Month: November 2024
The company that sold cameras with ‘terrible’ security flaw has a new problem
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is proposing more than $700,000 in fines against Eken, a Hong Kong-based video doorbell manufacturer whose products were found to be susceptible to hackers, for an unrelated rules violation discovered during the commission’s ongoing investigation. The commission began investigating Eken after Consumer Reports found in…
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Apple just confirmed its annual Black Friday shopping event, and it’s all about gift cards
Like clockwork, Apple’s confirmed it’s Black Friday Shopping event Starting November 29, you can score a gift card up to $200 with select purchases You’ll find actual cash discounts on Amazon, BestBuy, and Walmart While countless retailers like Amazon, Walmart, and BestBuy have been serving up early Black Friday deals…
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Threads will prioritize accounts you follow instead of randos
As people leave or deactivate their X accounts, there's been meaningful growth for alternative platforms like Meta's Threads and underdog Bluesky. Despite the huge gap in both user numbers and funding between the two, Threads seems to be borrowing from Bluesky's feature set to prevent it from becoming competitive. The…
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Google’s Black Friday sale features record low prices on Pixel, Nest, and more
Google’s Black Friday sale has kicked off with sizable discounts on Pixel phones, wearables, earbuds, tablets, smart home gear, and more. You’ll notice the base 128GB Pixel 9 is down to $649 ($150 off) at Google and Best Buy, for example. But some colors of the flagship Tensor G4 smartphone…
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Would you pay $2000 for the most extravagant laptop of 2024? GPD’s double foldable convertible laptop goes on sale — with world’s fastest mobile CPU and even an OCuLink connector
Dual 13.3-inch OLED screens create an 18-inch equivalent display Available for $2,000 through Links International, releasing mid-December Powered by Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 CPU with 64GB RAM We’ve covered the GPD Duo laptop several times this year – first when GPD, best known for its compact gaming laptops and…
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Star Wars Outlaws’ first expansion brings Lando into the game
A few months after it first launched, Star Wars Outlaws is getting some major updates. First up is the game’s first batch of downloadable content, which adds a new storyline involving Lando Calrissian and what appears to be a very dangerous game of Sabacc. The new expansion is called Wild…
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