Smart home accessory maker Aqara today shared new details about impending updates and product releases that will add support for the Matter home standard. Aqara users will first gain access to Matter on their accessories in December 2022 via an over-the-air update to the Aqara Hub M2, allowing existing Aqara Zigbee devices to become compatible…
Woot and Amazon today have a pair of solid markdowns on Beats headphones and Apple Watches, respectively. You can get up to $110 off select Beats devices on Woot and $39 off the second generation Apple Watch SE and Apple Watch Series 8 on Amazon. Beats Woot today is hosting a notable sale on headphones…
The Astro City Mini V. | Image: Limited Run Games The company has two new tiny devices, the Astro Mini City V and the Sega Genesis Mini 2, that prove there’s still a place for miniaturized classics. Continue reading… Read More
Enlarge (credit: Sefa Kart/Getty) Android phones around San Francisco’s Bay Area buzzed with an alert on Tuesday morning: A 4.8 magnitude earthquake was about to hit. “You may have felt shaking,” some of the messages read. More than a million Android users saw the alert. And for some, it arrived seconds before the ground even…
Rocket Lab will try to catch a spent Electron rocket booster mid-air using a helicopter in a few hours, a technique that could be central to driving down rocket production costs and increasing launch cadence. The mission will take place just five months after Rocket Lab conducted its first (partly) successful attempt, during which a…
Gift guides are taking over again. Gift ideas for him, gift ideas for her, and suggestions for every extremely specific type of person in between have been all over the internet since September. But one thing that’s often left until the last minute? The humble stocking stuffer. We feel like the stocking is usually thought…
Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell testifies before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on ‘The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress’, at Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, July 17, 2018. Jose Luis Magana/AP Jerome Powell struck a tough tone on Wednesday, but a dovish pivot by the Fed is…
Elon Musk could cut up to half of Twitter’s workforce. Getty Images Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover is in full swing after buying the company for $44 billion. He plans to slash the social media platform’s workforce by up to 50%. Some employees have already been told they’re being cut – read the memo sent to…
Jerome Powell. Pool/ Getty Images Swap contracts Friday indicated investors expect the Fed’s policy rate to climb to 5.25% by June 2023. On Thursday, swaps pointed to an expected peak rate above 5.1% around mid-2023. Friday’s stronger-than-expected jobs data suggests the Fed will need to be more hawkish to cool inflation. Based on Fed swap…
The final day to cast a vote in 2022 midterm elections is on Tuesday, November 8. Trevor Bexon/Getty Images Voting in the midterm elections ends on Nov. 8, but there is still plenty of time to cast your ballot. In most states, voters can cast their ballots either in-person during early voting or on Election…