Image: Garmin Today, Garmin announced the Lily 2 Active, a sportier version of the fashion-forward Garmin Lily 2. For $50 more, you get buttons and built-in GPS, which addresses some of our main complaints with the original Lily 2. Built-in GPS is a particularly welcome update, as it means you can now accurately track outdoor activities like running and cycling without needing a smartphone. The wearable’s pair of side buttons are a nice touch, too, given the Lily 2’s touch display has always been finicky to use. Plus, Garmin promises nine days of battery life, which is nearly double the Lily 2’s. We’ve yet to test the wearable, but if that claim holds true in real life, that’d put it nearly on par with the $1,000 Garmin Epix Pro Sapphire Edition —... Continue reading…

With a few steps, you can put live sports scores on your iPhone lockscreen and stay on top of your team’s race to the playoffs. | Image: Samar Haddad / The Verge When it introduced iOS 16, Apple added a feature called Live Activities as part of a broader update to notifications and the lockscreen. Live Activities is a little different from a standard push notification or widget — it offers a way for apps to put real-time information in a persistent notification bubble on your lockscreen. It’s especially useful for sports scores if you want to keep tabs on a game without committing your full attention to it. (There are, after all, 162 games per team in a baseball season.) Better yet, if you have an iPhone 14 Pro, 14 Pro Max, or newer, you’ll see live scores in the Dynamic Island when you’re following a game. Enabling Live Activities to follow a game on your lockscreen isn’t hard, so you’re just a... Continue reading…

Security for America's election systems has become so robust that Russia, Iran or any other foreign adversary will not be able to alter the outcome of this year's presidential race, the head of the nation's cybersecurity agency said Wednesday.

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are deadlocked in every battleground state, according to new polling released Wednesday by the Cook Political Report.

A San Diego doctor charged in connection with Matthew Perry 's fatal overdose pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring to distribute the surgical anesthetic ketamine.Dr. Mark Chavez, 54, entered the plea in federal court in Los Angeles, becoming the third person to admit...

U.S. — As November's hotly contested presidential election draws near, supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris were reportedly trying to figure out how they were supposed to convert their joy into groceries.

WASHINTON, DC — In an awkward turn of events, Presidential candidate Kamala Harris quietly canceled the release of wife-beater tank tops featuring her husband's image after revelations that he was, in fact, a woman-beater.

A study of avalanche survival data shows that survival rates have increased and rescues are faster, but time is still critical for buried victims.

Reunited Gallagher brothers will play summer dates following European run. Continue reading…

The annual Record Store Day Black Friday will also include special releases from Yes, the Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix and many others. Continue reading…