Fossil’s new Wear OS smartwatches get faster charging and better health-tracking

Fossil’s new Wear OS smartwatches get faster charging and better health-tracking

Fossil is today announcing its new Gen 6 smartwatches, its first range of devices powered by Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon Wear 4100+. The new platform will, Fossil promises, offer a number of quality-of-life improvements including faster loading times and the ability to fast charge to 80 percent in half an hour. In addition, the new watches…

San Francisco Institution Swan Oyster Depot Was Called Out for Racism. Will It Change?

San Francisco Institution Swan Oyster Depot Was Called Out for Racism. Will It Change?

There’s general consensus about what happened around lunchtime on Friday, August 20, at Swan Oyster Depot: After waiting in line for about an hour and a half, a trio of customers started to place their order with Jimmy Sancimino, one of four brothers who operate the classic seafood counter on a busy block of San…

Google Pixel 5a teardown shows that it’s still a challenge to repair

Google Pixel 5a teardown shows that it’s still a challenge to repair

Google’s Pixel 5a famously has a headphone jack, but you’d better hope that the USB-C port never breaks. The fact that it’s soldered directly to the motherboard rather than being a separate component is one contributing factor in its middling 5/10 repairability score, according to a new teardown from YouTube channel PBKreviews. The Pixel 5a…