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Level Lock incorporates all the smart tech into a deadbolt that can be retrofitted into an existing lock. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge
Smart locks may still be a niche product, but lock behemoth Assa Abloy is clearly betting on a digital future for our doors. Despite being sued by the US Department of Justice for trying to buy too many smart lock manufacturers, the Swedish-based company just bought another one: sleek smart lock maker Level Lock.
With this latest purchase, Assa Abloy, which ow
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Worldās first gigawatt-scale floating solar power system launches off Chinaās eastern coast. The 1,223-hectare installation has annual output of 1.78 billion kilowatt-hours. China has expanded its renewable energy portfolio with a pioneering floating solar power installation in the Yellow Sea. The one-gigawatt facility, activated by state-owned utility CHN Energy, transforms unoccupied ocean space into a... Read more Ā» Read more āŗ
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A Nvidia sales lead said in an email to colleagues that Musk's demand for chips was straining the company's supply chain, per The Wall Street Journal. Read more āŗ
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"And now I look across the table, and I just think, 'When am I going to have to change this guy's diaper?'" Teri Hatcher said. Read more āŗ
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly met with Trump, who previously threatened to jail the Facebook founder. Read more āŗ
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Traveling for the holidays doesn't have to mean leaving your favorite streaming channels at home. My go-to streaming stick gets a big discount for Black Friday. Read more āŗ
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Defense Minister Adm. Dong Jun is under investigated for graft, the FT reported, after his last two predecessors were also probed for corruption. Read more āŗ
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No Man's Sky didn't get off to the smoothest of starts, but eight years after its controversial launch, Hello Games' exploratory space sim has reached a significant milestone, finally gaining enough favourable player reviews on Steam to shift its overall rating to "Very Positive". Read more Read more āŗ
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: Danish lawmakers on Monday agreed on a deal to plant 1 billion trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest and natural habitats over the next two decades in an effort to reduce fertilizer usage. The government called the agreement "the biggest change to the Danish landscape in over 100 years." Under the agreement, 43 billion kroner ($6.1 billion) have... Read more āŗ
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Some women are playing poker to help build their risk-taking and negotiating skills, which in turns helps them in their careers. Read more āŗ
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While the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max are not expected to launch for 10 more months, there are already plenty of rumors about the devices. Below, we recap key changes rumored for the iPhone 17 Pro models so far: Aluminum frame: iPhone 17 Pro models are rumored to have an aluminum frame, whereas the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro models have a titanium frame, and... Read more āŗ
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Western officials believe that Moscow likely orchestrated the Baltic Sea incident as part of growing efforts to cripple key maritime infrastructure. Read more āŗ
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Here are some hints and the answer for Wordle No. 1,258 for Thanksgiving, Nov. 28. Read more āŗ
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Amazon has developed new generative artificial intelligence that can process images and video in addition to text, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter and two people who spoke with Amazon about its plans. The model could help customers search video archives for certain scenes, say a winning basketball shot, using simple text prompts. In developing the new model, Amazon is showing that it still hopes its... Read more āŗ
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The Miss Universe first runner-up, Chidimma Adetshina, earned Nigeria's highest-ever placement. She shared her tumultuous pageant journey with BI. Read more āŗ
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On Thursday, tens of millions of Americans will partake in a national ritual many of us say we donāt especially enjoy or find meaning in. We will collectively eat more than 40 million turkeys ā factory farmed and heavily engineered animals that bear scant resemblance to the wild birds that have been apocryphally written into [ā¦] Read more āŗ
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With Apple Intelligence, Apple is aiming to make Siri smarter than ever before. The personal assistant is going to be able to learn more about you, do more in apps, and hand over the reins to a smarter virtual assistant when needed. Some new āSiriā features are available now, while some won't be coming until 2025. This guide highlights everything that's new with āSiriā thanks to āApple Intelligenceā. Updated Siri... Read more āŗ
