Encyclopedia Britannica sues OpenAI for copyright and trademark infringement

OpenAI has been hit with another lawsuit. This time, Encyclopedia Britannica took legal action against OpenAI, accusing the company of copyright and trademark infringements, as first reported by Reuters. More specifically, Britannica alleged that OpenAI illegally used its "copyrighted content at a massive scale" when training its AI models. Not just with training, the encyclopedia company claimed that ChatGPT's responses to user queries sometimes contain "full or partial verbatim reproductions of [Britannica's] copyright articles."

Along with claims of copyright violations, Britannica argued that OpenAI was also responsible for trademark infringement. According to the lawsuit, ChatGPT generates "made-up content or 'hallucinations' and falsely attributes them" to Encyclopedia Britannica. The lawsuit doesn't specify an amount for monetary damages, but Britannica is also seeking an injunction to prevent OpenAI from repeating these accusations.

When reached out for comment, a spokesperson for OpenAI told Engadget that, "ChatGPT helps enhance human creativity, advance scientific discovery and medical research, and enable hundreds of millions of people to improve their daily lives. Our models empower innovation, and are trained on publicly available data and grounded in fair use."

It's not the first time that Britannica has filed a lawsuit against an AI company. In September, the company, which owns Merriam-Webster, also sued Perplexity for similar reasons. On the other side, OpenAI is still embroiled in a legal battle with The New York Times, which also sued the AI giant for copyright infringement.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ai/encyclopedia-britannica-sues-openai-for-copyright-and-trademark-infringement-164747991.html?src=rss

This Concept Shoe Looks Like a Sports Car Melted Onto Your Foot

Car brands dabble in lifestyle merchandise all the time, and most of it follows a predictable formula: slap a logo on a jacket, maybe a watch, and call it brand extension. Footwear collaborations exist, too, but they rarely go further than embroidering a grille badge onto an existing sneaker. This Alfa Romeo-inspired concept shoe takes a different approach, asking what happens when automotive design is treated not as decoration but as a structural principle.

The answer turns out to look a bit like a futuristic slipper, which is either its most interesting quality or its most confounding one, depending on your expectations. The upper is a soft, seamless white shell that pulls over the foot more like a sock than a traditional shoe, with almost no visible fastenings, stitching, or hardware. That minimal surface exists to let the midsole do all the work visually, and the midsole is doing quite a lot.

Designer: Haamed Ansari

That red base is the conceptual core of the whole project. Rendered in high-gloss red, it wraps from heel to toe in a continuous form that borrows the surface logic of automotive body panels, where lines are load-bearing transitions between volumes, not decorative additions. A single glossy band sweeps diagonally across the lateral side before tapering into the toe, much like a racing stripe that has been folded into three-dimensional geometry.

Where the red midsole meets the white upper, a narrow grey seam line functions almost like a panel gap. Car designers use exactly this kind of negative space to separate body sections and give each component its own visual weight. Without it, the shoe would read as a simple two-tone colorblock. With it, the shoe looks assembled from distinct parts that happen to meet with precision, which is a different thing entirely and a far more considered one.

Seen head-on, the silhouette edges surprisingly close to a Japanese tabi shoe, the way the upper pulls cleanly away from a defined sole structure and wraps the foot rather than lacing or strapping around it. The proportions are quite different, but the underlying logic feels shared. Where the tabi’s separation is rooted in traditional craft and function, this concept’s version is purely formal, a visual argument about soft material against rigid geometry.

The ideation sketches make clear that the final form is a significant restraint from where the concept began. Earlier iterations pushed into armored, aggressive territory with angular protrusions and forms that read more like racing boots from a science fiction film. The decision to pare that down into something closer to a loafer-boot hybrid is either a maturation of the idea or a softening of it, and whether that calm reads as confidence or compromise is the question the final render quietly leaves open.

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AirPods Max 2 Are Here: Everything New in Apple’s $549 Over-Ear Headphones

AirPods Max 2 Are Here: Everything New in Apple’s $549 Over-Ear Headphones AirPods Max 2 worn on a train commute, showing stronger noise canceling and a more natural Transparency mode.

