How to control your smart home without yelling at a dumb voice assistant
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Belkin"s Matter woes, ESR Find My wallet, & more smart home news
Belkin is stepping back from the Matter standard, ESR got a new Find My-enabled Geo Wallet & Stand, and there is much more news on the Homekit Insider podcast.HomeKit InsiderAfter previously committing to Matter, Belkin is now putting its rollout on.....»»
The way we work is about to change
In just a few months, you'll be able to ask a virtual assistant to transcribe meeting notes during a work call, summarize long email threads to quickly draft suggested replies, quickly create a specific chart in Excel, and turn a Word document into a.....»»
Best Buy’s deal of the day is $130 off a Dyson cordless vacuum
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Google tells users of some Android phones: Nuke voice calling to avoid infection
If your device runs Exynos chips, be very, very concerned. Enlarge / Images of the Samsung Galaxy S21, which runs with an Exynos chipset. (credit: Samsung) Google is urging owners of certain Android phones to take urgent.....»»
The best indoor security cameras of 2023
Looking for an indoor security cam to watch for intruders, monitor pets, and give you a live feed into your home? We rounded up the top models......»»
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Global AIO PC shipments go down 40% on year in 4Q22 and 1Q23, says DIGITIMES Research
Global AIO PC shipments continued to plunge in the fourth quarter of 2022, down 15% sequentially and 44% on year to reach only around two million units since most demand had already been fulfilled in 2021 amid robust stay-at-home activities during th.....»»
Tracking the global spread of malware
Approximately 10-16 percent of organizations have shown evidence of malicious command and control (C2) activities, strongly indicating a network breach within the last year, according to Akamai. Emotet and QSnatch Akamai observes nearly seven trillio.....»»
Federal agency hacked by 2 groups thanks to flaw that went unpatched for 4 years
A code-execution bug with a 9.8 severity rating gave control over agency's network. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Multiple threat actors—one working on behalf of a nation-state—gained access to the network of a US f.....»»
Belkin takes “big step back” from Matter, endangering universal smart home standard
But there are still many devices from other companies that will support Matter. Enlarge / Several of Belkin's Wemo smart home accessories support the Thread networking protocol, but the company is holding off on Matter support fo.....»»
Producing synthetic gas from atmospheric carbon dioxide using a transition-metal-free catalyst
Japan has declared carbon neutrality by 2050 as a government target to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050. In order to substantially reduce CO2 emissions, it is important not only to control CO2 emissions through existing processes,.....»»
Pulvinar slits in the cell wall of legume motor cells facilitate control of leaf movement
Plant movement has long fascinated many researchers. Legumes are a group of plants famous for exhibiting various leaf movements, including "nyctinastic movement," in which the leaves open in the day and close at night. Similar plant movements include.....»»
Belkin pauses Matter support in smart home devices
Belkin's smart home company Wemo is halting the development of devices with Matter to rethink its strategy.Belkin pauses Matter rolloutWemo makes various smart home accessories such as smart plugs, doorbells, and switches, but has decided to pause it.....»»
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Belkin takes “a big step back” from Matter, endangering universal smart home standard
But there are still many devices from other companies that will support Matter. Enlarge / Several of Belkin's Wemo smart home accessories support the Thread networking protocol, but the company is holding off on Matter support fo.....»»
Team co-maps proteins and transcriptome in human tissues
To understand how cells behave, researchers also need to understand the molecules that make them work. "If someone wants to know how the kidney functions, they have to know what's going on inside the kidney cells," says Yang Liu, Ph.D., assistant pro.....»»
Chance cross-cultural unicorn concepts lost in translation
There is a reason you have not come across a unicorn fossil in a museum exhibit, let alone seen one in a zoo or heard an iconic grandfatherly voice detail their daily trepidations in a BBC documentary. The reason being—spoiler alert—we have not y.....»»
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Appian Protect safeguards sensitive and highly regulated data
Appian introduced Appian Protect, a new set of security offerings that delivers reliable data monitoring and end-to-end encryption for cloud and mobile applications. Appian Protect gives Appian customers increased control over their security posture,.....»»
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Upgrade your non-smart TV with Amazon's Fire TV streaming devices, which are currently more affordable as their prices have been discounted in a flash sale......»»