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Oura Adds Two New AI Features That Track Your Meals and Glucose Intake

The glucose tracking won’t work unless you purchase an accompanying $99 pack of biosensors.

Two new AI-driven features are now permanent additions to the Oura app, expanding the capabilities of the company’s smart ring. They’re powered by an in-house large language model called Oura Advisor. One new feature tracks a user’s meals, with the help of photos, and the other tracks the user’s glucose intake. There’s no exact release date for these new features.

The meals feature allows users to take photographs of their food to log meals, rather than type in each component and its caloric content. Oura’s AI model will identify the pictured foods and provide dietary guidance and feedback.

The meals feature also provides a nutritional breakdown of pictured foods so that users are able to get an at-a-glance summary of the total protein, fiber, sugars, fats and carbs they’ve consumed. The ring can make recommendations for the user’s next meal based on health objectives.

The other new AI-driven feature is glucose tracking, but you can’t use it without buying a $99 two-pack of Stelo glucose biosensors to take advantage of it. Each sensor can be worn for 15 days. Stelo is not for adults who are on insulin or at risk for hypoglycemia.

By linking with the sensor, which is worn on the back of a user’s arm, the Oura app will provide 24/7 glucose tracking. The app will contextualize that tracking alongside mealtimes, sleep, stress and other activities that can raise or lower your blood sugar.

Oura Advisor pulls together data from the new AI features alongside other Oura app information to provide sleep, readiness and activity recommendations.

There’s no extra charge for the new features, beyond the glucose sensor. They work on both iOS and Android devices. Both features will launch at the same time in the United States, while the meals feature will launch internationally later this year.

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Apple Plans to Use a Custom Model of Google’s Gemini AI to Power Siri, Report Says

Apple reportedly chose Google over Anthropic for financial reasons.

Apple is turning to Google to make a custom Gemini AI model to power the next version of its virtual assistant Siri for spring 2026, according to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman on Sunday.

According to the report, Apple was evaluating whether to use Google or AI competitor Anthropic for the next version of Siri. Gurman says Google offered a better financial deal. In an earlier Bloomberg report, he says Anthropic would have cost Apple $1.5 billion per year. The report doesn’t reveal Apple’s own financial offer.

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This custom Gemini model will run on Apple’s private cloud compute servers. Apple’s own models will continue to run on devices for personal data, while Gemini would operate on servers for more complex tasks. Gurman also says that Apple won’t highlight Google’s involvement in the company’s marketing.

Representatives for Google, Apple and Anthropic did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

With major tech companies pivoting toward AI, Apple has largely been left behind. The tech company was slow to adopt AI and hasn’t developed AI models that are competitive. It instead turned to companies like OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, to help add generative capabilities on top of existing Apple systems.

Even then, the promise of a truly agentic Apple Intelligence has failed to materialize, although it has improved. Apple CEO Tim Cook also hasn’t ruled out the possibility of acquiring an AI company.

(Disclosure: Ziff Davis, CNET’s parent company, in April filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.)

Apple also has a close relationship with Google. The search giant pays Apple $20 billion annually to remain the default search engine on Apple devices. It’s a relationship that nets Apple money and prevents it from building a competitor to Google Search, a claim Apple denies. This arrangement was an important factor in the Department of Justice’s case against Google, where a judge ruled that the company was operating an illegal monopoly.

Despite falling behind on AI, Apple is doing well financially. Last month, it surpassed a $4 trillion market cap.

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Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Nov. 4, #877

Here are some hints and the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for Nov. 4, #877.

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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle has a diverse mix of topics. They’re not too tough, but let’s hope you recognize your computer-related phrases. If you need help, you’re in the right place. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.

The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.

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Hints for today’s Connections groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Point in the right direction.

Green group hint: Like a veneer, or veil.

Blue group hint: Like JPG.

Purple group hint: Musical instrument.