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Apple CarPlay Grabs the Helm on 2027 Pontoon Boats

MLXIO — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 02:10:47 +0000

Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are coming standard to select 2027 Crest and Balise pontoons with Savvy Navvy navigation.

Key takeaways

Apple CarPlay is moving from the road to the water, with Crest and Balise set to put Apple’s familiar dashboard interface at the helm of select pontoon boats.
The rollout affects buyers of upcoming 2027 model year pontoons from the two MasterCraft Boat Holdings brands, according to 9to5Mac . The key change is not jus...
That matters because the announcement turns a car-first interface into a factory-installed boating feature. For casual pontoon owners, the promise is simple: plan a ro...
Crest and Balise get a factory interface instead of another add-on screen

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Canonical source: https://mlxio.com/technology/apple-carplay-pontoon-boats

18-Hour Motorola Razr Fold Leaves Samsung Chasing Hard

MLXIO — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:17:01 +0000

Motorola’s Razr Fold hit 18h22m browsing, beating Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold7 by about four hours.

Key takeaways

Motorola Razr Fold just posted 18 hours and 22 minutes in a Wi-Fi browsing test, putting clear daylight between its 6,000 mAh battery and Samsung’s **Galax...
That matters most to buyers who want a book-style foldable as their main phone, not a fragile second device they baby between chargers. The Razr Fold, currently listed...
Core News: Motorola’s 6,000 mAh Bet Hits Samsung Where Users Feel It
Notebookcheck’s test gives Motorola a clean headline: 6,000 mAh, 18 hours and 22 minutes, and the best runtime among the tested devices in this comparison.

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Canonical source: https://mlxio.com/technology/razr-fold-battery-samsung

51 New Workout Modes Fix Amazfit Helio Strap's Big Gap

MLXIO — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:12:31 +0000

Amazfit Helio Strap firmware 3.22.0.1 adds 51 workout modes, VO2 Max tweaks and phased global rollout via Zepp.

Key takeaways

Amazfit Helio Strap owners who found the workout list too narrow are getting a sizable fix: firmware 3.22.0.1 adds 51 new workout modes and is now rolling ...
The update, about 3.7 MB, was detailed in release notes shared by a Reddit user and reported by Notebookcheck. It also includes a VO2 Max algorithm update, uns...
Amazfit Helio Strap firmware 3.22.0.1 rolls out worldwide with a bigger workout menu
The headline change is simple: 51 additional workout modes. Amazfit has not published the full list in the available release notes, but the company says the new op...

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Canonical source: https://mlxio.com/technology/amazfit-helio-strap-update

ChargeUltra G4 Bets $40 Can Kill Nightstand Clutter

MLXIO — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:19:10 +0000

ChargeUltra G4 packs a charger, clock, alarms, and light into a $40 Kickstarter—but delivery is not due until October 2026.

Key takeaways

ChargeUltra’s G4 is not really selling speed; it is selling control over the most crowded square foot in the bedroom. The new multi-device bedside charger comb...
The ChargeUltra G4 has launched through a Kickstarter campaign, with early backers able to reserve a unit from around $40, plus $9 to $16 shipping, acc...
Builders are bundling bedside habits, not just charging coils
For accessory makers, the ChargeUltra G4 shows a clear design bet: charging hardware is becoming harder to separate from the routines around it.

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Canonical source: https://mlxio.com/technology/chargeultra-g4-bedside-charger

WhatsApp Group Chats Grab an @all Panic Button Today

MLXIO — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:14:37 +0000

WhatsApp is adding @all alerts, tighter poll controls and easy spin-off groups to stop decisions from getting buried in busy chats.

Key takeaways

WhatsApp is trying to stop group chats from turning every decision into a scrollback hunt. The messaging app is launching three group chat upgrades today: expa...
The most practical change appears to be in polls, where WhatsApp is adding more controls for group decisions. The supplied source material does not confirm the exa...
WhatsApp rolls out three fixes for noisy group chats
The update targets three familiar group-chat failure points: votes that stay open too long, urgent messages that get buried, and side discussions that crowd the main t...

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Canonical source: https://mlxio.com/technology/whatsapp-group-chat-upgrades

120x Zoom Leak Throws Pixel 11 Pro Into Camera War

MLXIO — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:12:20 +0000

A Pixel 11 Pro leak points to 120x zoom, G6 silicon branding, and Gemini features ahead of Google’s August 12 event.

Key takeaways

Nine days before Google’s August 12, 2026 Made by Google event, the Pixel 11 Pro leak shifted from design gossip to a measurable camera claim: 120x zoom on Goo...
Leaker Evan Blass published official-looking Pixel 11 Pro marketing renders that show the device in a coral finish with a gold camera bar and matching ...
That does not prove Gemini powers the zoom system. The source does not say that. But it does suggest Google wants the Pixel 11 Pro story to land as more than a routine...
August 3 leak moves Pixel 11 Pro from colors to a 120x camera claim

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Canonical source: https://mlxio.com/technology/pixel-11-pro-120x-zoom

€299 Leak Says Momentum True Wireless 5 Dodges Price Hike

MLXIO — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 08:15:34 +0000

A leak says Sennheiser’s Momentum True Wireless 5 will keep the €299.90 price, add five colors, and possibly launch August 19.

