Monthly Archives: November 2022

Review: The Philips Hue Festavia Lights Are Expensive, But Perfect for Christmas Trees and Holiday Decorating

This year, the Philips Hue line added string lights for the first time, marking the debut of the only string light product able to integrate with the Philips Hue ecosystem. The Festavia string lights are priced at $160 and can be used for Christmas trees, holiday decorations, or year-round accent lighting. There is a single…

Netflix CEO says he’ll order Dave Chappelle specials ‘again and again’ despite employee backlash

Laura Normand / The Verge Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said the company would order Dave Chappelle’s comedy specials “again and again” at The New York Times’ DealBook Summit on Wednesday. Chappelle’s last comedy special, The Closer, came under fire by employees for being transphobic. “We’re just trying to be the most exciting entertainment company and…

Eufy’s “No clouds” cameras upload facial thumbnails to AWS

Enlarge / Anker’s cameras store their footage on a local base. Thumbnail images of faces, however, were uploaded to cloud servers. (credit: Eufy) Eufy, a smart home brand of tech accessory firm Anker, had become popular among some privacy-minded security camera buyers. Its doorbell camera and other devices proudly proclaimed having “No Clouds or Costs,”…

Google customers win class-action status in lawsuit over app store prices

Enlarge (credit: SOPA Images / Contributor | LightRocket) Next summer, courts will decide whether Google is guilty of “misleading” millions of Google Play users by warning them against using any other app stores or services to download apps. A judge this week granted class-action status to antitrust litigation that now covers 21 million Google Play…

EU threatens Musk with Twitter ban as firm defends new approach to moderation

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto ) A European regulator today reportedly threatened Elon Musk with a continent-wide ban on Twitter if the company fails to enforce content moderation rules required by the Digital Services Act. Also today, Twitter claimed it hasn’t changed any policies—even though it stopped enforcing rules against COVID misinformation. “As we…