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The Pebble smartwatch is making a comeback

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The Pebble Time Round just got a new lease on life. | Photo: Chris Welch / The Verge Eric Migicovsky still wears his Pebble. Thirteen years after he founded the wearables company and found huge success on Kickstarter, and more than eight years after he sold the company to Fitbit, which was then acquired by … Read more

Smartwatch pioneer and Kickstarter darling Pebble is returning in a new form

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Four years after launching the (then) most lucrative crowdfunding campaign in Kickstarter’s history, Pebble abruptly ended. The hardware startup closed 2016 by filing for insolvency, before being sold off to Fitbit. The fitness-tracking giant built much of the Ionic smartwatch with help from former Pebblers, along with the company’s pioneering software stack. The first Apple … Read more

Elon Musk Said to Propose Blockchain Use at D.O.G.E. for Efficiency: Bloomberg

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Elon Musk, picked by President Donald Trump to lead the new Department of Government Efficiency, proposed using blockchain technology as part of the operation, Bloomberg reported. Musk suggested that using a digital ledger would be a cost-efficient way to track federal spending, secure data, make payments and manage buildings, according to people familiar with the … Read more

Vite Is Overtaking Webpack as Developers’ Favorite Option for Web Development

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It is already 2025 on the calendar! It is high time we discuss possible options for web development teams to freshen up their technology stacks. Each year brings along new challenges and opportunities to achieve their coding goals. In this article, we’ll highlight a range of relevant tools that facilitate various aspects of the web … Read more

How Gamified Work Environments Use Technology to Support Employees

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:::info Authors: (1) Oscar Pedreira, Universidade da Coruna, Centro de Investigacion CITIC, Laboratorio de Bases de Datos, Facultade de Informatica; (2) Felix García, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Grupo Alarcos, Escuela Superior de Informatica, Paseo de la Universidad; (3) Mario Piattini, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Grupo Alarcos, Escuela Superior de Informatica, Paseo de la Universidad; (4) … Read more

OpenAI-backed 1X acquires Kind Humanoid

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1X has acquired Kind Humanoid, the Norwegian robotics startup told TechCrunch on Monday. The deal marks a small but key consolidation for a humanoid robotics industry on the brink of a major moment in 2025. TechCrunch spoke with Kind Humanoid in October, when the then-three-person startup announced that it had enlisted famed designer Yves Béhar … Read more

Bluesky adds video to user profiles

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Social network Bluesky is doubling down on video. After it added a new TikTok-like custom video feed last week in the wake of the U.S. ban on the popular video app (now on pause), the company on Monday announced it’s adding a new video tab to Bluesky user profiles. The tab will allow people to … Read more