Apple has officially launched the AirPods Max 2, a significant upgrade to its premium over-ear headphones. Designed to cater to a wide range of users, including audiophiles, gamers and content creators, these headphones combine innovative technology with a focus on sustainability. Featuring improved Active Noise Cancellation (ANC), enhanced sound quality and a suite of intelligent […]

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Storyteller Overland turn 4×4 Grenadier into ‘Grand Bohemian camper’ with pop-top roof and off-grid capabilities

There are very few 4×4 SUVs that have what it takes to become capable adventure camper vans. One of them is the INEOS Grenadier, which Alabama-based Storyteller Overland has transformed into a customized camping rig that any all-terrain adventurer would want to hop into.

Called the Grand Bohemian, this global expedition vehicle is one of the finest builds to come out of Storyteller’s foundry. The company notes that the Grand Bohemian is not a traditional Class RV, though it does fit within RV licensing and classification. At the same time, the micro-camper’s body and construction allow it to go places most other RVs simply can’t.

Designer: Storyteller Overland

Unless you have the Grenadier in the Bohemian avatar, the most you can do with it when you’re planning an overnight stay in it is to outfit it with a rooftop tent. With the Grand Bohemian, the SUV platform finds a new life. Besides its daily driver image, the Grenadier is designed for long stays in the untrodden paths you have reached in your ride. For the same, the RVIA-certified Grand Bohemian is a fully integrated camping rig meant for overlanding with a comfortable interior and beefed-up exterior. The visible difference is the Alu-Cab pop-top roof tent, which adds a sleeping loft to the camper along with standing height inside the vehicle. This difference is complemented by the convenient living environment created inside the Grenadier.

To be showcased for the first time to the adventurer community at the Overland Expo So-Cal, the Grand Bohemian is powered by a BMW 3.0L engine, which features an 8-speed ZF automatic transmission providing the power and precision to go anywhere. When you reach the destination, you can pull out an installed 270-degree shadow awning and expand the outdoor living space for your convenience.

When you climb into the back of the vehicle, after your long day, you will be confronted by a thoughtfully crafted interior featuring warm textures. The space with the galley and living area is designed for a good time and long conversations. The rare seats of the Grenadier are replaced with a full galley and a lounge here: the kitchen is provided with an induction cooktop, a fridge and freezer combo, a fold-down prep and dining table, and a sink. The living area opposite it comprises an L-shaped leather bench, which stretches out to double as a sleeping space for one.

The Storyteller Overland has outfitted the Grand Bohemian with a 5.4-kilowatt-hour battery, 30-amp shore power, and up to 400 watts of solar panels. The camper is backed up by a 2,000W inverter and features a gas-powered hydronic system to manage the heat and hot water. The Bohemian has a composting toilet and is provided with 10.5-gallon freshwater tank and a 4-gallon grey water tank. If you are interested, you can reserve your adventure ride for $198,888 now.

    

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OpenAI’s adult mode reportedly won’t generate pornographic audio, images or video

OpenAI's forthcoming "adult mode" will allow users to engage in lewd conversations with ChatGPT, but not use the chatbot to generate explicit images, audio or video. In response to reporting from The Wall Street Journal, an OpenAI spokesperson characterized the upcoming release as capable of producing smut rather than pornography.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman first floated the idea of allowing people to use ChatGPT for erotica last October, saying the company wanted to "treat adult users like adults." OpenAI originally planned to release adult mode at the start of 2026. Since then, the company has pushed back the feature a handful of times, with the most recent delay coming at the start of March so that OpenAI could "focus on work that is a higher priority for more users."

Through The Journal's reporting, we're learning OpenAI forged ahead with work on adult mode despite reservations from its council on wellbeing and AI. The group of eight researchers and experts were reportedly unanimous in warning the company AI-generated erotica could lead to people developing an unhealthy emotional dependence on ChatGPT, and that underage users would almost certainly find ways to access the feature. According to The Journal, one council member, citing cases where people have taken their own lives after becoming attached to ChatGPT, said the company was at risk of creating a "sexy suicide coach."

Those concerns appear to have been well-founded. At one point, the company's age verification technology was misidentifying underage users as adults about 12 percent of the time, according to The Journal. At OpenAI's scale, with around 100 million teens using ChatGPT every week, that error rate would have translated to millions of minors accessing erotic chats. OpenAI told The Journal its prediction algorithm performs to industry standards, adding no such system will ever be completely foolproof.

