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Farewell Uber, Open Table and apps for airlines I no longer fly. Hello DoorDash, Zoom and apps for picking wine to drink at home. As politicians and newspapers won’t let you forget, it has now been a whole year since the coronavirus first turned us into pandemic hermits. One less-obvious way to measure how your […]
Carriers are fully in the swing of deploying their 5G networks, with AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile all having now rolled out nationwide networks using a combination of Sub-6 and mmWave spectrum. That’s good news for those who want to enjoy 5G on their smartphones — but it may have an impact on another internet connection […]
Enlarge Getty Images / Aurich Lawson A home security technician has admitted he repeatedly broke into cameras he installed and viewed customers engaging in sex and other intimate acts. Telesforo Aviles, a 35-year-old former employee of home and small office security company ADT, said that over a five-year period, he accessed the cameras of roughly […]
How open banking is driving huge innovation Learn how fintechs and forward-thinking FIs are accelerating personalized financial products through data-rich APIs. Register Now The technology required to digitally recreate and furnish real rooms in 3D is considerably more complicated under the hood than it appears to end users, and it’s even trickier to import an […]
Is your internet connection fast enough? Do you lose connections in the middle of video calls or streaming media? Fast and stable home internet is no longer a luxury, but a necessity. Many people rely on the web for work, learning, and communicating with distant loved ones. You also need high-speed internet for data-hungry activities […]
India’s Nukebox Studios is aiming for another global hit with the home design game Room Flip. The creator of Food Truck Chef and Sponge Bob: Krusty Cook-Off has launched a new game targeted at the underserved demographic of older women and other people who enjoy home decoration. Inspired by other titles like Glu’s Design Home, […]
Getty Images Hackers have livestreamed police raids on innocent households after hijacking their victims’ smart home devices and making a hoax call to the authorities, the FBI has warned. It said offenders had even spoken to responding officers via the hacked kit. It marks the latest escalation of a crime known as “swatting”, in which […]
Enlarge / Your home office can always use some sprucing up, especially when it’s your main place of work. Corey Gaskin By Cyber Monday, most of us have been through the home-office setup phase of working from home but, with lengthening timelines to return to the office, Cyber Monday might be a good time to […]
While rivals Microsoft and Sony race to be crowned champion in the next-generation console war, Nintendo has turned its attention to augmented reality with a new Mario Kart game. Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit lets players race around their own homes using remote-controlled cars, streaming live camera footage to the Switch console. BBC Click’s Chris […]
The two sizes of the Spotify widget in iOS 14. Samuel Axon To use the widget, you have to update Spotify to the latest version, then open the app. Samuel Axon Once that’s done, you can tap the widget gallery button in the top-left corner… Samuel Axon You’ll find it in the widget gallery like […]
Comcast doesn’t go out of its way to disclose exact tech specs or play up X-Fi’s relationship to Plume—but the tri-band Pods certainly look like Superpods to us. Comcast Just like the original Plume Superpod design, the tri-band X-Fi Pods have two gigabit Ethernet ports on their underside. Comcast This is a Plume Superpod, not […]
The new Nest Audio. Google It comes in many colors. Google We love a good explode shot. Google The back. Google They can be paired in stereo mode. Google After four years on the market, Google has announced a sequel to the original Google Home. Meet the Google Nest Audio, the company’s new mainstream smart […]
When Amazon’s chief executive, Jeff Bezos, promised in 2013 that drones would soon be flying everywhere delivering packages, a miniature camera whirring through homes and recording video was probably not what people envisioned. But on Thursday, Amazon’s Ring division unveiled the $ 249 Ring Always Home Cam, a small drone that hums as it flies […]
Enlarge Thomas Barwick / Getty Images Spare bedrooms and living rooms could soon become part of vibrant trading floors as one of the world’s biggest investment banks considers providing staff with augmented reality headsets. UBS has experimented with issuing its London-based traders with Microsoft HoloLenses, which would allow staff to recreate the experience of working […]
Apple has finally launched iOS 14, providing the iPhone with perhaps its biggest makeover to date. Chief amongst the new operating system’s features is the ability to add widgets to your iPhone’s home screen. In case you don’t already know, widgets are basically little sneak peeks into various native apps. They function like a hybrid […]