Month: October 2022

/ Turn your smart lights on with a motion sensor or shut all your cameras off with a command. Here, we’ll show you how to put Google Home Routines — and its new starters — to work in your smart home. Learn how to use Google Home Routines in your smart home.Illustration by Samar Haddad
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/ Bedtime mode can help you wind down at night and keep you on schedule in the morning Setting up Bedtime mode on your Android 13 is an easy way to try and get more zzz’s. Samar Haddad; Allison Johnson / The Verge Bedtime mode is one of those rare smartphone tools that’s actually designed
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I grew up with a video game controller in my hands. Video games have gone through a major evolution since then — and so have their price tags. Then, in 2017 Microsoft launched Xbox Game Pass, followed by Xbox Game Pass Ultimate in 2019. These are subscription services that give players unlimited access to an expanding
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Though money’s tight for a lot of folks right now, the days of desperately hunting for a $200 monitor for every member of a suddenly working-and-schooling-at-home family are long gone.  Now you have time to think about whether that emergency purchase still suits your needs. (Has your isolation-induced interest in gaming or design changed your
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Cutting your own carbon footprint isn’t easy, even for the most motivated person. Tracking, tallying, investigating, researching. For Sanchali Pal, though, that was part of the fun. Pal, who had been working in international development, wanted to start trimming her footprint. “I started building an Excel spreadsheet of the carbon emissions in my life, starting
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Healthcare benefits are great, but navigating them often isn’t. HealthJoy wants to make the experience more seamless for employees, while helping HR departments reduce the number of underutilized benefits. The Chicago-based company announced today it has raised $60 million in Series D funding, led by Valspring Capital with participation from Endeavor Vision and CIBC Innovation
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Smartphone shipment is often seen as the bellwether of China’s consumer spending, and right now, the picture isn’t very rosy. The world’s largest market for smartphones shipped 175.1 million handsets between January and August, marking a sharp 22.9% decline year-over-year, according to research from a state-backed institution. In August alone, shipments dropped 21.9% year-over-year. The
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