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Life360 takes the privacy and safety of our members and products very seriously. It’s why we participate in the HackerOne program (alongside thousands of tech companies), which allows ethical hackers and security researchers to responsibly disclose potential issues so we can review, address, and, where appropriate, implement changes. Since receiving the submission, we have made a number of improvements and are continually prioritizing work that helps families feel safe and connected, focusing on the areas that make the most impact for our members as we transition Tile to Life360’s broader platform. Using a Tile to track someone’s location without their…
Windows is coming back together. Microsoft is bringing its key Windows engineering teams under a single organization again, as part of a reorg being announced today. Windows chief Pavan Davuluri, who was just promoted to president of Windows and devices earlier this month, shared the changes to Microsoft’s Windows teams in an internal memo.“This change unifies Windows engineering work under a single organization,” Davuluri wrote in the memo, which was seen by The Verge. “Moving the teams working on Windows client and server together into one organization brings focus to delivering against our priorities.”This the first major Windows reorg since…
OnePlus has confirmed the global launch of its latest flagship smartphone, the OnePlus 15. However, it’s not the blazing fast internals, AI nous, or cameras that are piquing my interest right now. It’s the new build materials the company is promising will set new standards for mobile durability.The Chinese smartphone manufacturer is touting a OnePlus 15 Sand Storm Edition with “aerospace-grade Micro-Arc Oxidation ceramic coating”. OnePlus says the material is tougher than titanium or aluminium. It’s the first time it has been used in a smartphone. OnePlus explains the greater durability is achieved “through a high-voltage plasma process that adds…
Developer Ali Tanis has released the first game for iPhones and iPads that’s played using Apple’s AirPods as a wearable motion controller. The RidePods – Race with Head gameplay is relatively basic – you’re just steering a motorcycle through oncoming traffic at high speeds – but instead of swiping the screen or tiling your phone, you control the bike’s movements by tilting your head from side-to-side while wearing AirPods.The game only works with Apple’s wireless headphones that support Spatial Audio including the AirPods Pro, the AirPods Max, and the third and fourth generation AirPods. Spatial Audio relies on the accelerometer…
The Echo Pop and Echo Dot are Amazon’s entry-level smart speakers, and both are currently on sale ahead of Amazon’s October Prime Day (aka Prime Big Deal Days), which officially kicks off on October 7th. Both speakers are currently discounted to their lowest prices since the middle of June, which means they’re beating their summer Prime Day prices. Both speakers are screen-free, and allow you to use Amazon Alexa to control compatible smart home devices, set timers, and ask for information about the news, weather, and other goings-on. We’ve found the same discounts at Best Buy and Target, in case…
Google is making the gradient “G” its new company-wide logo, according to an announcement on Monday. The new logo first began to surface across the Google app on Android and iOS in May, but soon, the design will begin to appear across all of the company’s platforms, marking Google’s first big logo change in 10 years.Google separated the red, yellow, green, and blue in the colorful “G” logo it introduced in 2015. The new logo blends everything together and makes the four colors brighter, bringing the design in line with its gradient Gemini logo. Google says the change reflects its…
Editor’s note: Amazon’s fall Prime Day event kicks off on October 7th; however, if you want to shop ahead of the two-day sale, we’ve rounded up the best early Prime Day deals you can already get.Even with the ability to take excellent photos with our phones and instantly share them across the world, there’s something magical about the old-school instant camera. With just a click of a button, you can capture a moment in a photo that you can see and touch almost immediately. Images captured by an instant camera aren’t as pristine or perfect as those produced by modern…
Keychron is one of the biggest names in mechanical keyboards (but certainly far from the only maker worthy of your attention). If you’re interested in an upgrade for your desk, or just an additional keyboard to use during gaming or intensive typing, Woot has great deals running on a fleet of wired and wireless models, some of which have hot-swappable switches.Currently, Woot’s selection runs the gamut of colors and sizes, with full-size options in the K10 Wireless (was $114.99, now $54.99) and the V6 wired model (was $99.99, now $49.99). For something more ergonomically-friendly, you can opt for the Q8…
I live in a village where the roads look like they’ve been borrowed from a war film – cracked, pitted, patched, and peppered with potholes that could swallow a front wheel whole. In short, it’s not the kind of place you’d expect to get along with an electric scooter… And yet, I’ve been stubbornly doing exactly that since 2021 with my trusty Pure Air Pro LR. It’s a great scooter – solid, dependable, with 10in wheels and a chunky frame that shrugs off small imperfections. But when you’re constantly dodging craters left behind by Bucks County Council, the fun wears…
Amazon’s October Prime Day (officially called Prime Big Deal Days) starts on October 7th, but waiting a week won’t be necessary to score a great deal. Amazon has already discounted the Kindle Kids, Kindle Paperwhite Kids, and Kindle Colorsoft Kids e-readers to their lowest prices ever. All of the kid-friendly Kindles have 16GB of storage and are ad-free. They also come with a cover, expanded parental controls panel, six or twelve month subscription to Amazon Kids Plus, and two year “worry-free guarantee” that covers hardware replacements if they break. Both Best Buy and Target are price matching Amazon’s discounts in…
This week, Amazon will launch new Echo hardware designed to supercharge Alexa Plus, the AI-powered upgrade to its voice assistant. I’ve been using Alexa Plus for the last few months as part of its Early Access program, and while the new assistant is off to a promising start, it’s still clearly a work in progress.To fix Alexa, Amazon had to break it apart and rebuild it. The result is a hybrid smart home assistant, personal assistant, and Amazon’s answer to ChatGPT. Right now, in its Beta phase, this new Alexa isn’t doing any of those things as well as I’d…
The list of car companies looking askance at Apple’s newly release, all-encompassing version of CarPlay is growing longer.In an interview on Decoder, Ford CEO Jim Farley said he is taking a wait-and-see approach about whether to authorize Apple CarPlay Ultra in Ford’s vehicles. After years of teasing, Apple launched the CarPlay Ultra earlier this year in several models from Aston Martin, with Porsche expected to come next. The upgraded phone mirroring system is designed to deliver greater integration with the vehicle, offering not only the ability to have CarPlay on multiple screens at once but also the option to adjust…