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How to update your HomePod or HomePod mini
The HomePod and HomePod mini are two of the best smart speakers compatible with Apple HomeKit. Offering impressive sound quality, eye-catching designs, and access to the Siri voice assistant, the two gadgets are a perfect centerpiece for any smart home. Best of all, Apple is continuously improving their performance through software updates – and most of the time these are installed automatically.
However, if you want to manually check for updates and make sure you’re running the latest software, there
This Amazon 55-inch 4K TV is discounted to $340 today
Some people want a Fire Stick. Some people want one of the best TVs. Others live in the space between the two. A fantastic idea is born. Buying a Fire TV, such as the Amazon 55-inch Class 4-Series 4K Smart Fire TV, which is on sale now. This TV, which usually retails for $520, is now on sale for $340. That’s a savings of $180. But, you can’t procrastinate an undue amount on a deal like this, because
LG’s wireless M-Series TV tech is the future we need
While LG has a solid track record of bringing its innovative tech to market so folks can actually buy it, a lot of what we see at CES is vaporware. This stuff is exciting to see amid the mayhem of the world’s biggest tech show, but then, all too often — poof — it’s gone, never to be seen again. That being the case, I tend to hold my excitement at bay until a product
Should I use HomePod mini or Apple TV 4K as a HomeKit hub?
Unlike Amazon Alexa and Google Home, you won’t find many Apple HomeKit hubs. In fact, you’re largely left deciding between HomePod mini and Apple TV 4K — both of which work incredibly well as HomeKit hubs but serve radically different purposes.
If you’re trying to figure out if HomePod mini or Apple TV 4K would be a better HomeKit hub, here’s everything you need to know.
Pricing
The HomePod mini costs $99 and is available in a variety of
Apple Again Fails to Save Classical Music
The case against the music-streaming industry is as damning as ever. The leading services pay pittances to artists—usually, less than one cent per play. In a textbook demonstration of monopoly economics, megastars magnify their wealth while everyone else struggles to break even. Streaming technology is environmentally destructive, resulting in the release of up to 1.57 million metric tons of carbon per day. On the apps, music is atomized into bits, stripped of biography, history, and iconography. Even from a predatory
Threads has lost half its users, Zuckerberg says
Meta’s Threads app looks set for an uphill climb if it’s ever to take the microblogging crown from Twitter, which is currently being rebranded as X.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently told employees that despite its impressive start in early July when around 100 million people activated a Threads account in its first five days of availability, more than half of those users have stopped checking in.
The revelation came in a call to employees that was heard by Reuters.
Best Buy discounted this 50-inch 4K TV from $380 to $250
Finding a great cheap TV isn’t always easy, especially with so many choices that tend to sacrifice features for the price. The Toshiba C350 Series does a reasonably good balancing act, and while it’s not going to be the best TV out there, it has more features than you would expect on a TV that goes for $380. Luckily, Best Buy has a great deal on it right now, bringing that price tag down to a much more impressive
Best 4K monitor deals: Get 27-inch 4K monitor for $270
So, you got yourself a shiny new desktop or laptop. Congratulations. Now it’s time to start thinking about some of the accessories you’ll need, and we’re not just talking about a good keyboard and mouse combo. For instance, you might consider the best 4K monitor deals because it’s super helpful to have an extra monitor even if you’re not using the computer for work or productivity tasks. The extra monitor allows you to keep additional content onscreen, like Discord,
WhatsApp now lets you add short video messages to chats
You can now send short video messages in a WhatsApp chat, Meta announced on Thursday.
A video message can last for up to 60 seconds long and is protected with end-to-end encryption.
“Video messages are a real-time way to respond to chats with whatever you want to say and show in 60 seconds,” Meta said in a post announcing the new feature. “We think these will be a fun way to share moments with all the emotion that comes from
Twitter to impose dark mode as it’s better, Elon Musk says
If you tend to use Twitter in light mode, then prepare for things to change.
The microblogging platform, which is in the process of rebranding to “X” under the orders of new owner Elon Musk, looks set to ditch light mode, leaving you with only one: dark.
In a tweet on Thursday, Musk, who acquired Twitter in October for $44 billion, said the platform will soon offer dark mode only as it is “better in every way.”
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