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Circular unveils Ring 3 series with contactless payments and on-finger vibration alerts

Smart ring maker Circular on Thursday unveiled its upcoming Ring 3 series, which consists of a Pro model and a Slim option. Both of the smart rings will feature an integrated NFC chip for contactless payments, vibrating alerts for alarms and reminders, and more.

The Ring 3 Pro features a slimmer design than its predecessor and comes with FDA-cleared ECG for Afib detection, blood pressure trend tracking, glucose tracking, advanced sleep analysis, and comprehensive biometric monitoring. The ring offers up to 12 days of battery life, up from seven days on its predecessor.

The Slim option is thinner and lighter than the Pro model and features basic health and wellness tracking in a compact design, including sleep, heart rate, HRV, SpO₂, skin temperature, and daily activity. It features up to 10 days of battery life.

The Circular Ring 3 series announcement comes amid a year of heightened competition in the...

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Chinese hackers breach exec laptops via USB | VentureBeat

A Chinese state-linked hacking group compromised executive laptops at an agricultural industry conference on Hainan Island this spring — not through phishing or a network breach, but by breaking into hotel rooms and booting the machines from a USB stick while the executives were at dinner. CrowdStrike, which tracks the group

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Your AI Coding Assistant Just Got a Body

We've seen a number of desktop monitors that track AI coding agent token use recently. In general, they are all quite similar. There is a display that continuously shows how much of one's quota has been used, and perhaps a few buttons to tweak the settings.

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Announcing the Google Gen AI SDK for Kotlin 1.0: Idiomatic multiplatform access to Gemini

Integrating modern generative AI capabilities into Kotlin applications shouldn't require juggling raw HTTP clients or bridging disparate Java libraries. Today, we're excited to announce the 1.0 release of the Google Gen AI SDK for Kotlin (google-genai-kotlin). You can dive right into the code, explore runnable

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Best Desks of 2026: I’ve Spent Nearly 4,000 Hours Testing Desks. These Are the Ones You Want - CNET

While it may be easy to think of a desk as just a surface to work on, there are many features, styles, sizes and durability factors to consider as well. This can make finding the right one feel overwhelming. CNET experts are here to do the heavy lifting for you,

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Chinese hackers breach exec laptops via USB | VentureBeat

Your AI Coding Assistant Just Got a Body

Announcing the Google Gen AI SDK for Kotlin 1.0: Idiomatic multiplatform access to Gemini

Best Desks of 2026: I’ve Spent Nearly 4,000 Hours Testing Desks. These Are the Ones You Want - CNET