The Tapo C420S2 smart security camera has AI detection, 2K video resolution, and the option of local storage. | Image: TP-Link Tapo, TP-Link’s other smart home brand, has a new security camera. The Tapo Smart Wire-Free Security Camera System (Tapo C420S2) is an impressively inexpensive setup that includes two indoor/outdoor cameras and a hub for…
Monthly Archives: November 2022
Is it a great time to be an inventor or a terrible one? From some corners of the inventing community, the news is doom and gloom, but for Stephen Key, a successful creator and entrepreneur, the opportunities faced by inventive people today are as varied and exciting as the challenges. Patents, he believes, are a…
The European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA) enters into force today — setting the clock ticking on designations that will determine which larger Internet platforms face an extra layer of rules in areas likes algorithmic transparency and risk assessment. Larger platforms will also face centralized oversight by the European Commission in a marked change to…
Airbnb has more than 4 million hosts managing accommodation and experiences on its platform. Now, as it looks to drive more bookings, it’s on the hunt for more. After introducing a major redesign for customers earlier this year, Airbnb is now turning its attention to improving the experience for new and existing hosts. Today, it’s…
On TikTok, a young person sits on a bus and stares out the window. The caption reads, “What the fuck in the filler episode.” Another creator sits on their bed and stares up at the camera. Text covers their face. “I don’t think I’ve had a filler day in at least two years,” it says. “Not…
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, NASA’s Artemis I mission successfully launched from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center — and as you can probably imagine, the views were pretty spectacular. The Artemis I mission got off to a rocky start, with failed launches and further delays on the day preceding the final, successful launch a…
It must be fun working for Elon Musk. The self-proclaimed Chief Twit who recently fired roughly half of Twitter’s workforce, now has demands for the people who are still working at Twitter. In an email seen by The Washington Post, and first reported on by former Uber and Skype engineer Gergely Orosz, Musk essentially issued…
“We are nothing without stories, and so we invite you to believe in this one.” From the very first fourth-wall-breaking words of The Wonder, tension bubbles between faith and fact around the very act of storytelling, disparate from truth. In Sebastián Lelio’s psychological drama, it is this power of suspending one’s disbelief that not only…
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are the next mainline Pokémon games, bringing players to a new region filled with new and returning Pocket Monsters. This time around, there’s a different mission structure, and it’s not all about earning Gym badges and battling trainers. It’s even got an open-world design to enjoy. That’s right. Gone are the…
Dead Space remake arrives next year, and offers up a modern re-imagining of the classic cult horror game. It’s still the game you know and love, with Isaac trawling around an abandoned space freighter killing all sorts of horrifying monsters as he goes. This time around however there’s been subtle tweaks to combat, controls and…