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Roku’s rotating security camera feed puts a surveillance center in your TV
Image: Roku Roku is making your TV more like a surveillance center. It’s rolling out a carousel of all your Roku security camera feeds that will automatically rotate when cameras detect activity or during timed intervals. In addition to this update, Roku is expanding TV notifications to include alerts from all your cameras — not…
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Sonos announces ‘breakthrough’ Arc Ultra soundbar and Sub 4
Sonos apparently believes its mobile app has reached a good enough place to resume product launches: today the company has announced the Arc Ultra and Sub 4. The $999 Arc Ultra is a more powerful take on the original Arc, and it’s the first Sonos product to feature unique transducer technology from Mayht, a startup…
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Apple just announced a new, faster iPad Mini
Image: Apple Apple just announced, in a somewhat understated fashion via a press release, a new iPad Mini. It’s the first upgrade for Apple’s smallest tablet since 2021. The new Mini starts at $499. It’s up for pre-order now and goes on sale next Wednesday. The new Mini is mostly a spec bump: it runs…
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YouTube is getting more granular playback speed controls and a sleep timer
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube is getting a bunch of small but handy new features, like the ability to more finely tune your playback speed, new tools to collaborate on playlists, a sleep timer, and more. For me, a person who has written multiple times about video playback speeds, YouTube’s new speed…
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Welcome to 2004 Week
The world we live in is, in so many ways, 20 years old. Let’s go back and see how we got here. Continue reading…
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SimpliSafe’s new camera lets live agents watch your property
This new camera from Simplisafe lets trained agents watch over your property. | Image: Simplisafe Home security company SimpliSafe has launched its new live monitoring feature — Active Guard Outdoor Protection. Announced earlier this year, the service is powered by a new outdoor camera that uses on-device and cloud-based AI to alert call center agents…
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Arlo is launching its first wired floodlight camera
The Wired Floodlight Camera provides many of the same features as Arlo’s wireless alternative for a lower price. | Image: Arlo Arlo is releasing a new floodlight security camera that connects directly to your home’s Wi-Fi and power source. That allows the Arlo Wired Floodlight Camera to monitor and illuminate outdoor spaces 24/7 without interruption,…
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A first look at Microsoft’s discless Xbox Series X in white
Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge Microsoft has started selling a discless version of its Xbox Series X console today, in the same white paint job as the smaller Xbox Series S. The only change over the carbon black exterior of the original Xbox Series X is that this new white model doesn’t include…
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The first robot car race was a historic moment — and a complete failure
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images The Mojave Desert is not typically a place for a car race, but these were not your typical cars, and this was not your typical race. The course was 150 miles of rocks, loose dirt, and narrow switchbacks — harrowing terrain even for the most rugged vehicles.…
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Where did our 2004 photos go?
Image: Kristen Radtke / The Verge Flipping through your high school scrapbook is a humbling experience. There’s a lot to reckon with — including braces and bootcut jeans, in my case — and you get a sense of what kinds of moments you thought were worth preserving. Apparently, a great deal of funny things happened…