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Why Giant Orange Spheres Hang From Power Lines…Meet the Aerial Marker Balls
8+ hour, 18+ min ago (148+ words) Most drivers clock them once from a freeway overpass and never ask again. Those bright spheres clamped to long spans of transmission line have a proper name, aerial marker balls, and a single assignment: make a nearly invisible wire obvious…...
Stolen-Phone Protection Could Be Abused to Disable Alarms and New Smartphones
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Oslo bans smart glasses in schools
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (249+ words) The City of Oslo has banned the use of smart glasses in schools, saying it does not want children to become “extras in Meta’s data collection”. The ban applies throughout the school day and at all levels of education, the…...
Marshall in Pitch Black, Cream, or Vintage Brown: New colors for more style
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (253+ words) notebookcheck.net When it comes to style alone, Marshall already has quite a bit going for it with its leather-look finishes, often manually operated brass control knobs, and the grille design used on its speakers. We've already seen this firsthand…...
Scotland Freeview 'switch off' date update as Minister responds
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (220+ words) Ian Murray, Minister of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, spoke out after concern was raised about the impact on Scotland of a terrestrial TV switch-off(Image: Parliament TV) Concern has been raised that Scotland will be far more…...
Smartwatches Significantly Overestimate How Many Calories Are Burned
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (140+ words) HealthDay 8, 2026 (HealthDay News) -- Smartwatches significantly overestimate how many calories people burn during exercise, according to a study published online July 29 in PLOS One.Jason Kostrna, from Florida International University in Miami, and colleagues evaluated the accuracy of smartwatch-derived physical activity…...
Smartwatches May Overestimate Calories Burned
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (244+ words) HealthDay Staff Tuesday, 08 September 2026 07:17 AM EDT Your smartwatch may be giving you more credit for your workout than you actually earned. Researchers had 58 adults complete a cycling workout wearing four popular smartwatches, then compared their calorie estimates with clinical-grade measurements…...
UK homeowner shut off solar equipment as garage filled with water, but battery may have stayed on
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (347+ words) After roughly an hour of flooding in a U.K. garage, one homeowner was left trying to sort through the fallout. Water had reached the bottom of the resident's backup power equipment, a solar battery, and soaked the wall behind the inverter,…...
Your smartwatch might be 'lying' about how many calories you burned, study reveals after testing popular brands in the lab
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (541+ words) The study analyzed 58 Hispanic adults with an average age of 23 during exercise routines on stationary bicycles. The performance of the watches was directly compared to a COSMED K5 clinical metabolic analyzer, which measures oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production. Volunteers undertook…...
Anyone else getting hay fever worse than normal this year?
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (605+ words) We live in an era where our cars can practically drive themselves, our watches know exactly how poorly we slept, and our refrigerators can order our groceries. Yet, for the most part, we still start and end our days by…...