From The Verge: Yale has expanded its Assure 2 lineup with two new smart locks: one with support for Apple’s HomeKey and one with a fingerprint reader. Both are firsts for the company, but unfortunately, you have to pick one or the other — there’s no model with a fingerprint reader and HomeKey...
From PC World: Death and taxes may be the most famous of life’s certainties, but you can also always count on Google to kill off another service or feature. It’s often something fiercely beloved or downright useful, too. (No, I’m still not over losing Google Reader.) And unfortunately, the Grim...
From CNET: Amazon is being sued by the US Federal Trade Commission and 17 state attorneys general who allege that the online retail giant is using "anticompetitive and unfair strategies" to maintain a monopoly and drive up prices for buyers and sellers online.
"Amazon violates the law not because...
From The Verge: Xiaomi is launching the 13T and 13T Pro today, two smartphones that will benefit from more Android upgrades than what it’s offered previously. Both are due to receive four major Android updates as well as five years of security patches, Xiaomi’s communications director, Daniel...
From PC World: Today, Acer announced the new Nitro V line of gaming laptops, some of which are priced as low as $700. These laptops feature powerful hardware, a high refresh rate display, immersive audio, and impressive cooling. While the manufacturer definitely checks off all of the necessary boxes...
From CNET: Tubi unveiled a new AI-powered search tool, Rabbit AI, for its iOS mobile app on Tuesday. A fitting nod to the streaming service's Super Bowl ad that saw giant bunnies dragging people into its content wonderland, the feature utilizes Open AI's Chat GPT-4 and aims to make it easier to find...
From The Verge: Amazon has announced that it’s shutting down Alexa Guard — a DIY security feature for Echo devices that listens for intruders or household alarms when you’re away from home. The free version of Alexa Guard that listens for household disturbances was included as a standard feature on...
From CNET: Microsoft appears to be one step closer to closing its $69 billion acquisition of game publisher Activision Blizzard.
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority says Microsoft has remedied the regulatory issues laid out earlier in the year, according to a press release Friday. The...
From Toms Hardware: Intel's 14th Generation Core series set to be released this year includes codenamed Meteor Lake processors for laptops and codenamed Raptor Lake Refresh CPUs for desktops. The exact reason why Intel decided to release its codenamed Meteor Lake processors only for notebooks this...
A couple of weeks ago, my friend and colleague, Jonathan Kwan, became a married man. He had asked me to be one of his groomsmen, so the day included a couple of responsibilities on top of the festivities. During the rehearsal, we realized Jonathan picked the Top Gun anthem to walk down to, so as a group we decided to get aviators and all walk down in sunglasses. If you have not seen me before, you should know I wear glasses and my prescription is...
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