Month: February 2022
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Aqara announces new Smart Door Lock A100 with Apple HomeKit and Home Key support
Smart home products provider Aqara on Monday announced its new Smart Door Lock A100 Zigbee, which features advanced authentication technologies and support for leading home automation protocols. For Apple users, it works with HomeKit and Home Keys in the Wallet app. more… The post Aqara announces new Smart Door Lock A100 with Apple HomeKit and […]
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15+ Ukraine Anti-War Protest Signs From People Demonstrating Across the Globe
15+ Ukraine Anti-War Protest Signs From People Demonstrating Across the Globe View this post on Instagram A post shared by Štěpán Rožek (@stepan_rozi_photography) The fighting in Ukraine has spanned several days after the country was invaded by neighboring Russia. As everyday Ukrainians are battling to defend their home—and the world watches in horror—people […]
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Honor’s Earbuds 3 Pro come with built-in temperature monitoring
Image: Honor Along with its 100W charging-capable Magic 4 phone, Honor has announced new Earbuds 3 Pro that include built-in temperature monitoring technology. According to Honor, this technology is an industry first, that owners can experience once the €199 buds are released. Temperature monitoring, among other signals, has become especially important to tracking someone’s health […]
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Professor Asks Students To Send Photos of Their Dogs Doing Homework and Whole Internet Joins In
Professor Asks Students To Send Photos of Their Dogs Doing Homework and Whole Internet Joins In Photo: Dr. Marie-Amélie George The start of a new semester of school is often filled with lots of new names, important assignments, and tedious details to remember—for both students and professors. But one university instructor likes to start off […]
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Heartbreaking Photos Show Ukrainians Fleeing Their Country With Their Beloved Pets
Heartbreaking Photos Show Ukrainians Fleeing Their Country With Their Beloved Pets Photo: UAnimals As the heartbreaking invasion of Ukraine continues, people are attempting to move to safety en masse. For many, this means making an arduous journey to the border, while for others finding a safe haven within the country is the best option. Families […]
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A wartime plea to Western satellite companies: “We need this data, please”
Enlarge / A Maxar satellite image shows the buildup of Russian vehicles and helicopers on an airfield in Belarus prior to the invasion of Ukraine. (credit: Maxar Technologies) Ukrainian entrepreneur Max Polyakov was emotional and, at times, angry, during a 20-minute call with reporters on Monday evening as he spoke about the attack by the […]
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Facebook blocks RT and Sputnik pages in the EU
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has blocked Russian state media outlets RT and Sputnik across the European Union, the company said Monday. The change means that the RT and Sputnik pages aren’t visible in the EU on Facebook and Instagram, Meta spokesperson Andy Stone tells The Verge. […]
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Instagram says it’ll stop supporting the IGTV app
RIP, IGTV. | Image: Instagram Instagram has announced that it will no longer be supporting the separate IGTV app, saying in a blog post that it will instead focus on keeping all video in the main Instagram app (via TechCrunch). While the writing’s been on the wall for Instagram’s YouTube competitor for a while, the […]
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OneDrive update brings native M1 support for all Mac users
Microsoft last December released a public beta of the OneDrive sync utility for macOS with native support for the Apple Silicon platform. Now, three months later, the company has finally made the update available to all Mac users who can now benefit from OneDrive running natively on the M1, M1 Pro, and M1 Max chips. […]
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Hands-on: Gmail’s new sidebar feels like a big banner ad for Google Chat
Enlarge / The new Gmail design. You can see a chat popup in the bottom left. (credit: Ron Amadeo) Gmail’s latest redesign seems to have finally started hitting a wide number of accounts over the weekend. The new desktop site changes up the 2018 design by turning the top and side portions of the web […]