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fromWIRED
1 week ago

Ikea's New Smart Home Gear Is Taking Over My House

Ikea's new smart home gadgets are affordable, Matter-compatible, and easy to set up, enhancing the smart home experience for users.
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fromWIRED
1 week ago

Ikea's New Smart Home Gear Is Taking Over My House

Ikea's new smart home gadgets are affordable, Matter-compatible, and easy to set up, enhancing the smart home experience for users.
#smart-locks
fromThe Verge
2 weeks ago
Apple

The first Apple Home Key-ready smart lock with UWB is cheaper during Amazon's Big Spring Sale

Aqara's U400 smart lock offers hands-free unlocking for iPhone users and is currently discounted to $229.49 during the Big Spring Sale.
fromgizmodo.com
1 month ago
Gadgets

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

Level Lock Pro is a premium smart lock prioritizing aesthetic design over typical smart lock features, offering invisible integration with traditional deadbolts while sacrificing biometric authentication.
Apple
fromThe Verge
2 weeks ago

The first Apple Home Key-ready smart lock with UWB is cheaper during Amazon's Big Spring Sale

Aqara's U400 smart lock offers hands-free unlocking for iPhone users and is currently discounted to $229.49 during the Big Spring Sale.
Gadgets
fromgizmodo.com
1 month ago

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

Level Lock Pro is a premium smart lock prioritizing aesthetic design over typical smart lock features, offering invisible integration with traditional deadbolts while sacrificing biometric authentication.
#smart-lock
Wearables
fromgizmodo.com
2 weeks ago

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

The Aqara Smart Lock U400 offers hands-free unlocking using ultra wideband technology and supports multiple smart home ecosystems.
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fromThe Verge
3 weeks ago

Nuki adds Apple Home Key to its smart lock

The Nuki Keypad NFC 2 introduces tap-to-unlock functionality using Aliro, compatible with Apple and Samsung digital keys for retrofit locks.
Apple
fromThe Verge
4 weeks ago

Ikea tried to build a smart home for everyone - here's why it's not working yet

Ikea's affordable Matter-over-Thread smart home products face significant connectivity and onboarding issues across multiple platforms despite promising accessibility and reliability.
Venture
fromComputerWeekly.com
1 month ago

Ericsson, Future Technologies scale wireless infrastructure for industrial AI | Computer Weekly

Ericsson and Future Technologies Venture expand collaboration to deploy enterprise wireless and private 5G networks across North American industrial and critical infrastructure sectors to support AI-driven operations.
fromwww.thelocal.se
1 month ago

Sweden developing state-issued alternative to BankID

BankID is used to quickly and securely identify yourself and access a wide variety of basic services in Sweden, from online shopping checkouts to appointment bookings in the 1177 healthcare service system. The challenge for foreigners in Sweden is that a BankID can only be obtained by opening a bank account and opening a bank account is one of the services usually done via a BankID.
EU data protection
fromThe Verge
1 month ago

Samsung's Digital Home Key lets you use your phone as your key

The new feature, called Digital Home Key, will live inside Samsung Wallet and is powered by the Aliro smart home standard. The new standard uses near-field communication (NFC) for its tap-to-unlock technology. It also supports ultra-wideband (UWB), giving users the ability to unlock their door as they approach and without pulling out their phone.
Mobile UX
Privacy professionals
fromWIRED
1 month ago

Time to Ditch Your Ring Doorbell? Here Are the Best Privacy-Minded Alternatives

Video doorbell footage poses privacy risks through unauthorized access, government surveillance, and potential misuse for racial profiling, though legal protections exist for refusing police requests without warrants.
Information security
fromZDNET
2 months ago

3 security gadgets I never leave home without (and don't break the bank)

Carry an inexpensive kit of physical security tools, like a USB data blocker, to protect devices from malicious chargers, cables, and data theft while traveling.
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago

Allegion (NYSE: ALLE) Reports Q4, Full-Year 2025 Financial Results, Introduces 2026 Outlook - Silicon Canals

EPS of $7.44, up 9.1% compared with $6.82; Adjusted EPS of $8.14, up 8.1% compared with $7.53 Revenues of $4,067.3 million, up 7.8% on a reported basis and up 4.1% on an organic basis Operating margin of 21.1%, compared with 20.7%; Adjusted operating margin of 23.2%, up 40 basis points compared with 22.8% Available cash flow, which is defined as net cash from operating activities minus capital expenditures, was $685.7 million for 2025, an increase of 17.6%
Business
Cars
frominsideevs.com
2 months ago

The Clever Way Volvo Solved The Biggest Issue With Electric Door Handles

Designing electronic shark-fin door handles with proper redundancy can mitigate safety risks associated with power door handles.
fromSocial Media Explorer
1 month ago

