Author: Zach_Wilson
Over 200,000 power banks sold on Amazon are being recalled for a fire risk
A company called INIU has issued a recall for its BI-B41 10,000mAh power banks because the lithium-ion batteries they use “can overheat and ignite, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers.” The company has received 15 reports of the power banks overheating resulting in 11 fires causing over $380,000 in…
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Quantifying the hidden costs of cloud sovereignty gaps
A recent AWS outage wreaked havoc on global IT systems, as a DNS error turned into widespread disruptions for businesses across a range of sectors. But this wasn’t an isolated incident. Last year’s CrowdStrike bug triggered one of the largest Microsoft outages in recent memory, affecting eight and a half…
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AT&T’s Connected Life Platform Is a Second Try in the Smart-Home Space
The carrier’s Connected Life platform, now available nationwide, lets AT&T customers easily set up a smart-home security system. Source
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6 Best Smart Christmas Lights (2025): Twinkly, Govee, Cync
Control these smart lights with a voice command or a tap on your phone. Now that’s a Christmas miracle. Source
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Open AI poaches Slack CEO as its chief revenue officer
OpenAI’s Chief Revenue Officer comes from a two-year stint as Slack CEO Denise Dresser played an important role in Slack’s AI integration strategy OpenAI is focusing on generating more profit as a business Slack CEO Denise Dresser will be leaving Slack to join OpenAI as the ChatGPT-maker’s Chief Revenue Officer,…
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Spotify just launched its most powerful playlist creator yet – here are 3 things you should know about Prompted Playlists
Spotify has announced a new playlist-creation tool called Prompted Playlists, allowing you to have control over your algorithm for the first time Just like Discover Weekly, Prompted Playlists will refresh daily or monthly based on which setting you choose It’s rolling out now, but only in New Zealand initially –…
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