This new indoor/outdoor Nest Cam promises free features and strong battery life, but can it compete with the likes of Arlo and Wyze? Nest Cam with battery review: Google is back with a smarter security camera – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreOne of the first things you might notice when you get Android 12 on your phone is that a standout Android feature is no longer where you expect it. I’m talking about the device control panel Google added into the operating system with last year’s Android 11 release. The panel offers a handy set of
Read MorePhoto Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge Building a career on pushing buttons and seeing what happens Continue reading… The quirks and features of YouTube car reviews with Doug DeMuro Source: New feed
Read More{$inline_image} Flipping houses is a popular thing to do right now. Your college buddy does it. The guy you used to work for does it. Seemingly everyone on HGTV does it. Hell, even Scott Disick does it. The whole thing seems straightforward: Buy up a crusty old house, do some manual labor, and resell it
Read MoreBen Brody / Protocol: As Congress fails to regulate Big Tech, state and local governments move ahead to pass their own laws on privacy, gig work, anticompetitive conduct, and more — Andrew Rigie said it isn’t worth waiting around for tech regulation in Washington. — “New York City is a restaurant capital of the world,”
Read MoreA community college collaborative formed earlier this year to develop shared services expects to launch its first programs shortly. The Collaborative for Higher Education Shared Services (CHESS), which was started by five schools in New Mexico, announced that it is working with Workday’s suite of applications, which includes enterprise planning, financial management, human capital management
Read MoreThe Citizen Lab: Investigation details ForcedEntry, an iMessage “zero-click” attack used by NSO Group that circumvents iOS 14’s BlastDoor, likely used by the Bahraini government — Summary & Key Findings — We identified nine Bahraini activists whose iPhones were successfully hacked … Investigation details ForcedEntry, an iMessage "zero-click" attack used by NSO Group that circumvents
Read MoreGoogle Meet will now warn users who are causing an echo. Google Meet is fixing one of the most annoying things about video calls Source: Tech Radar Software
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Default permissions settings in an app-building tool from Microsoft have been blamed for exposing the data of 38 million people online. Information including names, email addresses, phone numbers, social security numbers, and COVID-19 vaccination appointments was inadvertently made publicly accessible by 47 different companies and government entities using
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Cryptocurrency companies are moving mining hardware out of China post-crackdown, with US-based Bit Digital trying to send 20K+ mining rigs to Canada and the US — Miners face high costs, other hurdles in removing their machines after Chinese crackdown — When China vowed to crack … Cryptocurrency companies are moving mining hardware
Read MoreUS President invites CEOs of US tech giants to discuss how critical infrastructure can be protected from foreign cyber attackers. Apple, Microsoft and Amazon chiefs to meet Biden over critical infrastructure cyber attacks Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read More{$inline_image}It’s hard to miss the flashing lights of fire engines, ambulances, and police cars ahead of you as you’re driving down the road. But in at least 11 cases in the past three and a half years, Tesla’s Autopilot advanced driver-assistance system did just that. This led to 11 accidents in which Teslas crashed into
Read MoreCompanies including Microsoft, Google, and Facebook are backing an initiative to promote the extended Berkley Packet Filter (eBPF), technology that enables developers to safely embed programs in any piece of software including operating system kernels. Hosted by the Linux Foundation, the new eBPF Foundation, which was unveiled August 12, plans to expand eBPF and extend
Read MoreGillian Tan / Bloomberg: Bungalow, a marketplace for residential real estate that offers tools for landlords, raises $75M at a $600M+ valuation led by Deer Park Road Management — – Coatue, Khosla, Founders Fund bet on residential marketplace — Initially a roommate-finder, firm expanded into family rentals Bungalow, a marketplace for residential real estate that
Read MoreDan Taylor / Tech.eu: London-based Plentific, which offers a marketplace for property management services, raises $100M Series C and plans a US expansion — London-based property management platform Plentific has raised $100 million in a Series C round. In addition to a significant push into the US market … London-based Plentific, which offers a marketplace
Read MoreA reliable Microsoft leaker thinks we’ll have confirmation of the release schedule in the next week or two. Windows 11 release date could be announced later this week Source: Tech Radar Software
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge TikTok is testing an experimental set of developer tools that might one day let creators build augmented reality effects for the popular app. The platform is called TikTok Effect Studio and is currently in private beta, according to a report from TechCrunch. TikTok told the publication that Effect
Read MoreEric Coomer had an election-security job at Dominion Voting Systems. He also had posted anti-Trump messages on Facebook. What happened next ruined his life. How Eric Coomer Became the 'Perfect Villain' for Voting Conspiracists Source: NY Times Tech
Read MorePhoto by Sam Byford / The Verge Xiaomi is phasing out its “Mi” product branding, a spokesperson tells The Verge. Products including flagship smartphones like this year’s Mi 11 will instead simply carry the Xiaomi name. The news was first reported by XDA Developers. “Starting in 2021 Q3, Xiaomi’s product series ‘Mi’ will be renamed
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Once again, Google is headed back to the drawing board to rethink its healthcare strategy. As first reported by Business Insider, the tech giant is dissolving its single, unified Google Health division, founded in 2018, in favor of a distributed approach to building health products. The head of
Read MoreSohee Kim / Bloomberg: Samsung says it will hire 40,000 employees over the next three years in a $205B expansion, led by Samsung Electronics and Biologics — – Samsung Electronics and Biologics will lead spending plans — Samsung outlines expansion days after Jay Y. Lee wins freedom Samsung says it will hire 40,000 employees over
Read MoreGoogle Meet now warns you with a red dot and alert message if it thinks you have an echo. | Image: Google Google Meet will soon tell you when it thinks you’re creating an echo in calls, Google announced in a blog posting Monday. Right now, it’s hard to know if you’re creating an irritating
Read MoreFemale entrepreneurs said they were constantly compared to Ms. Holmes, the disgraced founder of Theranos, who faces trial soon. They Still Live in the Shadow of Theranos’s Elizabeth Holmes Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe game developer says it hopes to start a trend of making these types of patents freely accessible and popular to use. Electronic Arts makes 'ping system,' other accessibility-focused patents free to use – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA player uses the Ping System in Apex Legends to alert their team of the presence of a “Shield Battery”. | Image: Electronic Arts Electronic Arts is pledging to open the patents for some of its accessibility-related tech, including the much-celebrated Apex Legends ping system, the company announced today. EA says it won’t file infringement
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