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“Everything should now function normally,” Google writes in an email to affected owners of second-generation Chromecast and Chromecast Audio. It also mentions that a new Google Home app update (version 3.30.1.6 for Android and 3.30.106 for iOS) includes the ability to set up and revive broken-after-reset Chromecast devices. The company didn’t say why the devices stopped working, but a Reddit user found evidence the “untrusted device” error may have been due to an expired certificate baked into the now-discontinued devices.Google says the new Google Home app update is rolling out starting today and “may take a few days to roll…
Over the weekend, former NASA engineer and YouTuber Mark Rober published a video that sought to demonstrate the difference between Tesla’s camera-only Autopilot system and a vehicle equipped with lidar. He wanted to see whether the vehicles would stop automatically before hitting a Wile E. Coyote-style wall that was painted to look like a road. Spoiler alert: the lidar-equipped vehicle brakes before crashing into the wall, while the Tesla Model Y plows right through it.The video was a huge hit, amassing 10 million views in just two days. A lot of people praised Rober for exposing the dangers posed by…
I don’t want to sound alarmist or anything (although I admit I’m naturally pessimistic), but the way things are going, it’s a good idea to have an extra source of power for your home in case of storms and other outages. Luckily, EcoFlow is running a sale through March 26th, letting you save on several of its portable batteries and power stations. For example, the Delta Pro 3 is a scalable power unit that can power everything from a family picnic to an entire home during a blackout. It’s on sale at Amazon for $2,899, which is $700 off its…
Lenses can now use location data, including GPS, GNSS, and even compass headings. As part of today’s announcement, Snap shared demos of Lenses using the new capabilities, including Utopia Labs’ NavigatAR, which creates arrows pointing in the direction users should be headed en route to a specific destination. Another lens, Path Pioneer, allows developers to create AR walking courses with waypoints that guide users along a specific path, which could be useful for city walking tours or museums and art galleries.Niantic has also updated its Peridot Beyond game with multiplayer capabilities made possible with access to location data. Users can…
Just like what we’ve seen in previous leaks, the Pixel 9A seems to ditch a prominent camera bump for a flat back. The videos also show the budget-friendly phone with a noticeable bezel bordering the slightly larger 6.3-inch display, along with an upgraded 5,100mAh battery.Both videos include images and videos taken with the phone’s rumored 48-megapixel main camera, 13-megapixel ultrawide sensor, and 13-megapixel selfie camera, and they look pretty sharp. However, The Mobile Central notes that video quality takes a dip at night.Google’s Pixel 9A reveal may only be just days away. Android Headlines previously reported that the company could…
Frida Baby is upgrading a popular tool designed to help relieve an infant’s congestion with more power. The company says it sells over 4.7 million of its manual SnotSuckers every year, but for parents who are too grossed out at the thought of manually sucking snot out of a sick infant’s nose, the new $79.97 Electric NoseFrida Pro nasal aspirator does it automatically and more powerfully than the company’s other electric option.The NoseFrida SnotSucker comes highly recommended in parenting communities, but it’s a finicky device that requires a lot of manual suction and — more often than not — two…
Xbox 360 modders have discovered a new way to get homebrew apps and games running on the console. A new software-only exploit known as BadUpdate allows you to use a USB key to hack past Microsoft’s Hypervisor protections and run unsigned code and games.Modern Vintage Gamer has tested BadUpdate and found that you don’t even have to open up your Xbox 360 console to get it running. Unlike the RGH or JTAG exploits for the Xbox 360, this BadUpdate method just requires a USB key. If you have the time and patience to get this running successfully, you’ll be able…
The picture above does not contain two different gaming handhelds. Instead, this halo device for Qualcomm’s just-announced Snapdragon G3 Gen 3 gaming chips — which I’ll tell you about in a sec — is a single transforming device with swing out gamepads and screens. It’s called the OneXPlayer OneXSugar, and it’s one of the most delightfully gadgety gaming gadgets I’ve seen.Hold it horizontally like a Nintendo Switch or Steam Deck, flip out its secondary screen, then rotate its twin hinged gamepads for a more squared-off Nintendo DS-like experience:If you listen closely, you can almost hear the emulation community jumping for…
The PlayStation 4 might no longer be the latest games console any more, but that hasn’t stopped many of us still playing on it regularly. If you’re one of those people who’s still digging out their PS4, to get the most out of it you need one of the best PS4 headsets. Or, if you want something a little more generic, check out our guides to the best gaming headsets. If you’ve upgraded and now own a PlayStation 5, we’ve got a specific PS5 headset roundup, too. In many cases, that same gaming headset will work with a PS5, Xbox,…
People who are holding on to free G Suite legacy accounts will soon lose their individual storage allotment perks. In an email seen by The Verge, Google has started informing G Suite legacy free edition plan users that they will be switched to pooled storage that’s “shared across all users within your organization” starting May 1st.G Suite was rebranded as Workspace in 2020. G Suite legacy free edition, which Google stopped offering in 2012, provides each user with 15GB of free allocated storage and was offered for personal use — making it ideal for families or groups that need to…
Renault is on a roll currently. The Renault 5 E-tech hatchback, its A290 sibling from sporty subdivision Alpine, and the decidedly sensible (but hugely impressive) Renault Scenic E-tech have all hit the mark with us. And yet none get the blood pumping quite the Renault 5 Turbo 3E. Having seen this wild-looking electric homage to the firm’s 1980s hot hatch heyday, all signs point to a thrill factor that’ll be off the charts once this thing hits the road. The reborn Renault 5 is a blast in standard production guise. The Alpine A290 then delivers a spicier experience – but…
Looking for the best Kindle? We don’t blame you. Amazon’s Kindle devices are the most popular e-readers around for a reason with a great selection of titles to boot. Over the years, they’ve become incredibly good at replicating the experience of reading a book on their digital screens without the eye strain caused by more conventional tablets. And with the benefit of the electronic format being that you can access an entire library on a single, highly portable gadget. They also make reading cheaper and ebooks are more environmentally friendly than that pile of paperbacks you’ve been nursing, so e-readers…