This smart video lock unlocks with a wave of your hand

From The Verge: Anker’s smart home arm, Eufy, has announced its first smart lock that uses palm vein recognition to unlock your door. The $399 FamiLock S3 Max is also a video doorbell with a 2K-capable camera and an interior screen that shows a live video feed through the door lock. The S3 works...

Nintendo Ends Its Gold Points Loyalty Program

From PC Mag: Nintendo is ending its My Nintendo Gold Points loyalty program on March 24.

“As of 9:30 PM PDT on March 24, 2025, it will no longer be possible to earn My Nintendo Gold Points when purchasing digital content” from Nintendo eShop, My Nintendo Store, and the official Nintendo website, or...

Asus’ new eGPU, with up to RTX 5090, goes on sale next week

From PC World: One of the most interesting parts of Asus’ pre-CES 2025 presentation was the latest version of its ROG XG Mobile, a little brick that’s supposed to enhance your laptop with discrete GPU muscle. The new 2025 model doesn’t just use a new graphics card, but is now fully non-proprietary...

AIDA64 v7.60 Press Release

From FinalWire Press Release: FinalWire Ltd. today announced the immediate availability of AIDA64 Extreme 7.60 software, a streamlined diagnostic and benchmarking tool for home users; the immediate availability of AIDA64 Engineer 7.60 software, a professional diagnostic and benchmarking solution for...

Acer Preps 10% Price Hike for Laptops, Citing Trump's Tariffs

From PC Mag: President Trump's 10% tariffs on Chinese goods will force Acer to increase its laptop prices.

The Taiwanese PC maker plans on rolling out the price hike next month for laptops made in China, according to The Telegraph. "We think 10% probably will be the default price increase because...

Windows 11’s February update breaks File Explorer and more

From PC World: Update KB5051987, released last week for Windows 11 24H2, was supposed to bring important security fixes and quality-of-life improvements.

However, some users who installed the cumulative February update are now reporting numerous problems, ranging from download failures and...

Tim Cook Drops Hint on iPhone SE's Launch for Tomorrow

From CNET: Where is the iPhone SE? It's the question that's been on our lips all week long. Rumor had it that the lower-cost version of the iPhone would launch this week -- until it didn't. And then further rumors suggested Apple was delaying the unveiling of the device for at least another seven...

YouTube TV has a deal to keep Paramount content

From The Verge: Days after YouTube published a blog post saying it could lose Paramount content soon, it updated the post to announce a deal to keep it. The company posted on X that, as a result, channels such as CBS, CBS Sports, and Nickelodeon and add-ons like Paramount Plus, Showtime, and BET...

New Beef: Uber Sues DoorDash Over Unfair Practices

From PC Mag: Uber has sued DoorDash, accusing the online food delivery company of engaging in anti-competitive practices.

As reported by The Wall Street Journal, the complaint was filed in the Superior Court of California on Feb. 14. Uber says DoorDash has been forcing restaurants to accept it as...

Netflix on the Apple TV app was a bug, not a feature

From PC World: Recently, many of us Apple TV users managed to do something miraculous — namely, connect Netflix to the Apple TV app. Well, there’s good news and bad news. Actually… just bad news.

Apple has now confirmed via The Verge that the short-lived ability to add Netflix as a connected...

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