Tech

Ring is rebranding its subscription products, ditching Ring Protect in favor of Ring Home, and to celebrate it’s bringing some new features along. The most notable change is the addition of 24/7 recording if you own select wired video doorbells, ensuring you don’t miss anything if a motion alert wasn’t triggered. You’ll also get video … Read more

On the weekends, I cozy up on the couch with my coffee, and I leave my phone in another room, hoping to reach my goal of reading one book every month. This ritual creates space that’s unbound by time and to-do lists — but as my reading list grows, I find myself trying to get … Read more

Roborock is a global leader in smart home robotics and has revolutionized the cleaning industry in the past decade. The company was founded in Beijing, China, and has quickly become one of the world’s foremost manufacturers of intelligent vacuum cleaners. In order to enhance users’ quality of life, Roborock has introduced a series of sophisticated … Read more

All dehydrators were tested with the same ingredients with similar results in drying times, mouthfeel, and taste. And all but the Sahara required at least 30 minutes of “smoke out” prior to the first use to rid the dehydrator of factory fumes. The manufacturer manuals suggested doing this in a well-ventilated space. I ended up … Read more

I thought I had the best iPhone camera settings simply because I have the iPhone 16 Pro Max — the latest and greatest smartphone offering from Apple. However, I was humbled quickly when I saw Mashable’s professional photographer, Joe Maldonado, shooting out in the field with a highly tuned iPhone 14 Pro. Although we were … Read more

After two straight quarters of declines, Tesla’s vehicle sales are finally on the upswing. Tesla reported producing 469,796 vehicles over the three-month period that ended in September, a 9.1 percent increase compared to the third quarter of 2023. The company also reported delivering 462,890 vehicles to customers during Q3 of 2024, a 6.3 percent jump from … Read more

Toyota is doubling down on Joby Aviation with a $500 million investment into the California-based company that’s developing electric air taxis. Toyota’s total investment in Joby, which includes a $394 million capital injection back in 2020, is now $894 million. The funds will be used to help Joby complete the lengthy Type 2 certification process … Read more

What you need to know Motorola is expanding its business portfolio with the launch of the ThinkPhone 25. The phone debuts with a 6.4-inch pOLED display protected by Gorilla Glass 7i with a frame strengthened by Aramid fiber. The ThinkPhone 25 protects business data with Moto AI, ThinkShield, and five years of OS/security updates. There … Read more

Looking at the new Apple iPhone 16 series, it’s hard to tell what’s new at a glance. Year after year, we’ve seen minor variations on inoffensive colors (with the occasional exciting addition), the familiar boxy metal trim, and an ever-growing camera island. An iPhone always looks like an iPhone, and that’s the way Apple likes it. … Read more

An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: Somewhere over the streets of San Francisco’s Mission, a microphone sits surveilling … for banger songs. Bop Spotter is a project by technologist Riley Walz in which he has hidden an Android phone in a box on a pole, rigged it to be solar powered, and … Read more