Google plans to end support for the Dropcam and the Nest Secure home security system on April 8, 2024, continuing to drop products outside of Google Home
but there's a happy ending for users Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica : RIP to Dropcams, Nest Secure: Google is shutting down servers next year Sabrina Ortiz / ZDNet : Google announces the end of multiple Ne...
Amazon rolls out the Matter smart home standard over Wi-Fi to 17 Echo devices, including Echo Dot (5th Gen) and Echo (4th Gen), for users with Android phones
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A profile of Unity CEO John Riccitiello, as he faces criticism for the company's targeted ads, his metaverse ambitions, years of dating the head of HR, and more
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Replying to tweets from right-wing users, Elon Musk boosts criticism of Twitter executives Vijaya Gadde and Jim Baker, leading to more users joining the attacks
Yesterday, with as little fanfare as possible, I downloaded my archive and deactivated my Twitter account. Dirt : White hot — Dirt is a daily email about entertainment. … not.not.reading Karissa Bel...
Wyze had been aware of several remote access vulnerabilities in its home security cameras for months and years without fixing them, despite Bitdefender warnings
Wyze knew hackers could remotely access your camera for three years and said nothing Ryan Whitwam / ExtremeTech : Wyze Left Security Cameras Open to Hacking for Three Years Corbin Davenport / XDA Deve...
Nearly half of all startups with less than $10M in annual revenue that went public via SPACs in 2021, mostly in tech, missed their earnings or revenue targets
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @iamstacetheace , @sspencer_smb , @jasonzweigwsj , @carnage4life , and @markgutman9 Tweets: Stacey / @iamstacetheace : It's hard to overstate the gross incompetence of m...
Twitter has announced six acquisitions so far in 2021, the most the company has made in a calendar year since 2015, as part of its new product push
Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg : Tweets: @stacey_conti , @twittercomms , @ashevat , @nedsegal , and @kurtwagner8 Tweets: Stacey Fix Conti / @stacey_conti : Proud of our acquired teams! Proud of our CorpDev ...
Amazon partners with tracker maker Tile and smart lock maker Level to enhance the Sidewalk mesh network that Amazon is now using for its Echo and Ring devices
but what is Sidewalk? Ry Crist / CNET : Amazon Sidewalk launches June 8 with support for Tile trackers Surur / MSPoweruser : Tile tracker to get big boost by joining Amazon's Sidewalk mesh network Chr...
FCC filing reveals Walmart's wireless device that connects to garage door openers, likely for its upcoming InHome grocery delivery service
Stacey Higginbotham / Stacey on IoT : Tweets: @gigastacey . Thanks: @kevinctofel Tweets: Stacey Higginbotham / @gigastacey : Walmart's Wi-Fi and Z-wave device at the FCC looks like Walmarts answer to...
CES 2019 notes: high number of Chinese attendees, massive Google participation, and products that are close to reaching a tipping point of customer satisfaction
Help Wanted, Product Managers Apply — The Consumer Electronics Show is the annual gathering of over 180,000 people … Tweets: @stevesi , @sriramk , and @ckindel Tweets: Steven Sinofsky / @stevesi : I...