Say “thank my driver” to an Alexa-enabled device, or search for the phrase on the Amazon website or app, and Amazon will give your most recent delivery driver $5 at no added cost. Just like last year, Amazon will continue the program until it reaches 2 million thank yous.
The company has launched a Matter-over-Thread version of the Bolt for $229 and is offering existing Bolt users a free upgrade.
This means that, as promised, the “invisible” smart lock, which goes inside your existing hardware, now works with more smart home platforms without needing Level’s bridge.
The Level Lock Plus recently got a Matter upgrade, too, but the Lock and Lock Touch are still waiting.
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This year Microsoft highlights your preferred gaming platform, total time played, and number of games played for its Xbox year in review. You can see how you stack up against other players, how much gamerscore you earned in 2024, and a list of your favorite games. There’s even a little shout-out from Xbox chief Phil Spencer, too.
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Google DeepMind researchers say their machine learning model “better predicts extreme weather, tropical cyclone tracks and wind power production” in a paper published today in the journal Nature.
“It’s a big deal,” Kerry Emanuel, a professor emeritus of atmospheric science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology tells the New York Times.
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Setting your phone’s wallpaper to the image you’re viewing in Google Photos is more complicated than it needs to be.
That could soon change, according to Android Authority, which discovered an update potentially coming to a future version of the app that adds a “Set as wallpaper” option to the toolbar that appears after tapping the three-dot menu button in the corner of an open photo.