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"No condition or combination of conditions will reasonably assure the safety of the community," a judge wrote in denying bail. Read more āŗ
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Mark Zuckerberg. | The Verge | Photo by Tom Williams via Getty Images Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg met President-elect Donald Trump for dinner at Mar-a-Lago on Wednesday. āItās an important time for the future of American Innovation,ā Meta spokesperson Andy Stone said in a statement shared with The Verge. āMark was grateful for the invitation to join President Trump for dinner and the opportunity to meet with members of his... Read more āŗ
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The race for better performance is irrelevant to me. How long the product lasts on a charge is what I'm really looking for. Read more āŗ
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A machine learning librarian scraped public posts and created a searchable AI training dataset, without consent of users. Read more āŗ
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Kristen Radtke / The Verge Bluesky feels like the big winner right now. Iāve been covering Bluesky ever since I got my invite in April 2023. Iāve felt the platform has always had promise, especially with features like feeds with custom algorithms and the ability to let users pick their own moderation filters. But for a long while, it didnāt have the critical mass of users that I could follow... Read more āŗ
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Illustration by Lille Allen / The Verge Elon Musk is, in addition to many other things, now the co-lead of the currently nonexistent Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) advisory group. Now, before it even gets rolling, he has begun singling out individual government employees he says are emblematic of the governmentās bloat and posting about them to his hundreds of millions of followers on X. Earlier this week, as first... Read more āŗ
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge These days, Black Friday isnāt so much a single-day shopping holiday as it is an ever-expanding, monthslong event that often begins as early as October. The 24-hour deal blitz that once was the focus of newspaper headlines and mobs outside of stores is no more, which makes knowing when and where you should be spending your cash all the more confusing. Luckily, weāre here... Read more āŗ
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Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage Musically speaking, Iād say Drake lost the tit-for-tat feud this year between himself and Kendrick Lamar, which culminated in Lamarās hit song āNot Like Us.ā But Drake (real name: Aubrey Graham) doesnāt seem to want to accept defeat that easily. In a petition filed in New Yorkās state Supreme Court on Monday, Drake is accusing Universal Music Group ā the label thatās represented him for his... Read more āŗ
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Image: Hugo Herrera / The Verge Youād think Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and its wide-reaching Supercharger network, would already know about the workings of the federal National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program that has dedicated $7.5 billion to building a national charging network. However, he needed Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to chime in on X yesterday to stop some Republican leaders from spreading misinformation about the program.... Read more āŗ
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Image: Universal Jon M. Chuās Wicked adaptation gets at the heart of what makes musicals such a spectacular form of storytelling. Continue readingā¦ Read more āŗ
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Image: Elen Winata for The Verge From noise-canceling earbuds to robot vacuums and 4K OLED TVs, there is already plenty on offer. Continue readingā¦ Read more āŗ
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Image: The Verge A New York judge has determined that SiriusXMās ālong and burdensomeā cancellation process is illegal. In a ruling on Thursday, Judge Lyle Frank found SiriusXM violates a federal law that requires companies to make it easy to cancel a subscription. The decision comes nearly one year after New York Attorney General Leticia James sued SiriusXM over claims the company makes subscriptions difficult to cancel. Following an investigation,... Read more āŗ
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Photo by Liam James Doyle for The Verge One Amazon influencer makes a living posting content from her beige home. But after she noticed another account hocking the same minimal aesthetic, a rivalry spiraled into a first-of-its-kind lawsuit. Can the legal system protect the vibe of a creator? And what if that vibe is basic? Continue readingā¦ Read more āŗ
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Some Apple Home users have shoehorned iPads into wall-mounted home controllers. However, reports indicate Apple is developing a dedicated home control device. | Photo By Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images The smart home has an interface problem. Searching for an app on your phone, fighting with a confused voice assistant, and fiddling with a āsmartā display to turn off a light is enough to... Read more āŗ
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