearing from shelves, the new Antigravity A1 didn't need to be a groundbreaking gadget to make headlines. It just needed to be a competent alternative that you can actually buy in the United States. In August, the Chinese brand couldn't promise that for sure. But today, it's happening: the Antigravity A1 is now on sale at Best Buy here in the US, on shelves and shipping this very week.

It turns out that it actually means something. There's a standardized color scheme that communicates information about that device's capabilities. Mind blown? If you never noticed this, you're not alone. Most USB devices work fine on any compatible port, but they may not be optimized for optimal performance. For example, if you've noticed a mouse seems to work better in one port over another, it's not in your head. One probably supports USB 3.0, and the other doesn't.

There's something here to put a smile on everyone's face on Christmas morning