From The Verge: Google appears to be preparing to launch a fourth-generation Nest Learning Thermostat. Details on the thermostat first leaked last week, and now the same leaker has posted more documents on X that show this new model will have a customizable homescreen, a new “Dynamic Farsight”...
From PC Mag: About a week after millions of Windows machines displayed the blue screen of death around the world, Microsoft has confirmed the root cause of the incident that grounded thousands of flights and disrupted numerous businesses and public services.
"Our observations confirm CrowdStrike’s...
Despite more Calgarians realizing the necessity of air conditioners in recent times, I realize many people here do not think too much about the placement of their outdoor unit. I know it is important because where I lived previously, the outdoor unit was placed in the sideyard near the center of the house. The house was only 1600 sqft built in 2003, and the AC was from the same era, meaning not only is the compressor insanely loud by modern...
Has hype ever impressed you more than the actual product itself? There is a horror-thriller movie released recently called Longlegs that had a string of marketing before its release. While many movies these days suffer from revealing too many key plot points in the trailer, these teasers did exactly what a teaser should do, which is to tease the movie. In fact, it did even less than that. As I went into the movie, I had little to no knowledge of...
From The Verge: Google announced this week that it’s rolling out support for its Nest Hello doorbell in the Google Home app. This allows you to transfer Google’s original video doorbell camera — aka the Nest Doorbell (wired, first-gen) — from the Nest app to Google’s Home app. Google is also...
From PC Mag: Android enthusiasts will tell you that a major benefit of the mobile OS over Apple's iOS is the ability to sideload apps that aren't in the official Google Play store. That flexibility comes with some security risks, however, so Samsung will make the process a little harder on its newer...
From PC World: Secure Boot, a tool that’s built into hundreds of millions of PCs to keep them from loading unverified software via UEFI, is a fundamental cornerstone of modern computer security. It uses cryptographic signatures in hardware components to make sure that nothing connected to your PC...
From PC Mag: Microsoft is releasing its own version of AI-powered summaries for its search engine, Bing, the company announced Wednesday.
Bing's generative search feature is only being enabled on a small, predetermined selection of specific web searches to start, like "what is a spaghetti western"...
From PC World: There’s a lot of enthusiasm surrounding AMD’s next-gen desktop CPUs, which were announced for a release at the end of this month. I’m sorry to report that you’ll need to curb it, at least for a couple of weeks. AMD has amended the launch date for the Ryzen 9000 series to August 8th...
From CNET: The Pixel 9 series looks set to arrive much sooner than anticipated, with Google inviting the press to a Pixel hardware event on Aug. 13. The company's Pixel 8 and 8 Pro launched in October last year, but it looks like Google wants to get its phones out before Apple announces its iPhone...
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