A Eufy security breach might have shown your home to total strangers

A Eufy security breachshowed users the wrong videofootage earlier today. If you happened to notice a home that wasn’t your own, you aren’t alone — users from around the world reported they could see other peoples’ feeds and even control their cameras. All of their contact details could also be accessed. Anker, the parent company of Eufy,confirmed the issue took placein numerous countries (including the United States) and was due to a software bug during a server update....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 380 words · Joshua Graham

Airbnb’s most popular rental in the world is a California cabin

We’ve seen some amazing Airbnb rentals over the years, from thewallet-challenging luxuriousto thejaw-droppingly cool. The accommodation site’s most popular listing globally slips neatly into the latter category, offering guests a comfy stay in a quirky dome-topped cabin. Airbnbrevealedits most popular listing this week as the company celebrated half a billion guest arrivals globally since its launch in 2008. The Mushroom Dome Cabin, as it’s called, is located in Aptos, California, about 60 miles south of San Francisco....

June 14, 2025 · 3 min · 482 words · Sherri Miller

Amazon Fire TV stick is so cheap for Presidents Day it could be a mistake

Presidents Day deals have started to arrive ahead of the annual holiday, which means you can already start your shopping. If you’re on the hunt forRoku deals, you might have a hard time because the streaming devices are always sold out, so you might want to take a look at Amazon’s Fire TV devices as an alternative. One such offer is for the Amazon Fire TV Stick Lite with Alexa Voice Remote and voucher, which is on sale from QVC with a $17 discount to bring the bundle’s price down to a more affordable $23, from the original price of $40....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 362 words · Dr. Lindsay Sweeney

Amazon Prime Video makes Dolby Vision, Atmos a paid upgrade

First reported by German website4KFilme, thencorroborated by Forbes in the U.K., it seems that Amazon has removed Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos from its base streaming tier (which became ad-supported on January 29), making the formats exclusive to those who opt-in to thead-free premium subscription, which costs an additional $3 per month. While Dolby Vision isn’t supported by allHDR TVs(Samsung’s TVs have never included it), many experts consider the dynamic HDR format to be superior in terms of contrast, color, detail, and brightness when compared to HDR10, which is supported by all HDR TV models....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 278 words · Ruth Morrow

Apex Legends ranked plagued by “12-man teams” cheating to Pred

Apex Legends ranked plagued by “12-man teams” cheating to Pred Apex Legends cheating conundrum infects every corner of Ranked, as players blast the “12-man team” takeover. Apex Legends has come a long way since it arrived in 2019, with twenty seasons of updates significantly changing the state of the game. However, one of the remaining constants has been cheating/hacking, and it’s been worse than ever this season alone. The middle of March saw the notoriously largeALGS hack during the NA Finals....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 324 words · Jane Graves

Apple fixes MacBook Pro keyboard issue — sorta

The brand new2018 Apple MacBook Proboasts a quieter keyboard than earlier models — and what’s touted as a new feature actually may be a fix for an old problem. But if that’s the case, Apple’s not telling. Reporting on a dramatic discovery found in the middle of its 2018 MacBook Pro teardown,IFixIt called outa new bit of noise-reduction tech: “Apple has cocooned their butterfly switches in a thin, silicone barrier….. the advertised boost in quietude is a side-effect of this rubbery membrane....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 317 words · Lori Hensley

Arlo’s Essential Indoor Camera is the anti-Big Brother

The thought of aninterior security cameraoften makes people uncomfortable. While you want areliable security system, you also want to be sure that systemisn’t watching you while you’re at home. In many instances, you just have to trust the camera isn’t recording — but with the new Arlo Essential Indoor Camera, you’re able to know beyond a shadow of a doubt that it isn’t recording. That’s because a physical privacy shield (with a different design and color) snaps into place when the camera is disarmed....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 350 words · Alyssa Holland

Asus Zenfone 8 review: Size isn’t everything, and this small phone proves it

“Why you may trust Digital Trends – We have a 20-year history of testing, reviewing, and rating products, services and apps to help you make a sound buying decision. Find out we test and score products.“ toAsus isn’t looking to take on theGalaxy S21 Ultraor any other massive smartphone with the new Zenfone 8. Instead, it’s targeting phones like theiPhone 12, theGoogle Pixel 4a 5G, andPixel 5by making a high-performance mobile phone that fits neatly in your hand and pocket....

June 14, 2025 · 11 min · 2292 words · Robert Wiley

Augmented reality could give surgeons X-ray vision when they operate

Imagine what a boon it would be to surgeons’ lifesaving abilities if they were granted X-ray vision while operating on patients. That’s exactly what a new startup calledMediView XR, spinning out of the Cleveland Clinic’s Lerner Research Institute, wants to make possible — and it’s all thanks to the power of augmented reality (AR). UsingMicrosoft HoloLensor similar AR goggles, MediView XR’s technology gives surgeons the ability to peer inside patients and see their internal anatomy under the skin....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 348 words · Mark George

Best Buy drops prices for Ring Video Doorbell Pro bundles with Chime Pro

Video doorbellsthat alert homeowners to visitors, delivery personnel, and intruders remain one of the most common smart home configurations, but most devices lack a traditional doorbell’s indoor chime. Best Buy dropped its prices on theRing Video Doorbell Pro with a Ring Chime Proto $200 ($100 off) and theRing Video Doorbell Pro with a Ring Chime Pro and an Echo Dotto $250 ($100 off). TheRing Video Doorbell Prois a premium product in the Ring Video Doorbell lineup....

June 14, 2025 · 3 min · 515 words · Jason Harris

Best luxury EVs: Go electric in style

Luxury electric vehicles have always been arguably the most important EVs for the industry. Sure, these aren’t the cars for the masses, but they are the cars that leverage new technologies and push development forward first. After all, the first so-called cool EV was the relatively expensiveTesla Model S, which paved the way for more affordable cars like the Tesla Model 3and Model Y. These days, there’s a much larger selection of luxury EVs, and if you have some money to spend and want something high-end, there should be a vehicle out there for you....

June 14, 2025 · 6 min · 1276 words · Erika Quinn

Biologists fix ‘glitch’ in photosynthesis, boost crop yield by 40 percent

Most of the time, nature turns out to be a pretty darn great optimizer of solutions, which is why everyone fromroboticists to materials scientistsare so keen to borrow its techniques. However, when it comes to photosynthesis, it turns out that many crops could do way better — and cutting-edge science could help. Researchers from the University of Illinois and U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service have used genetic modification to demonstrate that certain crops can be more 40 percent more efficient....

June 14, 2025 · 2 min · 397 words · Michael Harris

Charging players to access a game early is a dirty tactic

Gamers and the gaming industry are in a perpetual battle. The industry wants to make as much money off of players as it can, and players want as much high-quality content for as little money as possible. Every now and then, a publisher will test out some new way to make money, perhaps with DLC, paid cosmetics, or dreaded loot boxes. Generally, those moves are met with outrage — but not always....

June 14, 2025 · 4 min · 849 words · Wendy Montoya