Your Daily Dose of World News, Sports Buzz, Travel Inspiration, Lifestyle Trends & Tech Breakthroughs
Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge The Wireless Power Consortium announced at CES on Monday that more Android devices will use the MagSafe-based Qi2 charging standard in 2025. That doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll all have magnets, though; the WPC says it now has a “Qi2 Ready” certification for phones that need a…
New York Giants co-owner John Mara joked Monday he was upset with Saquon Barkley over the commercial he did, which seemingly took a shot at the end of his tenure with the team. Mara famously said during an episode of “Hard Knocks” earlier this year he would have trouble sleeping if Barkley joined the Philadelphia…
Washington Post columnist Matt Bai criticized President Biden on Monday for clinging to power too long, saying that the president’s legacy would be that he “didn’t know when to leave.” “After a lifetime of noble service, he will be chiefly remembered — like so many in his generation — as a man who didn’t know…
The striking Styla works with a standard deadbolt and uses a ball and catch mechanism rather than a handle. | Image: Lockly We’re swimming in smart lock options, but we haven’t seen anything quite as cool as the $700 Lockly Styla, an all-in-one smart deadblot lock and video doorbell being shown off at CES 2025….
Pawport’s indoor smart door with a wood finish. | Image: Pawport The Pawport might be the most elaborate way to let your dog enter and exit your home. The smart dog door connects to a Bluetooth tag that straps to your dog’s collar. When your dog approaches, its double doors swing open to let your…
The Lifx Luna Smart Lamp offers user-controlled colors. | Photo: Lifx Smart lighting brand Lifx is introducing its first smart lamp at CES 2025: the Lifx Luna. It uses Matter over Wi-Fi, so it’ll integrate with an existing smart home setup easily — or it’s a low-stakes way to add some smarts to your non-smart…
The Vision Prestige smart lock has two cameras: a 2K one to stream a view of your front door to the back of the lock and an infrared camera it uses for facial recognition unlocking. | Image: Lockly Lockly is one of the more innovative smart lock makers. Last year at CES, the company debuted…
Image: Intel Despite comments made by former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, who got ousted from the company last month, Intel will not kill off its discrete graphics business. “We are very committed to the discrete graphics market and will continue to make strategic investments in this direction,” Intel’s new co-CEO Michelle Johnston Holthaus just told…
A former Virginia high school teacher who allegedly sold vape cartridges containing THC and nicotine to students is now facing multiple charges. Kaitlyn Crescent was taken into custody by the Fairfax County Police Department early last week following the alleged incidents at Falls Church High School. “On October 24, Child Protective Services received a referral…
President Biden is expected to designate two new national monuments in California this week, which will bar roughly 850,000 acres of tribal lands from future development. After signing the new orders, Biden will have shut down development on more public lands than any other president in history besides former President Jimmy Carter, according to the…