Earlier this month, we reported that the Eve Water Guard would begin shipping in early February. The device was first announced in September of last year. One of the key features of the Eve Water Guard is its HomeKit support. It’s now available to purchase. If it detects water, Eve Water Guard will alert you with an audible (100-dB siren) and visible alarm (red warning light). You also receive an alert on your iPhone or Apple Watch....

According to the latest research study by CIRP, the HomePod holds a 6% share of the 66 million install base of smart speakers in the United States, or about 4 million units. It is very likely that the HomePod is the best-selling smart speaker above $300, but the volume of sales at that level appears to be low. The report says that Echo has 70% of the install base and Google Home speakers account for 24% of the whole....

HomePod is finally getting multi-user support. First, it will learn the musical tastes of each user, recognizing their voice. This means that each person in the home can make requests like ‘Play some music’ or ‘Play my favorites’ and HomePod will automatically play appropriate music … Second, the voice recognition extends to personal requests. Currently, only one user can have personal requests enabled, so if anyone asks HomePod to read their latest message, or their upcoming appointments, the speaker will always access that person’s data....

There’s an emerging health crisis at the moment, besides coronavirus: the head injuries caused by techies banging their heads on their desks at each piece of evidence that governments don’t understand how end-to-end encryption works. The latest example of this, reported in the Guardian, was the head of Britain’s domestic counterintelligence and security agency, MI5, calling on tech companies like Apple and Facebook to continue to offer end-to-end encryption, but to provide MI5 access “on an exceptional basis”… MI5, short for Military Intelligence, Section 5, is responsible for detecting planned terrorist attacks and preventing them before they can be carried out....

When signing up on most social platforms, you agree to their conditions and community guidelines which you must not violate. However, most people agree without knowing the details, which has led to the temporary or permanent ban on most accounts. Facebook is one such platform that takes its community guidelines seriously, which usually results in a temporary block for most accounts. This article will cover everything you need to know about a temporary block on Facebook....

The Scarlet Speedster has a new look in season 6 of The CW’s The Flash, and it’s likely to be familiar to fans who follow Barry Allen’s exploits in the comics. His new costume appears to be inspired by Barry Allen’s costume from the New 52 relaunch. The New 52 Barry Allen is a younger, reimagined version of the Scarlet Speedster and a member of the Justice League, one that never married Iris West....

HockeyApp has released the next major version of its SDK for Mac developers, HockeyApp 2.0. This update brings the Mac SDK up to parity with the iOS version, which received similar updates last month. The new SDK can send precise backtrace reports to developers when the app crashes during testing. This enables developers to accurately pinpoint where their code is messing up and crucially reduces time spent in debugging. The company claims that is the only crash reporting solution that offers the most flexibility in supporting all three types of logging....

After becoming the first DIY smart home security system to offer HomeKit support, Abode has announced its first smart camera at CES to integrate with the rest of its smart home security lineup. It offers nice versatility as it can be used inside, outside, and even as a doorbell with an included mount. Abode announced the details in a press release today: The new versatile smart camera comes as a nice addition to fill out its Iota smart security system that offers HomeKit support....

Every good villain has a signature look, and for billionaire ex-president Lex Luthor, bald is beautiful. While some might view the ‘Mr. Clean’ look as a challenge, Superman’s greatest enemy has made the chrome dome a staple of his refined, straight-to-business aesthetic… but Lex wasn’t always as bald as a newborn babe. When Superman’s co-creator Joe Shuster first introduced the villain in Action Comics #23 in April 1940, Lex appeared with a full head of ginger hair....

Microsoft recently announced that its Security Intelligence team had identified a malicious Excel campaign involving CAPTCHA. As per the company’s statement, the cybercriminal group CHIMBORAZO is distributing infected Excel documents that redirect users to a Cloudflare DDoS protection page featuring Google reCAPTCHA. Solving the CAPTCHA puzzle then downloads a malicious .xls/.xlsm file, which then infects the victim’s computer with the password-stealing GraceWire Trojan. CAPTCHA Excel malware named Campaign Dudear Microsoft said that the company has been tracking Chimborazo’s activities since January 2020....

With its animated features, Instagram adds to the fun of being on social media. And if you’ve been using the app long enough, you know how addictive it can be. However, sometimes people can face various issues with the app or want to deactivate the account due to it. Deactivating your account is a perfect way to take a digital break and get work done. But for how long can you keep your Instagram deactivated before it gets deleted?...

Like other dating apps, Bumble has you swiping right on users you like; but you can also let them know you are really into them with a SuperSwipe! So how many Super Swipes on Bumble do you get, and how much do they cost? Keep on reading as we tell you all about it! What Is Bumble? Today, men outnumber women on online dating sites, but Bumble bills itself as “the feminist Tinder” since it challenges today’s outdated dating norms by requiring women to strike new conversations while men can only swipe someone....

Your Instagram name expresses your personality on this social media platform. Have you thought about changing your Instagram name? Maybe you’ve just grown out of your old name and are looking for something new. Perhaps you want to change it to match your Twitter or Facebook name. No matter the reason, changing your Instagram name is pretty simple! Throughout this post, I’ll explain how to change your Instagram name and if it’s possible to change it to a previously used name....

A day after a sequel to Knives Out was confirmed by Lionsgate the murder mystery thriller from writer and director Rian Johnson has become available digitally on home video. The award-winning (and Oscar-nominated) also releases on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack, Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD, and On Demand February 25 from Lionsgate and MRC Film. To celebrate the release of one of 2019’s best films on digital, Screen Rant has an exclusive clip from the home entertainment releases all about the star-studded cast....

2004 sci-fi/horror movie The Butterfly Effect has its lead character repeatedly travel through time, but at one point breaks its own rules. Time travel stories are inherently difficult to keep straight, if only because time travel isn’t a thing we can actually do, at least that anyone knows of. Thus, writers are forced to rely either on existing scientific theories, or make up their own rules for time travel out of whole cloth, sometimes combining both methods....

In His Dark Materials episode 2, “The Idea Of The North”, the story continues to deviate from the books - though in intriguing ways - as the series introduces a second world until much later in the novels. What’s interesting is that this twist happens in the second book in the His Dark Materials series, which certainly means it wasn’t expected to happen in season 1 of the BBC and HBO show....

In this article we presented the details of using sysenter instruction to call from user-mode to kernel-mode. In older versions of Windows operating systems, the “int 0x2e” interrupt was used instead, but on newer systems sysenter is used. When the “int 0x2e” interrupt is being used, it uses the 0x2e interrupt descriptor from the Interrupt Descriptor Table (IDT), while the system call number is passed in the eax register. On the other hand, the sysenter instruction can be used to transition from user to kernel-mode faster than by using the “int 0x2e” instruction....

Might it make them worse? Meta has energized the quest for a digitally augmented world, and it has far greater resources and patience than Magic Leap had. Meta commands app-driven mega-networks like Instagram and WhatsApp, already possessing a formidable user base for whatever it creates. Despite its Wizards Unite game failing to survive the pandemic lockdowns, however, Niantic is the one making more progress in mass-market, real-world quests. The AR game pioneer just announced its Lightship Augmented Reality Development Kit, which enables independent developers to create experiences in the vein of Pokemon Go....

As you may know, Instant Alpha is a feature that allows you to remove an object in an image from its background. You can find this feature in apps like Pages and Keynote, as well as the Preview app that comes built-in on Macs. As we’ve written recently in articles about signatures and marking up images, Preview has a lot of capabilities that don’t get much press. In this article, you’ll learm how to use Instant Alpha and Smart Lasso to create custom images, remove an object from its background, and some advantages of using Preview to create custom images....

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