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Amazon is rebuilding the Alexa Home Map as a 3D model of your house and yard, with Ring cameras showing people and cars moving outside.
Read more: Alexa's home map becomes a live 3D model of your house and yardiOS 27 keeps your Siri chats forever by default. Five quick settings changes can limit that, cut pop-ups and make the screen easier to read.
Read more: Five iOS 27 settings worth changing right after you updateAmazon's first digital photo frame uses Alexa to pick and group pictures from Amazon Photos. It costs $199 and has a microphone built in.
Read more: Amazon's first digital photo frame picks your best family photos for youAmazon's new Echo Studio can watch your home like a nanny cam, and the new Echo Dot can act as a smart home hub and a Wi-Fi extender.
Read more: Amazon's new Echo speakers can watch your home and boost your Wi-FiSK Hynix, a key Apple chip supplier, says memory shortages will likely last through at least 2030, so phones and laptops with lots of storage may stay pricey.
Read more: Memory chip shortage could keep device prices high through 2030A How-To Geek writer says Claude can read a free app's public code and flag danger before you install it. Here is how the method works and its limits.
Read more: You can ask an AI to check free software for danger before you install itA new US government-advised report ranks Pacific internet cables by sabotage risk. Cable projects tied to Google, Meta and Verizon land in the top five.
Read more: Undersea internet cables across the Pacific face rising sabotage riskShiftCam's ProRig+ adds physical focus, zoom and shutter controls to an iPhone filming rig. It starts at $159 on Kickstarter, with delivery estimated from December 2026.
Read more: New iPhone filming rig adds real buttons for focus, zoom and shutterCode in Apple's next Mac software shows five iPhone-style pill designs, hinting the new MacBook Pro will replace its camera notch with a Dynamic Island.
Read more: Hidden code hints the next MacBook Pro will get an iPhone-style pillMacPaw's new AI assistant for Mac and iPhone offers a free 14-day trial, then charges a monthly fee based on AI credits.
Read more: MacPaw launches Eney, an AI helper that asks before it actsAgents working for xAI are reportedly offering to buy homes near a Mississippi power plant, but only if owners agree not to join a lawsuit over noise.
Read more: xAI offers to buy Mississippi homes if owners skip noise lawsuitIndia's cyber agency says older Apple software has serious flaws. Apple already released fixes on October 26, and installing them is free.
Read more: India's government tells Apple users to update their devices nowGoogle's Pixel phones have a VIPs feature for key contacts, and Android Authority says other Android phones can get a similar setup.
Read more: Get a Pixel-style VIP contacts screen on any Android phoneResearchers built a fake start-up to lure and study North Korean IT workers who apply for remote jobs under false identities, a risk for any company that hires remotely.
Read more: Researchers pose as a start-up to study fake North Korean job applicantsDiscord will let some public server messages appear in Google from mid-December 2026. Here is who is covered and which setting to check.
Read more: Discord chats from public servers may soon show up in GoogleA startup's Super Mouse has a 3.1 inch touchscreen for app shortcuts and works with Mac and PC. It costs $199 on Kickstarter, with shipping planned for February 2027.
Read more: A startup is selling a computer mouse with its own touchscreenA campaign called Skyw4lker uses fake contracts to get workers to approve a real Microsoft sign-in that hackers started, giving them access to the account.
Read more: Fake contract emails trick workers into approving hackers' Microsoft loginsAndroid Police's Rajesh Pandey says small Android 17 and Chrome changes, like choosing which contacts an app sees, help more than Google's flashy AI features.
Read more: Small Android updates are helping more than Google's big AI toolsLeaks say Samsung may sell six folding phones in 2027, including a cheaper wide Fold and one that slides. None of it is confirmed.
Read more: Samsung may launch six folding phones in 2027, including one that slidesA settlement over a 2024 hacking at an Arkansas hospital offers free credit monitoring and up to $4,000 for fraud losses. Claims are due December 8, 2026.
Read more: Arkansas hospital data breach settlement offers up to $4,000 per personAnthropic and OpenAI are expected to follow SpaceX onto the stock market, but doubts are growing over whether top AI labs can earn enough to justify the hype.
Read more: Anthropic and OpenAI may go public, but who profits is unclearZoho's Ask Zia now uses a team of six AI agents to analyze business data, and prices stay the same. Here is what small businesses should check first.
Read more: Zoho's business data assistant now uses six AI helpers to do the workAndroid Auto now plays YouTube video while parked, adds home-screen widgets and supports Dolby Atmos sound. Here is what you need and which cars get it first.
Read more: Android Auto quietly added YouTube, widgets and Dolby soundAndroid Authority says fan-cooled phones are a trend to avoid, so ask whether you play demanding games enough to justify paying extra for one.
Read more: Phone makers want to add cooling fans, and one tech site says skip them