Things to Do Immediately If You Lose Your Only Set of Car Keys - Social Media Explorer

In the age of smart fobs and transponder chips, losing your keys isn't just a minor inconvenience; it can feel like a high-tech lockout from your own life. When the realization settles in, the clock starts ticking. Your first instinct might be to call the dealership, but that often leads to a massive towing bill and a multi-day wait for parts.
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fromComputerworld
1 month ago

Swedish AI browser Strawberry is now available to everyone

Stockholm-based Strawberry is launching its "self-driving" AI-powered browser in open beta after a year in closed testing. Strawberry is a browser with built-in AI agents that can surf, click, and perform real tasks on behalf of the user, even on login-protected sites. The idea is to make AI agents available to non-technical users such as salespeople, recruiters, and analysts, without them needing to be able to write advanced prompts or code.
Artificial intelligence
Privacy technologies
fromThe Verge
1 month ago

Let's talk about Ring, lost dogs, and the surveillance state

Ring's Super Bowl ad prompted backlash over surveillance risks, highlighting law-enforcement ties and prompting cancellation of a planned Flock Safety integration.
fromSecurityWeek
2 months ago

Access System Flaws Enabled Hackers to Unlock Doors at Major European Firms

Vulnerabilities discovered by researchers in Dormakaba physical access control systems could have allowed hackers to remotely open doors at major organizations. The security holes were discovered by experts at SEC Consult, a cybersecurity consulting firm under Atos-owned Eviden, in Dormakaba's Exos central management software, a hardware access manager, and registration units that enable entry via a keypad, fingerprint reader, or chip card.
Information security
fromFortune
2 months ago

How leaders are protecting culture while AI rewrites how work gets done | Fortune

Across large enterprises, AI is moving quickly from experimentation into daily work. That shift is forcing leaders to confront issues they can't delegate to technology: how performance is measured, how people are supported through change, and how values show up when machines start doing more of the work. Not every company is approaching those questions in the same way. Some organizations are responding by racing for efficiency.
Business
EU data protection
fromTheregister
2 months ago

Carlsberg brute-forcable wristbands expose customer data

Carlsberg exhibition visitor names, images and videos were exposed due to brute-forceable wristband ID format allowing mass access.
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fromEngadget
1 month ago

The Samsung Wallet can now hold your house keys

Samsung's Digital Home Key feature in Samsung Wallet enables users to unlock compatible smart doors with their phone using biometric authentication or PIN.
#home-security
fromSilicon Canals
2 months ago
Information security

7 things burglars look for that signal no one is home that most people do without thinking - Silicon Canals

fromSilicon Canals
2 months ago
Information security

7 things burglars look for that signal no one is home that most people do without thinking - Silicon Canals

Gadgets
fromThe Verge
1 month ago

The smart lock standard that could replace your keys is finally here

Aliro, an open smart lock standard, enables any smartphone to unlock any compatible smart lock via digital keys stored in phone wallets, eliminating manufacturer fragmentation.
fromBusiness Matters
2 months ago

Why More UK Homeowners Are Upgrading Their Door Locks in 2026

Home security has become a growing concern for UK households, and in 2026, many homeowners are taking a closer look at something that's often overlooked: their door locks. While alarms, cameras and lighting tend to dominate conversations around home security, experts are increasingly pointing to door locks as one of the most important - and vulnerable - parts of a property's defenses. As burglary methods evolve and older hardware struggles to keep up, upgrading door locks is quickly becoming a priority rather than an afterthought.
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fromInverse
1 month ago

50 Weird but Genius Home Upgrades That Make Your Home Way Safer

Small, unexpected, and affordable home gadgets can prevent hazards, stop break‑ins, reduce slips, and fix problems early, delivering significant peace of mind.
fromgizmodo.com
2 months ago

SwitchBot Lock Ultra Review: A Good Retrofit Smart Lock for Secondary Doors

The $140 Lock Ultra works just like other retrofit smart locks if you're using it with a typical deadbolt. You swap it for the indoor thumb turn portion, and Bob is, as they say, your uncle. Where it differs is that for $20 more, it comes with an adapter kit that lets it work with jimmy-proof and mortise locks the same way the original SwitchBot lock worked with normal deadboltsrather than replacing your lock hardware, it slips over it and operates it for you.
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fromEngadget
2 months ago

Ring can now verify if a video has been altered

Ring has launched a new tool that can tell you if a video clip captured by its camera has been altered or not. The company says that every video downloaded from Ring starting in December 2025 going forward will come with a digital security seal. "Think of it like the tamper-evident seal on a medicine bottle," it explained. Its new tool, called Ring Verify, can tell you if a video has been altered in any way.
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