China demoed tech that can recognize people based on the gait of their walk. Mask or not. This would be a really interesting topic if it wasn’t so scary.

Good. Anyone who uses shit like this deserves all of the bad things that go along with it. Stupidity will continue to be punished.

I still get calls, but I can't see details (e.g. just the phone number, not the caller).

"Not Interested" is just free data for them to fill out your account's advertising profile.

Italy, and all of Europe, have always had a greater respect for personal and a lesser respect for business' profits than the U.S.

Are most people in "the west" worse off today than they were 150 years ago? Are there fewer well functioning democracies than there were then? Has no minority group seen any improvement in their freedom? Has there been no improvement in how people interact with each other? No improvement in poverty?

i mean as a core feature of a watch/smartwatch in general. garmin is going above and beyond compared to the competition in that area, and that's great. But that doesn't mean every other smartwatch manufacturer arbitrarily locking traditional watch features behind paywalls. and yeah apple does fitness themed commercials for apple watch because it does help with fitness a ton out of the box. just not specifically guided workouts.

The new Pebble watches look interesting. Relatively basic, but long battery life (they promise) and open-source operating system.