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Official! Google buys Fitbit. So, what’s next for Fitbit? Fitbit, the fitness and health wearable maker, is now officially part of Google. Fitbit co-founder James Park says that the official acquisition is “an incredibly exciting moment for us as a company and for our Fitbit community of users around the globe’, and that “with access to Google’s incredible resources, knowledge and global platform, the possibilities are truly limitless”. “Google is an ideal partner for Fitbit who will continue to put our users first and help further our mission to make everyone in the world healthier,” Park wrote in an open letter to Fitbit’s 29 million users....

Save £20 on Nintendo Switch Mario Red & Blue edition bundle If you’re eager to get your hands on the upcoming Switch Mario Red and Blue edition console, which releases 12 February,Nintendo’s bundle dealis worth checking out. For £329.99, the offer includes the console with thenew Super Mario 3D World and Bowser’s Fury games, a matching protective case, screen protector, steelbook, sticker sheet, and analogue stick caps. Mario 3D World and Bowser’s Fury with the sticker sheet and steelbook costs £49....

Schneider launches Wiser Energy Center, for AI-driven home management The Wiser Energy Center is an electrical panel for homes. It’s designed to help people manage their end-to-end energy use, especially in households that generate some of their own power through solar panels. Schneider is the company behind the smart heating system Drayton Wiser – a multi-room set-up that we liked a lot whenwe reviewed it, finding it reasonably priced, easy to install and use....

The best of CES 2021 2021 is the first year that CES went fully virtual, after last year’s edition slipped in just before the novel coronavirus went truly worldwide. That freed journalists from traipsing the halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center, but it won’t stop us from picking out the best things we’ve seen this year – even if we only saw them over our computer screens anyway. This year was dominated by major chip announcements from AMD, Nvidia, and Intel that together ushered in a new generation of laptops, but there was plenty of news on the TV side to keep us busy too, as almost every manufacturer went all in on mini-LED....

What is Parler and what does it have to do with Donald Trump? A few days ago, the Parler app made headlines around the world. Before that, hardly anyone knew it existed and now everyone is wondering why it’s been shut down. Adding to the confusion is why Donald Trump and his supporters got involved. What does the president of the United States have to do with it? What is Parler?...