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iOS 14 packs a variety of improvements for HomeKit accessories, including a new interface in the Home app, face recognition, deeper integration with tvOS 14, and much more. One of the key changes is support for setting Activity Zones for HomeKit Secure Video cameras. Here’s how it works. First and foremost, it’s important to note that Activity Zones are only supported for HomeKit Secure Video cameras. This includes systems such as the EufyCam 2C and the Netatmo Welcome Indoor Camera....

CalDigit’s TS3 is a Thunderbolt 3-enabled dock in a very compact form factor. The dock omits the flat landscape design that has been the hallmark of most Thunderbolt 3 docks thus far, and instead comes with a compact design that can be placed on a desk vertically or horizontally. Most notably, the CalDigit TS3 affords full-speed 15-inch MacBook Pro charging thanks to its 85W of power delivery. This is a feature that many of the previous Thunderbolt 3 docks, including CalDigit’s own TS3 Lite, weren’t capable of....

Grocery, a smart shopping list app created by independent developer Conrad Stoll, was updated on Monday to version 3.0. With the update, the app gets a refreshed interface, as well as new features and more options for users of the free version. The app, which has been available since 2017, is now getting its “biggest update in a long time” according to the developer in a blog post. With version 3....

Google’s 2019 I/O developer conference kicked off today and the company introduced a range of new hardware and software. Headlining the keynote were announcements of the new Pixel 3a and 3a XL budget smartphones that start at $350 less than the iPhone XR, the next-gen Google Assistant that will offer 10x faster responses, the new Nest Hub Max, and Android Q news. Budget Pixel Smartphones Google’s I/O keynote today included two hardware announcements, with the more anticipated news being the budget focused Pixel 3a and 3a XL smartphones officially launching....

Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween contains lots of easter eggs for fans of the franchise to spot. The Goosebumps books are seriously nostalgic for fans of a certain age, and for many, it was their introduction to reading horror. The series was penned by R.L. Stine who had a talent for catchy titles like The Blob That Ate Everyone or The Cuckoo Clock Of Doom. While parents may not have always been fond of these creepy books, they proved insanely popular during the 1990s....

It would be no understatement to say that Penguin is one of Gotham’s most unpredictable villains. For the most part, he hobbles around trying to kill anybody who stands in his way with that bloodthirsty trait helping him rise to become one of the worst people within the whole city. That, for a place as bad as Gotham, takes some doing. However, Robin Lord Taylor’s character is also prone to rare moments of niceness that prompts audiences to question what they really know about the character....

The Great American Baking Show introduced a new judge to the competition in season 4 - here’s why the change was necessary. The Great American Baking Show is a cooking show where six bakers compete in the hope of being dubbed America’s Best Amateur Baker. The show is an adaptation of the hugely popular BBC programme The Great British Bake Off, where Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood acted as judges,...

Most games these days have a rewards system in place or loot crates. And by default, the chances of grabbing a valuable item is slim. Well, if that sounds unfortunate, check out this bug reported by GTA Online players. A fellow Reddit user uploaded a clip showing how the bug changes the reward that he was supposed to get. Most GTA Online players log in and claim their reward from the Lucky Wheel at the Diamond Casino and Resort....

Photography Tips As referred to above, check out BrickMonkey’s Article about HDR Photography for details and tips that you’ll need. In his article he mentions taking a capture of 3 images with different exposures. Sadly enough on regular cameras or on mobile phones you can’t really do this, so you’ll have to shoot image by image to get the result. An HDR Image combines from 3 to 7 images together, but for our first try let’s use only three....

Well, you have to give the judges at the Mobile World Congress some credit. In an entirely Android dominated event, they were willing to look off the board when deciding what device should win the “Best Mobile Device”. Even though Apple didn’t show up, the iPhone won the award handily. The Judges’ comments included, “Great screen, sharp design, fantastic materials, and phenomenal ecosystem for app developers. In a tight race, the iPhone 4 built on the success of its predecessors to set the pace for smart phones....

