Google has launched a women’s health partnership as it deepens its footprint in the wearable fitness-tracking space. The tech giant on Monday (Oct. 12) announced a collaboration with Flo Health, a platform used by more than 80 million women each month. “This collaboration will help...
Artificial intelligence and hardware startup Natura has reportedly debuted a smart ring designed to let users interact with AI agents. The company’s new Interface ring, the subject of a Thursday (Oct. 8) TechCrunch report, sells for $99 and allows users to have AI agents complete tasks while also...
Smart ring maker Oura has paused plans to go public, citing uncertain market conditions. The company’s initial public offering (IPO) had been slated for this week but has now been postponed “despite strong demand,” Oura announced Tuesday (Sept. 29). “Our mission is to empower people to live healthier, longer,...
Oura is preparing to launch an initial public offering (IPO) on Nasdaq next week with a pitch that reaches past the smart ring it is known for. The company has spent the past year turning the sleep, heart rate, temperature and stress signals its rings...
September 30, 2024
Will consumers one day wear commerce on their faces? Meta, which last week debuted its highly anticipated Orion augmented reality (AR) glasses, appears to think so. Due to advances in technology and material science allowing Meta to leverage a refractive material called silicon carbide to create holographic AR displays laid atop real-life surroundings, an improvement over the […]
September 19, 2024
The augmented reality and smart tech wearable market is heating up as Google, Snap, and Meta have recently either unveiled products or announced partnerships to develop wearables and adding artificial...
August 01, 2024
Apple’s latest quarter showed some resilience in services growth – and management noted the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) to help transform the company’s efforts to build out its ecosystem....
March 07, 2024
Led by names like Google, Apple and Samsung, the wearables category of the connected economy has become a study in contradictions. New, high-profile introductions have accelerated due to recent events...
October 15, 2026
Last year, Amazon entered the wearables space by acquiring artificial intelligence-powered bracelet maker Bee. Now, the tech giant says it is taking its Bee line beyond just wearable items, with a pair of new products announced Thursday (Oct. 15). Rather than being worn, the Bee Eclipse is a device about the size of a credit card that attaches to […]
October 12, 2026
Google has launched a women’s health partnership as it deepens its footprint in the wearable fitness-tracking space. The tech giant on Monday (Oct. 12) announced a collaboration with Flo Health,...
October 08, 2026
Artificial intelligence and hardware startup Natura has reportedly debuted a smart ring designed to let users interact with AI agents. The company’s new Interface ring, the subject of a Thursday (Oct. 8)...
September 29, 2026
Smart ring maker Oura has paused plans to go public, citing uncertain market conditions. The company’s initial public offering (IPO) had been slated for this week but has now been postponed “despite...