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Why does Amazon hate its most enthusiastic smart home fans?

Blink’s cheap wireless cameras have seen better days.Photo by Thomas Ricker / The Verge Blink, the Kickstarter success bought by Amazon in 2017, has long been synonymous with inexpensive battery-powered home video cameras that don’t require a monthly contract for cloud recordings. Open-source projects like Homebridge, Home Assistant, and HOOBS have made the cameras even… Read more

Stromer ST2 e-bike review: too hot for Europe

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. The words “Swiss design” conjure images of luxury watch movements and delicately sculpted eyeglasses, not hulking e-bikes with thickly welded frames and face-melting power. Stromer is here to challenge those assumptions and force a rethink of how… Read more

Sony Bravia Core: price, release date, free trial, quality and latest news

Home Advice (Image credit: Sony) Bravia Core is Sony’s high-end movie streaming service. It promises picture quality to rival 4K Blu-ray, the world’s largest selection of IMAX Enhanced movies and the latest box office releases from Sony Pictures. But is it right for you? And how can you get it? Here’s everything you need to… Read more

Pinterest will now let workers blow the whistle on harassment and discrimination, despite NDAs

Pinterest has been battered with accusations of workplace discrimination for many months, and we’ve followed a large portion of that saga here at The Verge. That includes, most recently, how Ifeoma Ozoma, a former Pinterest employee who accused the company of trying to silence her, helped draft California’s new Silenced No More Act. Today, Ozoma… Read more

Sony Bravia Core: price, release date, free trial, quality and latest news

Home News (Image credit: Sony) Bravia Core is Sony’s high-end movie streaming service. It promises picture quality to rival 4K Blu-ray, the world’s largest selection of IMAX Enhanced movies and the latest box office releases from Sony Pictures. But is it right for you? And how can you get it? Here’s everything you need to… Read more

Uber weed deliveries may be on the company’s roadmap — eventually

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said on CNBC Monday that the ride-hailing company would consider getting into cannabis delivery “when the road is clear.” “When federal laws come into play, we’re absolutely going to take a look at it,” Khosrowshahi said. Khosrowshahi made the remarks as part of a conversation about Uber’s February acquisition of Boston-based… Read more

Everything we learned about Age of Empires IV’s new civilizations, campaigns, and wololos

We haven’t heard much about Age of Empires IV since it was announced in 2017, but we’ve finally been given a look at the game, which includes the Mongols and Delhi Sultanate as playable civilizations. Microsoft and developer Relic Entertainment showed off a healthy amount of gameplay footage as well as new features and civilizations… Read more

Unionizing Amazon warehouses was never going to be easy

For more than a year, a group of workers in Bessemer, Alabama have campaigned to unionize their warehouse under the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), hoping to force the retail giant to collectively bargain with its warehouse workers for the first time. On Friday, those hopes came to an abrupt end. In a… Read more

Epic antitrust case versus Apple in Australia gets three-month stay

An Australian judge has ruled that Epic’s lawsuit against Apple in Australia will be temporarily suspended as the two sides prepare for a trial in the US, Gizmodo Australia reported. Apple had asked for a permanent stay of the case in Australia, arguing that the US and Australia cases were very similar, and that the… Read more

Celebrate your COVID vaccination with these off-the-wall tchotchkes

Photographs of people getting triumphantly vaccinated against COVID-19 are all over social networks, as are announcements of upcoming appointments, first and second injections, and how well (or badly) they reacted to the vaccine. Like births, weddings, and graduations, the act of getting your Pfizer, Moderna, or Johnson & Johnson injection has become a cause for… Read more

Best fixed TV wall mounts 2021: Excellent low-profile brackets to achieve a flush flatscreen

(Pocket-lint) – Picking up one of the best TV mounts will allow you to fix your screen flush onto the wall and leave the world of TV benches and stands behind. By installing a bracket to hold your TV on, it’s able to rest more like a picture frame than act as the centrepiece of… Read more

Best waterproof speakers 2021: Top portable picks for any budget

(Pocket-lint) – Owning a top waterproof speaker allows you to take your tunes near the pool, in the shower or on expeditions in the great outdoors – all while remaining free from damage. While all speakers offer some level of Ingress Protection, the dedicated water-resistant and weatherproof options we’ll be detailing below are a different… Read more

Facebook’s ad delivery system still has gender bias, new study finds

An audit by researchers at the University of Southern California found that Facebook’s ad delivery system discriminates against women, showing them different ads than it shows to men and excluding women from seeing some ads. “Facebook’s ad delivery can result in skew of job ad delivery by gender beyond what can be legally justified by… Read more

Garmin Varia RTL515 radar tail light review: Trip the light fantastic

(Pocket-lint) – When out cycling it’s not just your eyes but also your ears that can be crucial in assessing what’s going on around you – it’s why we’d never put in headphones and listen to music while out on the road. But sometimes your own limited senses aren’t quite enough. That’s where the Garmin… Read more

Raspberry Pi Pico Guitar Hero Controller Is Ready to Rock

Home News (Image credit: Arlan Prado) We’ve seen it time and time again—one maker’s old controller is another maker’s Raspberry Pi project. Such is the case with Arlan Prado‘s awesome Raspberry Pi Pico controlled Guitar Hero guitar! To pull this rockin’ project off, Prado modified an old Nintendo Wii Guitar Hero controller. In his upgrade,… Read more