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers brought back Haddonfield’s boogeyman after a seven-year absence, but the movie almost made him a ghost. John Carpenter’s original 1978 Halloween is of course one of the most beloved, and most profitable at that, horror films of all time. Naturally, that led to a sequel, 1981’s Halloween 2, even though Carpenter wasn’t exactly thrilled by the idea of turning his film into a franchise....

During the Super Bowl, The Handmaid’s Tale aired a TV spot for its third season asking America to wake up. The Hulu Original, starring Elisabeth Moss, has been widely hailed for its horrifying, all-too-relevant, and brilliantly written adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s famous dystopian novel. Since the second season of the show delved further into events that weren’t part of the source material, the shocking decision made by the series’ protagonist June (Moss) left many fans reeling with anticipation to find out what her next move will be....

End of Free Google Photos Storage After the June 1st date, any photos you upload to Google Photos will count toward your overall storage limits. The limit is 15 GB for the free tier of Google Drive and that is shared by other Google services including Gmail, Docs, and Photos. There are a few exemptions to take note of here. Existing photos or videos uploaded before the June 1st, 2021 date won’t count toward the 15 GB of free storage....

Apple’s mobile web browser is the main lightning rod of this year’s iOS 15 beta period and it remains to be seen whether it will actually launch in the fall. Chrome for Android tried a similar Safari on iOS 15 redesign years ago, and a designer on that project provided some interesting insight into why Google abandoned it. Safari on iOS 15 has what Apple calls a “new tab bar design” where the address field and other key actions are placed in a strip at the bottom of the screen, just above the system gesture bar....

The lawyer who helped launch the antitrust case against Microsoft 20 years ago says that that government antitrust lawyers are not ready to take on Apple, Google and other tech giants. He says the Justice Department is capable of conducting the antitrust investigations into tech companies, but isn’t well placed to actually litigate the cases … Business Insider interviewed Gary Reback, who was credited with spearheading the work leading to the US government’s successful antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft....

Jason David Frank has now posted a photo online from his camera appearance during Power Rangers. The franchise reboot hit theaters last month, bring Power Rangers back to the big screen with a respectable performance, despite heavy competition at the box office. As one might expect with a reboot of a popular series that goes back to the ‘90s, Power Rangers draws heavily on nostalgia and is now on verge of making back its $105 million budget, after its first two weeks of worldwide release....

Grey’s Anatomy features a young woman named Meredith Grey and her colleagues as they perform surgeries, solve medical problems, and deal with personal issues. There is so much drama created in each episode that has fans hooked right from the start. Fans laugh and cry along with the characters in the show as they experience a multitude of emotions. Meredith Grey is a fan favorite among viewers which is why it is not surprising that plenty of fan art exists depicting her in various lights....

Buttons might not seem to be a big deal today as touchscreens are everywhere and every smartphone uses it rather than qwerty keyboard or keypads that look too dull. But still, Android smartphones like Vernee has few physical buttons that have very specific tasks to do. One of the most important buttons is the power button which is used to wake up the screen, disconnect calls, reboot the device and more....

Despite the current volatility in the cryptocurrency market, with prices for many popular coins, including Bitcoin (BTC) plunging, interest in the crypto, token, and NFT spaces remains stable. 2021 was a record-breaking year for cryptocurrency-related theft and fraud. Cybercriminals netted an estimated $14 billion in cryptocurrency, and fraudulent schemes involving digital assets continue to evolve. On Monday, Check Point Research (CPR) said that scammers are now turning their attention to smart contracts, with misconfigurations utilized to launch new crypto tokens – before an inevitable “rug pull” takes place....

Apple’s recently open-sourced programming language, Swift, may be seeing itself get adopted into Google’s Android platform in the future. Sources have told The Next Web that Google is “considering making Swift a ‘first class’ language for Android”. Google’s mobile platform currently runs off of Java as its main language, and the inclusion of Swift isn’t seen as to replace Java initially. With Swift being open-source, Google could toy with Swift as it evolves to discover if it would even be a good fit for the Android platform, according to the report....