Month: October 2023
Yale Assure Lock 2 review: almost perfect
I want three things from a smart lock: a slim, attractive design, more than two ways to control it, and the ability to connect to my smart home, with no single-purpose Wi-Fi bridge taking up an outlet in my house. Yale’s flagship smart lock series, the Assure Lock 2, ticks all…
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iOS 17 review: Notable new features and streamlined touches
Your latest iPhone update is officially here. iOS 17 brings some substantial new features and a lot of upgrades that streamline how you use your iPhone, especially when connecting with other iPhone users. While the lock screen customizations introduced in iOS 16 formed the big visual change last year, Apple…
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11 Best Electric Kettles (2023): Gooseneck, Temperature Control, Cheap
We made tons of coffee, tea, and ramen to test these gadgets—and boiled it down to these top picks. Source
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Qakbot malware returns, despite the FBI saying it took it out
The FBI’s mission against the dreaded Qakbot malware operators might not have been as successful as initially thought, as in true comic book fashion, the cyber-villains are back with a vengeance. Cybersecurity researchers from Cisco Talos recently released a new report stating that QakBot operators are likely behind a brand…
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Intel leak suggests MacBook-beating laptops could trouble Apple sooner than expected
Intel’s Lunar Lake processors have been somewhat under the radar thus far, so it’s interesting to see a leak pop up around the future CPUs. As a quick refresher – the various lakes Intel employs are confusingly numerous – the next-gen chips from Intel are Meteor Lake (laptop chips, due…
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X is testing new paid membership tiers to compensate for poor ad revenue
X (formerly Twitter) is looking to split its premium subscription service into three membership tiers, allowing the company to vary subscription pricing based on how many ads are shown to the user. According to Bloomberg’s source who attended a Thursday call with X and debt holders that helped Musk finance…
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