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How to find and cancel your unused subscriptions

Subscriptions are out of control. I can remember a time when the monthly payouts were few: just Netflix, a couple of magazines and a mobile plan. Now we have subscriptions for music, security cameras, cloud gaming, AI chatbots, meal kits, LinkedIn, DoorDash, Uber, Photoshop — the list is long. Basically, if there’s an app for something, there’s likely an associated subscription available, too. This guide was put together to help you locate and cancel the subscriptions that are no longer serving you. That way, you won’t end up paying for something you don’t use. Every time I go through this process, I’m always amazed at what random stuff I’ve signed up for — and cancelling always feels good.

It’s true that signing up for something is far easier than canceling — that’s by design. The FTC tried to pass a rule requiring companies to make cancelling a subscription as easy as it was to sign up for it. But that solution died before it ever went into effect.

That means it will still take some effort to get rid of the services you don’t use, but there are a couple of tactics that might make your efforts more effective. Here’s our advice on finding and cancelling your unneeded subscriptions.

Before putting this post together, I had no idea how many subscriptions I was paying for. Surprises included a coding game for my kid (that he no longer plays) and a British streaming app I’d gotten for one show (that I finished nearly a year ago). You, too, may not know what subscriptions are stealthily subtracting dollars from your accounts. One of the most comprehensive ways to see what you’re paying for is to look at your bank and credit card transactions, generating a search that includes every transaction in the previous full month. It may be a lot to scroll through, but each monthly subscription will appear at least once in that time frame.

Annual subscriptions can be tricker to track down. I was able to find most by searching for introductory emails, since most services send out an initial message confirming a new subscription. You can use the advanced search with the words “welcome” or “thank you” in the subject field, plus variations on the words “annual” “subscribing” and “membership” in the general or keyword search fields. You should get a decent idea of the things you’ve signed up for, but may have to wade through lots of promotional emails before you find the services you actually subscribed to. It could save you some time over searching through a year of bank statements.

Sometimes it’s helpful to simply see a list of common subscriptions people pay for (and often forget about). Here are a few:

Entertainment
YouTube Premium
Amazon Prime Video (or Prime in general)
Netflix
Disney+
Pandora Premium
Twitch Subscriber
Crunchyroll
Peacock

Gaming
PlayStation Plus
Xbox Game Pass
Nintendo Switch Online

Work/Productivity
LinkedIn Premium
Adobe Creative Cloud
Microsoft 365
ToDo
Evernote

Dating
Tinder
Grindr
Bumble
Hinge
Raya

Food
Hello Fresh
Green Chef
Blue Apron
Doordash DashPass
Uber Eats Uber One
• Monthly coffee, hot sauce and jerky boxes

For the most part, the way you sign up for a subscription is the way you’ll cancel it. If you signed up for Strava or Minecraft Realms from your iOS device, you’ll need to cancel it through your Apple account. If you signed up for Netflix through its website, you’ll cancel there. Sometimes even the device you use matters. For example, if you signed up for Paramount Plus via your Fire TV Stick, you’ll go through your TV to cancel instead of through the Amazon mobile app.

Once you’ve determined where to go, the cancellation processes will nearly always involve logging in to your account and navigating to your profile, then your account settings so you can view and end your subscription.

Here are steps to cancel a few of the most popular subs.

When you pay for a subscription through an app store, the transaction will likely be listed as a payment to either Apple or Google, so it’s harder to see what you’re paying for using the banking suggestion above. Here’s how to see what you’ve subscribed to using the two major app marketplaces, plus how to cancel.

How to cancel subscriptions through Apple’s App Store
1. Open the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad.
2. Tap your profile box at the top.
3. Tap on Subscriptions. Here, you’ll see your active and inactive subscriptions listed.
4. Tap the one you want to cancel and follow the prompts.

How to cancel subscriptions through Google’s Play Store
1. Open the Google Play app.
2. Tap your profile circle in the upper right.
3. Tap on Payments & Subscriptions.
4. Tap on Subscriptions.
4. You’ll see your active subscriptions and can decide which ones you no longer want.

