Some details have leaked out ahead of the Pixel Watch 2’s unveiling in October. 9to5google.com reports that the updated smartwatch will include a thermometer, and will have improvements for the wearable versions of Fitbit and Personal Safety. There had already been leaks alluding to an electrodermal activity sensor for stress management and tracking. The thermometer will allow checking skin temperature on demand…unlike the Sense 2, which only tracks temperature variation at night. The Watch 2 will also get an update to personal Safety, including full support for Emergency Sharing…which lets you share your location with trusted emergency contacts. 

In a major leak, Microsoft is going to launch an all-digital Xbox Series X with a new diskless cylindrical design, and a new gyro controller. According to engadget.com, the leak came when Microsoft accidentally included the info in some documents uploaded for its court battle with the Federal Trade Commission. The new device isn’t scheduled to drop until a year from now. Time will tell if it will hurt present business, while some players wait for the updated device. Microsoft is reportedly working on another couple of gaming consoles, according to the leak. 

In a livestream chat with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, Elon Musk said the social network is “moving to having a small monthly payment for use of the X system” in order to combat “vast armies of bots.” CNBC notes that Musk didn’t say how much a new plan would cost users of the platform, or what extra features they might get for forking over some dough monthly. He claimed that they have 500 million ‘monthly users’ that generate 100 to 200 million posts a day. Humorist Andy Borowitz joked that now X Users will Require Elon Musk to Pay Them to Keep Using It.

Panos Panay, who has been at Microsoft almost 20 years and lately has headed up Surface devices, is reportedly heading to Amazon. Bloomberg reports he will be overseeing hardware products at the online giant. Panay was instrumental in creating the Surface devices and can take credit for a lot of their success. He won’t be on hand Thursday for the Surface and AI event Microsoft is holding in New York City. Panay will apparently stay at Redmond another couple weeks to ease the transition before he heads to Amazon.

I’m Clark Reid and you’re ‘Technified’ for now.