From The Verge: Matter — the IOT connectivity standard with ambitions to fix the smart home and make all of our gadgets talk to each other — has hit version 1.2, adding support for nine new types of connected devices. Robot vacuums, refrigerators, washing machines, and dishwashers are coming to...
From PC World: If you own a cell phone, you know the pain and fury of a 9 a.m. call from “Microsoft Windows support.” These and similar scams send out literally billions of robo-calls every year, plus various web-based scams, trying to hook the unwary for services they don’t need. With India being a...
"Hey, do you know where the shuttle bus to Southwest Airlines is?" a man approached me as I was walking out of the rental car center at 6:50am after I returned my car at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. At that point, my heart sank. For those who are not familiar with DFW, Southwest Airlines, due to the Wright Amendment, only flies out of Dallas Love Field airport until its expiry in 2025. Maybe there was something I did not know, so...
A couple of weeks ago, I attended a play with my girlfriend called "The Mousetrap", which was a murder mystery written by Agatha Christie. Without revealing the actual story, I found the evening to be quite enjoyable. I always like a whodunit and watching it live only elevates the experience. One thing I found interesting was how they were able to create an ambience with their physical set, lighting, and sound effects. For example, when they...
From Corsair Press Release: CORSAIR today released the Platform:6 Modular Computer Desk. Building upon decades of experience delivering industry-leading gear, CORSAIR is once again setting a new benchmark with the Platform:6. In collaboration with the experts at Elgato, one of the most trusted names...
From Noctua Press Release: Noctua today announced its new NH-U14S TR5-SP6 and NH-D9 TR5-SP6 4U CPU coolers for AMD’s TR5 (sTR5/sTRX5/sWRX9) and SP6 sockets for the just-released 7000 series Threadripper HEDT (High-End Desktop) and Threadripper Pro workstation processors as well as 8004 series Epyc...
From The Verge: Brave’s privacy-centric browser has been downloading VPN services to some customers’ computers without their consent. Noted by Ghacks, starting in 2022, downloading Brave to a Windows PC meant you were also downloading the company’s VPN service, regardless of whether you wanted it...
From PC World: Google has announced a torrent of new features for its popular video streaming platform. According to Google, YouTube will receive “three dozen new functions and design updates,” but not all of them are noteworthy. These are the most exciting new features coming to YouTube:
“Stable...
From CNET: The flip phone playing field is set to get more crowded.
Huawei is tipped to launch an entry-level flip phone within the first half of next year, according to a Thursday post by a tipster Revegnus on X. The clamshell-style phone could start for as low as $735, the leaker says, and is...
From The Verge: WhatsApp is beta testing the ability to send voice messages that can only be listened to once by their intended recipient, WABetaInfo reports.
The feature, which is currently only available to a limited number of Android and iOS users running the beta version of the app, is...
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