Smart home
HomeView: Apple's reported smart home hub due Tuesday
TechCrunch reports Apple plans to show a Siri-powered display hub on Tuesday, plus new Apple TV and HomePod mini hardware.
Factory Settings: Tech News, Gadget Reviews and Buying Advice
Top stories
How-to
3D printers: keep them out of the bedroom
Engadget reports that filament and resin printers put particles and gases into the room, and that a bedroom is the worst place to run one.
How-to
Grok is free, with caps: what you get and what you pay for
Engadget reports Grok's no-cost tier covers basic chats, voice and some search, while the newest models and media tools sit behind paid plans.
How-to
Northeastern study: 19 of 21 cars shared data
Nineteen of 21 late-model cars sent data to outside companies in a Northeastern University study, and the phone app did much of the work.
Phones
Gara-kei phones fade out as Japan's Docomo ends 3G
Japan's gara-kei feature phones survived for decades on cheap contracts and embedded payment chips, but the country's 3G shutdown is finishing them off.
Latest
Smart home
HomeView: Apple's reported smart home hub due Tuesday
TechCrunch reports Apple plans to show a Siri-powered display hub on Tuesday, plus new Apple TV and HomePod mini hardware.
How-to
3D printers: keep them out of the bedroom
Engadget reports that filament and resin printers put particles and gases into the room, and that a bedroom is the worst place to run one.
How-to
Grok is free, with caps: what you get and what you pay for
Engadget reports Grok's no-cost tier covers basic chats, voice and some search, while the newest models and media tools sit behind paid plans.
How-to
Northeastern study: 19 of 21 cars shared data
Nineteen of 21 late-model cars sent data to outside companies in a Northeastern University study, and the phone app did much of the work.
Phones
Gara-kei phones fade out as Japan's Docomo ends 3G
Japan's gara-kei feature phones survived for decades on cheap contracts and embedded payment chips, but the country's 3G shutdown is finishing them off.
Deals
Xbox Series S: why it costs $250 less than a Series X
The cheaper Xbox drops the disc drive, half the storage and most of the processing power, and that trade suits anyone who downloads their games.