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Amazon Echo Frames go live with 2nd-gen update, and more tech news today
June 01, 2025
1. Amazon Echo Frames reach second-generation
Remember when Amazon tried some new Echo wearables as part of its “Day One Edition” product line, with invite-only availability?
Two of those are seeing big changes.
But more importantly, theEcho Frames smart glasseshave been upgraded and they’re going live to the general public.
2. It’s official:Xiaomi’s new Redmi Note 9 seriesis coming next week (Android Authority).
3.Google is rolling out end-to-end encryption for RCSin Android Messages beta, after two years of getting there (Android Authority).
- Why is itso dang hard to place an order for a next-gen console or new NVIDIA graphics card? (The Verge).
5.iOS gamers can now enjoy some cloud streaming gaming, with Google Stadia and NVIDIA’s GeForce Now platforms now working in Safari via web app, bypassing the App Store. Fortnite is effectively back on iPhone/iPad. (TechCrunch).
6.Speed Test G: iPhone 12 vs OnePlus 8T(it’s not really a contest) (Android Authority).
7.iFixit digs into the M1 MacBooksand finds similarities galore, except for that M1 chip (Engadget).
8.Roblox files to go public. Extraordinary numbers: 31 million daily active users, and 22.2 billion engaged hours. You might only know about this if you have kids but the kids just love it (TechCrunch).
- Don’t be alarmed given the safety changes Boeing has been forced to make, but for flying nerds:How to tell if you’re flying on a recently recertified Boeing 737 MAX(Jalopnik).
10.The Pope’s Instagram account liked a post from a modelin a pose probably not seen as particularly …devout. No one’s fessed up, so the Vatican is asking Instagram. Oops.(The Guardian).
11.Deep space isn’t pure black, and scientists don’t know why (NPR).
- Facing destructive collapse,the famed Arecibo Observatory will be demolished. This was once a major US scientific achievement that is and was critical for astronomy, and fell into dangerous tatters (The Verge).
13. Here are2020 award-winning wildlife photos(Agora).
14.Rocket Lab launched Electron in a big test of booster recovery, successfully brought the booster down in a parachute (SpaceNews)
- ELI5:Why are there “hot people” and “cold people,”– like my mum, who is always cold. Why?! (r/explainlikeimfive).
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