Month: December 2023
2023 in the smart home: Matter’s broken promises
On Thanksgiving weekend, my husband and I finished a big bathroom remodel project we’d worked on for months. The final step was to replace our old toggle light switches with modern, paddle-style ones. As I sat on the bathroom floor with the four TP-Link Tapo Matter smart switches I had…
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2023 in social media: the case for the fediverse
There’s this picture from more than a decade ago that still goes viral on the web every once in a while. You’ve probably seen it: it was created by the venture capitalist Andrew Parker, and it compares a few dozen startups with subsections of Craigslist. Back then, Craigslist was all…
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Researchers uncover major security issue in Microsoft Azure – here’s what we know
Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform carries a high-severity security vulnerability that could result in victim organizations unknowingly executing malware on their endpoints, experts have warned. Researchers from Vectra outlined the issue in a recent blog post, noting that the vulnerability lies in Azure Logs, a tool that – ironically enough –…
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The Morning After: Apple pauses Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 sales
Some holiday misery for Apple: It will soon pause sales of its latest Apple Watches in the US due to an International Trade Commission (ITC) ban. The company will suspend sales online this week and at Apple retail locations after December 24. Ho ho ho. It’s all down to a…
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Watch out Google Chrome: Microsoft Edge gets a ‘super drag and drop’ feature that actually lives up to the name as an impressive addition to the browser
Microsoft is adding a ‘super drag and drop’ ability to the Edge browser, or at least the software giant is currently trying this in testing. The functionality is present in the Canary and Dev preview versions of Edge, and it’s another way of quickly opening a link in a new…
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36 Best Cheap Gear Under $30 (2023): Phone Cases, Camera Bags, and More
Clever products don’t have to cost the earth. For your convenience, WIRED has put our top value picks into one useful spot. Source
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