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How Accurate Are Fitness Trackers Really?

According to a study conducted in 2018, mainstream fitness trackers are generally accurate. They do a reasonable job when it comes to monitoring the distance covered, the number of steps taken, pulse rate, and sleep duration of an individual. However, accurate evaluation of calories burned or energy consumed remains challenging due to a significant margin of ...

Nathan Machoka

A woman syncs her fitness tracker with her smartphone and reviews the data.

Chinese Are Angry Over the Use of a Health App to Control Their Activities

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) curtails Internet access in China and imposes many other restrictions on its residents. Now, it seems Beijing is using covert technological mechanisms to control the activities of its citizens. For example, several bank customers wanted to withdraw their savings from rural banks, but a health app deterred them from making ...

Max Lu

Young woman looking sad through a window.