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Amazon Is Having a Big Sale on Refurbished Devices Before Their Fall Launch

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Amazon Is Having a Big Sale on Refurbished Devices Before Their Fall Launch Amazon has its fall product launch event today in which they unveil all of their new devices. At the same time, Woot, Amazon’s discount site, released some discounted refurbished Amazon products that are going on sale until Sept. 30 (or until supplies last). You can find an Amazon Fire TV, Echo Show smart speakers,… Read more…

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How to preorder all of the new Amazon devices, including the Echo Hub

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How to preorder all of the new Amazon devices, including the Echo Hub Among many iterative updates, some of Amazon’s new devices include the Echo Hub and Fire TV Soundbar. | Image: AmazonDuring Amazon’s fall hardware event, the company announced a batch of new smart home devices across its Echo, Fire, Eero, and Blink lines. While some of these Amazon product announcements have led to a deluge of Alexa-infused smar…

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Why You Need ‘Matter,’ the New Open Standard for Smart Home Devices

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Why You Need ‘Matter,’ the New Open Standard for Smart Home Devices My entire house is “smart:” I remotely control when lights turn on and off, when plants get watered, when humidifiers and air conditioners turn on, and even what I listen to as I go to sleep. There are few things as satisfying for an ‘80s kid as speaking commands into the air and having stuff magically happen. But… Read more…

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Update Your Apple Devices ASAP

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Update Your Apple Devices ASAP It’s time to update your iPhone. No, iOS 17 isn’t here yet (but it will be soon): Instead, the company released important security patches to fix vulnerabilities on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and even Apple Watch. Read more…

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Having to turn off all devices during take off and landing

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Having to turn off all devices during take off and landing I flew from Jakarta to Singapore a few days ago and they asked everyone to turn off all electronic devices, even going as far as asking passengers to remove their Airpods. I think I haven’t actually experienced this in at least ten years. I just flew within Indonesia a few weeks ago and we were only told to set all devices on Airplane mode. Same…

Reddit Travel 186 2023-09-06

HDR On Android Really Sucks For Most Devices.

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HDR On Android Really Sucks For Most Devices. Almost all high end phone and tablets seems to support HDR in some form like HDR10+, HLG, Dolby Vision etc. But it seems impossible to find any content. Take Netflix, If you check their site. It shows that only 2 Phones support Dolby Vision. One is LG G6 from 2017 (I have personally used this and it worked really well.) and other is Sharp Aquos…

Reddit Android 202 2023-08-27

NYC Bans TikTok on All City-Owned Devices

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NYC Bans TikTok on All City-Owned Devices New York City has decided to ban TikTok from city-owned devices used by NYC employees, reports The Verge. The New York City Cyber Command said that TikTok is a “security threat to the city’s technical networks.” City employees are no longer allowed to download or use the TikTok app on city-owned devices, and they are also not allowed to access …

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NYC bans TikTok on city-owned devices

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NYC bans TikTok on city-owned devices Illustration by Nick Barclay / The VergeNew York City is banning TikTok from city-owned devices and requiring agencies to remove the app within the next 30 days. The directive issued Wednesday comes after a review by the NYC Cyber Command, which a city official said found that TikTok “posed a security threat to the city’s technical networks.” St…

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