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How Meta Reels became a hit, grossing over $50 billion annually; Sensor Tower: Users spend 27 minutes/day on Instagram Reels, 21 on YouTube Shorts and 44 on TikTok (Meghan Bobrowsky/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 2, 2026

Meghan Bobrowsky / The Wall Street Journal: How Meta Reels became a hit, grossing over $50 billion annually; Sensor Tower:…

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Xiaomi unveils $999+ 17 Ultra in China with three rear cameras, including a 50MP 1″ sensor and 200MP periscope lens; Leica edition gets a mechanical zoom ring (Siddharth/GSMArena.com)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 25, 2025

Featured Podcasts The Talk Show with John Gruber: “A Ugly Citizen”, with Quinn Nelson The director’s commentary track for Daring…

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OpenAI hopes the Disney deal will boost Sora, which has high costs and limited traction; Sensor Tower: users spend an average of 13 minutes per day on Sora compared to 90 on TikTok (Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 13, 2025

Financial Times: OpenAI hopes the Disney deal will boost Sora, which has high costs and limited traction; Sensor Tower: users…

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Boston-based Teradar, which aims to launch a solid-state sensor for self-driving cars in 2028 that it says could outperform lidar and radar, has raised a $150 million Series B round (Sean O’Kane/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 12, 2025

Sean O’Kane / TechCrunch: Boston-based Teradar, which aims to launch a solid-state sensor for self-driving cars in 2028 that it…

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Strava CEO Michael Martin said Strava plans to launch an IPO in the United States; Sensor Tower says Strava has 50 million MAUs and users spent more than $180 million on Premium in the year through September (Stephanie Stacey/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 13, 2025

Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times: Strava CEO Michael Martin said Strava plans to launch an IPO in the United States;…

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An apple -supported study reveals the combination of Apple Watch’s heart rate sensor with a new portable behavior model gives 92% accuracy for pregnancy detection, and more (Marcus Mendes / 9to5mac)

By Stacey D. WallsJuly 11, 2025

Marcus Mendes / 9TO5MAC:: A study supported by an apple reveals that the combination of the Apple Watch heart rate…

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Amazon resumes drone deliveries to Texas and Arizona, after having stopped them in January to deploy a software update to solve problems with the drone altitude sensor (Annie Palmer / CNBC)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 1, 2025

Annie Palmer / CNBC:: Amazon resumes drone deliveries to Texas and Arizona, after having stopped them in January to deploy…

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Mike Johnson’s self-destruction means Republicans now own the airport chaos crisis

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Democrats now have the largest lead in the midterm elections

Indonesia begins implementing regulations that ban those under 16 from accessing digital platforms that could expose them to pornography, cyberbullying, online scams and addiction (Edna Tarigan/Associated Press)

Sony Japan is temporarily suspending order fulfillment for almost all of its CFexpress and SD memory card product lines due to SSD memory shortage (Jaron Schneider/PetaPixel)

U.S. memory chip stocks lost about $100 billion in market value this week, led by Micron’s 15% decline, after Google Research detailed its TurboQuant compression algorithm (Financial Times)

Microsoft will lease Crusoe’s 900 MW data center in Abilene, Texas, after Oracle and OpenAI pull out, with the first building expected by mid-2027 (Matt Day/Bloomberg)

Anthropic says it is testing an AI model that is a "gradual change" in performance after a blog draft in an unsecured data store reveals the Claude Mythos model (Beatrice Nolan/Fortune)

Browsing: sensor

How Meta Reels became a hit, grossing over $50 billion annually; Sensor Tower: Users spend 27 minutes/day on Instagram Reels, 21 on YouTube Shorts and 44 on TikTok (Meghan Bobrowsky/Wall Street Journal)

Xiaomi unveils $999+ 17 Ultra in China with three rear cameras, including a 50MP 1″ sensor and 200MP periscope lens; Leica edition gets a mechanical zoom ring (Siddharth/GSMArena.com)

OpenAI hopes the Disney deal will boost Sora, which has high costs and limited traction; Sensor Tower: users spend an average of 13 minutes per day on Sora compared to 90 on TikTok (Financial Times)

Boston-based Teradar, which aims to launch a solid-state sensor for self-driving cars in 2028 that it says could outperform lidar and radar, has raised a $150 million Series B round (Sean O’Kane/TechCrunch)

Strava CEO Michael Martin said Strava plans to launch an IPO in the United States; Sensor Tower says Strava has 50 million MAUs and users spent more than $180 million on Premium in the year through September (Stephanie Stacey/Financial Times)

An apple -supported study reveals the combination of Apple Watch’s heart rate sensor with a new portable behavior model gives 92% accuracy for pregnancy detection, and more (Marcus Mendes / 9to5mac)

Amazon resumes drone deliveries to Texas and Arizona, after having stopped them in January to deploy a software update to solve problems with the drone altitude sensor (Annie Palmer / CNBC)