Instead of trying to reinvent the wheel, Samsung left much of what wasn’t broken alone, and focused on improving the basics. Like battery life and performance. If there’s any area where the Galaxy Watch 4 series needed improvement, it was these two. And while performance is really only marginally better (mostly the same in our opinion), the battery life was significantly improved. And to us, this is the most important thing Samsung could have focused on....

This is an evolution of Android 12’s Security Hub and is designed to offer easier access to device security/privacy. This section will include a “Scan device” button to initiate a quick scan of the device for any security or privacy-related risks. Google said the new settings would also make its way to Android Auto. “The new Security & Privacy settings page will give you a simple, color-coded way to understand your safety status and will offer clear and actionable guidance to improve it,” Google said in a blog post (via 9to5Google)....

It’s midnight and I’m convinced I’ll be dead of a brain tumor by first light. How I even know about brain tumors is a mystery. I’m six years old and no one in my small world has ever had one. Still, I’m panicking, gulping at the air, trembling beneath the covers. My mother tries to hold me and talk me down, but I’m too far gone to be comforted. Finally, near tears herself, she phones an old family friend who happens to be a world-famous neurosurgeon....

One of the coolest new features, is the ability to dry itself off after a swim. Apple briefly shows this off during its Apple Event livestream, though it doesn’t go into any detail on how it works. However, it does seem like that would be a pretty useful feature to have if you swim often and wear the watch while doing it. Apple Watch Series introduces Crash Detection feature Apple Watch Series introduces Crash Detection feature...

In a seminal discovery about human intelligence, researchers began reporting dramatic increases in IQ scores soon after World War II. The gains among children and young adults—the populations who take the tests—continued and even accelerated in the 1980s: an average increase of 24 points in the United States since 1918; 27 points in Britain since 1942; 22 points in Argentina since 1964; with gains of a similar size throughout Western Europe, Canada, Japan, China, Israel, Australia, and New Zealand....