A long, long time ago, like in 2012, a few tech companies thought it would be a good idea to add wireless connectivity to weight scales. Fitbit made one, called the Aria. (The company still makes this ...

Fitness tracking app Polar Flow has been broadcasting the whereabouts of personnel at military bases and intelligence services across the globe, an investigation has revealed. The app, developed by ...

Loop is a slim, minimalist band that wraps around the wrist like a bracelet, with no built-in display to buzz or light up ...

Finnish-based fitness tracking app Polar has temporarily disabled its global activity map feature after last week journalists used it to track down the real-world identities of military and ...

Finnish activity tracker and heart sensor maker Polar has launched its first Android Wear-based fitness smartwatch called Polar M600. On Aug. 3, Polar announced the M600 and the company revealed that ...

Measuring our heart rate during exercise is one of the most effective ways of knowing if we’re working hard enough. It shows us when we’re “in the zone,” if you’ll excuse such a hateful phrase. It may ...

You would think fitness apps would have learned from Strava’s example, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. Six months after discovering that Strava was inadvertently revealing sensitive ...

Who would have thought getting in shape could be so risky. Fitness apps help you track your runs, calories burned, and maybe even your heart rate. If you happen to be using a Polar device and its ...

Fitness tracking app Polar Flow allowed anyone with relatively little effort to work out the names, home addresses and daily movement routes of thousands of military and intelligence officials who ...

If you’ve been struggling to choose between a fitness tracker or an Android Wear device, look no further. Polar, the Finnish company known for its heart rate monitors and fitness wearables, has just ...

The fitness app Polar Flow exposes the whereabouts of some of its high-profile users, including “spies” and those with sensitive positions in the military. Fitness device maker Polar Flow suspended an ...

Polar's fitness app had security flaws exposing the location data of its users, according to a joint investigation from De Correspondent and Bellingcat. This included the location details of soldiers ...