Does it work with smart home platforms? If so, do the smart features work well together? Nowadays, home security cameras are expected to work with at least one major smart home platform. Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Apple HomeKit are the main ones you need to look for. Apple Home app support is usually the hardest to find. How’s the
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We test every phone in real-world scenarios, focusing on its features, design, performance, cameras, battery life and overall value. We document our findings in an initial review that is periodically updated when there are new software updates, or to compare it against new phones from competitors such as Apple, Samsung, Google and OnePlus. Emergency SOS
The end of zero-interest rates has driven companies to look for savings wherever they can, but one area continues to be a major budget drain. Observability — collecting and understanding data and systems — typically remains an organization’s second-highest cloud expenditure, right after cloud provisioning itself. People have even gone so far as to talk
Agtech unicorn Bowery Farming is shutting down, according to PitchBook, which cited internal documents and multiple company employees. The New York-based agtech company was known for building vertical farms that could produce crops including lettuces, herbs, and berries. Per Pitchbook, Bowery Farming has raised more than $700 million in funding from First Round Capital, General
Hideo Kojima, the man who created and directed cinematic games like Metal Gear Solid 4 and Death Stranding, has taken to Twitter to do what so many film nerds love to do: Write about 200-ish words on social media about a movie they recently saw. According to the acclaimed director, people are going to reevaluate
Good news, Arcane fans: after three years of waiting, season two is finally going to release this week. Bad news: it’s also the final season of Netflix’s animated League of Legends adaptation. After the wild cliffhanger the show left us on in 2021, there are still a lot of questions that need to be answered
It is the holiday season, which means there’s soon to be a seemingly endless amount of deals to sift through. While I’m sure there are plenty of games that folks already have their eyes on, there’s always a bunch of smaller games that inevitably fly under the radar. I’m here to correct that for you.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard is probably BioWare’s most polished game. The RPG looks great, runs exceptionally well, and I had a pretty good, mostly bugless experience in my first playthrough. However, during the review period, I experienced a devastating glitch that almost ruined what was otherwise an exceptional finale. Typically, if something is fixed by
Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft have placed big bets on nuclear power to secure electricity for their data centers as AI and cloud computing have sent power use surging. But as Amazon and Meta discovered last week, those bets are far from a sure thing. A series of recent rulings from regulators dashed their hopes of
After more than a decade of waiting, Amazon’s first color Kindle has stumbled out of the gate. An issue with the new display has left Colorsoft buyers leaving unfavorable reviews. At last count, the e-reader is hovering around 2.7 stars. The company confirmed the display issues affecting a “small number” of units in a statement
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Congratulations! If you’re reading this, you’ve mostly survived the Great Launch Season of 2024. After a month of incredible megaton releases like Metaphor: ReFanatazio, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, and Dragon Age: The Veilguard, the rest of the year is thankfully going to look and feel tremendously slower. That gives us some time to
Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s party is probably the best BioWare has introduced in the series since it began in 2009. It’s the smallest group, with only seven members filling the titular team, but each of them acts as a window into the rich world of Thedas. They build compelling friendships with the rest of their
At TechCrunch Disrupt, our team sits front and center, furiously typing away at our laptops to publish real-time news from impressive speakers like NFL quarterback-turned-founder Colin Kaepernick, Perplexity AI founder Aravind Srinivas, and Ashton Kutcher. We are a well-oiled machine. Some writers have been covering Disrupt since the old days, before Meta was Meta and
GM’s Baris Cetinok is committed to building a custom experience to rival that of Apple and Google. Share this story Photo illustration by The Verge / Photo: GM Today, I’m talking with Baris Cetinok, who has one of the longest titles of any person we’ve had here on Decoder. He is, officially, General Motors’ senior
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There are many headphone brands on the market, but Bose often stands out among the rest. If you’ve been looking for high-end active noise-canceling headphones, there’s a good chance you’ll be more than happy with something from Bose. We recommend the Bose QuietComfort Ultra for their impressive sound paired with a lightweight and comfortable design. These are
This week, heaps of players are returning to the world of Thedas for the first time in many years thanks to the arrival of Dragon Age: The Veilguard. If you’re among them, be sure to look over our tips for helping you get started on the right foot on this epic adventure. We’ll also help
Family offices invest a substantial amount of capital in startups each year. In the first half of 2023, 27% of overall startup deal value came from deals that included a family office investor, according to a recent report from PwC. Despite their prevalence in startup deals, family offices can be a mysterious class of investors
Fox’s popular animated series “The Simpsons” has been on the air for 36 seasons, which means viewers have plenty of time to analyze and examine the show. Longtime fans have theories on everything from Springfield existing in its own space-time bubble, to Marge’s family financially supporting them, to the idea that they’re actually all geniuses.
It took 10 years to get here, but we finally have Dragon Age: The Veilguard, the fourth entry in BioWare’s beloved (but divisive) fantasy RPG series. The sequel is a direct continuation of 2014’s Inquisition, and it’s made the full shift to action RPG. Your mileage may vary on that, but I loved the game
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Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today’s Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections and Strands puzzles. There are plenty of other online word games now, but I still play the New York Times Wordle game every day. These days, it’s not only an old
A pair of high-quality headphones can help you focus on work calls, listen to your favorite media privately during your commute and zone out as needed. If you’ve been looking for a reliable pair of wireless headphones, the Bose QuietComfort headphones won’t disappoint. Our editors rank them as some of the best over-ear headphones and the best
This week, nothing in video games resulted in more takes being heated and tweets being fired off than the release of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, the first new entry in BioWare’s series in 10 years. We took a look at the different reactions some critics and players are having to the game. We also sang
Bonobos founder Andy Dunn is back in the builder’s seat, working on an in-person social media platform called Pie. But the biggest lessons he learned from his $310 million Bonobos exit don’t have as much to do with entrepreneurship as they do with staying sane. When Dunn was in college, he was diagnosed with bipolar
CoffeeSpace is on a mission to help people find partners for their startup ideas online. The startup, which exhibited as part of the Startup Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024, has launched a social networking app that matches people exploring startup ideas and looking for co-founders. The startup’s algorithm only matches candidates who meet each
CareYaya, a platform that matches people who need caregivers with healthcare students, is working to disrupt the caregiving industry. The startup, which exhibited as part of the Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt, is looking to enhance affordable in-home support, while also helping students prepare for their future healthcare careers. The startup was founded in 2022
This week, people desperate for Nintendo to finally pull back the curtain on the successor to the Switch instead got an announcement that the acclaimed role-playing game Xenoblade Chronicles X, previously only available on Wii U, will make its way to the handheld hybrid next year. Also, Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm was denied by YouTube in