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A strange new material was found on asteroid Bennu after samples reached Earth

After analyzing samples returned from asteroid Bennu, NASA scientists identified a strange new substance never before observed in space rocks, raising new questions about early solar system chemistry.
Macworld

iOS 26.2 is here with lots of small tweaks that’ll upgrade your iPhone in a big way

iOS 26.2 has arrived just in time for the weekend. While the update isn’t a major overhaul, it brings numerous changes and refinements, including more Liquid Glass tweaks. More importantly, iOS 26.2 ...
9to5Mac

iOS 26.1 makes a clever and subtle Clock icon animation change

Starting with iOS 26.1, Apple has updated the Clock app icon to work a lot more like an Apple Watch. Since iOS 7, Apple has animated the Clock app icon with the current time when viewed on the home ...
New York Post

I used the ‘Death Clock’ health app to predict when I’ll die — and what’s most likely to kill me

How many days until you meet your doom? While it sounds vaguely like a horror movie premise, a new app promises to deliver the approximate day you’ll die — and actionable ways to extend your life. The ...
MacRumors

iOS 26.2 Adds Alarms for Reminders

In iOS 26.2, there's a new option to set an alarm to go off when creating a reminder in the Reminders app. When adding a reminder, selecting a time and then toggling on the "Urgent" option will cause ...
BGR

Android Auto Could Soon Get One Of The Best New CarPlay Features

CarPlay recently started adding more widget support with the release of iOS 26, and it looks like Android might follow suit in the weeks ahead, at least according to a new APK teardown of a beta ...
Gizmodo

Here’s What Happens When Your Phone’s Clock Changes Itself on Nov. 2

“Spring ahead; fall back.” That’s the mnemonic we all use to remember how much pain is coming when the time changes. It’s fall, the less painful one, and since the time on everyone’s smartphone ...
PC World

Meet Focus, the Windows 11 setting that makes distractions disappear

When I’m deep into a story it’s good to have zero distractions on my desktop. That way I can give my full attention to what I’m doing. To do that, I turn on Windows Focus. Focus is a Windows feature ...
Chicago Sun-Times

ICE has powerful facial recognition app Illinois cops are barred from using — with little apparent oversight

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The Verge

Google’s restricting its Wear OS Clock app to Pixel watches.

Just as it did with its Weather app for wearables in September, Google has announced that new Wear OS devices from other manufacturers will have to rely on something else. If you have a non-Pixel ...
9to5google

Google Clock for Wear OS is now exclusive to the Pixel Watch

Like the Weather app, Google officially announced today that Clock for Wear OS is now only available for the Pixel Watch. Google’s Clock app encompasses the Alarm, Timer, and Stopwatch. It is “no ...