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Amazon

Amazon most recently raised the price of a Prime membership in 2022, bringing it to $15 per month or $139 per year. A membership gets you things like free shipping and access to Prime Video — though as of 2024, you’ll pay an additional $3 per month if you want to stream ad-free. If Prime isn’t worth it for you any longer, here’s how to cancel.

Through the Amazon app:
1. Tap the person icon at the bottom of the screen.
2. Tap on the Your Account button at the top of the screen.
3. Scroll down to and tap Memberships and Subscriptions.
4. You’ll be taken to a Prime page; tap Manage Membership in the drop-down menu at the top.
5. Select the Update, Cancel and More option, and tap End Membership. Here, you can also opt for a reminder to be sent three days before your next renewal if you don’t want to cancel right away.

Via a web browser:
1. Sign in to Amazon.
2. Hover over Accounts & Lists to the right of the search bar up top.
3. Click on Memberships & Subscriptions under Your Account.
4. Click the Cancel Subscription button.

Paramount Plus is one of the cheaper video streaming subscriptions out there, going for $9 per month for the ad-supported version or $14 monthly for the ad-free version with Showtime. But if you finished Starfleet Academy and want to cancel, here’s how. Remember, if you signed up for Paramount Plus through Prime Video or through the App Store, you’ll need to cancel through the same platform.

1. Log in to your Paramount Plus account on a web browser.
2. Select the username in the upper right corner.
3. Click on Account and scroll down to Cancel Subscription.
4. Click on Cancel Subscription.

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Apple

Probably the best thing about Apple TV is how lean it is. Sure, you may not want to watch everything on there, but the ratio of really good stuff to so-so fluff is far better than on most other services. But once you’ve gotten through Severance and Pluribus you may decide to save yourself the $13 per month.

Apple TV + requires an Apple ID to sign up, so the easiest way to cancel is through the Settings app on your Apple device. If you didn’t sign up through a Mac, iPad or iPhone or don’t have an Apple TV box, follow the PC instructions.

On an iPhone or iPad:
1. Open the Settings app.
2. Tap your profile box at the top.
3. Tap on Subscriptions.
4. Tap either Apple TV+ or Apple One membership, depending on how you first signed up.
5. Select the subscription you want to cancel, then click the Cancel Subscription button.

On a Mac:
1. Open the App Store app.
2. Click on your name and profile image at the bottom left.
3. Click on Account Settings at the top of the screen.
4. In the pop-up window, scroll down to the Manage section and click the Manage link to the right of the word Subscriptions.
5. Select the Edit link next to the subscription you want to cancel, then click the Cancel Subscription button.

On an Apple TV box:
1. Open the Settings app from the home page.
2. Click on Users & Accounts.
3. Click on Subscriptions.
4. Find the subscription you want to cancel and follow the prompts.

On a PC:
1. Go to tv.apple.com and sign in.
2. Click on the account icon at the top of the page.
3. Click on Settings and scroll down to Subscriptions, then click Manage
4. Choose Cancel Subscription.

If you downloaded Audible as part of a free trial or grabbed it for a 12-hour road trip but haven’t used it much since, here’s how to stop paying $15 per month. If you didn’t sign up via Amazon or Audible and instead went through Apple’s App Store or Google Play, follow the instructions for how to cancel subscriptions through Apple’s App Store or Google’s Play store above.

Through Amazon:
1. Sign in to your Amazon account.
2. Hover over Accounts & Lists to the right of the search bar.
3. Click on Memberships & Subscriptions under YourAccount.
4. You’ll see your Audible membership listed; click the Audible Settings button.
5. Scroll down to Membership Options & Help and click on Cancel Membership.

Through Audible (on a browser):
1. Sign in to your Audible account.
2. Hover over the link that says Hi [your name] and select Account Details from the menu.
3. You’ll see a box with your membership details; click on Cancel Membership.
4. Answer the “reason for canceling” question and follow the prompts.

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Spotify

Spotify only gets more expensive. If you just want to go back to the free version, here's how. You can change which tier you pay for through the app. But to cancel, you’ll need to go through a web browser. You can technically cancel through the app, but that involves deleting your account and all its data. If you want to preserve your playlists and just switch to the free version, do so with a mobile or desktop browser.

