Greggory Disalvo/Getty Images We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Smart home thermostats are one of the best improvements you can make to your home. Being able to set the temperature on your smartphone from the comfort of your couch instead of having to get up and manually raise or lower the thermostat just makes life easier and your home a little more comfortable. Learning about smart thermostats is even more exciting because they can adapt to your usage preferences over time and automatically adjust the temperature…
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Apple today updated its Creator Studio apps, adding new AI features to Pixelmator Pro, Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, and more. Apple integrates Pixelmator Pro with Final Cut Pro, Keynote, Numbers and Pages. Final Cut Pro users can send an image to Pixelmator Pro to create thumbnails and social graphics. In Keynote, Numbers, and Pages, users can select an image in a document and open it in Pixelmator Pro for editing, with changes saved in the original document. All three desktop apps support vector shape generation using AI, and Pixelmator Pro benefits from advanced image generation and a Content Hub.…
Primakov/Shutterstock If you’re actively looking for a job online and using sites like LinkedIn, Upwork, and Indeed, you may want to be careful. It has been reported that China is targeting digital job platforms as a way to access classified information. According to reports from the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance, made up of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States, Chinese spies are posting fake jobs in an attempt to gather sensitive information. This led national intelligence agencies like the FBI to warn the public about…
A bill to prevent (or at least deter) publishers from taking games offline and making them unplayable has hit a roadblock in the California State Senate. The Protect Our Games Act failed to pass the Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee, with four state senators voting for, three against and four abstaining. The committee voted unanimously to reconsider the bill, meaning it could return before this group of state senators. Assemblyman Chris Ward introduced the bill in February and it passed the California State Assembly by a vote of 43-16 in late May. That said, abstentions have so far prevented…
Andreypopov/Getty Images A great home theater system isn’t a necessity, but who’s going to argue with the kind of immersive audio that will put your local movie theater to shame? If you’re considering investing in an AV receiver and several speakers for your living room, you’ll first need to determine how many speakers you’ll need to create your surround sound setup. The short answer is that it ultimately depends on the size of your room and your budget. At the most basic level, a proper surround sound setup consists of…
José Adorno/BGR As Apple continues to test iOS 26.6 and iOS 27, the company surprised users by releasing iOS 26.5.2, iPadOS 26.5.2, and macOS Tahoe 26.5.2. However, as small as this update may seem, it actually contains a long list of security fixes, in addition to a very important fix to combat AI-assisted hacks. To Reuters, the publication said that “given artificial intelligence’s ability to accelerate the development of malicious hacking tools, it was expected to reduce the time between when updates are first made public and when they get…
Last summer, Swiss company Proton launched Lumo, a privacy-focused AI assistant. Today, the company announced Lumo 2.0, a major update to the chatbot that brings three new features tailored to its core principles of no logs, zero-access data sharing and encryption. Proton says Lumo 2 has been rebuilt on a new architecture that brings its biggest leap in capabilities to date, with Fast and Thinking modes now available. Fast of course prioritizes speed, while Thinking is optimized for more complex, multi-step reasoning. Proton claims that Lumo 2 responds to everyday queries up to 76% faster than Lumo 1.4. Beyond the…
Apple will this week try to convince the UK Supreme Court to overturn a $502 million judgment in favor of patent holder Optis Wireless. As indicated in the Financial TimesThe UK Supreme Court this week addresses a dispute that has lasted since 2019 in US and UK courts, when Optis first accused LTE-equipped iPhones, iPads and Apple Watch models of infringing patents covering 4G network technology. The current debate in the UK is no longer about whether Apple has infringed the patents, but rather about what Apple should reasonably owe for its use. Patents deemed essential to a wireless standard…
Samsung’s new monitors got additional discounts this week, with big savings on the Odyssey G8, ViewFinity S8 and Movingstyle Essential. All of these products have discounts that have been applied automatically, as well as an additional $50 on-page coupon that you can clip out to add to your cart. Note: Woozad is an affiliate partner of Samsung. When you click on a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us operate the site. Prices start at $749.99 ($200 off) for the 27-inch Odyssey G8 5K Monitor, and also includes Samsung’s first 6K monitor with…
Veja/Shutterstock If you haven’t yet learned about the computer and consumer electronics shortages, you really should. This situation is fueled by supply chain constraints, notably due to AI technologies and cloud computing, the former of which requires enormous amounts of computing power to support operations. This affects memory, GPUs and storage, mainly SSDs. We’ve heard repeatedly that the consequences of the shortage could extend wider than expected, with the price of many gadgets expected to rise due to the RAM shortage, if they haven’t already. It’s also why Steam Machine…