Kwikset adds 3 smart locks to Amazon Key platform

From CNET: Three Kwikset smart locks are making their way to the Amazon Key Home Kit platform, Kwikset announced Thursday.

The new smart locks do more than open the door for friends and family. They also enable Amazon Key, Amazon's in-home package delivery service for Amazon Prime subscribers...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify to Congress on April 11

From CNET: Mark Zuckerberg just switched from "maybe" to "attending" for a congressional hearing.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee announced Wednesday morning that the Facebook CEO will be testifying on April 11, at 10 a.m. ET. Zuckerberg has faced massive pressure to answer to lawmakers in...

Cryptocurrency Mining Extensions Banned From Chrome Web Store

From PC Mag: Google is banning extensions that mine cryptocurrency from the Chrome Web Store.

Until now, Google has allowed cryptocurrency mining extensions as long as mining was the extension's only purpose, and users were adequately informed about this behavior, Google's Extensions Platform...

Mozilla's Firefox Reality browser is where VR meets the web

From CNET: Mozilla, the nonprofit organization behind the Firefox web browser, said Tuesday it's building a new web browser. This one, though, won't run on your computer in the traditional way. Instead, it's built "from the ground up" to work with new VR and AR headsets, which bring computer images...

Report: MacBooks to Get Apple-Developed Chips, Dropping Intel

From PC Mag: Future Mac computers will eventually ditch Intel chips for Apple-developed processors, according to a new report from Bloomberg.

The company plans on making the switch by as early as 2020. The goal? To make Macs, iPhones and iPads work more seamlessly together, according to Bloomberg...

Google Is Shutting Down Goo.gl

From PC Mag: URL shorteners have become commonplace on the web as a way of making otherwise very long web addresses easily shareable. This was especially important on Twitter when web link characters used to count. Google offered its own URL shortener called goo.gl back in 2009, but the search giant...

Facebook is building a tool to fight advertising without consent

From CNET: Facebook is building a certification tool that will require advertisers confirm they received user permission before using emails to target advertising on the huge social network.

The tool, reported earlier by TechCrunch, will be part of Facebook's Custom Audiences program, which allows...

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