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11 votes
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As Denmark turns away from cash – MobilePay app is more popular than Facebook
3 votes -
Digital transformation is occurring at varying rates and inadvertently creating a new kind of digital divide in cross-border e-commerce
3 votes -
The next big thing in dining: virtual restaurants
5 votes -
Facebook has taken down the popular 'World USA' page with almost 1 million followers after being exposed as a Ukrainian-based operation targeting older Americans with pro-Trump content
9 votes -
Sony merges anime streaming businesses under Funimation-led joint venture
9 votes -
Some WeWork board members seek to remove Adam Neumann as CEO
4 votes -
Modern games look amazing on CRT monitors
23 votes -
How to save a glacier – Iceland's scientists offer hope with carbon capture technology
4 votes -
New infrared-based technology promises to give textiles recycling a giant leap forward by replacing manual sorting with an automated method in Finland
3 votes -
What can a software developer do about climate change?
22 votes -
Do sleep-tracking apps actually help you sleep better?
3 votes -
Less human than human: The design philosophy of Steve Jobs
9 votes -
Fitness tracker recommendations?
I'm in the market for a fitness tracker. My usual fitness activities (stationary elliptical trainer, hiking, biking) are temporarily restricted, so I've been swimming a great deal. Using a phone...
I'm in the market for a fitness tracker.
My usual fitness activities (stationary elliptical trainer, hiking, biking) are temporarily restricted, so I've been swimming a great deal. Using a phone isn't giving me adequate exertion tracking data for walking (stride counts and heart rate not available/accurate), and it's especially not useful for aquatics.
I'd be grateful if anyone can recommend something they have experience with.
My constraints are as follows:
I'd rather not contribute to e-waste with yet another gadget du jour - service life should be at least the recharge cycle life of the battery.
No Apple or Samsung devices. I'm not in those ecosystems, and don't plan to be because reasons.
Should be at least IPX5, preferably IPX7 waterproof.
Helps if it's not butt-ugly, but I'll take what I can get - replaceable bands are a plus.
Able to fit women - I don't have issues with a larger face so much as a band that's too large to fit comfortably or provide secure contact for accurate heart rate monitoring.
GPS and sleep tracking would be nice, but not mandatory if the device ecosystem isn't reasonably private.
Non-proprietary rechargers preferred.
A couple of Fitbit models seem be well-reviewed, but actual user ratings are equivocal, and quality is erratic.
Looking forward to any contributions!
11 votes -
Swedish cashless app Swish is teaming up with six other companies to form a European network of mobile payment solutions
5 votes -
The Kindle is fine. It could’ve been much more than that.
27 votes -
German startup Volocopter says it's the first company to fly an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft at an international airport
12 votes -
Preparing for Hurricane Dorian: Storm trackers and other survival tools
5 votes -
YACHT's new album Chain Tripping was created by inventing their own machine-learning-based composition process and applying it to their back catalogue
6 votes -
Helsinki's new flagship library Oodi has been voted winner of the 2019 Public Library of the Year award by the IFLA
6 votes -
Lab-grown dairy: The next food frontier
9 votes -
Tech billionaires haven’t killed Burning Man’s anti-capitalist spirit—but influencers might
6 votes -
Finland's vital role in the production of graphene
4 votes -
You can now practice firing someone in virtual reality
6 votes -
The world's largest all-electric ferry has completed its maiden voyage between Søby to Fynshav
5 votes -
LumiThera raises cash for medical device that uses light to fight vision loss
4 votes -
What are the ethical consequences of immortality technology?
9 votes -
Helsinki has revealed a first-of-its kind website meant to empower citizens, businesses and tourists to make more sustainable choices
3 votes -
How to make your fitness tracker count steps more accurately
8 votes -
Denmark's second-biggest city is home to the world's biggest wind-turbine maker and a thriving hub for power trading
3 votes -
Orwell knew: We willingly buy the screens that are used against us
10 votes -
The golden age of cord-cutting is over. Now what?
24 votes -
Why Uber is a slow-motion tragedy for our cities
8 votes -
The Finnish Environment Institute Syke is developing drone imaging and mapping to detect invasive species
4 votes -
The empty radicalism of the climate apocalypse: What would it mean to get serious about climate change?
13 votes -
Could renewable natural gas be the next big thing in green energy?
2 votes -
Researchers at Uppsala University have successfully created the world's first paper battery
6 votes -
Proposed US law would ban infinite scroll, autoplaying video
13 votes -
Making an exact, working replica of the Apollo 11 moon camera
6 votes -
How to cover 11,250 elections at once: Here’s how The Washington Post’s new computational journalism lab will tackle 2020
9 votes -
Motion smoothing is ruining cinema
25 votes -
Dish agrees to $5 billion US deal for wireless assets
3 votes -
AMBER Alerts were designed to recover children in the most serious abduction cases, but they might be ineffective at saving lives, and could carry hidden costs.
9 votes -
Justice Department to open broad, new antitrust review of Big Tech companies such as Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple
10 votes -
The computer gaming statistics technology innovators should know
4 votes -
Taking the sting out: Australian gene editing is crossing the pain threshold
4 votes -
The internet has spent three years taking care of this guy’s plants: The subreddit r/takecareofmyplant has 11,300 members, all dedicated to, well, taking care of a plant
17 votes -
Dream Boat: In Costa Rica, a startup builds a model ship for a cleaner future
3 votes -
What do you think about "robot affection"?
After watching this and this, and dealing with the cringe and shock, I wondered about whether these things, including this but also stuff like sex robots or other robots whose purpose is some sort...
After watching this and this, and dealing with the cringe and shock, I wondered about whether these things, including this but also stuff like sex robots or other robots whose purpose is some sort of affection, will ever take off. I know the phenomenon where in Japan adult males date handheld gameboy-like computers (wut?), but apart from that, I'm not sure anybody will prefer these stuff instead of the real thing. It also feels deeply weird, bizarre and cringy. What do you think of these tech?
20 votes -
Norway's first hydrogen-powered car ferries take shape
5 votes