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Who Owns Your Steps?
Millions of people are logging fitness workouts with wearables. Now a growing number of them are trying to free their data from their devices. Fitbit / Via fitbit.com Kendra Albert has painstakingly...
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Big Pharma Eyes iPhone For Drug R&D
Pharmaceutical giants like GlaxoSmithKline and Purdue Pharma want to use Apple’s open source ResearchKit platform for gathering medical research data via the iPhone. Apple Senior Vice President of...
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This Silicon Valley Startup Wants To Take Care Of Your Parents
Honor is bringing innovation to elder care. A nursing home employee helps a woman drink on Aug. 17, 2012, in Lormes, France. Jeff Pachoud / AFP / Getty Images America's seniors are growing old and...
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Apple's New iPods Are Here
New colors, and a faster iPod Touch with a better camera. Apple / Via Apple.com The age of the iPod might be drawing to a close, but it's not quite over yet. Though Apple's portable music player...
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Is Ancestry.com Coming After 23andMe?
The genealogy company is moving one step closer to the tightly regulated world of direct-to-consumer DNA health testing. Ancestry / Via health.ancestry.com Ancestry.com, which has collected the DNA of...
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People Who Like The Apple Watch Don't Work In Tech
Some say they like it more than they liked the original iPhone and iPad. Apple / Via apple.com The Apple Watch has garnered mixed reviews in the tech press, and Apple hasn't yet said how many people...
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Facebook, eBay, And Google Side With Samsung Against Apple
Some of the world’s biggest tech companies are picking sides in Apple vs. Samsung. Apple / Via apple.com Google, Facebook, and eBay are supporting Samsung's objection to the court decision ordering it...
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Your 23andMe DNA Can Be Used In Racist, Discriminatory Ways
A programmer came up with a way to block users from websites based on their DNA. The incident shows that personal DNA from companies like 23andMe can be used in unwelcome ways. Alex Raths / Getty...
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Can Fitbits Be Trusted In Science?
Fitbit says its devices shouldn’t be used for medical or scientific reasons. Thanks to their low cost and high ease of use, researchers are thinking about doing so anyway. There’s just one problem:...
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Apple Will Sell Apple Watch At Best Buy In August
Best Buy will be the first major U.S. retailer beside Apple to sell the new wearable. NBC / Via youtube.com Best Buy will sell Apple Watches online and in more than 100 stores nationwide starting Aug....
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This Luxury Watch With An Attached Apple Watch Is Peak Watch
Class in the front, party in the back. Nico Gerard / Via nicogerard.com It's a familiar dilemma: You possess a $10,000 watch. But you're also fond of the new Apple Watch, with its shiny screen and...
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Apple Watch Developers Struggle To Build The Perfect App
Three months in, developers find that Apple’s “most personal device” has something of a learning curve. Getty Images When Apple co-founder Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone in January 2007, he touted it...
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Don’t Trust Your Smartphone To Calculate Your Insulin
Insulin-calculator apps, like the vast majority of health-related apps, are not regulated by the FDA. Tuned_in / Getty Images A couple years ago, Kit Huckvale, a researcher at Imperial College London,...
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Chinese-American Tech Entrepreneur Becomes Victim Of Hate Crime
But Justin Kan sees the silver lining: “Last time I checked I’m still balling.” Anthony Harvey / Getty Images Last year, he sold Twitch, a live-streaming platform for video game sessions that he...
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Intel Wants To Wirelessly Connect Your World (And Make Robotic Spiders)
At its annual developers conference, Intel emphasized its focus on the Internet of Things — and dancing robotic spiders. Intel Intel is building out an ecosystem of wirelessly connected devices...
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FDA Says Hampton Creek Can't Call "Just Mayo" Mayonnaise
Hampton Creek calls its egg-free mayonnaise Just Mayo. The FDA says that’s just the problem. Bryan Bedder / Getty Images Hampton Creek, the San Francisco startup bent on shaking up the food industry,...
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A New Smartphone App Wants To Help You Find An Antidepressant That Works
Because depression is tough, and antidepressants don’t work equally for everyone. Anna Borges / BuzzFeed Life / Via buzzfeed.com Depression isn't an easily quantifiable medical disorder. Defined by...
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Android Wear Smartwatches Are Coming To iPhone
Thanks to a new iOS app from Google. Google Android Wear director David Singleton announces updates during the Google I/O conference on May 28. Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Until now, the line was...
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Android Wear For iPhone Won't Work With Apple's HealthKit
You can track your steps with an Android Wear smartwatch, but they won’t show up in Apple’s new Health app. A Moto 360 by Motorola, an Android Wear watch. Jeff Chiu / AP In a step toward integration...
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These Earbuds Could Change The Way You Hear Live Music
Beef up the bass, add some echo: Meet the high-tech earbuds backed by Quincy Jones, Mark Ronson, and Hans Zimmer. Kendrick Lamar takes the stage at Outside Lands. Rich Fury / AP As First Aid Kit...
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