The Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit against the Taiwan-based D-Link Corporation and its US subsidiary, D-Link Systems, Inc., for not taking steps to secure their devices, which left them vulnerable to hackers. In the complaint, filed on Thursday, the FTC alleged that the company “failed to take reasonable steps to protect their routers […]
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When it comes to desktop operating systems, there are three main camps into which people fall: Windows, Mac and Linux. In the case of the latter camp things can be confusing because there are endless distros to choose from — but which is best? The beauty of Linux is that it can be tweaked and
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OAKLAND, Calif. & LAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Whisker Labs, which is bringing next generation home energy intelligence technologies to market, today announced that its Connected Savings℠ platform was named Energy Efficiency Product of The Year in the 2017 TechHome® Mark of Excellence Awards, presented by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)™. The award was presented to Whisker Labs
Credit: Patrick T. Fallon / Bloomberg / Getty Images Without question, the phrase heard most around this year’s CES is “It works with Alexa.” (Second place: “Where do I go to pick up my Uber?”) Amazon’s personal digital assistant software, till now found only in its line of Echo wireless speakers, is the belle of
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The fortune of Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, rose by $3.8 billion in the first week of 2017. (Photo: Matthew Staver/Bloomberg) The new year has just begun, and Jeff Bezos’ net worth is already up almost $4 billion. Coming off a difficult three-month stretch in which Amazon lost more than 10% of its
LAS VEGAS—”Voyeur” is a French word, but surely it means the same thing in France as it does here, right? No respectable business would want to be associated with it, I always assumed, least of all a postal service. But as I trudged up a flight of stairs at CES here on Friday afternoon with
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Cor is compatible with Amazon Echo, Apple HomeKit and other popular connected home systems Las Vegas: Carrier has launched an line of thermostats compatible with Amazon Echo, Apple HomeKit and other popular connected home systems. The new thermostats are compatible with Amazon Echo, Apple HomeKit and other popular connected home systems. Matthew Pine, vice-president for
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While Amazon might have had an early start, it does not put Google out of the race Published By: Ken Bock on January 7, 2017 07:54 am EST Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) surprised investors as its digital assistant Alexa appeared everywhere at the Consumers Electronic Show held earlier this week in Las Vegas. Alexa also made
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?During Huawei’s press event at the CES 2017 in Las Vegas, the company revealed that its latest Mate 9 smartphone would be available in the US starting Jan. 6. The smartphone will come with a re-installed voice-interactive app with access to Amazon’s Alexa. With Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant installed, users will be able to automate
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Technology has seeped into our lives quite seamlessly. From desktops, handsets to the smart locks, smart lights, the innovations continue to amaze us. The one idea that has been trending for a while is that of a “smart home”. It’s just not the tech world that wants it to happen, it’s even the people who
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