A judge has ordered the Los Angeles Police Department to get rid of photographs of legal documents that officers allegedly took during an unannounced raid on the home of an attorney representing a prominent Black Lives Matter activist. The attorney, Dermot Givens, said roughly a dozen Los Angeles police officers descended on his townhouse on … Read more
This Apple hack is for people like me who have had to physically hide their iPhones if they want to get any work done. We’re bombarded all day with emails, text messages, social media DMs, Slack or Microsoft Teams messages, calendar alerts, reminders, update badges and… well, you get it. The constant barrage of notifications … Read more
Kate Middleton is in hospital recovering after undergoing a ‘planned abdominal surgery’ A royal expert has claimed that while Kate Middleton’s surgery is “quite serious,” it is not a “trivial matter,” while reacting to announcement of her health scare. According to Kensington Palace, Kate, the Princess of Wales, is admitted in hospital after undergoing a … Read more
Plasma could be wrangled to collide photons and yield matter, according to physicists who ran simulations to explore the practical applications of a world-famous equation. Gizmodo’s Top Five Gadgets of 2023 The equation at work here is Einstein’s E = mc^2, which establishes a relationship between energy and mass; specifically, the equation holds that energy … Read more
Beth Mauder/ZDNET ZDNET’s key takeaways (for now) The Roomba Combo j9+ is a $1,400 two-in-one robot vacuum and mop that utilizes a retractable mop head. It’s $400 off at the time of writing.Its biggest upgrade comes with the Clean Base, which can now automatically refill the water tank.The mopping feature is just passable when tasked … Read more
Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was “very honored” to receive support from Black Lives Matter. His remarks stand in stark contrast to his past scathing criticism of the movement. Trump was reacting to an endorsement by an activist said to be a co-founder of a BLM subgroup. Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday welcomed … Read more
The head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees told a U.N. emergency meeting Monday “an immediate humanitarian cease-fire has become a matter of life and death for millions,” accusing Israel of “collective punishment” of Palestinians and the forced displacement of civilians. Philippe Lazzarini warned that a further breakdown of civil order following the … Read more
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Matter is a new smart home standard built by Apple, Google, Amazon, Samsung, and others to make the smart home easier to use. It’s a common communication protocol smart home device manufacturers can use in their gadgets to be sure they’ll work with other devices and with all the major smart home platforms. Matter was … Read more
Mike Hill/Stone/Getty Images Matter 1.2 just arrived, and it’s moving the smart home into innovating automations in a way we’ve never seen before. The smart home connectivity standard is expanding to include support for nine new smart home device types, with Matter 1.2 products to be released as early as the end of 2023. The … Read more
The ideal smart home seamlessly anticipates your needs and instantly responds to commands. You shouldn’t have to open a specific app for each appliance or remember the precise voice command and voice assistant combination that starts the latest episode of your favorite podcast on the nearest speaker. Competing smart home standards make operating your devices … Read more