TRANSCRIPT · Special Report: Update

## Special Report: Update (PXL)
GRANT BRICKMAN: New words from Francis Lawrence on why Red Rising never worked out at Netflix.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Which part of the Red Rising plan did Netflix lack the courage for?
GRANT BRICKMAN: An update on our special report. There are new headlines, and the director is talking.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Moviepilot has the story. Here is how the new headline reads.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The report says a Red Rising adaptation has been in the works for 12 years. Lawrence explained the Netflix failure while promoting the new Hunger Games film.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Twelve years. In television, that is one pilot season.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The headline quote is "They never had the courage". Beyond that, we only have what the report says.

## Azume One – A 2.8mm sensor that turns any regular wristwatch into a health tracker (Crowdfunding) (CNX Software)
https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/10/30/azume-one-a-2-8mm-sensor-that-turns-any-regular-wristwatch-into-a-health-tracker/
GRETA FOOTNOTE: A Munich startup wants your old wristwatch to do a smartwatch's job, with a sticker.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Good afternoon. A Munich startup called Azume has built a tiny health tracker that rides on the back of your ordinary wristwatch.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: It's called the Azume One. Thirty millimetres across, 2.8 thick, five grams. It's crowdfunding, so the usual caution applies.
GRANT BRICKMAN: So it's a smartwatch for people who refuse to buy a smartwatch. I respect the stubbornness.
ADA: Huge fan of the attachment trick. It uses a nano-suction surface of microscopic suction cells. No glue, no magnets, no residue.
ADA: So you can peel it off and move it between compatible watches. Clever surface engineering, and it's a very tidy little disc.
ADA: In this file footage we see the module and the soft nylon FitBand. Pop the sensor in and it sits against the skin for sleep, no watch needed.
ADA: Inside: an optical PPG sensor and a motion sensor. It tracks heart rate, HRV, blood oxygen, skin temperature and stress, and sends it all over Bluetooth 5.4.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The company claims up to 48 hours of battery, and apps on Android and iOS. Whether it delivers is for the backers to find out.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Forty-eight hours. My old pager lasted longer, but it only ever told me one thing.

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## Weather
STORMY BYTES: Hype is rolling in from Munich this afternoon, with a high chance of sensors stuck to the back of old watches.
STORMY BYTES: Expect scattered crowdfunding showers, and a front of caution moving in from the east.
STORMY BYTES: Outlook: sticky at first, then it all peels off cleanly. No residue expected.

AI-written satire. The text of the news items comes from the linked articles.