Gear News of the Week: Matter 1.5 Adds Smart Home Camera Support, and Gemini Comes to Android Auto

Plus: Omega debuts a new Seamaster Planet Ocean, and DJI has a new action camera.

US Border Patrol Is Spying on Millions of American Drivers

Plus: The SEC lets SolarWinds off the hook, Microsoft stops a historic DDoS attack, and FBI documents reveal the agency spied on an immigration activist Signal group in New York City.

The Climate Impact of Owning a Dog

My dog contributes to climate change. I love him anyway.

The Ninja Slushi Early Black Friday Deal Is the Lowest We’ve Seen

The Black Friday sale on this popular slushie machine is the lowest price it’s been since its release.

Got a Pixel 10? Google’s Android Phone Can Now Share Files With Apple’s AirDrop

You can now share deets (and other digital treats) across the mobile divide.

4 People Indicted in Alleged Conspiracy to Smuggle Supercomputers and Nvidia Chips to China

A federal prosecutor alleged that one defendant boasted that his father “had engaged in similar business for the Chinese Communist Party.”

Hands On With Google’s Nano Banana Pro Image Generator

Google’s latest AI image model is vastly better than the previous release at generating text in images. You can expect companies to go buck wild with this update.

A Viral Chinese Wristband Claims to Zap You Awake. The Public Says ‘No Thanks’

The maker of the eCoffee Energyband says it electrically stimulates your nerves to keep you alert. Researchers are skeptical, and critics see it as a way for China’s bosses to keep workers productive.

Instead of Fitbit’s AI Health Coach, You Could Just Have Friends

I used the public preview of Fitbit’s new AI Health Coach and became both faster and noticeably weirder.

This Hacker Conference Installed a Literal Anti-Virus Monitoring System

At New Zealand’s Kawaiican cybersecurity convention, organizers hacked together a way for attendees to track CO2 levels throughout the venue—even before they arrived.