Gadgets

• Sonar on stock smartwatches leads to hand-tracking advancement
• Samsung is discontinuing its texting app, tells impacted users to switch to Google Messages
• Explainability is a must for older adults to trust AI, study shows
• Neuroscience explains why teens are so vulnerable to Big Tech social media platforms
• AI companions can comfort lonely users but may deepen distress over time
• Q&A: A better design of social media platforms instead of blanket bans for young people
• New app designed to improve conference experience
• Do TV ads work? Ask smart TVs
• Apple's 50-year odyssey has redefined technology, pop culture and comeback stories
• Popular kids' apps use deceptive tactics to draw users to paid content, study shows
• Apple at 50: Eight technology leaps that changed our world
• New technique turns everyday surfaces like walls and desks into touch panels
• Five Apple anecdotes as iPhone maker marks 50 years
• Nvidia's new AI tool is giving female game characters a makeover—and gamers are pushing back
• Verdicts against Meta, YouTube could be a turning point, expert says