With the new Remo Plus DoorCam 3 Plus LTE, AT&T’s LTE network can serve as a backup if the camera’s Wi-Fi connection drops out. This isn’t the first security cam with cellular connectivity, but it’s nice to see the feature coming to more cameras.
The DoorCam 3 Plus LTE will launch around late March, with pricing available in a similar timeframe, according to AT&T’s Mike Van Horn.
The fitness brand will show a mix of content in a new hub on the app, called #TikTokFitness Powered by Peloton, as the company shifts its focus to creating content instead of pricey workout equipment. In the hub, Peloton will show short-form classes, select live sessions, and collaborations between instructors and TikTok creators in an attempt to draw new users in.
As announced last month, today 1 percent of Chrome users will see a notification when they open Chrome on desktop or Android if selected to try Google’s new Tracking Protection feature. The Wall Street Journal has a writeup on what it could mean for advertisers, with some thinking Google’s moving too fast, some relieved it’s finally happening, and everyone waiting to see how it goes.
The AI ”answer engine” has gained $74 million in funding from investors like Jeff Bezos and Institutional Venture Partners — the largest sum raised by an internet search startup in recent years, according to the WSJ. Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki and Google AI’s Jeff Dean both made personal investments as well.
Our own David Pierce recently said this about Perplexity:
AI chatbots are a dime a dozen at this point, but I’ve always liked the way Perplexity handles citing its sources and delivering information — it’s a good mix of answers and links for lots of questions. The 2.0 update is basically just a redesign, but hey, it’s a good redesign!
Google said in October the parts would be available for seven years once they start selling on the iFixit store. Now Pixel 8 and 8 Pro parts are here they’re here, wrote ArsTechnica today.
A Pixel 8 Pro rear camera costs a collar-yanking $199.99, but can you really put a price on the ability to take what may or may not be a photo?
Reuters reported that Apple is drafting a settlement with plaintiffs who alleged that Apple routinely and knowingly kept a 30 percent “commission” from gift card scams for itself, letting scammers have the other 70 percent.
The suit covered anyone who fell for the scam, wherein urgent-sounding callers fool victims into buying gift cards and reading the code to them, between 2015 and July 31st, 2020, Reuters wrote.