Key takeaways

Sennheiser’s next flagship earbuds may not get a price hike: the leaked Momentum True Wireless 5 is tipped to launch at €299.90, matching the launch price ...
The leak comes from Billbil-kun, a source Notebookcheck describes as having a strong record of revealing product details before official announcements. The reporte...
That gives buyers an early read on Sennheiser’s positioning before the important part lands: the specs. For now, there is no confirmed battery life, driver setup, ANC ...
Sennheiser’s leaked €299.90 price keeps the flagship tier intact

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Canonical source: https://mlxio.com/technology/momentum-true-wireless-5-price

75 PhD Defenses Put Alexander Rakhlin Atop MIT SDSC

MLXIO — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 04:16:32 +0000

Alexander Rakhlin will lead MIT SDSC, making mathematical rigor and AI safety central to the center's next chapter.

Key takeaways

More than 75 Interdisciplinary PhD in Statistics students have defended successfully under Alexander “Sasha” Rakhlin’s orbit at **MIT’s Statistics and Data Science...
Rakhlin, the Distinguished Professor in Data, Systems, and Society at the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society and a professor of **brain and cogni...
MLXIO analysis: this is not just a campus appointment. MIT is placing a theorist of machine learning, statistics, optimization, and computation at the center of its da...
Rakhlin’s appointment puts mathematical AI foundations back in the foreground

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Canonical source: https://mlxio.com/ai-ml/alexander-rakhlin-mit-sdsc

Garmin CIRQA Nails Deep Sleep — But Fumbles REM Badly

MLXIO — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 04:11:44 +0000

Garmin CIRQA impressed on deep sleep, but weak REM detection keeps it from being a full sleep-tracking win.

Key takeaways

Garmin CIRQA matched a reference deep-sleep reading 76.5 percent of the time, but its REM tracking was weak enough that it sometimes missed REM phases entirely...
The finding comes from a review by postdoc and YouTuber Rob ter Horst, published on The Quantified Scientist and covered by Notebookcheck. The short version: *...
That is the real story beneath the headline. CIRQA may be a step forward for Garmin’s display-less wearable strategy, but the test also shows why consumer sleep tracki...
For product context, the device sits in the same Garmin wearables conversation as Garmin CIRQA Leak Ditches Screens for the Wrist War, while Garmin’s broader software-...

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Canonical source: https://mlxio.com/technology/garmin-cirqa-sleep-test

EU Pressure Cracks iPhone Clipboard Open to Windows PCs

MLXIO — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 02:11:42 +0000

Apple will open iPhone clipboard syncing to Windows PCs in the EU, but the feature may not arrive until fall 2027.

Key takeaways

Apple’s clipboard wall was supposed to protect the iPhone’s tightest integrations; now Microsoft has pushed Apple to build a door through it for Windows PCs in...
Apple has outlined plans to let users copy and paste content between an iPhone and a paired Windows PC after a Microsoft interoperability request under the EU proc...
That timing points toward iOS 28, though Apple has not confirmed the software version. The larger signal is clearer: EU interoperability pressure is moving beyond ...
Apple’s iPhone-to-Windows clipboard shift turns EU pressure into a platform test

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Canonical source: https://mlxio.com/technology/iphone-clipboard-windows-pcs

$45 Godox C100 Turns Toy Camera Into a Design Flex

MLXIO — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:14:08 +0000

The $45 Godox C100 is less serious camera than transparent gadget flex, with light-meter tricks and clear tradeoffs.

Key takeaways

Can a $44.90 camera win attention by making the act of framing visibly imperfect? That is the real question raised by the Godox C100, a partially transparent c...
The headline feature is not resolution. It is not video quality. It is the fact that Godox, better known for lighting gear, built a tiny camera that doubles as a *...
Is the Godox C100 a real camera or a collectible tech object?
The answer is both, but the balance tilts toward object.

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Canonical source: https://mlxio.com/technology/godox-c100-transparent-camera-2026-08-04

Google Health Finally Gives Fitbit Users Apple Health Sync

MLXIO — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:10:46 +0000

Google Health 5.05 lets Fitbit data write to Apple Health, ending a years-long iPhone sync gap for mixed-device users.

Key takeaways

Google Health 5.05 now lets iPhone users send supported Fitbit-recorded data into Apple Health, closing a one-way sync gap that has frustrated mixed-device...
The update adds two-way Apple Health syncing for workouts, steps, sleep and other supported metrics, according to Notebookcheck. It also brings Smart Health Links ...
Google Health gives iPhone-based Fitbit users the missing Apple Health write path
Until this release, Google Health on iPhone could pull data from Apple Health, HealthKit and Apple Watch, but it could not send Fitbit-collected data b...

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Canonical source: https://mlxio.com/technology/google-health-apple-fitbit-sync