1. Head to Spotify on a web browser and log in.
2. If you haven’t logged in via the web before, you’ll see a button for Web Player or Account Overview; select Account Overview.
3. If you’re already in the Web Player, click either the gear icon (mobile browser) or your profile image (desktop browser) in the upper right corner and select Account.
4. Your subscription will appear in a box labeled Your Plan; click that box or scroll down to Manage Your Plan and click.
5. You’ll see your plan details, click the Cancel subscription button.

Pretty much every live TV streaming service has raised its prices over the past couple years. YouTube TV is no different. After starting at $35 per month at launch, it went up nearly every year to finally land at $83 with the latest price hike in December of 2024. If that’s edging too close to cable pricing, you can always cancel (after all, not requiring a contract is still one of streaming’s major advantages). And YouTube TV actually lets you cancel through the app.  

On an Android device:
1. Open the YouTube TV app.
2. Tap your profile circle at the top right.
3. Tap on Settings, then tap on Membership.
4. Under your membership details, tap Manage.
5. Click on Cancel Membership and follow the prompts.

Via a web browser:
1. Head to YouTubeTV.
2. Log in and click your profile circle in the top right.
3. Tap on Settings, then tap on Membership.
4. Under your membership details, tap on Manage next to Base Plan.
5. Click on Cancel Membership and follow the prompts.

Some finance apps will track and manage your subscriptions for you. We looked into the bigger ones to see how they can help. One of our previous recommendations, Mint, shut down, but ones from Experian and Monarch Money have cropped up to take its pace. We tried out Rocket Money to see how the process works and detailed it below.

Just note that these apps cost money to handle subscription cancellation on your behalf — and adding another paid service to your life can feel absurd when you’re trying to do the opposite. You’ll also need to give the apps your banking information and your data may, in turn, be sold or shared with third parties for marketing.

A couple of other apps we tried don’t ask for your banking info. Instead you manually enter your subscription details. That’s certainly more private, but might not be saving you much effort in the long run.

Owned by the same company as Rocket Mortgages, Rocket Money is a finance app that connects with your bank account and offers to help you budget and track your overall spending, in addition to managing your subscriptions. You’ll pay for the app using a sliding scale from $3 to $14 per month for the premium version, which includes automated cancellation and other features. To access the free version at sign-up, move the slider to the left until you reach $0.

Once you’ve linked your account, navigating to the Recurring tab gives you an overview of your subscriptions. I liked that you can access this using either the mobile or desktop app. After linking my accounts, it reminded me of an upcoming renewal for a magazine I don’t read and hosting fees for a website I no longer need. Canceling both of those would save me nearly $200 in a year. Unfortunately, my monthly Apple One payment and the Max access that I pay for through my Samsung TV didn’t show up as recurring subscriptions. That could be due to how my bank lists the transaction, but I’d like to have seen those on the list, too.

Next to each transaction is a three dot menu, which includes an option to “cancel this for me” for Premium subscribers. Click and you’ll see contact methods to handle it yourself or a button to have Rocket Money do it. After you provide your username and password for the service, you’ll get an email confirmation that tells you the process could take up to ten days to complete. When I had Rocket Money cancel Paramount Plus for me, I got an email later that night saying the cancellation was complete.

While it’s not a magic program that zaps your subscriptions away, Rocket Money could save you a few steps. Seeing (most of) your recurring charges together is also helpful for staying on top of things. It’s up to you whether the Premium charge (and taking on another subscription) is worth the cancellation service.

There are other apps, like Bobby (iOS) and Tilla (Android), that don’t connect with your bank account. Instead, you enter the details of the subscriptions you already have and add new ones as you go. The apps will remind you about upcoming renewals and let you quickly see what you’re paying for, all in one place. Both are free to use but limit the number of subscriptions you can track until you upgrade, which costs a flat $4 for Bobby and $2 for Tilla. I feel like if you possess the diligence to keep apps like these up to date, you could just as easily use a spreadsheet or native apps like Apple or Google’s Reminders, though these are more colorful.

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The Most Beautiful Ferrari in a Decade? Meet the New Amalfi Spider

The Most Beautiful Ferrari in a Decade? Meet the New Amalfi Spider Soft-top roof of the Amalfi Spider mid-motion, showing the 13.5-second mechanism at low driving speed.

