Coros’ Nomad is marketed as a “go-anywhere, do-anything” adventure watch. It’s got GPS and offline maps and will track a lot of activities, from yoga to bouldering. There’s an “Adventure Journal,” which the marketing copy promises will help you record “every step, catch, and summit.” While it doesn’t have some of the bells and whistles of a more expensive competitor like Garmin, it’s a product seemingly aimed at campers, backpackers, and other outdoorsy types who aren’t satisfied with something all-purpose like an Apple Watch. So when my colleague Victoria Song flagged the Nomad to me, I took Coros at its word – and, as The Verge‘s resident …
digital
Inaudible sounds used to fingerprint browsers catch AliExpress red-handed
Chinese retailer AliExpress has been caught fingerprinting visitors after one of the metrics—an outdated technique that measures inaudible sounds it sends to browsers—impeded a researcher’s ability to use his bluetooth headphones. Researcher Matthew Callaghan said Read more…