Nilay typed it this morning in Verge Slack, and I’ve been privately chuckling all day.
Yes, I know it’s technically now called “Google Fi Wireless,” and that the addition of the word “wireless” helps get straight to the point. It’s way more practical than letting people confuse Google Fi with Google Fiber! And yet I continue to LOL.
I won’t call any gun “smart” now that they’re the leading cause of death for children in a country ravaged by mass shootings, where a 5-year-old girl was just killed minutes away from my home. But I think it’s still worth pointing out someone’s finally selling a gun that is theoretically harder for kids to access.
Forgotten Weapons has a good overview of the mechanisms, which make tradeoffs between home defense and safety: There’s nothing to keep kids from pointing the face scanner at a parent, though the gun should lock when it’s set down.
[Forgotten Weapons]
LG quit the smartphone business two years ago this month — only to turn around and promise three years of Android updates for its swan song handsets from 2020.
With Android 13 now rolling out to the LG Wing, the company’s final phone is getting its final update. I can’t think of a wilder phone to go out on. (BTW, here’s what happened to the Rollable.)
The Consumer Product Safety Commission respectfully thinks you should immediately stop using your OKEAH carbon monoxide detectors from Amazon because they don’t actually detect anything and you could die. Seriously.
Also, your Moen Flo backup battery might catch fire. Send it back.
[U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission]