Ferrari has officially unveiled the Amalfi Spider, a 2+ convertible sports car designed to balance high-performance engineering with everyday practicality. At its core is a twin-turbocharged V8 engine, delivering 640 horsepower and 760 Nm of torque, allowing the car to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in just 3.3 seconds. Complementing this powertrain is an […]

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Tech companies are teaming up to combat scammers

A coalition of Big Tech companies is working on a more comprehensive solution to combat online scams. As first reported by Axios, Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Meta, Amazon, OpenAI, Adobe and Match Group announced the signing of the Online Services Accord Against Scams. The new agreement is meant to put up a united industry-wide front against online fraud and scams, particularly those from sophisticated criminal networks that use multiple platforms.

According to the Axios report, the measures will include adding fraud detection tools, introducing new user security features, and requiring more robust verification for financial transactions. The agreement will also set up best practices for scam detection, prevention and reporting, while encouraging the sharing of information between companies and law enforcement. On the policy side, the coalition will call on the governments to "declare scam prevention a national priority," according to Axios. While these measures are extensive, the report noted that they're all voluntary since the accord doesn't mention any penalties if the companies don't follow through.

Many of the companies involved in the new accord already have experience in dealing with scams found on their own platforms. Earlier this month, Meta announced several new features across Facebook, Messenger and WhatsApp that would alert users about suspicious friend requests or accounts. Last year, LinkedIn introduced a new verification requirement for company recruiters or executives to address scams targeting job seekers on its platform.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/cybersecurity/tech-companies-are-teaming-up-to-combat-scammers-144616545.html?src=rss

This Blue Light Toothbrush Whitens Teeth 2.7x Brighter in 14 Days

Most bathroom counters tell a story of good intentions. There’s the electric toothbrush, the whitening strips half-squeezed out of their foil, maybe a tray or a pen that got used twice before disappearing behind the moisturizer. Whitening has always been a separate ritual, something you commit to on top of brushing, which is exactly why most people don’t stick with it. The Bixdo W60 is built around a simpler idea: that the best whitening routine is the one you’re already doing.

The W60 is a sonic electric toothbrush with a built-in 460 nm blue-light whitening system, designed to whiten and clean in a single three-minute session. No trays, no strips, no extra step to talk yourself out of skipping. It’s the kind of consolidation that sounds obvious once someone makes it, but actually took real engineering to pull off.

Designer: Bixdo

Getting stable light output from a toothbrush handle all the way to a tooth surface is not straightforward. Bixdo solved it with a patented energy-delivery system paired with Perlon® filaments, a fiber type chosen for how well it transmits light. These route the 460nm output directly where it needs to go, while separate Tynex® filaments handle the cleaning. One brush head, two jobs running at the same time.

The whitening agent is PAP, or phthalimidoperoxycaproic acid, a peroxide-free compound that breaks down stain molecules without the free radicals that cause sensitivity. It’s gentle enough for daily use, which matters because the whole point is building it into a habit rather than rationing it out once a week. The 460nm blue light activates the PAP in Bixdo’s Active Oxygen Whitening Toothpaste directly at the enamel surface, with the two working together to speed up stain breakdown. Third-party testing across 32 participants found up to 2.7 times brighter-looking teeth in 14 days using the brush with Bixdo’s Active Oxygen Whitening Toothpaste.

The rest of the package is well put together. Four brushing modes cover most situations: WHITEN+ for the full session, FAST for a quick two-minute morning clean, DEEP for a thorough three-minute scrub, and SOFT for sensitive days. A handle display gives real-time brushing guidance, and the base flashes orange if you’re moving too quickly between quadrants. Battery life is up to 180 days on a single charge, which is a pleasant surprise for this category, and a one-touch travel lock stops it from switching on inside a bag.

The W60’s real argument is a behavioral one. Whitening works when it happens consistently, and consistency is much easier when it’s attached to something you’re already doing every day. Brushing is the existing habit, and the W60 is designed to fold into it rather than sit beside it as another thing to remember. The blue light, the PAP chemistry, the smart brushing feedback, none of it requires a separate session, a separate product, or a separate place on the bathroom counter. They all just come along for the ride.

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