Door sensors are a central part of any security system. I’ve written about my experience with abode in the past, and I use its door sensors for my primary Homekit triggers with automations as well as security alerts for entry. Since abode is monitored, I know that if a door is opened while I am gone, I’ll get an alert. But what do you get if you only want a door sensor for HomeKit automations or want an unmonitored alarm for entry?...

If you have registered a domain name and are ready to move forward with setting up your internet presence, the next step is to decide how and where you are going to host your name servers (DNS). While it is possible to set up your own DNS infrastructure, it may be hard to justify when you consider the requirements in implementing a DNS infrastructure. To set up your own DNS infrastructure, you need at a minimum, the following:...

Here’s how The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild fits into the franchise’s somewhat complex timeline. The Legend Of Zelda is an iconic franchise from Nintendo, with the story following series hero Link during his adventures in the kingdom of Hyrule. Legend Of Zelda easily ranks alongside the Super Mario or Metroid franchises when it comes to popularity. The series is also an embarrassment of riches when it comes to great titles, including The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past, Ocarina Of Time and The Wind Waker....

Snapchat disappearing posts allow the user to exercise freedom, but you need to follow a certain set of guidelines if you don’t want to get banned. First, however, you must be wondering how many reports it takes to get you banned on Snapchat. Well, this article will help you find out. Sometimes, Snapchat might not ban your account, and they might just let you go away by issuing a warning. In this article, we will talk in-depth about how many reports are needed to ban an account, and we will further learn how to report an account and the things that can get you banned on Snapchat....

One of the headline features of the HomePod mini is the new intercom system where you can send messages to different rooms in the house. Intercom will work across HomePods, as well as iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. As much as I am looking forward to trying out the intercom system, as a dad of three, I need less noise in our house, so I am really enjoying using Signals for HomeKit....

For eight highly watched and critically acclaimed seasons, House was comfortably the most compelling medical drama on television. The main part of what made the series work so well was, of course, none other than Hugh Laurie’s often unhinged and unconventional expert diagnostician Dr. Gregory House. From day one, House is unapologetic about any part of his personality and lifestyle that may offend others, whether it’s his biting wit or his tendency to pop Vicodin pills whenever he feels like it....

The How I Met Your Mother gang is an extremely beloved one. The characters on the show all have such great chemistry and truly seem like the best of friends, which is what made How I Met Your Mother so loved by fans in the first place. Robin and Lily are definitely a fan-favorite pair, they add a great dynamic to the group and are individually really likable. However, their friendship does have some questionable moments such as Lily betting against Robin’s relationship and Robin hating whenever Lily talks about babies....

If you are a regular Snapchat user, you probably already have many friends. Unlike other social platforms, like Twitter, Snapchat doesn’t have a feature that lets you see your number of followers. It can get annoying, but luckily there is a way to tweak things and view your total followers. Knowing your audience size is great and gives one a sense of Snapchat’s family and progress. This guide presents three ways of seeing your total Snapchat followers....

Let’s proceed with exploring some of these basic threat tactics that have been a nuisance to IT for many years, but are easily detectable by IPS and AVs today. Worms, Trojan, Viruses: A worm is a malware program that replicates itself, typically through vulnerabilities in operating systems. Worms typically harm networks by consuming bandwidth and also provide an attack vector for later exploitation purpose. The ability to propagate within the network, it gets detected by AV and other detection systems....

Yesterday, we showed you how to create a custom service using Automator for easily resizing images via the Finder. Today, we’ll show you how to find the location of the custom services that you create in order to remove them. We’ll also show you how to enable or disable Services using System Preferences. When adding a custom service via Automator, OS X doesn’t clue the user in as to the location of said service....

Your Rangers move through the empty town, creeping past barricades made of desert junk and old car parts. “Hell Razor” takes point with their old army pistol, on the lookout for hostiles. Suddenly, a mutant bunny leaps out to attack! The Ranger team swiftly takes it down, using up some of their precious ammo…but then a pack of desert lizards come charging in, forcing them to run! Such is life in the Wasteland…...

Hobbs and Shaw is off to a slow start at the box office, but it still has a good chance of being a commercial hit. This decade, the Fast and Furious series reached new levels of critical and commercial prominence, undergoing a renaissance in the wake of Fast Five’s success. With the mainline series now popular enough to hit the $1 billion mark in consecutive tries, Universal felt it was a good time to expand the franchise....

Good news for Huawei Honor 10 users! The Honor 10 Android 9 Pie update has now started to roll out to the users in China. A few weeks ago, Huawei enlisted the phones that will be eligible for the Android 9.0 update. However, the official release date was never made available for the general public. Later in August, it also began the internal testing. And now, after exactly a month since Android Pie was officially announced, Huawei has finally started pushing the first wave of OTA updates for the Honor 10 users in China....

Avengers: Endgame’s final battle featured a lot a lot of moving pieces all woven together, but it also went through several changes during reshoots. Here are all the alterations made to the film’s epic action sequence. Directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, with the story written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, Endgame served as the direct sequel to 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War, which ended with the titular heroes suffering their first defeat at the hands of Thanos (Josh Brolin)....

Amity Island police chief Martin Brody was the hero of the first two Jaws films, but by Jaws: The Revenge, the character was killed off. If there’s one character most closely associated with the Jaws franchise, it’s, well, the great white shark itself. After all, it’s the only character to appear in every film, and it’s hard to get more memorable than an enormous murder shark. As far as humans go though, that prize goes to Chief Brody, the voice of reason during both Jaws and Jaws 2....

Hey, Snapchat user! Do you want to add a little bit of extra fun to your Snapchat photos and videos? If so, then you must check out the date filter! This filter allows you to add text that displays the current date. It’s a great way to commemorate special occasions or have fun with your friends. If you want an in-depth guide to adding the date filter (and other fun filters), you should check out this article....

How I Met Your Mother featured an Easter egg that connected Zoey Pierson to the series three seasons before she was introduced. Zoey was a recurring character in How I Met Your Mother season 6, starting out as Ted’s enemy for protesting the destruction of The Arcadian, a historic hotel in NYC that also happened to be where Ted’s new project was being built. Over time, their hatred for one another transformed into a friendship, and eventually a romantic relationship....

HomeKit Weekly is a new series focused on smart home accessories, automation tips and tricks, and everything to do with Apple’s smart home framework. Learning Curve Apple introduced HomeKit as part of iOS 8 back in 2014, but Siri was the only way to interact the smart home framework without a third-party app. The go-to third-party app called Home (before Apple’s Home app) took a design approach that made HomeKit control feel like using the Settings app with a clean layout and understandable toggles....

If you’re looking for a better way to store all the HomeKit codes for your smart home accessories, HomePass is the answer. In an upcoming update, the app is becoming even better with support for custom fields, new layouts, Siri Shortcuts, and x-callback-urls. Update: HomePass 1.7 now available When we first checked out HomePass when it launched we called it “a must-have utility for HomeKit enthusiasts.” Developer Aaron Pearce let us know the upcoming version 1....

Netflix releases the Horse Girl trailer starring Alison Brie. In addition to starring, this is Brie’s first foray into writing. Horse Girl is set to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival next week before debuting on the streaming service next month. Brie is a comedic actress known for her spunky and energetic personality. Along with her charm, her talent has helped her score roles like Ruth in Netflix original GLOW, Annie Edison in Community and Lainey in Sleeping With Other People....