The Verge: How to use wearable tech if you’ve got tattoos

The Verge: How to use wearable tech if you’ve got tattoos. “The bad news is that tattoos and wearables aren’t always compatible. It’s a known issue among wearable makers but isn’t apparent to many consumers. You can still occasionally stumble upon social media posts where tattooed folks strap on a new smartwatch only to find that the device doesn’t work well — if it works at all. In the case of the Apple Watch, for example, tattoos can interfere with wrist detection, making the device unable to recognize that you’re actually wearing it.”

Hongkiat: How to Take Screenshots on Your Smart TV

Hongkiat: How to Take Screenshots on Your Smart TV . “There can be any reason to take screenshots of your TV screen, but most of us don’t know how. In this post, I will show you some ways to take screenshots on your smart TV, where find out where screenshots are saved, and how you can transfer these screenshots to your PC.”

Newswise: AI transforms smartwatch ECG signals into a diagnostic tool for heart failure

Newswise: AI transforms smartwatch ECG signals into a diagnostic tool for heart failure. “Two health tech advances are at the heart of a study published in Nature Medicine: an app and backend infrastructure to let patients remotely share smartwatch ECG data with their clinicians in an easy and secure way, and the modification of a proven 12-lead ECG artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to enable it to run on a single-lead watch ECG recording.”

CCI May Fine Google For The Third Time, This Time For Smart TV: Report (Outlook India)

Outlook India: CCI May Fine Google For The Third Time, This Time For Smart TV: Report. “The Competition Commission of India (CCI) may fine the tech giant Google for the third time, as per a latest media report. According to the Economic Times, Google, who has already been fined two times by CCI may soon get another fine but this time for allegedly abusing its market dominance in the smart TV space.”

Bremen University: Making Better Use of Smartwatches and Smartglasses at Work

Bremen University: Making Better Use of Smartwatches and Smartglasses at Work . “Wearables are digital assistance systems worn on the body during work. They provide assistance to companies in assembly or repair, and collect a large amount of sensitive, personal data. There are numerous promising applications for this data, including process optimization or error prevention. However, this potential has yet to be fully realized.”

Cornell Chronicle: Smart thermostats inadvertently strain electric power grids

Cornell Chronicle: Smart thermostats inadvertently strain electric power grids. “Smart thermostats – those inconspicuous wall devices that help homeowners govern electricity usage and save energy – may be falling into a dumb trap. Set by default to turn on before dawn, the smart thermostats unintentionally work in concert with other thermostats throughout neighborhoods and regions to prompting inadvertent, widespread energy-demand spikes on the grid.”

NewsWise: Operating a ‘smart home’ by breath control

NewsWise: Operating a ‘smart home’ by breath control. “Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have created a simple prototype device that enables users to control ‘smart home’ technology by changing their breathing patterns. The self-powered unit fits into the nostrils and has the potential to enhance the quality of life for people with limited mobility or inability to speak clearly. It also can be programmed provide automatic alerts to medical personnel if an individual has trouble breathing.”

Yahoo Finance: Google and Samsung smart products easy targets for hackers, Which? study finds

Yahoo Finance: Google and Samsung smart products easy targets for hackers, Which? study finds. “From a doorbell to a wi-fi router and a mobile phone, smart products are easy targets for hackers, new research from consumer group Which? has found. In most cases, Which? tested devices that no longer receive software security updates, leaving cybercriminals free to steal data.”

Study: How Amazon uses Echo smart speaker conversations to target ads (The Register)

The Register: Study: How Amazon uses Echo smart speaker conversations to target ads. “Amazon and third-party services have been using smart speaker interaction data for ad targeting, in violation of privacy commitments, according to researchers at four US universities. Academics at the University of Washington, University of California-Davis, University of California-Irvine, and Northeastern University claim ‘Amazon processes voice data to infer user interests and uses it to serve targeted ads on-platform (Echo devices) as well as off-platform (web).’”

Ars Technica: Insteon finally comes clean about its sudden smart home shutdown

Ars Technica: Insteon finally comes clean about its sudden smart home shutdown. “Smart home company Insteon and its parent company, Smartlabs Inc., suddenly disappeared last week. In what will probably be remembered as one of the most notorious smart home shutdowns ever, Insteon decided to turn off its cloud servers without giving customers any warning at all, surprise-bricking many smart home devices that relied on the Insteon cloud.”